Another trespasser allegedly carrying a gun was arrested early Tuesday morning at Grambling State University after officers responded to a disturbance in a dormitory.
William Charles Tackett, 22, of Columbia, La., was arrested after he was found in a women’s dorm room about 2:00 a.m. Tuesday morning.
The arrest is one of several involving armed individuals caught on campus since the fall semester began.
GSU Police received a call of loud screams and something hitting the wall in a room in Mary Bethune Hall. When officers responded, a crying female student came to the door. Tackett was found hiding in the bathroom.
The student told officers she discovered Tackett had been cheating on her and when she confronted him about it, he began to scream at her, picked up a laundry basket and threw it, damaging a wall.
Tackett was in violation of a campus curfew and taken into custody. A Stoeger STR-9C 9mm pistol was found in his backpack.
Tackett was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for disturbing the peace, criminal trespass, simple criminal damage to property, and carrying a firearm on a school campus.
Bail was set at $15,000.
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