A mother and her son were arrested Tuesday after the child brought a gun to a Fort Worth ISD middle school campus, police say.
In a statement, Fort Worth Police said school resource officers arrested a student Tuesday afternoon at William Monning Middle School after authorities learned he had brought a gun to the campus.
According to police, the school then notified the mother that her son was in custody. While on the phone, the mother made a threat toward the school and later showed up at the campus where she was arrested.
The woman, identified in online jail records as 34-year-old Lisa Ball, faces a charge of terroristic threat. The Fort Worth Fire Department's arson/bomb unit is investigating, police said.
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Investigators have not said why the boy brought the gun to school. He was taken to a juvenile detention facility.
No further information was released.
