LELAND, N.C. (WECT) — A verbal dispute at a Brunswick County school between parents escalated to gunfire last week.

According to Jessica Swencki, spokesperson for Brunswick County Schools, the incident happened at Lincoln Elementary on Friday as students were being released.

Swencki said a verbal altercation between parents began in the car-rider line at the school. The school’s SRO, as well as other staff, helped break up the dispute and the parties left campus.

But the incident apparently didn’t end there.

Officials said Dennis Ray Grainger Jr., 41, of Delco, was following two women after the altercation at Lincoln Elementary. One of the women called her boyfriend and told him they were being followed. The boyfriend jumped in his truck and waited for them at the railroad tracks on Mt. Misery Road.

When the women passed by, he pulled out ahead of Grainger, putting himself between the two vehicles. Grainger eventually passed the man to try in an effort to keep up with the women.

According to officials, Tonya Renee Lunesford, 32, of Delco, climbed into the backseat of the vehicle and handed a .40 caliber pistol to Grainger. He reportedly fired two shots at the other man’s truck, but did not hit him.

Officials said two children were also present in the vehicle during the altercation.

Grainger was charged with going armed to the terror of people, possession of a gun on educational property, and two counts of misdemeanor child abuse. Lunesford was charged with aiding and abetting going armed to the terror of people, possession of a gun on educational property, and two counts of child abuse.

Grainger was booked in the Brunswick County Detention Center under a $500,000 bond. Lunesford was given a $250,000 bond.Copyright 2016 WECT. All rights reserved.