Lindo Park Elementary School and Tierra del Sol Middle School were placed on lockdown Thursday after a woman threatened to "shoot up" a school in Lakeside, sheriff's officials say.
Detectives say Sarah Joy Lomaintewa, 26, made the threat against an unspecified school. As a precaution, the elementary and middle schools were locked down at about 1:20 p.m. as El Capitan High School was placed on a secure campus. That means students were locked into classrooms.
Other schools in the neighborhood were notified.
The Lakeside Unified School District posted that students from Lindo Park or Tierra del Sol Middle School who ride the bus, walk home or get picked up were bused to the old Vons parking lot on Woodside Avenue. Parents could pick them up there at the school district office, located at 12335 Woodside Avenue.
Lomaintewa was arrested at about 3:50 p.m. in Lakeside on suspicion of terrorist threats and threatening a school.
All the schools have since been released from lockdown.
Gala Christie said she saw her son walk out of his class, looking scared.
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"They're little so they don't really know what's going on," said Christie. "It's definitely a very scary feeling." Officials told her it was a social media threat made against the schools.
Kyle Beck arrived to pick up his child, only to just find out about the lockdown. He said he's worried and annoyed.
"It's terrible. It's an elementary school. You know, to scare kids, let alone families, it's just ridiculous," Beck told NBC 7.
