Smith Station Elementary and Freedom Middle School were in lockdown Wednesday afternoon for about 45 minutes at the request of the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office. Schools spokeswoman Rene Daniels says the children and staff were kept inside the schools while deputies were hunting for a crime suspect in the Salem Fields area.
The lockdown started about 2:40 p.m. and ended at 3:28 p.m., six minutes after deputies took custody of the suspect.
Daniels says some buses were planned to be delayed because of the late release of children from the two schools.
