Aiea schools go into lockdown during police search

Honolulu police locked down Aiea Elementary School, St. Elizabeth Elementary School the and Aiea Hongwangji Mission Preschool for about half an hour this afternoon as they searched the area for a suspect.

The schools re-opened at about 1 p.m. after police captured their man at Puakala Street and Nanu Place, a dispatch supervisor said.

The man was apparently wanted on warrants, police said.

Claire Tamamoto, director of the preschool, said the suspect ran through their school yard in his getaway attempt.