A student at a junior high school in Huntsville was arrested after they allegedly tried to bring two handguns to school on Tuesday, authorities said. The weapon detection system used by Huntsville City Schools alerted McNair Junior High School that a gun was in the student’s backpack, a Huntsville Police Department spokesman told WAFF.

Huntsville High Administration sent out a message to parents about an incident that happened in the school's parking lot Tuesday.

Authorities responded to Huntsville High School on Tuesday after a parent pulled out a gun in the parking lot. In a message to parents, school officials say: “Two parents engaged in a verbal altercation,

Huntsville Police have opened an investigation after a parent allegedly brandished a gun during an argument on Tuesday.