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18-year-old caught with pellet gun at homecoming dance

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As the public is on high alert due to multiple school shooting threats floating around online, an 18-year-old high school student was caught by Navajo Police with a pellet gun during the Chinle High School Homecoming dance in Chinle, Ariz.

The Navajo Police Department was conducting a security check during the Homecoming dance on Sept. 28 when they received a report of a possible armed student at the event.

Additional officers responded and searched the area. The student was located carrying a pellet hand gun and arrested.

This incident is still under investigation.

Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact the NPD Chinle District at (928) 674-2111/2112.