Students and staff were welcomed back to Castle View Elementary School in Riverside Monday.
Students return to Castle View Elementary on Nov. 6, 2017. Nearly one week after a hostage situation ended in a deadly officer-involved shooting. (Credit: KTLA)
The elementary school had been closed since Tuesday, when a parent who took a teacher hostage was eventually shot and killed by police.
The school, located at 6201 Shaker Drive, remained closed the rest of the week, but community members and law enforcement came out to greet those returning to the school Monday and welcome them with a teddy bear and a shirt.
“We want to just show our support for these kids and their parents … We’re going to be here as long as we need to,” said Officer Ryan Railsback, a spokesman for the Riverside Police Department.
Tuesday’s seven-hour standoff at the school began around lunchtime when a parent, later identified by police as 27-year-old Luvelle Kennon, took a teacher hostage and barricaded himself inside a classroom.
The teacher, 70—year-old Linda Montgomery, is listed on the school’s website as a first grade teacher.
Unable to get Kennon to exit the classroom, officers stormed the building and an officer-involved shooting occurred.
Kennon later died from his injuries.
Montgomery was safe after the incident but taken to a hospital as a precaution.
The motive for the incident was unknown.
from KTLA http://ift.tt/2lXqfLF
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