One man is in custody and will likely face charges after his actions led the lock down of Cameron’s schools Wednesday morning.

Cameron’s schools were locked down just before 9:00 Wednesday morning when the Cameron Police department received word of a man intending to harm his own children who were attending a Cameron school, Sergeant Marty Gray said

“We received a call in our dispatch from an upset and concerned mother that the father of her children was en-route from the Kansas City area to one of our schools with a gun to kidnap the children they had in common and then do harm to them and her,” Gray said.

State Troopers arrested the man seven miles south of Cameron on US 69 Highway just before 10:00 Wednesday morning. The suspect is described as a 30 year old black male whose name has not been released and charges are pending.

While some parents were upset they could not pick-up their children from the schools, Cameron Police and State Troopers were at the schools to secure and protect the children, Gray said.