The campus of Academy of the Canyons was placed on a brief “soft lockdown” Monday morning due to nearby law enforcement activity, according to William S. Hart Union High School District officials.
Located on the College of the Canyons Valencia campus, AOC was placed on the “soft lockdown” shortly before 9 a.m. on Monday, according to Debbie Dunn, communications coordinator for the district.
She added that the campus, welcoming students back on Monday for the first day of the fall semester, resumed normal activity at around 9:10 a.m. and nothing on campus was affected as the incident occurred in a nearby parking lot.
According to Deputy Robert Jensen, spokesman for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, the incident evolved from patrolling deputies observing a vehicle near Rockwell Canyon Road and Valencia Boulevard with a license plate that matched that of one with a felony warrant for making criminal threats.
Deputies then directed the driver of the vehicle to pull over, which led them to a parking lot near the Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center, Jensen said. He added that because guns were drawn to detain the driver, the school resource deputy ordered the “soft lockdown” that was lifted after approximately 10 minutes.
Jensen said he could not confirm whether the driver of the vehicle was arrested.
