Security officers captured a car theft suspect near the Ward Centers parking lot Tuesday night, police said.

The retail security personnel were conducting a routine surveillance of the parking lot when they noticed a man breaking into a car, police said.

The security officers confronted the suspect, who fled on foot. Police said the officers caught up with him on Auahi and Kamakee streets at about 9:10 p.m. Tuesday and held him until police arrived.

Officers arrested 35-year-old Chinatown resident on suspicion of unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle in the first degree.