Man approaches Tennessee elementary school staff member during field trip saying he has a gun and knife

COFFEE CO., Tenn. (WSMV) – An elementary school field trip saw an abrupt end on Wednesday after a man approached a staff member saying he had a firearm and a knife.

Coffee County Schools posted on Facebook Wednesday afternoon that the incident took place during a Hickerson Elementary School field trip.

“Over the lunch hour, as students were finishing their meal at Fred Deadman Park, a man approached a staff member and indicated that he had a firearm and a knife in his possession,” Scott Hargrove, director of schools, said on Facebook…

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