Santa Monica High Under Lockdown Update: One Suspect in Custody, Possible Accomplices Still On the Loose

SANTA MONICA, CA -- Santa Monica High School was under a brief lockdown Monday afternoon as police were searching for two suspects considered accomplices to an armed robbery in the area, a Santa Monica Police watch commander said.

Police on Monday arrested one armed robbery suspect, but they believe two possible accomplices are still on the loose.

The crime occurred around 12:10 p.m. across the street from the campus, which is in the 600 block of Pico Boulevard, the Santa Monica Police Department reported. Students were not in any danger, the watch commander said.

The victim, a boy who had set up a meeting at the location to sell two smoking devices that together were worth up to $2,000, was robbed by three males in their late-to-mid teens, according to Santa Monica police Lt. Saul Rodriguez.

The items had been listed on Craigslist, Rodriguez said.

One juvenile suspect was arrested and a handgun and the two stolen items were recovered, but the two other males got away, the lieutenant said. The lockdown was lifted around 2:30 p.m., police said.

The robbery was not related to the school, police said.

Descriptions of the suspects were not immediately available, Rodriguez said.

--City News Service contributed to this report. Photo via Shutterstock