Nathan Hale High School briefly shelters in place after suspicious person walks onto premises
Seattle’s Nathan Hale High School went into a brief shelter-in-place Friday after someone called police to report that an unknown person had walked onto the school’s soccer field, the Seattle Police Department announced.
According to police, the person stole a kid’s backpack and tried to steal others. An adult at the scene attempted to intervene.
When the suspect was confronted, they pulled out what appeared to be a gun. The person then got away and the adult who confronted them called 911.
The adult provided a good description of the person, who was found by officers a short distance away.
A “black realistic Glock 19 BB gun” was found on the person, according to police.
The person was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of harassment and robbery.
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