CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Police activity near an elementary school prompted a brief lockdown Friday, a school district official confirmed.
A Level 2 lockdown was called at Lillie E. Suder Elementary School in Jonesboro when a suspect being chased by the Clayton County Police Department ran onto school grounds, a Clayton County School District spokesperson said.
The lockdown was called “out of an abundance of caution,” Dawkins said.
The individual was taken into custody. No incident occurred at the school itself, police said.
Channel 2 Action News has reached out to Clayton County police for more information about why police were chasing the individual.
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