An “altercation” between US Coast Guard Security and an unknown suspect in the Coast Guard housing area of Novato triggered a shelter-in-place alert Thursday night.

The alert was issued for the Bolling, Marin Valley and Coast Guard Housing areas of southern Novato.

The Coast Guard Novato Housing site comprises 121 housing units ranging from single-family homes to duplex and multiplex apartment buildings at the former Hamilton Army Airfield.

“Novato police, Novato fire, Marin sheriff and San Rafael police are on scene investigating an altercation between U.S. Coast Guard Security and an unknown suspect in the Coast Guard housing area,” Novato police said in the alert.

The notice was directed to residents of the Coast Guard Housing area around South Oakwood Drive, Bolling Circle, Smart H

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