A man fleeing Clayton County police on a domestic violence complaint ran onto the grounds of an elementary school in Jonesboro on Thursday, prompting a brief lockdown before officers caught up with him and made an arrest. The suspect, identified as Adonis Pedro, was taken into custody shortly after entering the campus of Lillie E. Suder Elementary School.
According to WSB-TV, Clayton County Police Department officers were chasing Pedro on a complaint of family violence involving criminal property damage that originated in the 1600 block of Hearthstone Court in Jonesboro. He fled onto school grounds before officers apprehended him, the station reported. Suder Elementary sits at 1400 Lake Jodeco Road and serves roughly 590 students in grades Pre-K through 5th.
Police did not report that any incident occurred at the school itself, and a school district spokesperson said the lockdown was called out of an abundance of caution. The station noted that Channel 2 Action News had reached out to Clayton County police for details on why officers were chasing Pedro in the first place.
What a Level 2 Lockdown Actually Means
The district called a Level 2 lockdown at Suder Elementary in response to the chase, a designation that differs sharply from the intruder drills many parents may picture. Under Clayton County Public Schools protocols, a Level 2 lockdown is a precautionary measure typically called when police activity or a potential threat is near a campus, securing exterior doors while allowing normal activity to continue inside classrooms — as opposed to a Level 3 lockdown, which addresses an active threat inside a building…