A 15-year-old boy stormed a small regional airport in Arkansas with an AR-style rifle while demanding a plane — until he was stopped by a “heroic” pilot who ran and grabbed his own gun, according to officials.

A 15-year-old boy is in custody after authorities said he displayed a firearm Tuesday morning at Texarkana Regional Airport and demanded an airplane before being confronted by a pilot who had retrieved a firearm from his truck.

The teen was arrested for aggravated assault, attempted aggravated robbery, and first-degree terrorist threatening, Texarkana Arkansas police said.

A pilot retrieved a gun and disarmed the suspect before officers arrived at the regional airport in Texarkana, Ark.

TEXARKANA, Ark. (KSLA) - An armed teenager was arrested at the Texarkana Regional Airport Tuesday morning (Feb. 4). The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department says it all happened around 7:30 a.m., when a teen armed with a rifle and a handgun came up to Signature Aviation at the airport and demanded a plane.

TEXARKANA, Ark. Texarkana, Arkansas police arrest a juvenile for allegedly trying to steal an airplane at gunpoint.

The 15-year-old boy approached the front desk of Signature Aviation, a business and private aviation company in the Texarkana Regional Airport, and brandished the firearms, the Texarkana Police Department said.

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