Crime & Safety

Robert F. Kennedy Community School's Campus Evacuated, Man In Custody After Gun Pointed At School Police In Koreatown

"As the officers approached the group, an adult male pointed a handgun at the officers," said the statement from LAUSD.

June 24, 2025 / 6:42 PM PDT

The Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools campus was evacuated on Tuesday after a gun was allegedly pointed at school officers.

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It happened at around 2:20 p.m., when Los Angeles School police say they were "conducting safe passage patrol" on the perimeter of the campus, which essentially sprawls between Wilshire Boulevard and W. 8th Street in Koreatown.

While they were in the area, officers attempted to contact a group of men who were in the 700 block of S. Catalina Street, said a statement from an LASPD spokesperson.

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