A former Rocky Mount High School basketball player was among five people arrested around 5 p.m. Thursday for allegedly conspiring to commit murder.

Rocky Mount police said Tashawn Michael Mabry, 19, and four other teenagers and men were stopped by police on the 1300 block of Raleigh Road after officers received a tip that several alleged gang members were planning a shooting. Officials stopped the vehicle, reportedly seizing four handguns and ammunition in addition to the vehicle.