Poupard Elementary Briefly Put on Lockdown

A pair of schools were put on lockdown Thursday morning when a man fled Michigan State Police and escaped into Harper Woods.

Poupard Elementary, part of the Grosse Pointe Schools district, and Harper Woods High School, part of the Harper Woods School District, were briefly put on lockdown as officers searched for the man who fled the scene after hitting a SMART bus at Harper and Vernor, according to a report in the Detroit News.

MSP considered the traffic incident to be a minor traffic violation, but once the suspect fled, the incident became more serious and the schools were put on lockdown as a precaution.

The lockdown was lifted about 90 minutes after it began.

The suspect, however, was never apprehended.

Police ended their search for the white male wearing an orange hoodie, and believe he fled the area entirely.

Harper Woods Public Safety Director James Burke told the Detroit News the lockdowns were a precautionary measure only.