Audubon Elementary School was placed in a precautionary lockdown Thursday morning after a threat, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.

  • Threat came into the school around 8:30 a.m.
  • Audubon Elementary was placed on precautionary lockdown
  • Deputies are looking for 30-year-old Dwan Jerome Thomas III

According to deputies, the call came in around 8:30 a.m.  School officials worked with law enforcement and the school was placed on lockdown as a precaution.

The details about the specific threat have not been released.

Parents began showing up at the school to pick up their children.

Deputies said they are looking for Dwan Jerome Thomas III, 30, of Rockledge. There is an active warrant out for his arrest on an unrelated charge.


Dwan Jerome Thomas III (Brevard County Sheriff's Office)

Anyone with information about Thomas’ location is asked to call 911 or Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS.