Update: Armed robbery reported at Centennial Park, schools locked down, teen arrested
Paso PD conducted a successful search today for a suspect who is said to have robbed a citizen on the walking path near Centennial Park. The suspect is now detained.
Updated report: On Wednesday, May 13, at approximately 2:20 p.m., officers from the Paso Robles Police Department responded to the walking path in Centennial Park for a report of an attempted armed robbery. The suspect was described as an Hispanic male, 16 to 18 years of age, wearing all brown with blue shoes, according to police. The suspect allegedly demanded money from three juveniles, physically assaulted one of them and indicated he had a gun in his waistband.
Officers from the Paso Robles Police Department were assisted by the California Highway Patrol and Cuesta College police in a manhunt for the suspect. Road blocks were set up around the park.
A CHP helicopter located the suspect on a walking path between Nickerson Drive and Mohawk Court. At about 3:15 p.m. officers were able to detain the suspect without any injuries. A gun was not located and it is believed the suspect lied to the victim juveniles about having a gun, police say.
The arrested suspect is a juvenile from Atascadero with known gang ties, police say. His identity is not being released due to his juvenile status. None of the juvenile victims were seriously injured.
At the request of law enforcement, Pifer Elementary, Lewis Middle School and Paso Robles High School were all briefly placed on an after-school lockdown as a precautionary measure. All schools had completed their educational day and had previously released all students when the lockdown occurred, according to Ashley Lightfoot, spokesman for the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District. However, after-school and athletic program participants were safely gathered inside locked spaces, he said. School bus routes were also re-routed around the area, according to Lieutenant Tim Murphy.
Anyone witnesses with information about this incident are asked to call the Paso Robles Police Department at (805) 237-6464.
The walking path, and the surrounding areas were placed on lockdown for the duration of the search.
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Nice going PASO PD!! Now throw away the key. Don't need this thug back on the streets.
Maybe people living on the walking path should have been warned. We back up to it and had the helicopter over our heads for 30 minutes with no warnings to lock our doors.
OMG! My son was walking home on that path and was approached by a guy just before that time. That sounds just like the same person. He said he look like some gang banger. Very scary! Wow what's really going on in Paso these days? Thanks PRPD for getting the job done!
I took a helicopter circling overhead as an automatic warning that I should lock my door. Waiting for someone to call and tell me to do so never crossed my mind. Maybe it should be the automatic response to a helicopter circling over your house. 🙂 .
Yeah! So my friends and i were on our run and tried going out the back and then cops were everywhere.
You can go on the city website and sign up for the text alerts. I was at the HS and heard about it from the PD text. And yes, a helicopter circling is generally a sign that something is wrong. We never leave our doors unlocked. You never know who might walk in!
You can go on the city website and sign up for the text alerts. I was at the HS and heard about it from the PD text. And yes, a helicopter circling is generally a sign that something is wrong. We never leave our doors unlocked. You never know who might walk in!
Great job, PD..
Thank u Paso Robles PD for keeping our awesome city streets safe for our families. May God bless our lil city.
Great Job.
This Story is wrong about the athletics being in a safe place." after-school and athletic program participants were safely gathered inside locked spaces, he said" My friends daughter on the track team who was out there that day said that no one knew that anything had happened, and she walked straight to her car after practice and went home.
Nice going PASO PD!! Now throw away the key. Don't need this thug back on the streets.
Maybe people living on the walking path should have been warned. We back up to it and had the helicopter over our heads for 30 minutes with no warnings to lock our doors.
OMG! My son was walking home on that path and was approached by a guy just before that time. That sounds just like the same person. He said he look like some gang banger. Very scary! Wow what's really going on in Paso these days? Thanks PRPD for getting the job done!
I took a helicopter circling overhead as an automatic warning that I should lock my door. Waiting for someone to call and tell me to do so never crossed my mind. Maybe it should be the automatic response to a helicopter circling over your house. 🙂 .
Yeah! So my friends and i were on our run and tried going out the back and then cops were everywhere.
You can go on the city website and sign up for the text alerts. I was at the HS and heard about it from the PD text. And yes, a helicopter circling is generally a sign that something is wrong. We never leave our doors unlocked. You never know who might walk in!
You can go on the city website and sign up for the text alerts. I was at the HS and heard about it from the PD text. And yes, a helicopter circling is generally a sign that something is wrong. We never leave our doors unlocked. You never know who might walk in!
Great job, PD..
Thank u Paso Robles PD for keeping our awesome city streets safe for our families. May God bless our lil city.
Great Job.
This Story is wrong about the athletics being in a safe place." after-school and athletic program participants were safely gathered inside locked spaces, he said" My friends daughter on the track team who was out there that day said that no one knew that anything had happened, and she walked straight to her car after practice and went home.