Liberty Hills Elementary was on ‘secure’ status after reports of armed man in area, police say

LEHI — An elementary school was on lockdown while police arrested a man with a knife who was in the area Wednesday afternoon.

Jeanteil Livingston, a spokesperson with the Lehi Police Department, said first responders received reports of a man acting suspiciously near Liberty Hills Elementary, prompting the school to go on secure status.

Livingston said police found the man a few blocks from the school and placed him in custody. Officers found a knife on the man. 

Police are investigating if the man was ever at the school but do not believe that students were in danger.

Livingston said the lockdown was lifted at 2:40 p.m. — after students were scheduled to leave for the day, which is regularly 2:15 p.m.

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Editor’s Note: This article has been corrected to include the time classes are regularly dismissed at Liberty Hills Elementary, which is 2:15 p.m.