San Diego: Palomar College on Lockdown; Gunman Reported

San Diego: Palomar College on Lockdown; Gunman Reported
Jack Phillips
12/31/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015

A reported gunman was on campus at Palomar College in San Marcos, located near San Diego, California, on Tuesday morning.

Preliminary reports indicate that a man called 911 and said that he had a gun.

CBS-8 said that the man claimed he had an AK-47 assault rifle.

Emergency personnel were rushing to the campus.

According to 10 News, the call came in at around 6:30 a.m. local time.

Deputies told the station that the man also claimed to have shot someone at his home in Escondido, but when the location was searched, they found nothing.

Palomar College is a community college in San Marcos. Currently, students are on winter break and classes are not in session.

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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