NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Authorities put a Newport News middle school on lockdown while they looked for a man who is wanted in connection to a murder that happened in Fayetville, North Carolina.
Newport News Police, Virginia State Police and the U.S. Marshal Service went on a search Thursday, Sept. 30, in the vicinity of 35th Street and Roanoke Avenue for 27-year-old Travis Jefferson.
The city's police department announced they'd found him just after 2 p.m.
While they were looking for Jefferson, officers were also patrolling at Booker T. Washington Middle School for extra security.
The entire school went on lockdown, but the lockdown has since been lifted.
Author's note: The video below is on file from Sept. 21, 2021.