Mom Cited For Bringing Gun Toward School Bus
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A mother was cited for arming herself with a
gun and pursuing a school bus as students were being driven to Jack
Robey Junior High School in Pine Bluff.
No one was hurt, and the gun wasn`t fired in the incident
yesterday afternoon.
Pine Bluff say 31-year-old Veronica Irby didn`t take the gun
onto the bus or directly threaten anyone. The incident allegedly
centered on a dispute between the woman`s daughter and another
student.
Police say Irby followed the bus in her car, then, with gun in
hand, walked toward the bus when it stopped at a traffic light.
The driver said that many of the students, including the girl
allegedly involved in the fight, jumped out the back emergency exit
of the bus while it was stopped at the intersection. Officers
stopped Irby in her vehicle and allegedly found a small handgun.
Irby was cited for a misdemeanor of carrying a firearm.
