San Leandro Middle School Sheltering-In-Place Due To Police Search For Robbery Suspect
SAN LEANDRO (CBS SF) -- Bancroft Middle School in San Leandro was sheltering-in-place Tuesday afternoon because of yard-to-yard search for a robbery suspect, according to the San Leandro Unified School District.
KPIX 5's chopper video showed several officers going house-to-house and through backyards, with the aid of a police K-9.
The robbery suspect allegedly fled from the CHP during a freeway pursuit. The search was happening in the vicinity of Morgan and Joaquin Avenues, according to San Leandro Police Department.
District officials wrote on Twitter at 12:45 p.m. that San Leandro police and California Highway Patrol officers requested that the school at 1150 Bancroft Ave. s
Parents have been notified of the incident.
The suspect was a black male, thin build, wearing a gray shirt and dark colored jeans, according to police.
Anyone with information was being asked to call 911.
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