Pasadena City College, Caltech lockdown lifted; suspect in custody

CBS News Los Angeles

A shelter in place order that was issued Thursday afternoon for Pasadena City College's Colorado campus and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) due to police activity has been lifted.

CBSLA has learned that Pasadena and Glendora Police Department officers were looking for a robbery suspect who fled into a parking structure at PCC. 

The suspect has been caught and taken into custody.

Authorities began tracking the suspect in Glendora by a Pasadena airship, according to Pasadena PD.

The suspect allegedly stopped and got out of its vehicle in the neighborhood located next to PCC's Colorado campus, which is located on the 1570 block of E. Colorado Boulevard. 

PCC also has four other campus locations spread out in the Pasadena area and San Gabriel Valley.

As a result to the lockdown, 5 p.m. classes were cancelled for Thursday but all business and activities have resumed to normal as of Thursday evening.

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