Lockdown at Merced County school after shots fired at animal control officers

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - An simple schoolhouse successful Merced County is presently placed connected lockdown aft carnal power officers were changeable astatine connected Wednesday day pursuing a study of assertive dogs, the sheriff's bureau said.

At astir 11:40 a.m., the sheriff's bureau said carnal power officers were dispatched to Winfield Elementary School. Officers tracked assertive dogs to a residence successful the 6900 artifact of Chestnut Lane.

The sheriff's bureau said that arsenic the officers approached the residence, they believed the officers had 4 shots fired astatine them. The officers retreated to safety.

Deputies instantly responded to the area, and the mediate schoolhouse was placed connected lockdown. Any household associated with the schoolhouse was asked to reunite astatine the Walnut Avenue broadside of the school.

No injuries person been reported. The sheriff's bureau said nary further shots were fired and that this remains an progressive scene.