St Luke's Parish and School in lockdown Tuesday morning

St. Luke’s Parish and School were in a modified lockdown Tuesday morning because of a suspicious person on the property.

Shoreline Police responded and detained the person. He was trespassed from the property and transported to the City of Seattle.

The lockdown was lifted before 10:30am.

The principal issued a letter to parents:

DEAR FAMILIES,

This morning (May 5th) around 9:15 we had an unfamiliar man riding on a rented bicycle from Seattle on the lower parking lot. He was yelling at some of the children who were coming back from the parish center. He left and went to the upper field near the parish center. We called 911 as soon as we heard he was on the upper field. Both Hill Williams and I went up to this man and asked him to leave the property immediately. Fr. Brad joined us as well and we escorted the man off campus. The Shoreline police department arrived just as the man stepped off campus and apprehended him.

While all of this was going on, we went into a modified lockdown. During a modified lockdown all doors are locked, no outside activities will take place or student crossing from gym/library to school. Classes go on as usual within the safety of the school buildings. As soon as the police investigated the situation and determined things were under control, we lifted the modified lockdown.

There were no problems with student or staff safety during this time. It was comforting to know that we had the capability to totally lock our campus and maintain a safe and secure environment while the authorities did their job.

We are sending this message out to communicate via e-mail and Twitter in the spirit of keeping all families informed.

RICK BOYLE, PRINCIPAL