Person who brandished firearm evades Vallejo police, search continues

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FILE ART -- Vallejo police officer

VALLEJO, Calif. - A Vallejo neighborhood was ordered to shelter in place Wednesday after multiple reports of a person brandishing a gun. Now the police are searching for that person. 

No active shooter situation

What we know:

The Solano County alert system initially notified residents of a possible active shooter situation in the 400 block of Illinois Street and ordered them to stay inside.

The Vallejo Police Department later clarified that it was not an active shooter situation, but rather a possible armed and barricaded person.

Police issued a news release late in the evening that said at 9:48 a.m., officers responded to the report of a person brandishing a firearm at the intersection of Sutter and Illinois streets. Once officers arrived, they established a perimeter, police said. 

A SWAT team and hostage negotiation team responded to the area, but authorities did not initially confirm whether the person was located. Vallejo police later said the subject, who was brandishing a weapon, had breached the perimeter prior to police establishing those boundaries. 

The Napa Police Department also assisted by lending their drone. 

Vallejo P.D. indicated there was a victim involved in this situation and that the victim and the subject were known to each other. They said this was an isolated incident and that, "there is no evidence of an ongoing or immediate threat to the community."

Police said the investigation is ongoing and they are working to locate and apprehend the subject. 

What we don't know:

Police did not have details on what happened to the victim. We also don't know the whereabouts of the subject who brandished the firearm. 

No further information was immediately available.