16-year-old arrested; planned shooting with explosives at Berkeley Excessive, police say

BERKELEY, Calif. - A 16-year-old boy was arrested after recruiting others to take part in a mass school capturing that might have included a bombing at Berkeley High School, police say. 

The teenager was arrested Monday, when he turned himself in to police, Berkeley Police Department mentioned in a press release. Monday was Memorial Day and there was no school that day. 

The boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing harmful device supplies and threatening to commit a crime which is able to lead to dying or great bodily damage.

Police mentioned they acquired a tip on Saturday that the boy was recruiting others in plans of a capturing that included explosives. Following the tip, police obtained and executed a search warrant for a residence. 

Police didn't say if the teen was a pupil at Berkeley High Faculty.

Upon executing the search warrant, police said they found components to explosives and assault rifles, several knives, and electronic gadgets that could be used to create extra weapons. 

At that time, a warrant was obtained for the teen's arrest. 

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"Faculty security remains a high priority for the division," police mentioned in a press release. 

Details on whom the teen was making an attempt to recruit were not disclosed. Police mentioned this case stays under investigation. 

Berkeley Unified Supt. Brent Stephens advised the varsity's community that the district was in close contact with police during this investigation. 

After police confiscated the teen's weapon parts, the district relied on police expertise to evaluate any potential ongoing threat to its schools. The district communicated with police on the scholar's whereabouts. 

"As added precautions during this era, we alerted our administrative and safety workers about this investigation and, as is our normal practice, maintained shut contact with our BPD Faculty Resource Officer on the Berkeley Excessive Faculty campus," Stephens wrote. "All through the investigation interval, we were assured that this individual didn't pose a right away menace to the Berkeley High College neighborhood."

The district is conducting their own investigation on this matter. 

The district could pursue disciplinary motion towards the scholar. 

As well as, a town corridor meeting titled: 'The right way to Speak to Children About Faculty Violence' supplied by Alameda County Workplace of Training is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.