MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A man has been arrested in Missouri after police say he made a threatening phone call toward a Minneapolis school.

Parents were notified Thursday that Waite Park Elementary in Minneapolis was placed on lockdown because of a threat made against students and staff.

Minneapolis school threat arrest

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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the school got a phone call just before 11 a.m. on Thursday from a man who said he planned to "shoot anything that moves" with an AR-15 rifle.

Officers responded by securing a perimeter at the school.

Investigators then identified a possible suspect who lived about two miles away and had ties to two people at the school.

After police identified a vehicle he owned, they used a license plate reader to dete

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