2 LA MESA SCHOOLS ON LOCK-DOWN

January 15, 2010 (La Mesa) -- At 2:11 this afternoon, La Mesa Police officers responded to a call of a student at La Mesa Middle School, 4200 Parks Avenue, who had been shot at with an unknown weapon. The student was not injured. Reportedly, the student was on or near the athletic field when he believed he had been fired at from the rear of a house in the 7500 block of Orien Avenue.

Upon arriving, officers quickly secured the surrounding area and both La Mesa Middle School and nearby La Mesa-Dale Elementary School were placed on lock-down by school administrators. Officers subsequently contacted four males (one adult and three juveniles) inside the suspected residence where the shots came from. The investigation revealed that a BB gun (handgun) had been fired in the backyard of the residence. Investigation is still being conducted as to whether the victim student was intentionally being shot at or whether the incident was an accident.

Both schools were on lock-down for just over one hour.