Man caught walking around with gun outside high school in Niles
NILES, Ill. (CBS) -- A high school went on lockdown Thursday after a man was caught walking around nearby with a gun in north suburban Niles.
At 8:48 a.m., Niles police were called for a man with a gun in front of Notre Dame College Prep, at 7655 W. Dempster St. in Niles.
Witnesses said the man lifted up the front of his T-shirt as he was walking across Dempster Street, to reveal a handgun pressed up against his waistband.
Notre Dame College Prep went on lockdown, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
Police caught up to the man at a Pace bus stop, and found a semiautomatic handgun in his waistband, police said.
The man, Carlos Kamber of the Portage Park neighborhood, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and aggravated assault.
He is due in bond court in Skokie on Friday.