A high-speed chase that began in Webb City causes a Christian school to go under lockdown.

 Joplin Police says they received a call just before 8:00 a.m. from College Heights Christian Church at 4311 East Newman Road, concerning a suspicious person in the building. This information was immediately followed by an alarm from the facility.

 The suspicious person was involved in a high-speed pursuit earlier in the morning that went through Webb City and parts of Joplin and Duquesne. Officers found the vehicle abandoned near College Heights Christian School. The vehicle's discovery caused officials to place the school under lockdown, due to precautionary reasons, as Joplin officers arrived on the scene.

 Joplin Police, along with assistance from Duquesne Police, MSSU Police, Jasper County Sheriff's Office, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol conducted a search of all church and school property.

 No one was located during the search.