Parents reportedly got into an altercation with officers upon learning they had been blocked from entering to reach their kids in an Arizona elementary school.
Several parents tried to force their way into an Arizona elementary school after it was placed on lockdown Friday, resulting in at least two of them getting tased by police and one of them getting arrested, according to local reports. 12 News reports that Thompson Ranch Elementary School in El Mirage was placed on lockdown following reports of a suspicious person on campus.
Police were ultimately unsuccessful in their search for the suspicious person and later deemed the school to be safe, with no threat to the public. They are still said to be on the lookout for a man with a forehead tattoo possibly carrying a weapon. It was not immediately clear what charges the parents would face, if any. The panic at the school came as thein Uvalde, Texas, was likely still fresh in many parents' minds.
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