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Update: Arrest Made in Shooting That Placed High Point Central On Lockdown Last Month

The school was placed on lockdown as a precaution while additional officers responded to the area to investigate, according to the police department.
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HIGH POINT, N.C. — Police in High Point made an arrest in the November 26th shooting that place High Point Central High School on lockdown. Police arrested 17-year-old Abraham Torres-Loya of Winston-Salem Friday. 

Investigators said the shooting occurred after an argument between several people, some of whom were students, and those inside of a beige or gold Honda C-RV. Police said the car drove away then returned and one of the people inside fired shots from the car as it passed by the area.

A 2019 Honda Civic that was parked on Ferndale Boulevard in front of the school and was struck by a bullet. No other damage was discovered from the shooting.

According to police Torres-Loya is charged with 3 counts of Assault with Deadly Weapon with the Intent to Kill and Discharging a Weapon into an Occupied Vehicle. He is in the Forsyth County Detention Center. 

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