18-year-old arrested for having gun at North Texas high school football game
An 18-year-old Haltom City man was arrested Thursday evening after police said he brought a gun to a high school football game.
Patrick Mitchell faces a charge of possession of a weapon on school grounds after North Richland Hills PD said he brought a loaded handgun to the Birdville Fine Arts Athletics Complex during a football game.
School administrators received a tip that Mitchell had the gun and notified police.
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Dallas police say someone flagged down officers after they saw someone trying to sneak a gun into the stadium through a fence. A 17-year-old, who wasn't a student at either school, was found with the gun.
Off-duty North Richland Hills PD officers and Birdville ISD security found Mitchell.
After speaking with him and a search, police said they found a handgun with an extended magazine in Mitchell's waistband.
Police said they haven’t found any evidence Mitchell or anyone else had planned an "act of violence" at the game.