"It was early Thursday morning when the Fullerton Police Department received a startling call: A man, described as wearing a white shirt, was seen jumping over fences at the Highland Pinetree Apartment Homes with a handgun. Officers arrived at 6:46 a.m., where they discovered that agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations, were also in pursuit, a department official said."
"Chad Hammitt, deputy superintendent of Fullerton School District's Human Resources Division, said that he found out about the presence of immigration agents near the school from social media. He called Fullerton police at 7:14 a.m. to ask what was happening. Thirty minutes later, he received a call back. "They told me a suspect was on the loose and that police were holding a perimeter. I didn't know he was armed," Hammitt said. "Had we known, we would have put the school on lockdown.""
An early-morning report warned of a man jumping fences with a handgun near Highland Pinetree Apartment Homes. Fullerton Police arrived at 6:46 a.m. and found federal agents from ICE, the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations also involved in the pursuit. Woodcrest Elementary students began arriving for a before-school program at 7 a.m., and school officials first learned of the federal presence via social media. Deputy Superintendent Chad Hammitt called police at 7:14 a.m. and received a callback around 30 minutes later; police said they were holding a perimeter but did not initially disclose the suspect was armed. Residents questioned how federal agents entered the property and why the school was not warned.
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