Staffer Barricades Herself At Middle School, Triggering SWAT Standoff

BALDWIN PARK, CA — A female employee who barricaded herself at a Baldwin Park middle school was taken into custody Thursday evening after a nearly 12- hour standoff that prompted the campus' evacuation.

The woman was taken into custody around 9:30 p.m., Baldwin Park City Manager Enrique C. Zaldivar told City News Service.

Officers were dispatched about 9:45 a.m. to Olive Middle School, 13701 Olive St., regarding a disturbance involving a school employee, according to a Baldwin Park Police Department dispatcher. The nature of the disturbance was unclear.

At one point during the conversation with officers, the employee closed an office door in the main building at the school and barricaded herself inside the room, according to the dispatcher.

There was no indication the woman was armed, however, a special weapons team was deployed to the campus.

Students were dismissed early for the day as the standoff continued mid-afternoon Thursday.

No injuries were reported.

City News Service