HARRISONBURG, VA (Rocktown Now) — Harrisonburg Police have arrested a Nelson County murder suspect.

22-year-old Katelynn Ann Hipes of Augusta County was arrested on Tuesday afternoon on two different charges in Nelson County including second degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony.

HPD says they received information from the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office that Hipes, who was wanted in connection with the early morning homicide of Kevin Scott Small, may be in the Harrisonburg area. Officers, in coordination with the U.S. Marshals Capital Area Task Force, were able to identify her location at a residence on Lee Avenue in Harrisonburg, and HPD’s Criminal Investigations Division then obtained a search warrant for the address.

Just after 4 P.M. on April 22nd, the HPD Special Weapons and Tactics (S.W.A.T.) team executed the search warrant at the residence. With assistance from the Crisis Negotiations Team (CNT), Hipes was taken into custody without incident.

HPD would like to thank its public safety partners, the Harrisonburg Fire Department (HFD) and the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Emergency Center (ECC), who played a critical role in making this a successful operation.

The ECC issued a shelter-in-place order at approximately 4:13 p.m. directed at the affected neighborhood and nearby streets. This decision, made by law enforcement, aimed to alert the public about a potential threat within their vicinity.

Community members can register to receive these types of alerts by going online to https://harrisonburgva.gov/eas.