A Nashville, Tennessee preschool trainer is charged with bringing a gun to highschool and threatening one among her colleagues, police mentioned.
Sheneca Cowart, 29, is charged with assault, menace of mass violence, and two counts of carrying a weapon onto college property, Nashville police mentioned.
Sheneca Cowart is accused of threatening one other trainer with a firearm, police say. (MNPD)
The preschool, The Academy of McCrory Lane, is situated on Newsome Station Highway. Witnesses alleged that Cowart threatened to retrieve a firearm and threatened one other trainer and the college after an obvious argument, police mentioned.
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Speedy Faculty Security Group Officers arrested Cowart on Thursday. Officers recovered a firearm from Cowart’s purse and a second firearm within the driver’s aspect door of her car.
Cowart is being held in lieu of $37,000 bond, police mentioned.
Cowart’s arrest got here per week after Republican lawmakers within the state superior a proposal that will enable some lecturers to hold handguns in public faculties.
The Republican-controlled Senate voted 26-5 to cross Senate Invoice 1325, which permits a trainer or college member that meets sure necessities to own and carry a handgun or firearm on college grounds.
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As a way to carry a handgun, they will need to have a handgun carry allow, have written authorization from each the college’s principal and native legislation enforcement and endure 40 hours of handgun coaching. The employee should additionally not be prohibited from buying, possessing, and carrying a handgun beneath the legal guidelines of Tennessee or federal legislation as decided by a background test.
Fox Information Digital’s Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.
