Armed teen demands plane at Arkansas airport before hero pilot stops him: Police The teenager managed to get onto the airfield before he was disarmed by an armed pilot.
A young teenager brandishing a firearm demanded a plane at Arkansas Texarkana Regional Airport before he was disarmed by a pilot packing a gun on Tuesday, law enforcement authorities reported.
A pilot working for a private flight service at the airport who was made aware of the incident retrieved his own firearm from his truck, approached the suspect and ordered him down on the ground, according to police.
“The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department applauds the heroic act by the local pilot,” said a police statement.
The boy, 15, entered the airport shortly before 7:35 a.m. with both a handgun and an AR-style rifle, said authorities with the Texarkana Police Department in Arkansas.
