Deputies Arrest Parent For Bringing Gun To Madeira Beach School

MADEIRA BEACH, FL -- Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a parent at Madeira Beach Fundamental School for possessing a firearm on school property after he was seen unloading a gun in the student pick-up car line.

At about 2:21 p.m. on Thursday, May 3, deputies were called to Madeira Beach Fundamental School, 591 Tom Stuart Causeway, after a witness called 911 saying there was a man sitting in a Dodge Ram truck in the student car line pointing a gun toward the water. Other parents picking up children also reported seeing a man pointing a gun out the window of a pickup truck.

Madeira Beach Fundamental School was immediately placed on lock-down.

Deputies approached the driver of the Dodge Ram, 47-year-old Timothy Dunn, of 9957 Indian Key Trail, Seminole, who was sitting in the driver’s seat, and took him into custody.

They secured an unloaded .40-caliber Glock handgun, two magazines and 27 rounds of ammunition from inside Dunn's truck. Dunn has a valid Florida concealed weapons permit.

Dunn told deputies that he was sitting in the student pickup car line waiting for his child to get out of school when he decided to "clear" or unload his firearm. Dunn said he pointed the gun out the passenger side window and began pulling the slide back on the gun.

Deputies confirmed that Dunn never pointed the gun in a threatening manner at anyone.

Madeira Beach Fundamental School was taken off lock-down.

Dunn was arrested and charged with one count of possession of a weapon on school property. He was transported to the Pinellas County Jail without incident.

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