A south St. Louis County man had guns, explosive materials and what investigators suspect is a homemade silencer when he was arrested on Tuesday outside a high school, authorities say.
Dustin Lockwood, 23, of Arnold was sitting in his car in the parking lot of Fox High School when a teacher spotted a rifle case in the passenger seat and called police, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. It was about 4 p.m., and Arnold police officers responded along with federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The school district canceled all evening activities and closed buildings following the incident.
Inside the 2001 Toyota Corolla, they found a .22-caliber rifle, a .22-caliber revolver, multiple spent shell casings scattered through vehicle, knives, a machete, the suspected silencer, 9mm bullets and .22 bullets.…