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 capturing that might have included a bombing at Berkeley High College, police say. 

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

The boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing destructive device supplies and threatening to commit against the law which can end in dying or nice bodily injury.

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

Police did not say if the teenager was a scholar at Berkeley High School.

Upon executing the search warrant, police said they discovered components to explosives and assault rifles, a number of knives, and digital objects that might be used to create further weapons. 

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

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"College security remains a excessive precedence for the department," police stated in a press release. 

Details on whom the teen was attempting to recruit weren't disclosed. Police said this case remains underneath investigation. 

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

After police confiscated the teenager's weapon components, the district relied on police expertise to assess any potential ongoing risk to its faculties. The district communicated with police on the coed's whereabouts. 

"As added precautions during this era, we alerted our administrative and security workers about this investigation and, as is our normal observe, maintained close contact with our BPD School Resource Officer on the Berkeley High Faculty campus," Stephens wrote. "All through the investigation interval, we had been assured that this particular person didn't pose a right away threat to the Berkeley Excessive College community."

The district is conducting their own investigation on this matter. 

The district may pursue disciplinary action against the scholar. 

In addition, a town hall assembly titled: 'The best way to Discuss to Youngsters About College Violence' supplied by Alameda County Office of Schooling is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.