An elementary school in Lehigh Township was placed on lockdown Wednesday morning as police searched for a man who may have been armed with a gun.

At 9:14 a.m., a Lehigh Township Police officer attempted a traffic stop on a red Mini Cooper, recognized as belonging to a person with active arrest warrants.As the officer turned around to initiate the traffic stop in the area of Blue Mountain Drive and Route 946, the vehicle abruptly turned into a parking lot and the driver, Ryan Redline, fled on foot into the woods.Police said they received information that Redline may have had a handgun.Redline was arrested as he emerged from the woods in the area of Blue Mountain Drive-In Restaurant, and arrested for active bench warrants from Northampton County, and a probation violation from Lehigh County.New charges will be filed on Redline by Lehigh Township Police for possession of marijuana.No handgun was found in his possession.Lehigh Elementary School was notified of the incident, and placed in lockdown as a precaution, Lehigh Township police said.At no time did police believe that Redline was in proximity to the school.Lehigh Township Police said they were assisted by Walnutport, Northampton, and Moore Township police departments, along with state police.A K-9 unit from Northampton Boroughand the State Policehelicopter aided in the search.