Ramona Welfare Check Leads to SWAT Standoff

Elementary school in Ramona evacuated during SWAT standoff at nearby home

A SWAT standoff with a person holed up inside a Ramona home Wednesday prompted the evacuation of a nearby elementary school — with students being relocated to a Montessori school about a mile away, authorities said. The Sheriff’s Office said in a post on X that Hanson Elementary School students could be picked up by their parents at the Ramona Community Montessori School on Ramona Street. The office posted information about the incident just aft…

Ramona welfare check leads to SWAT standoff

A police SWAT unit. (File photo courtesy OnScene.Media) A request for a law enforcement welfare check in a rural neighborhood in northeastern San Diego County led to a SWAT standoff on Wednesday afternoon. A caller asked for the check on a person’s well-being in the 1500 block of Royal Vista Drive in Ramona shortly before 9:30 a.m., the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office said. Royal Vista Drive After deputies were unable to make contact with a po…

SWAT standoff prompts evacuation of a Ramona elementary school

An hourslong SWAT standoff in Ramona that prompted the evacuation of an elementary school on Wednesday ended with the discovery of a man’s body, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said. Deputies were called out Wednesday morning for a welfare check at a home in the 1400 block of Royal Vista Drive. They made contact with the man, but when they heard what sounded like the racking of a weapon, they retreated. Escondido Police Department’s SW…

Standoff between suspect and deputies forces evacuation of elementary school in Ramona

RAMONA, Calif. (KGTV) The San Diego County Sheriff's Office says a SWAT standoff with a suspect was underway near the 1500 block of Royal Vista Drive in Ramona on Wednesday afternoon. The standoff forced the evacuation of a nearby school, Hanson Elementary, "out of an abundance of caution."Deputies say students and staff were relocated to the Ramona Community Montessori School in the 1000 block of Ramona Street. Parents were encouraged to pick u…