Brief Lockdown at Manchester High

The incident happened near school grounds.

Manchester High School was placed in a “soft lockdown” for a short period of time on Thursday morning as police were arresting a person nearby who had a gun.

Police were pursuing a suspect on Summit Street, near the high school, around 9 a.m.  

The lockdown lasted a few minutes, according to officials from the office of the Manchester Supt. of schools.

Police made an arrest. The suspect is not a student and the incident did not happen on school grounds, officials said.

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