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Student arrested for having shotgun on school property in Parker

Police said the student was making threats to buy an AR-15 rifle.

PARKER, Ariz. - A student has been arrested for having a shotgun in his truck on school property Friday, according to police.

The Parker Police Department's school resource officer investigated a report of a student making threats to buy an AR-15 rifle.

During the course of the investigation, the student admitted to having a shotgun in his truck.

The shotgun was not loaded and was inside a locked vehicle, police said.

Because the vehicle was on school property, the student was arrested and booked into La Paz County Jail for misconduct involving weapons and possessing a deadly weapon on school grounds, according to police.

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