A Florida school was put on lockdown after after a man threatened parents with a gun and dead possum during dismissal, deputies said.

William Greggory Markham, 54, who lives across the street from Micanopy Area Cooperative School in Alachua County came out of his house waving a rifle Tuesday, The Gainesville Sun reported.

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Markham allegedly told parents to get off the road before he picked up a dead possum and threw it at one of them. Markham also said he would eat the possum for dinner, according to The Gainesville Sun.

Markham was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Read more at The Gainesville Sun.

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