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'Intruders' at Winder-Barrow High School identified; 2 in custody, 1 still wanted

Authorities are still looking for 19-year-old Jaywan Edwards.

BARROW COUNTY, Ga. — Editor's Note: The above video is from a previous version of this story.

Two of the three men identified as "intruders" after their presence caused a lockdown at one metro Atlanta school are in custody, according to the Barrow County Sheriff's Office. 

This investigation started Thursday after three men ran away from a school resource officer at Winder-Barrow High School, according to authorities. That same day, at least two of them were also spotted at Jackson County High School where it appears they left the building as soon as staff noticed that they were not students at the school. 

RELATED: Same people found at Jackson County school who were not students prompted lockdown in Barrow County, sheriff says

Friday, authorities said they were looking for them, but in a later update, they said they arrested the 21-year-old and the 20-year-old they were searching for. Barrow County deputies said they were taken into custody by the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office. 

Authorities are still searching for 19-year-old Jaywan Edwards. 

"My advice to this young man is to turn yourself in. We will not stop looking for you," Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said in a news release.

Credit: Barrow County Sheriff's Office
Jaywan Edwards

Each individual is being charged with obstruction, criminal trespass, disruption of public schools and loitering in a school safety zone. 

The Barrow County School System said in a release on Thursday that they lockdown the high school, as well as Russell Middle School and Winder Elementary School, after a report of unidentified individuals at the high school around 10:30 a.m. 

The school system said law enforcement from the Barrow County Sheriff's Office and the Winder Police Department responded and cleared the scene. According to the school system, the three men at Winder-Barrow High were spotted by a school resource officer and approached, at which point they ran out of the building, sparking the lockdowns.

Thursday evening, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office posted a notice to parents on Facebook addressing a similar circumstance that happened that day at Jackson County High School. 

The sheriff's office said the staff there identified two young adult men inside the building who were not students. When the staff made that connection and tried to talk with the pair, the sheriff's office said they left the building and went to a car parked on campus.

"Through the coordination of the Jackson County School System Safety and Security Officer, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and the Barrow County Sheriff's Office, it was determined these were the same individuals who were responsible for the hard lockdown that was initiated inside the Barrow County School System," the post said. 

It is still unclear what the three men were doing on the campuses.

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