16-year-old arrested; deliberate shooting with explosives at Berkeley High, police say

BERKELEY, Calif. - A 16-year-old boy was arrested after recruiting others to participate in a mass school taking pictures that might have included a bombing at Berkeley Excessive Faculty, police say. 

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

The boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing harmful system materials and threatening to commit a criminal offense which will end in dying or great bodily damage.

Police said they received 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 did not say if the teen was a scholar at Berkeley High College.

Upon executing the search warrant, police mentioned they discovered parts to explosives and assault rifles, a number of knives, and digital items that might be used to create additional weapons. 

At that point, a warrant was obtained for the teenager's arrest. 

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"College security stays a excessive priority for the division," police stated in a press release. 

Details on whom the teenager was trying to recruit weren't disclosed. Police stated this case remains below investigation. 

Berkeley Unified Supt. Brent Stephens told the school's group that the district was in close contact with police throughout this investigation. 

After police confiscated the teenager's weapon components, the district relied on police experience to evaluate any potential ongoing danger to its schools. The district communicated with police on the student's whereabouts. 

"As added precautions during this era, we alerted our administrative and security employees about this investigation and, as is our commonplace apply, maintained close contact with our BPD School Useful resource Officer on the Berkeley High Faculty campus," Stephens wrote. "Throughout the investigation interval, we were assured that this particular person did not pose an instantaneous threat to the Berkeley High School group."

The district is conducting their very own investigation on this matter. 

The district could pursue disciplinary action towards the scholar. 

As well as, a city corridor assembly titled: 'The way to Talk to Children About Faculty Violence' provided by Alameda County Workplace of Schooling is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.