Police looking for a gunman on Tuesday morning arrested a man inside St. Joseph Catholic Church, which was evacuated during Holy Communion for the search of the gun that hadn’t turned up one..
Nearby Valencia High School was placed on lockdown as a precaution, Placentia Sgt. Joe Connell said.
No one was injured.
The commotion can be heard on the church’s livestream.
Around 8:20 a.m. police received a call of a possible gunshot in the 700 block of Bradford Avenue, the sergeant said, with a followup report of a man seen with a possible handgun in a hand.
Officers headed found a man sitting in a pew at Saint Joseph, at 717 Bradford Ave.
After the sweep, worshipers were allowed to return to the service.
Police were trying to determine if a shot was fire, Connell said.
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