Crime & Safety
Park Brook Elementary School Locked Down During SWAT Search
Brooklyn Park police had also told residents to lock their doors and "shelter in place" police authorities searched the area.
BROOKLYN PARK, MN — Park Brook Elementary in Brooklyn Park was placed on lockdown Wednesday afternoon while police and a SWAT team searched for a man they said was armed with a gun.
Police also told residents in that area to lock "all doors to your home and shelter in place." The man was described as an older white person wearing a camouflaged jacket.
Police later said they found the man barricaded inside a residential home in the area.
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"There is no longer a need to shelter in place if you live in this neighborhood," authorities said. "A large police presence remains in the area as Crisis Negotiators speak with the individual."
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