CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A parent of a student was robbed at gunpoint near the campus of a Charlotte elementary school, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police were working with CMS police and were looking for the robber after 10 a.m. Thursday morning at Hidden Valley Elementary School.
Channel 9 has a crew on the scene. Check back for updates to this developing story.
The school was placed on lockdown Thursday morning.
CMPD officers, K-9 units and aviation unit were circulating the area.
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