A 16-year-old Richmond High School student was arrested Tuesday after a shooting near Downer Elementary School prompted a lockdown on the campus, according to the San Pablo Police Department.
Officers responded at 9:42 a.m. to reports of gunfire at 20th Street and Sanford Avenue, about a block from the school, the San Pablo Police Department said in a statement. A witness told officers they heard shots and saw a male suspect pointing a handgun at a vehicle with tinted windows. Both the suspect and the vehicle fled in opposite directions.
Responding officers found shell casings in the street but no victims or suspects. Because of the shooting’s proximity to the school, an officer contacted school officials, and the campus was locked down as a precaution…