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Cypress Park middle school draws large police response

By Julie Sharp

April 30, 2026 / 3:41 PM PDT / CBS LA

CBS News Los Angeles

Florence Nightingale Middle School in Cypress Park drew a large police response on Thursday afternoon, leading to armed officers searching buildings and other areas of the campus.

A call came into the Los Angeles Police Department around 2:27 p.m. about five, possibly armed suspects at the school.

Aerial footage showed officers with guns drawn, combing the campus grounds.

No evidence of any crime or suspects was found, according to the LAPD.

Los Angeles Police Department officers respond to Florence Nightingale Middle School in Cypress Park. CBS LA

Julie Sharp

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, contributed to the Palos Verdes Pulse and worked as a video journalist for CBS News before joining the CBS News Los Angeles website team.