Alhambra High School Locked Down As Suspicious Man Enters Building: PD

MARTINEZ, CA — The Martinez Police Department provided information on an incident that prompted a lockdown Wednesday at Alhambra High School.

According to Martinez police Lt. Zach Lekse, officers were sent to the area of Alhambra Avenue and J Street shortly after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday for a welfare check on a pedestrian who was reportedly acting strangely.

Officers located a man walking in the area and tried to contact him but he ran into the lower-level parking lot of Alhambra High School at 150 E Street.

Before officers were able to detain him, the man also briefly walked into a building occupied by students and/or staff at the high school.

"No students or staff were involved in the incident and the high school was briefly placed on a lockdown protocol until the incident was resolved," Lekse said.

No force was used and no one was injured during the incident, the lieutenant said.

Officers determined the 31-year-old man from Richmond was experiencing a mental health crisis.

An ambulance crew with Contra Costa County Consolidated Fire took the man to Contra Costa County Regional Medical Center for a 72-hour mental health evaluation.