A gun-toting maniac opened fire near a Southern California elementary school before barricading himself inside a home — bizarrely emerging pantless after a standoff with a SWAT team.
Officers responded to reports Wednesday around 9:15 a.m. of a man having a breakdown in the Santa Clarita neighborhood of Saugus, leading the suspect to open fire on an unoccupied vehicle, according to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff.
No injuries were reported.
The suspect then barricaded himself inside a home and forced nearby schools, including one across the street from the scene, to go on lockdown. Residents in the area were also evacuated.
Officers established a perimeter “and initiated crisis response protocols,” the sheriff said.
Wild aerial footage captured by Fox 11 showed what appeared to be a large firearm on a sidewalk in front of the home.
The suspect eventually emerged around 11 a.m. wearing a T-shirt, a hat — and no pants — with his hands in the air before officers moved in and made an arrest.
He was arrested on suspicion of felony negligent discharge of a firearm near a school, Sgt. Juan Muralles told The Signal.
The suspect’s identity has not been released.
