<p>A man who was on the run after a scuffle with a soldier at a US Army base in Hawaii, prompting an hourslong lockdown and search, has been arrested, authorities said late Thursday.</p>.<p>Paul A Smith, 27, was taken into police custody on the island of Molokai on Thursday evening, said Alana Pico, a spokesperson for the Maui Police Department. The police did not say whether he was armed when the arrest took place.</p>.US accuses China of global media manipulation.<p>Earlier, Mike Donnelly, a spokesperson for the US Army Garrison Hawaii, said an armed man dressed in civilian clothing was confronted by a soldier about 2:30 pm at the Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu. Authorities later identified him as Smith and said they believed he was armed with a handgun.</p>.<p>After unconfirmed reports that shots had been fired on the base, a shelter-in-place order was issued, and schools enacted active-shooter lockdown procedures, authorities said.</p>.<p>After an extensive search, the lockdown order was rescinded, the US Army Garrison Hawaii said in a statement on Facebook at 4:50 pm, adding that the reports of shots had never been confirmed and that “there is no longer an assessed threat on the installation.”</p>.<p>The search for the man took law enforcement officials both on and off the base, and to another island. Hours later, police arrested Smith “without incident” about 8 pm, Pico said.</p>.<p>The US Army Garrison Hawaii described him as a 5-foot-10, light-skinned man in his 20s or 30s wearing a button-down aloha shirt and jeans with Nike sneakers. He had a mohawk-style haircut and was carrying a camouflage cross-body bag, it added. Before his arrest, he had last been seen near the base’s commissary at 3:20 pm, Donnelly said. Authorities also said he was driving a white sedan.</p>.<p>Schofield Barracks was returning to normal operations Thursday evening, the US Army Garrison Hawaii said, adding that an investigation about the man was ongoing.</p>
<p>A man who was on the run after a scuffle with a soldier at a US Army base in Hawaii, prompting an hourslong lockdown and search, has been arrested, authorities said late Thursday.</p>.<p>Paul A Smith, 27, was taken into police custody on the island of Molokai on Thursday evening, said Alana Pico, a spokesperson for the Maui Police Department. The police did not say whether he was armed when the arrest took place.</p>.US accuses China of global media manipulation.<p>Earlier, Mike Donnelly, a spokesperson for the US Army Garrison Hawaii, said an armed man dressed in civilian clothing was confronted by a soldier about 2:30 pm at the Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu. Authorities later identified him as Smith and said they believed he was armed with a handgun.</p>.<p>After unconfirmed reports that shots had been fired on the base, a shelter-in-place order was issued, and schools enacted active-shooter lockdown procedures, authorities said.</p>.<p>After an extensive search, the lockdown order was rescinded, the US Army Garrison Hawaii said in a statement on Facebook at 4:50 pm, adding that the reports of shots had never been confirmed and that “there is no longer an assessed threat on the installation.”</p>.<p>The search for the man took law enforcement officials both on and off the base, and to another island. Hours later, police arrested Smith “without incident” about 8 pm, Pico said.</p>.<p>The US Army Garrison Hawaii described him as a 5-foot-10, light-skinned man in his 20s or 30s wearing a button-down aloha shirt and jeans with Nike sneakers. He had a mohawk-style haircut and was carrying a camouflage cross-body bag, it added. Before his arrest, he had last been seen near the base’s commissary at 3:20 pm, Donnelly said. Authorities also said he was driving a white sedan.</p>.<p>Schofield Barracks was returning to normal operations Thursday evening, the US Army Garrison Hawaii said, adding that an investigation about the man was ongoing.</p>