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Gun-threat suspect at school surrenders

ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

A Texarkana high school student suspected of threatening and pointing a handgun at another student Tuesday turned himself in Wednesday.

According to police, students told officials at Arkansas High School about 9 a.m. Tuesday that two students were arguing in the parking lot. One of the two students was sitting in a vehicle and pointed a gun at the other student. Someone else in that vehicle then forced the gun down, and the threatener left the vehicle and ran away.

According to police, the 16-yearold student had been suspended earlier that day.

After police issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of aggravated assault and possession of a weapon on school grounds, the boy turned himself in about 5 p.m. Wednesday.

The encounter happened just one day after a 16-year-old Red Lake, Minn., high school student shot and killed nine people and wounded seven, including several classmates, before killing himself.

Texarkana police released no further information on the suspect.

This story was published Thursday, March 24, 2005


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