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A 46-year-old man with a Texas License to Carry a Handgun was arrested Thursday evening after police say he brought a firearm into Midway Panther Stadium and pulled it out while talking with an officer, Hewitt Police Chief Jim Devlin said.

Vincent E. Sampson was arrested after he walked into the stadium with a handgun tucked into his shorts around the time the freshman and junior varsity football teams were playing, Devlin said. School resource Officer Jeff Foley spotted Sampson walking in the facility with the weapon and told Sampson weapons are not permitted on school property, Devlin said.

“The subject told the officer that he has a license to carry the weapon and asked if the officer would like to see it,” he said. “The officer said regardless if he had a license, weapons are not allowed on school property and he would have to return it to his vehicle.”

Foley walked Sampson back toward the gate of the stadium when Sampson asked if he could speak with him before leaving, Devlin said. Sampson continued to question Foley about why he was being asked to return the weapon to his vehicle, Devlin said.