Burney school went into lockdown Tuesday morning
Fall River Joint Unified School District went into lockdown Tuesday morning after reports of gunshots, leading to the arrest of a man with a shotgun.
Posted: Mar 16, 2021 6:41 PM
Posted By: Brandon Downs
BURNEY, Calif. - Fall River Joint Unified School District office went into lockdown and buses were diverted from the school after reports of gunshots in Burney on Tuesday morning, Shasta County Sheriff said.
The Burney Enforcement Division responded to the area of Woods Ave. and Pine St. where gunshots were reported.
Deputies said Kyle Daniels Christie, 33-year-old from Burney, was identified as the suspect. Christie was a known felon and had an active arrest warrant for assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse.
Fall River High School will be transitioning to distance learning beginning on Thursday, March 4, to Monday, March 22, after 12 students tested positive for COVID-19 in the last week, said Merrill Grant, superintendent of the Fall River Joint Unified School District. We worked closely with Shasta County Department of Public Health to make this decision in the best interest of the school and the greater Intermountain community, Grant said in an email.
The cases do not seem to be related and they did not spread in school, Grant added in the email. However, contact tracing shows that cases could be transmitted in outside activities students are involved in.