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Man in custody following school lockdown

by KTAR Newsroom (November 10th, 2009 @ 1:58pm)

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Two schools in central Scottsdale were locked down Tuesday morning after an armed man barricaded himself in a nearby home.

He was arrested later that afternoon.

Sierra Vista Academy and Coronado High School, both near 75th and Oak Streets, were placed under lockdown as a precaution about 10 a.m.

Police said officers responding to a family fight in the 2200 block of North 74th Place were told that a 60-year-old man pulled a gun after getting into an argument with his wife and 26-year-old son. The wife and son escaped unharmed from the family home.

Officer Dave Pubins said the man had medical problems. He was believed armed with handguns.