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By Glenn Puit Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 5, 2020 - 11:39 am
 
Updated March 5, 2020 - 10:59 pm

Spring Valley High School was placed on lockdown due to Las Vegas police activity in a neighborhood surrounding the school, police said.

Clark County School District Police Sgt. Ryan Zink confirmed the lockdown as of 11:15 a.m. He referred questions to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Las Vegas police said there was a foot pursuit involving a suspect on a bike who jumped a wall near the baseball field at the school. The man was in custody as of 11:20 a.m. Police were trying to determine why the man fled from police and whether a crime was committed.

Contact Glenn Puit at gpuit@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0390. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter.

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