Update at 2:38 p.m.: The school lockdowns have been lifted.
Walker Valley High School and Charleston Elementary School are on lockdown during a manhunt, the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office says.
Bradley and McMinn deputies as well as Tennessee Highway Patrol units are searching the northern Bradley/southern McMinn area for a suspect.
The sheriff’s office says state troopers chased a vehicle on I-75 this morning until it crashed near Exit 36, with four people leaving the car, running into a wooded area.
Three of the four are in custody, according to a news release. Area schools have been locked down as a precaution.
