Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies detained a 35-year-old man after a foot pursuit and containment Thursday afternoon in the Santa Clara riverbed near Luther Drive in Canyon Country.
The foot pursuit began shortly after 12:30 p.m. at the Metrolink train station at Via Princessa and Whites Canyon Road in Canyon Country when deputies located a known suspect who was wanted on suspicion of making criminal threats, according to Deputy Robert Jensen, spokesman for the station.
The suspect led deputies on a foot pursuit and began running into the Santa Clara riverbed area, and he was described to be a Hispanic man wearing a yellow shirt and white jacket, according to radio dispatch traffic.
That foot pursuit led to a containment in the Santa Clara riverbed near Luther Avenue as deputies coordinated their efforts to take the suspect into custody, according to radio dispatch traffic.
Jensen said that the suspect was detained without incident in the riverbed area at 1:20 p.m.
Out of an abundance of caution, Santa Clarita Christian School was placed on a hold, meaning the school put its students and staff in the classrooms, according to Jensen. The school has since reopened and is clear.
