FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT activity that led to a West Oakland school lockdown Wednesday started when agents in an unmarked SUV attempted to pull over a man during morning drop-off, according to an Oakland City Council member. 

The man had apparently dropped off a child at Hoover Elementary School or a nearby preschool or childcare campus when he was spooked by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, according to Councilmember Carroll Fife.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.