Roosevelt High School students returned to the Punchbowl campus Wednesday after the shooting of a 17-year-old by a police officer.

The boy, who was attempting to enroll at the school, was arrested on suspicion of three counts of first-degree attempted murder Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted three police officers responding to a court order to pick up a runaway.

The boy, who allegedly was armed with a kitchen knife, was shot in the wrist in a counselor’s room. He was hospitalized.

No charges have been filed and unless he is tried as an adult the case will be turned over to the Family Court, where it will be handled behind closed doors because the suspect is a minor.

To anticipate both the needs of students and faculty, the school’s seven staff counselors were strengthened by an additional four from the DOE district offices, Roosevelt Principal Jeanette Uyeda said.

"Teachers were told yesterday that any students who looked distressed should be referred to the counselors," Uyeda said.

But Complex Area Superintendent Ruth Silberstein said the extra counselors were released within an hour of school starting because they weren’t needed.

"I think with the caring and counseling from their parents, students came back to school understanding and absorbing what happened, and were able to move on and adjust very quickly," Silberstein said.

Uyeda said the school sent three automated phone messages Tuesday to keep parents informed. The last said that Wednesday would be a regular school day.

In meeting with her faculty after the incident, Uyeda said she commended their actions, but warned that "every incident is different."

"(Teacher) morale is very good," Uyeda said.

As for the suspect, Uyeda said, Tuesday was the first time he had been on the Roosevelt campus. He had come unannounced, intending to register for class.

"We knew his background," Uyeda said. "His mother had called us to let us know he was a runaway."

Uyeda said the school was aware of the student’s past problems, but could not go into any details because he is a minor.

The teen’s mother, She­reen Narvaes, said her son has been diagnosed under a broad spectrum of psychiatric illnesses, including schizophrenia, and that for the past year she has been trying to get him treatment.

He had been awaiting a psychiatric review to determine fitness to stand trial for misdemeanor charges when he escaped from the Queen’s Medical Center, where he had been admitted by court order, his mother said. He later also escaped from a facility operated by Hale Kipa, a social service agency serving at-risk/high-risk youth, Narvaes said.

Uyeda said a vice principal and a counselor were with the boy, but left the office when he became combative when police arrived.

The last handgun incident at a public school occurred in 2011 when a 14-year-old student brought a gun to Highlands Intermediate School in Pearl City. The handgun went off, narrowly missing one student and leaving another with minor injuries.

Roosevelt, with an enrollment of 1,390 students, was in lockdown for 90 minutes after the incident occurred just after 8:30 a.m. Classes were canceled at 10 a.m. while police investigated.

Uyeda said Wednesday morning that the early dismissal was one of the few occurrences unanticipated during emergency drills held since the school year began in August.

Other than that, "everything we practiced went well," she said.

Teachers were told when a lockdown is ordered to keep their students in their classrooms, lock doors and turn off the lights.

Sophomore Chris Haida, 15, said that is exactly what happened in his first-period Japanese class, which was in a complex behind the administrative building where the shooting took place.

"I am just happy everything is OK," said Haida, who spent the day with friends before returning to school to try out for the Rough Riders baseball team. Haida hopes to be a pitcher.

A full schedule resumed at 7:55 a.m. when Roosevelt’s first-period bell rang.

Several students said Wednesday that they didn’t need to speak with a counselor or teacher, and said that they felt safe returning to school.

"It felt like a normal day," freshman Sarah Yasuda said.

"It sucks that we missed school (Tuesday)," said junior Tabitha Rasay-Adams.

Meanwhile, a CBS production crew was set up in the school’s gymnasium to film a segment of "Hawaii Five-0," featuring the high school reunion of Chin Ho Kelly, portrayed by Daniel Dae Kim.

CBS said the filming would take all day Wednesday and not involve any students or action scenes.

Uyeda said the production schedule was set up about a month ago and the film crew could return Saturday to complete filming. Roosevelt’s campus was the stand-in for Kelly’s fictional Kukui High School alma mater.

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Star-Advertiser reporter Nanea Kalani contributed to this report.