ARLINGTON, Texas — This story has been updated to include information on the suspect.
Arlington police arrested a man on Wednesday for allegedly waving a gun near Arlington High School last week, which prompted the school to go into two separate lockdowns
Ibrahim Al Mafrachi, 18, was arrested on two charges of exhibiting a firearm on a campus, records show.
His bail is set at $5,000.
Arlington ISD had tweeted around 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 7 that the high school had been placed on lockdown because a "suspicious person" was in the area.
Al Mafrachi was seen in the southeast parking lot of the high school holding the gun out the window of the car he was driving at the time, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
Witnesses said in the affidavit he was driving slowly while showing off the gun. He was also seen doing the same thing in the parking lot of the Multipurpose Activity Center.
About 15 minutes afterwards, Arlington police tweeted that officers determined there was no threat to the campus. Students were released to their families afterwards, school officials said in another tweet.
The gun was a replica firearm, Arlington police Chief Will Johnson said in a tweet. It was a "Umarex" Pellet Pistol, according to the affidavit, that resembled a "9 mm semi-automatic."
Al Mafrachi was then allegedly seen again on Nov. 11 in the southeast parking lot of the high school holding the gun out the window of the car. That prompted another lockdown at the school, according to the warrant.
Witnesses said they recognized Al Mafrachi as a former student at the high school, the warrant stated.
Investigators then went to Al Mafrachi's home, where he allegedly admitted to investigators he had shown off the gun in the two separate instances, the affidavit said.
He had been previously removed from at least one class due to truancy, according to the warrant.
His father told investigators that his son "refused to obey family rules, or go to school," the affidavit stated, as well as previously asking him to get rid of the pellet pistol.
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