Lincoln University police are looking for an individual in connection with a lockdown of the campus early Friday morning.
Zaccheus Griffin, 18, of St. Louis, was charged Friday afternoon with one count of second-degree burglary, resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia.
According to a Lincoln University Police Department probable cause statement, officers were called to a room at Dawson Hall just after 2 a.m. Friday, where a female student said she saw Griffin, another student, enter her room and take $80 from her wallet.
Prior to this, the female student said she had taken her laundry down to the basement and Griffin had asked her if there was anyone in her room, to which she replied there was not.
Officers went to Griffin's room to speak to him, and he allowed officers to search his room.
While they were doing this, they discovered drug paraphernalia and also found a .22-caliber semi-automatic handgun and bullets in a gym bag.
When Griffin saw the officers had found the gun, he ran out the front door of his room and into the hallway. He then jumped from the fifth-floor balcony to the fourth floor and eventually got away from the officers.
This prompted school officials to place the campus on a lockdown at 5:12 a.m. and lift it at 6:45 a.m. after conducting a room-to-room search of Dawson Hall with the aid of Jefferson City police and the Cole County Sheriff's Department.
School officials emphasized no one was hurt and they didn't believe anybody was ever in danger. They said they issued the lockdown because they wanted to take all safety precautions.
Griffin is described as a black male, approximately 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighing approximately 190 pounds.
Anyone with about Griffin's wherabouts is asked to call the Lincoln Police Department at 573-681-5555.