COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A masked and possibly armed man allegedly robbed a South Side pizza shop Thursday morning, and a nearby elementary school went into a precautionary lockdown.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.
Columbus police were called a pizza shop at 3266 S. High St. on reports of a robbery shortly after 10 a.m.
An employee gave the suspect, who implied he had a firearm, an undetermined amount of money, and he fled the scene out of the back door.
PJ's Pizza is listed at the address.
Nearby Parsons Elementary, at 3231 Lee Ellen Pl., went into a precautionary or level 1 lockdown while police searched the area for the suspect.
A precautionary school lockdown means all doors and windows remain locked.
The lockdown was lifted at about noon.
The suspect was described as a male who is 5 feet 7 inches tall. He was wearing a hoodie and a Halloween mask.
No more immediate information was available.
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