A shelter-in-place alert was issued in a Pasadena neighborhood Friday after a mountain lion was spotted near an apartment complex, city officials said.
A passerby called police at around 11 a.m. after seeing what appears to be an adult mountain lion in the populated area on Euclid Avenue, north of Del Mar Boulevard.
As officials from the Department Fish and Wildfire reported to the neighborhood, the cougar stayed at the same location, officials said.
But because the mountain lion sighting occurred in the area with a lot of foot and car traffic, tenants at the apartment complex, which has about 40 units, were ordered to shelter in place until the animal was caught.
Another point of concern was that there’s a school, which is holding a graduation ceremony Friday, nearby. Mayfield Junior School was not letting students as state officials tried to catch the mountain lion, according to officials.
Officers with the Department Fish and Wildfire planned to tranquilize the animal and release it back to the wild if it’s not injured, according to the city’s Public Information Officer Lisa Derderian.
This is a developing story.