Aliquippa Football Player Threatens A Teammate With a Gun After Argument on Bus

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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News
(Aliquippa, Pa.) The Aliquippa Police Department was dispatched to the Aliquippa high school Wednesday evening following an offsite practice of the Aliquippa Football Team. Aliquippa Police Sgt. Nicholas D’Arrigo said an argument occurred on the team bus. The unnamed victim reported to police that 18-year-old Jonathan King left the school and came back with a firearm and cocked it, chambering one round, and pointed it at him. Police secured the parking lot as they searched for King. Some of the players who  were outside told Police that King took off down Main Street hill. Coach Mike Warfield told police he took the firearm off King. Warfield turned  over the weapon to officers. The juvenile left the school on foot and came to the police department for questioning.
During the course of the investigation , King’s mother brought him to the police station for questioning, but refused to answer any question without an attorney present. He was booked into the county jail on $250,000.00 bond.