282 - Road rage in Missouri

Here's one reason why carrying a gun with you in your vehicle is not a good idea. If this nut job didn't have a gun he might not have decided to chase a 16 year old all the way to the kids' high school.

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TROY, MO. — A man pointed a gun at a student in the parking lot of Troy Buchanan High School after a dispute on Highway 61 Friday morning, police said.

No one was injured in the incident that happened about 7:45 a.m. as classes were beginning for the day. Police said a Washington, Mo., man who is in his 30s followed a 16-year-old student into the parking lot. The student parked near the front of the school and when both got out of their vehicles, they began arguing and the man pointed a gun at the student, school officials said.

Both the man and the student had called police. A school resource officer went to the lot, took the gun from the man, and he was taken into custody. Police released the man later that morning but still are investigating, Troy Police Chief Jeff Taylor said. He would not give details on what happened on Highway 61 between the man and the student.

Some students witnessed the parking lot confrontation, and teachers and parents were notified, said April Huddleston, spokeswoman for Troy schools. Parents of the student, whose name was not released, declined to comment through a school official.

Senior Shelly Harrison was with a group of about three dozen students waiting on a bus to leave the school for college credit courses when they noticed police cars at the school. "We were all staring and wondering what was happening," Harrison said.

The case has been referred to the Lincoln County prosecutor, who could not be reached for comment Friday.