NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A 20-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after officers found a firearm while screening people entering a Glencliff High School graduation ceremony at Municipal Auditorium.
According to authorities, Elijah Boles, 20, was attending the graduation as an audience member and was not a student.
Officials said the alarm activated as Boles passed through security screening at the venue. Security personnel then used a handheld metal-detecting wand and located a Taurus 9mm pistol in a holster in his waistband.
Officers took Boles into custody without incident.
Police said Boles did not have any prior criminal history that would have prohibited him from legally carrying a firearm. However, because the graduation was a school-sponsored event, he was charged with carrying a gun on school property, an E felony under Tennessee law.
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