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Authorities claimed a guy who was observed brandishing a knife at Riverside City College was the subject of a standoff, and they ordered students and teachers at Riverside City College to remain indoors for several hours on Tuesday. Around midday, he was brought into the jail.
Around 9:30 am, when the suspect was first barricaded someplace on campus, the lockdown order was issued, according to officials.
When law police came, the guy escaped into a wash next to the football field, according to KTLA reporter Rich Prickett.
Aerial footage indicated that Riverside police officers and county sheriff’s deputies made touch with the suspect and deployed a robot into the wash.
According to officials, there is police action close to the football field.
There have been no reported injuries. No one on the campus on the 4800 block of Magnolia Avenue has received any threats, according to sources.
The public is asked to avoid the RCC campus until further notice, the institution announced on its website. At RCC, Shelter in Place is still ongoing. At the NW corner of the campus, there is a police incident. There is no active shooter here. The situation must be rectified before students may return to class.
Railsback stated that the suspect is segregated from the college Riverside City College and other local institutions and that police are attempting to get him to come out of the drainage leave and turn himself in.
Police at Riverside City College did not reply to a request for details quickly. Deputies were headed toward the campus police, according to Sgt. Deirdre Vickers of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
