A man with a loaded rifle was arrested at a Charlotte high school Thursday, police said.
It happened at Julius L. Chambers High School on the IBM Drive. Officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department were called there around 11:15 a.m. to investigate a false threat that led to a lockdown at the school, as well as two other nearby schools.
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When officers searched the area, they found a 19-year-old driver on campus who had a loaded rifle. He had nothing to do with the threat or the roadblocks, CMPD said.
The man was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm on educational property and possession of a firearm with an obliterated/altered serial number.
CMPD reminded parents and guardians that they should not have weapons on campus or in their cars when picking up their students.
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