CHILDREN WERE PREVENTED FROM GOING TO VIRGINIA ROCCA BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SALINAS BEFORE SCHOOL THIS MORNING, FOLLOWING AN OVERNIGHT ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A POLICE OFFICER. LAS CASITAS DRIVE WAS SHUT DOWN BETWEEN CONSTITUTION BOULEVARD AND NOGAL DRIVE AS POLICE SEARCHED IN THE NATIVIDAD CREEK PARK AREA FOR 3 SUSPECTS. AN OFFICER WAS FIRED UPON DURING AN ENCOUNTER WITH THREE MEN IN A CAR. THE DRIVER AND 1 PASSENGER, BOTH KNOWN GANG MEMBERS, WERE ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL. THE 3RD SUSPECT IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
