An active shooter has pinned down police with gunfire outside a San Diego, California apartment building. A SWAT team is on the scene. There may be a “couple of bodies,” according to the police dispatch feed.
The shooter has barricaded himself in a bedroom in a sixth-floor apartment.
The suspect fired rounds at police through a closed door when officers arrived, nearly hitting them. The officers returned fire, San Diego PD told KSWB’s Kelly Biele.
There is a negotiations team in contact with the gunman, pLieutenant Scott Wahl said during a briefing. They reiterated that people in the area are safe as long as they remain inside.
Active shooter with high powered rifle on the roof of 2400 Brant st, officers pinned down by gunfire . SWAT https://t.co/DMh4IEVImX
— Angie Baby (@AngieKoolAidKid) November 4, 2015
“He’s been actively shooting, sporadically,” Wahl said, adding that police don’t believe the suspect has taken any hostages and that the woman involved in the domestic violence call was “safely with us.”
Police have closed Curlew, Brant, Albatross and Front Streets between Laurel Street and W. Ivy Street, which are between San Diego International Airport and the San Diego Zoo.
A “full ground stop” has been issued at the airport, meaning no flights are allowed in or out.
Police are asking residents near the Brant Street in the Bankers Hill neighborhood to remain inside, away from windows until further notice.
Swat situation in Bankers Hill across from our house. Woke up to what we thought was a gun shot this morning. @CBS8 pic.twitter.com/JUaxmaT3I3
— Dominic Garcia (@CBS4Dom) November 4, 2015
When police arrived at the building in response to a domestic violence call, the suspect fired rounds at police through a closed door when officers arrived, nearly hitting them. The officers returned fire, San Diego PD said.
“We were trimming trees, and we were coming around the way, and we heard some gunshots,” a landscaper who was working nearby told KGTV.The
SWAT team arrived on the scene as a man was shooting at a police dog from the window of the apartment complex, KFMB reported.
JUST IN: Shots fired in Banker's Hill; suspect has rifle, SWAT standoff underway: https://t.co/h3xWPkxRNk pic.twitter.com/NBSnmlAsOt
— 10News (@10News) November 4, 2015
Police described the gunman as 32 years old; 5 feet 11 inches; and about 290 pounds with black hair.
Washington Elementary School is on lockdown with access to the campus restricted, a school district spokeswoman told the San Diego Union-Tribune.
PD using cars/homes as shields….shooter allegedly has long rifle. Complex on Brant and Kalmia @CBS8 @News8 pic.twitter.com/23v7qJu7A3
— Shannon Handy (@ShannonNews8) November 4, 2015
BREAKING: MULTIPLE gun fire rings out near Front & Laurel St; officers force all residents into homes @nbcsandiego pic.twitter.com/T3uJNEX1AO
— Liz Bryant (@LizBryantTV) November 4, 2015
BREAKING: woman walked toward meeting heard "boom"; she estimates 20 San Diego officers surrounded her @nbcsandiego pic.twitter.com/gGHBXmMh17
— Liz Bryant (@LizBryantTV) November 4, 2015
More swat team members going in apt building in Bankers Hill for stand off suspect. @CBS8 pic.twitter.com/A3hjU1Zb4q
— Dominic Garcia (@CBS4Dom) November 4, 2015
On the scene of Bankers Hill active shooter situation, Laurel & Front, looking west. pic.twitter.com/UnKMAkvzVl
— Sandy Coronilla (she/her/hers) (@SandyCoro) November 4, 2015
And for some reason they find it necessary to shutdown the San Diego Airport even though it didn’t happen AT the airport.
Unfrigginbelievable…………..
Completely and utterly unnecessary and a gross use of police measures.
Kinda reminds me of Spaceballs when Col. Sanders was preparing the ship for ludicrous speed. “…..close all the shops in the mall!….Cancel the three ring circus!….Secure all the animals in the zoo!…”
“An active shooter” vs Inactive shooter ???
Getting tired of people that haven’t mastered the American language. They’re supposed to be journalists.
More expense so the PD can ask for another budget increase…
“Team Liberty,” You suck!!!
Romanian govt resigns amid protests over deadly nightclub blaze
https://www.rt.com/news/320734-romania-government-resigns-nightclub/
“The Romanian cabinet has resigned in response to nationwide mass protests that followed a deadly fire in a Bucharest nightclub in which 32 people died, Ministers said they would continue to carry out their duties until a new government is formed.”
THIS GUY AINT NO “SNIPER”. HE AINT HIT SHIT.
Whoever that guy is, let’s hope something good comes of this.
“… the suspect fired rounds at police through a closed door when officers arrived, nearly hitting them.”
Brilliant!!!
Hey Einstein, wait till the pigs kick the door in, THEN SHOOT!
You think they’re just going to line up in front of the door like illegals at the welfare office?
“The officers returned fire, San Diego PD said.”
Apparently they fared no better.