School employee in custody after hours-long standoff in Baldwin Park
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[{'start': '0.640', 'end': '5.279', 'text': 'That breaking news. A militarystyle'}, {'start': '3.040', 'end': '7.680', 'text': 'operation tonight at a middle school in'}, {'start': '5.279', 'end': '10.480', 'text': 'Baldwin Park. A day that started with'}, {'start': '7.680', 'end': '13.040', 'text': 'the usual bell for class ends with'}, {'start': '10.480', 'end': '14.719', 'text': 'flashbangs and SWAT teams moving in.'}, {'start': '13.040', 'end': '16.720', 'text': "Good evening to you. I'm Robert Kvasic."}, {'start': '14.719', 'end': '19.279', 'text': 'And tonight for Carolyn Johnson, an'}, {'start': '16.720', 'end': '21.920', 'text': 'employee barricaded herself at Olive'}, {'start': '19.279', 'end': '24.560', 'text': 'Middle School, forcing a full evacuation'}, {'start': '21.920', 'end': '27.599', 'text': 'there. But tonight, law enforcement'}, {'start': '24.560', 'end': '29.439', 'text': "finally saying time's up. New Shopper 4"}, {'start': '27.599', 'end': '31.679', 'text': 'watching overhead after police say they'}, {'start': '29.439', 'end': '33.760', 'text': 'were alerted just before 10:00 this'}, {'start': '31.679', 'end': '36.239', 'text': 'morning that the employee was causing'}, {'start': '33.760', 'end': '38.399', 'text': "some type of disturbance in the school's"}, {'start': '36.239', 'end': '40.480', 'text': 'main office. Authorities say she then'}, {'start': '38.399', 'end': '42.879', 'text': 'decided to haul up in there and that'}, {'start': '40.480', 'end': '45.840', 'text': 'began some tense moments for those'}, {'start': '42.879', 'end': '48.320', 'text': 'inside of the school as well as fearful'}, {'start': '45.840', 'end': '50.879', 'text': 'parents. Students forced to move to the'}, {'start': '48.320', 'end': '53.920', 'text': 'school lawn, then a nearby elementary'}, {'start': '50.879', 'end': '56.559', 'text': 'school. Loved ones racing to come safely'}, {'start': '53.920', 'end': '59.440', 'text': 'collect them. And once students and'}, {'start': '56.559', 'end': '63.199', 'text': 'staff were cleared, we heard SWAT teams'}, {'start': '59.440', 'end': '63.199', 'text': 'deploy their first show of'}, {'start': '67.400', 'end': '72.960', 'text': 'force. And then just a short time ago,'}, {'start': '70.400', 'end': '76.240', 'text': 'we watched on as SWAT teams then moved'}, {'start': '72.960', 'end': '78.880', 'text': 'in using a battering ram, then a drone,'}, {'start': '76.240', 'end': '81.920', 'text': 'and then tear gas to make the arrest,'}, {'start': '78.880', 'end': '84.880', 'text': 'ending almost 12 hours after this all'}, {'start': '81.920', 'end': '87.520', 'text': "began. NBC4's Macy Jenkins is now live"}, {'start': '84.880', 'end': '89.600', 'text': 'from Baldwin Park with more. Plus, Macy,'}, {'start': '87.520', 'end': '92.799', 'text': 'how these students and these parents are'}, {'start': '89.600', 'end': '95.360', 'text': 'doing right now.'}, {'start': '92.799', 'end': '97.280', 'text': 'Robert, talk about a very chaotic and'}, {'start': '95.360', 'end': '98.880', 'text': 'dramatic day here at Olive Middle'}, {'start': '97.280', 'end': '101.600', 'text': 'School. Police were trying to negotiate'}, {'start': '98.880', 'end': '103.920', 'text': 'with this employee all day and finally,'}, {'start': '101.600', 'end': '105.600', 'text': 'as you said, it came to an end earlier'}, {'start': '103.920', 'end': '107.840', 'text': 'this evening. Take a look at the school'}, {'start': '105.600', 'end': '110.720', 'text': 'now where things have calmed down. But'}, {'start': '107.840', 'end': '112.320', 'text': 'this ended with police ramming in one of'}, {'start': '110.720', 'end': '114.880', 'text': 'the doors here near the front of the'}, {'start': '112.320', 'end': '116.520', 'text': 'school and finally getting that woman to'}, {'start': '114.880', 'end': '119.200', 'text': 'come out of the'}, {'start': '116.520', 'end': '121.360', 'text': 'building. Baldwin Park police using a'}, {'start': '119.200', 'end': '123.360', 'text': 'bearcat to break down a door at Olive'}, {'start': '121.360', 'end': '125.759', 'text': 'Middle School behind which they say a'}, {'start': '123.360', 'end': '128.000', 'text': 'school employee barricaded herself'}, {'start': '125.759', 'end': '130.080', 'text': 'earlier this morning. You can see SWAT'}, {'start': '128.000', 'end': '132.080', 'text': 'officers with guns drawn shining their'}, {'start': '130.080', 'end': '134.400', 'text': 'flashlights into what appears to be a'}, {'start': '132.080', 'end': '137.200', 'text': 'very disheveled room. All of this'}, {'start': '134.400', 'end': '139.200', 'text': 'started around 9:45 a.m. when the school'}, {'start': '137.200', 'end': '141.920', 'text': 'district says the staff member arrived'}, {'start': '139.200', 'end': '144.319', 'text': 'and caused a disruption on campus before'}, {'start': '141.920', 'end': '146.319', 'text': 'barricading herself in the front office.'}, {'start': '144.319', 'end': '148.480', 'text': 'Students and staff were evacuated to'}, {'start': '146.319', 'end': '150.640', 'text': 'nearby Walnut Elementary School where'}, {'start': '148.480', 'end': '152.319', 'text': 'parents were notified to pick them up.'}, {'start': '150.640', 'end': '153.360', 'text': 'You know, like our kids are you think'}, {'start': '152.319', 'end': '154.640', 'text': "they're safe there and you know, like"}, {'start': '153.360', 'end': '156.560', 'text': "it's like I mean, I know everybody has"}, {'start': '154.640', 'end': '158.959', 'text': "issues and problems, but yeah, it's kind"}, {'start': '156.560', 'end': '160.560', 'text': "of it's scary like cuz you don't know if"}, {'start': '158.959', 'end': '162.640', 'text': "it's a you know, for real or if it's a"}, {'start': '160.560', 'end': '164.720', 'text': 'joke. Police say the employee was not'}, {'start': '162.640', 'end': '167.200', 'text': 'armed and not a threat to anyone on'}, {'start': '164.720', 'end': '169.040', 'text': 'campus. The crisis negotiation team'}, {'start': '167.200', 'end': '171.280', 'text': 'spent most of the day trying to convince'}, {'start': '169.040', 'end': '173.519', 'text': 'the staff member to come outside, but to'}, {'start': '171.280', 'end': '175.360', 'text': 'no avail. The district sent out a'}, {'start': '173.519', 'end': '177.440', 'text': 'statement saying in part, "We want to'}, {'start': '175.360', 'end': '178.879', 'text': 'extend our deepest thanks to the Olive'}, {'start': '177.440', 'end': '181.360', 'text': 'Middle School community for their'}, {'start': '178.879', 'end': '182.959', 'text': "cooperation during today's dismissal. We"}, {'start': '181.360', 'end': '184.800', 'text': 'continue to work closely with law'}, {'start': '182.959', 'end': '187.360', 'text': 'enforcement agencies to secure the'}, {'start': '184.800', 'end': '188.959', 'text': 'campus as the investigation continues.'}, {'start': '187.360', 'end': '190.959', 'text': 'The school district has not confirmed'}, {'start': '188.959', 'end': '192.720', 'text': 'the identity of the employee, but'}, {'start': '190.959', 'end': '195.519', 'text': 'several students say they watched a'}, {'start': '192.720', 'end': '197.200', 'text': 'disturbing video on Instagram posted by'}, {'start': '195.519', 'end': '199.519', 'text': "one of their teachers whose name we're"}, {'start': '197.200', 'end': '201.319', 'text': 'choosing not to say. Totally out of'}, {'start': '199.519', 'end': '204.480', 'text': 'character. I just'}, {'start': '201.319', 'end': '206.879', 'text': "like it's it's not her. She's just a"}, {'start': '204.480', 'end': '209.280', 'text': 'beautiful person, honestly. The standoff'}, {'start': '206.879', 'end': '211.760', 'text': 'finally coming to an end around 9:00'}, {'start': '209.280', 'end': '214.080', 'text': 'tonight after officers deployed tear gas'}, {'start': '211.760', 'end': '215.680', 'text': 'and entered the school. The employee'}, {'start': '214.080', 'end': '217.760', 'text': 'later taken to an ambulance by'}, {'start': '215.680', 'end': '219.760', 'text': 'wheelchair. I hope she gets the help'}, {'start': '217.760', 'end': '221.760', 'text': "that she needs. Whatever's going on,"}, {'start': '219.760', 'end': '225.599', 'text': "it's got to be something pretty deep."}, {'start': '221.760', 'end': '228.000', 'text': "And I just hope she I hope it's not jail"}, {'start': '225.599', 'end': '231.239', 'text': "time. I hope it's some emotional help"}, {'start': '228.000', 'end': '231.239', 'text': 'for her.'}, {'start': '231.440', 'end': '235.440', 'text': 'Classes here at Olive Middle School will'}, {'start': '233.280', 'end': '237.920', 'text': 'be cancelled for tomorrow with school'}, {'start': '235.440', 'end': '240.400', 'text': 'resuming on Monday morning. All other'}, {'start': '237.920', 'end': '242.080', 'text': 'Baldwin Park campuses will remain open.'}, {'start': '240.400', 'end': '245.120', 'text': 'Reporting live in Baldwin Park, Macy'}, {'start': '242.080', 'end': '246.799', 'text': 'Jenkins, NBC4 News. Macy, thank you for'}, {'start': '245.120', 'end': '249.120', 'text': 'that. 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