Paxon School for Advanced Studies was on lockdown Friday morning due to police activity in the neighborhood, according to Duval County Public Schools.

Hello Paxon and James Weldon Johnson families. This is DCPS. Students and staff are safe. Both schools are on a lockdown as a precaution

The school district told Action News Jax the school responses began early this morning as police began searching for a suicidal person believed to be in the area.

Paxon and James Weldon Johns schools in Jacksonville are on lockdown Friday morning due to police activity in the neighborhood, according to Duval County Public Schools. The following message was sent to parents: