MENIFEE, CA. (THECOUNT) — Greg Avejon was taken into custody “after checking in at LAX airport in an attempt to flee the country,” the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
Avejon, 25, was arrested in connection to a Wednesday “man with a gun” lockdown at Mt. San Jacinto College and three other California schools.
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Students and staffers at Mt. San Jacinto College were sheltering in place with the campus on lockdown Wednesday morning after a man entered the student cafeteria, pointed a gun, and then walked out, authorities said.
No shots were reported fired in the incident around 9:30 a.m. on the campus at 1499 N. State St. in San Jacinto, school spokeswoman Karin Marriott said.
Riverside County sheriff’s deputies were on the campus searching for the suspect and also sealing off streets around it, said Deputy Robyn Flores, a spokeswoman for the agency.
“We are asking people to stay out of the area and let deputies do what they need to do,” Flores said. “There were no shots fired that we are aware of, and no reports of injuries,” reports PE.
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Geo quick facts: Menifee is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and part of the Los Angeles Combined Statistical Area. The city is centrally located in the heart of Southern California, almost 15 miles north of Temecula and bordering the city of Murrieta – Wikipedia.