Arnold Man To Face Federal Charges For Bringing Guns To School

ARNOLD, MO — Police say there is no indication 23-year-old Dustin Lockwood meant any harm when he brought two firearms onto school property at Fox High School in Arnold Tuesday.

Lockwood told authorities he was at the school to pick up his sister and that he was planning to sell a rifle that school officials spotted in the backseat of his car. A search of his car turned up an additional handgun, homemade silencer, knives, ammunition and bomb-making materials.

Lockwood's grandfather told the Post-Dispatch that his grandson used the explosive materials to build homemade fireworks and that had no history of violence. He indicated that his grandson may not have known it was illegal to have a gun in his car while picking up his sister from school.

Fox High School was evacuated and after school activities canceled Tuesday afternoon as the bomb squad was called in to investigate.

School officials said there were no threats directed against the school and the decision to evacuate was based solely on what law enforcement found in Lockwood's car.

Arnold police said Thursday that the case had been turned over to the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. A complaint filed in court Wednesday indicates prosecutors will seek a federal firearms charge against Lockwood.

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