- Five schools in Massachusetts have been placed under shelter-in-place orders after police had a standoff with a barricaded suspect Wednesday afternoon
- The Hyannis Transportation and Facilities Office is also under the shelter-in-place order
- A SWAT team armed with long guns was seen around a property on St John Street and negotiations with the suspect are ongoing
Five schools in Massachusetts have been placed under shelter-in-place orders after a police standoff occurred Wednesday afternoon.
Barnstable High School, Barnstable Intermediate School, Hyannis West Elementary School, Enoch Cobb Early Learning Center and Barnstable Community Innovation School are included in the mandate, the public school board said.
There is currently no threat against any of the schools, officials said.
A SWAT team armed with long guns was seen surrounding a property on St John Street in Hyannis on the Cape Cod Peninsula.
A SWAT team armed with long guns was seen around a property on St John Street
Local police are currently involved in a standoff with a barricaded suspect in the Route 28 and Bearses Way area of Hyannis
According to local reports, local police are currently involved in a standoff with a barricaded suspect in the Route 28 and Bearses Way area of Hyannis.
Police were called to an address in St John Street at 7.41am to a report of a person holding a knife.
The caller told a police dispatcher that the residents of the home were able to leave the home, but the suspect remained inside, NBC reported.
Barnstable Police arrived on scene and detained the suspect in the home before the Cape Cod Regional SWAT team arrived shortly thereafter and took control of the incident.
Negotiations with the suspect were ongoing as of 12:30 p.m. and a shelter remains within a mile radius, Barnstable police said.
“No one is allowed to enter or leave our schools, but school activities in the building continue,” the district wrote in an email to the school community.
The city’s Transportation and Facilities Office is also under the shelter-in-place order.
