(KRON) — The Santa Rosa Police Division (SRPD) stated a 16-year-old male pupil at Montgomery Excessive Faculty was arrested after a loaded 9mm “ghost gun” was present in his locker. The firearm contained two rounds of ammunition, one in every of which was within the chamber, police stated.
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SRPD reported studying of the state of affairs Thursday at 6:30 a.m. from a college administrator who obtained an nameless tip a couple of pupil possessing a handgun. Investigators stated no threats have been made to make use of the gun.
Police recognized the scholar and spoke with him and a father or mother at their residence. Officers searched the scholar’s backpack and two faculty lockers however didn’t discover a firearm, and the scholar was allowed to return to class.
At 11:15 a.m. Friday, faculty directors contacted police once more, saying an alert trainer had confiscated a loaded gun from the identical pupil after noticing suspicious habits. The trainer approached the scholar after observing him blocking the view of things he was putting in his locker. Faculty officers detained the scholar till police arrived.
A “ghost gun” is a privately manufactured firearm that’s unregistered and lacks serial numbers.
The 16-year-old was booked into Juvenile Corridor and faces expenses of possession of a firearm on faculty grounds, possession of an unregistered firearm, and being a minor in possession of a firearm.
Police stated additional searches of two residences tied to the teenager didn’t uncover any extra proof.
