The student threatened to open fire at Citrus College. The police closed the campus for 7 hours to carry out a search

Police Glendora (CA) conducted a search at Citrus College, when one of his students threatened to open fire on campus.

January 15 at 11:17 a.m., 911, the man called and said he was going to open fire in a building Citrus College at 1000 W. Foothill Blvd. The campus closed at 11:28, and all students and teachers were asked to shelter in a safe place and wait for the announcement of the end of the police search. Employees of Citrus College posted a warning on Twitter to everyone who was in College or nearby.

Citrus Alert: on 1/15/18 an order has been issued to lock down Citrus College. If you are not on campus, stay away. Go to the nearest room, turn off lights, lock door, and remain quiet. Remain locked down until an All Clear has been issued.

— Citrus College (@CitrusCollege) On January 15, 2019

Police arrived at the scene within minutes and called to the aid of the special forces. The suspect’s vehicle found in the Parking lot of College in 11:39. The bomb squad searched the vehicle for explosives and weapons. Using a long wire, they opened the car doors and pulled out the backpack of the suspect. Nothing dangerous, officers are not found. Then SWAT and the bomb squad examined every office in the building. It took about 7 hours. All College classes were cancelled the rest of the day.

#CitrusCollege remains on lockdown. @Glendora_PD is searching classroom buildings now. All parking lots are closed. @CitrusCollege #NBCLA #Telemundo52 pic.twitter.com/yl8rGRtp38

— Alexvnews (@alexvnews) January 15, 2019

The College campus was opened at 18:00. There were no explosives found and no one was hurt. In the next building Azusa Pacific University also conducted a search at the request of the University administration.

#LASD SEB Tactical Bomb Techs assisting our partners @Glendora_PD with a school threat at @CitrusCollege. The area is now safe. Public safety #of teamwork. pic.twitter.com/XuzuELdopS

— SEB (@SEBLASD) January 16, 2019

The suspect, 30-year-old Terrell Lee Bennett of Chino was arrested in the campus at around 15:40. The man surrendered to police himself, the weapons and explosives had not found it. He was a student extramural student of Citrus College and was on Tuesday to visit one of the individual lessons. The police thinks that Bennett wanted to commit suicide to provoke the police, so they opened fire on him. However, detectives are looking for other motives and the investigation is ongoing.

Please see the following press release regarding today’s incident at Citrus College: pic.twitter.com/QOGDBt2vez

— GlendoraPD (@Glendora_PD) January 16, 2019

Anyone who has information about the incident is asked to contact police Sergeant Glendora Michael Henderson on the phone 626-914-8281 or write to the following address [email protected].

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