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A Nashville mom was arrested Thursday after carrying a loaded semi-automatic handgun into a high school during a physical fight between students, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Barquita Williams, 38, was found with the nine-millimeter semi-automatic handgun on her person after walking onto the grounds of East Nashville Magnet School, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said.<\/p>\n
The incident unfolded when two female students, who had argued earlier in the day, engaged in a physical altercation upon seeing each other in a stairwell after school was dismissed, according to police.<\/p>\n
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\n Williams was taken into custody on Thursday and later released on $1,000 bond. During the fight, authorities said other students became involved in the altercation.<\/p>\n Williams and other parents who were waiting outside to pick up their children heard about the fight and began entering the school, police said.<\/p>\n After officers broke up the fight, other parents told officers that Williams had a gun. Williams denied having a firearm, according to police, but consented to a search. A School Resource Office recovered the loaded handgun.<\/p>\n Williams was taken into custody and later released on $1,000 bond. Police did not immediately detail the charges against Williams or say whether Williams had a license to carry a firearm.<\/p>\n Metro Nashville Public Schools released a statement to FOX17 Nashville, saying that it remains committed to the safety and education of all students.<\/p>\n “MNPS Security will be working with the principal to do a security assessment to determine if any changes to procedures need to be made to prevent future incidents like this from happening again,” the statement said in part.<\/p>\n
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