SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A suspect was taken into custody Tuesday after reports of a man with a gun threatening suicide in La Jolla caused a SWAT response, and prompted schools in the area to shelter in place.
The San Diego Police Department SWAT Primary Response Team was called in to assist with reports of a suicide threat on Via Casa Alta near Mount Soledad at around 10:35 a.m.
Officers say a man with a gun was in his car and refusing to come out.
The San Diego Unified School District says La Jolla Elementary School, Muirlands Middle School, and La Jolla High School went on a temporary lockdown at the police department’s request, that lifted by 2 p.m.
The incident ended around 4 p.m. according to police.
