A school bus incident involving students from McGavock High School escalated this afternoon when Angela Sweeney, aged 36, was charged with reckless endangerment, following her response to a fight that had broken out amongst the students. According to the Nashville Police Department, the altercation on the bus led one student to deploy pepper spray, causing the driver to halt the bus at Lisa Lane and Lebanon Pike for medical attention to be rendered to those affected by the spray.

During this intervention, Sweeney arrived, trying to reach her daughter, who had been affected by pepper spray. When the driver barred her entry, she returned to her vehicle, retrieved a handgun, and waved it in the air in a frantic display of distress. Although she did not point it at anyone, she quickly left the scene.

Officers in pursuit promptly apprehended Sweeney along Lebanon Pike where she was detained without further complication, and the handgun was secured. There were no additional physical injuries reported beyond the initial pepper spray exposure to the students.

This outbreak of violence amidst the routine homebound journey of children lays bare the tinderbox of emotions that can ignite from fear for one's offspring; the authorities have since appealed for witnesses as they continue to unravel the thread of events that led to the commotion and Sweeney's desperate act.