NAVASOTA, Texas — UPDATE as of 4/12/23 3:53 p.m.: The suspect has been identified as 21-year-old Courtavion Scott and a warrant has been issued.
Navasota Police are searching for a suspect that fled on foot late morning Tuesday.
Around 11 a.m. officers responded to Wades Way Street for reports of a domestic assault. When officers arrived on scene, the unnamed suspect fled on foot towards Navasota Independent School District's Webb Elementary School.
Navasota's Communications Director Bobbie Ullrich, through a news release said, "the Navasota Police Department contacted NISD to place Webb Elementary on a soft lockdown due to the incident of the initial call."
"Officers are in the area and have cleared the perimeter and properties around the school and remain at the scene," Ullrich said in the release.
It was discovered the suspect did walk through the Webb Elementary playground property while fleeing the scene and continued west into the neighborhood.
Officers patrolled the area and contacted the school district to lift the soft lockdown, according to reports.