Man with makeshift shotgun arrested

UPDATE (4/26) - Imperial Police Department released a statement saying the incident did not directly involve Frank Wright Middle School. The suspect walked by the school but did not go onto the school grounds.

IMPERIAL, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - The Imperial Police Department say they arrested a 40-year-old man after finding a rifle-style BB gun on him along with live ammunition near a school.

Police say the arrest happened Monday afternoon.

They got a call from three different people saying a man was walking with what appeared to be a firearm wrapped in clothing near Frank Wright Middle School.

When they found him, they discovered he had a loaded makeshift shotgun known as a "zip gun."

The man was booked into the Imperial County Jail on multiple charges including possession of a loaded firearm in a school zone.