Four arrested after fight involving armed man at Buckeye school
BUCKEYE, AZ (AZFamily) — Four people were taken into custody on Wednesday after a fight broke out at a Buckeye elementary school that involved a man with a gun.
It happened around 4 p.m. at Freedom Elementary School, near Dean Road on Sundace Parkway South, just south of Yuma Road. The violence started as school was being dismissed for the day, police said.
Detectives said the fight involved two girls, ages 15 and 17, a 17-year-old boy, and a 19-year-old man with a gun. Investigators say some of the suspects knew each other and were at the campus to pick up relatives.
A fight broke out and the armed 19-year-old, identified as Iriel Rivera, lifted his shirt to show the handgun that was tucked in his waistband.
Rivera was arrested and booked on multiple weapons charges. The three teens were also taken into custody and booked on charges of disorderly conduct and disrupting an educational institution.
“This was a very chaotic scene that was quickly contained thanks to a community that is vigilant and called 911,” the department said in a statement.
No one was injured in the scuffle.
correction: Police originally said two students were arrested. They later clarified none of the three children went to the elementary school.
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