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MAUMELLE, Ark. – Parents were shocked to see the notification that a student was arrested at Maumelle High School for having a gun in their car.
A normal Wednesday morning at Maumelle High School was interrupted when police said some students overheard a classmate saying they had a gun in their car.
"It makes you not want to have them here because you are concerned about their safety," parent Noelle McKamie said.
Staff was tipped off and notified the police. When police investigated, a gun was found in the student’s car.
"The student was arrested," Maumelle Police Public Information Officer Shannon Giompoletti said.
McKamie said when she found out she immediately became worried for her child’s safety at school.
"It definitely is nerve-wracking, and it puts us in a position that we don't really know what to do or how to handle it, if we can do anything," McKamie said.
The news brought up so many questions she said she wanted answered.
"Where did they get it from, why did they have it, what were their intentions of having the gun because we do know of other states that go through mass shootings, and that...
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