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Calif. robbery spurs chase, long campus lockdown

By Robert Jablon
Published December 13, 2012 11:54pm ET
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Calif. robbery spurs chase, long campus lockdown
Evacuated students sit on the curb across the street from the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics south of the Cal State Fullerton campus, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, in Fullerton, Calif. Students were placed on lock down as police searched for two suspects in a jewelry store robbery, who were considered armed and dangerous. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Bruce Chambers) | Bruce Chambers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A state university where some 10,000 students were locked down for hours reopened Thursday as authorities tried to track two robbers who managed to escape a room-by-room manhunt.

“We’re back to business as usual,” said campus police Capt. John Brocke at California State University, Fullerton.

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