Delayed student release at Loma Verde Elementary as police look for strange person

EL PASO, Texas -- A strange person spotted lurking around Loma Verde Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon prompted a delayed release of students for the day and a police response.

Socorro Independent School District officials said students were being released to awaiting parents as police scoured the school building in an attempt to locate the "unknown individual."

Authorities indicated there were NO reports that the individual was armed.