One count of rape and one count of criminal confinement were filed against Remanard Castro in Februrary after an incident that allegedly occurred Nov. 23, 2013 in Gary.

According to court documents, his wife had arranged to meet Castro at his Gary home to pick up belongings as part of a divorce case. He is alleged to have forced her to have sexual relations after pointing a handgun at her head.

In the allegations filed in February, Castro was said to have put a crowbar to her head when he released her, adding the divorce wasn’t “going to be pretty" and that "the kids were going to suffer,” the probable cause affidavit states.

On Monday afternoon, Griffith, Highland and county officers surrounded the school's parking lot in the 500 block of North Broad Street. A portion of St. Mary's Church — next to the school — also was blocked by police cars.

Joe Slevnik lives across the street from the school and said his family heard sirens about 4:30 p.m. The family didn't think much of it because members often hear sirens near the busy intersection of Broad and Elm Streets.

"I hear them all the time, then I saw a bunch of parents on the side and thought holy cow," he said. "I saw cops surrounding the place."