Officer shoots brick-wielding man outside California elementary school

A police officer shot and killed a man directly in front an elementary school in Anaheim on Monday, prompting a brief lockdown of the campus while children were still in class.

Authorities said the shooting occurred around 12:45 p.m. near the entrance of John Marshall Elementary School at Falmouth Avenue and Holly Street.

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Sgt. Matt Sutter with the Anaheim Police Department told KTLA that police initially received a call of a “suspicious person” reportedly armed with a brick and then a shovel.

“We’re not sure what that person was doing with a brick, but when our officer got here there was an encounter, and an officer-involved shooting did occur,” Sutter said…

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