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UPDATED: Burglary Investigation Continues; Lockdown of Kennedy Elementary Lifted

The arrest of a suspected residential burglar and search for another suspect has forced the school on lockdown.

Updated at 2:50 p.m.: lockdown no longer in place, but search continues.

Cerritos Sheriff's deputies investigating a residential burglary have detained one person and are continuing to search for another, which forced nearby Kennedy Elementary School in Artesia on lockdown earlier today.

The investigation began just before 1 p.m. near Semora Place and Cortner Avenue -- just a few blocks from the elementary school located at 17500 Belshire Ave. in Artesia, said Cerritos Sheriff's Station Lt. Jeff Deedrick, who oversees the station's residential burglary team.

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One man is in custody, but deputies have set up a containment in the area and are continuing to search for at least one other person.

Students at Kennedy were kept inside their classrooms while deputies carried out a search of the area, a school clerk told Patch. The lockdown was no longer in effect as of 2:45 p.m., according to sheriff's Lt. George Berumen.

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