Executive Summary
- Patterson High School and Osborn Elementary in Stanislaus County entered lockdowns on Monday due to separate police actions.
- The Patterson High lockdown was connected to a domestic dispute investigation, resulting in an arrest on a felony charge.
- A reported shooting near Osborn Elementary prompted its lockdown, with law enforcement detaining one individual.
- Both lockdowns were precautionary measures and were lifted shortly after the respective situations were contained by police.
Two schools in Stanislaus County were placed on lockdown Monday as a precautionary measure while law enforcement responded to separate reports of criminal activity in nearby areas. The incidents, which occurred in Patterson and Turlock, prompted shelter-in-place orders for students and staff at a high school and an elementary school.
In the morning, Patterson High School was briefly secured after the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department responded to a domestic dispute on the 300 block of Condor Court. Authorities reported that a male suspect fled on foot when deputies arrived. He was later apprehended at the intersection of James Burke Avenue and Red Robin Drive and has since been charged with felony domestic violence.
Later in the day, at approximately 4 p.m., Osborn Elementary School in Turlock initiated a lockdown as the city’s police department investigated a report of a shooting on the 700 block of Lambert Way. According to a department spokesperson, one person was detained in a nearby apartment complex. The lockdown was lifted after about ten minutes, and it was not immediately confirmed if shots were fired or if anyone was injured.
Both lockdowns were lifted once law enforcement determined the respective situations were contained. It is important to note that individuals charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.