Charlotte Country Day Coach Arrested With Two Guns At School

CHARLOTTE, NC -- A basketball coach at Charlotte Country Day was arrested Wednesday after he got into a fight with another school coach and threatened him with a gun.

The incident at the prestigious private school occurred after school hours on the school campus at 1440 Carmel Road Wednesday night around 6:30 p.m. Police responded to the school after receiving a 911 call for an assault with a deadly weapon, and were told by the school’s security that the incident occurred when two basketball coaches got into a fight.

According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, JV Women’s basketball coach Tyrez Tarell Neal, 29, threatened Varsity Men’s basketball assistant coach Dijuan Harris, 29, with a gun when the two got into a fight. Responding officers found two firearms belonging to Neal, CMPD said.

Mark Reed, Head of School at Country Day, said in a statement Thursday morning that both coaches, who worked part-time at the school, had been fired.

“It is my understanding that one of the men, who had a concealed carry permit, had a weapon with him during but not before the incident took place,” Reed said. “Both coaches, like all employees of Charlotte Country Day School, passed a background check prior to their employment.”

Neal was charged with possession of a weapon on school grounds and was transported to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office, where he remained in custody Wednesday night.

The incident remains under investigation and police ask anyone with information about the case contact Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

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