Police: Man brought semi-auto firearm to Georgia high school football game
Dustin Quami Scott (Villa Rica Police Department)
VILLA RICA, Ga. - Officers have arrested a 21-year-old man accused of bringing a semi-automatic firearm to a Villa Rica high school football game.
The Villa Rica Police Department tells FOX 5 that they received a tip on Sept. 4 that a man was carrying a firearm at a game between Villa Rica High School and Spencer High School.
According to officials, a corporal found a suspect at the game and "observed a bulge in his pocket resembling the handle of a gun."
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A search of the suspect, identified as 21-year-old Villa Rica resident Dustin Quami Scott, led officers to find a semi-auto firearm with an extended magazine on his person, police said.
Officers charged Scott with carrying weapons within school safety zones and took him to the Carroll County Jail.
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