Teen with rifle found near two Jacksonville schools, JSO says

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Kirby Smith Middle School and Andrew Robinson Elementary were briefly locked down Thursday after reports of an armed juvenile near campus.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said in a Tweet that the schools were placed "on lock-down due to someone calling

reference a person near the school walking around with a rifle and mask on.

After an extensive search, a juvenile suspect was located with a rifle and is in police custody. More info will be coming."

JSO announced Thursday night that they had arrested Traytavious Martin, 17, and charged with him carrying a firearm on school property.

JSO said a resident that was doing yard work witnessed Martin openly carrying a rifle and was headed towards Kirby-Smith Middle School. The resident called JSO, authorities said.

Martin was found at a house on Drysdale Street and led officers into a bedroom where the firearm was concealed under a couch, JSO said. The weapon had 23 live rounds of ammunition

Another occupant of the house was arrested on an outstanding robbery warrant, JSO said.

JSO said that a tip came in about a suspicious person near the schools. A suspect was quickly located and taken into custody.

The schools, located in the Springfield section of Jacksonville, were put on a lockdown following the report.

Parents were seen lining up to pick up their children after the schools locked down. Dismissal times were modified for the schools.

“They did a good job about locking it down, making sure everybody was safe, because we can’t have this here and the shootings in the school," one parent said.

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