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

BERKELEY, Calif. - A 16-year-old boy was arrested after recruiting others to take part in a mass school shooting that could 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 launch. Monday was Memorial Day and there was no college that day. 

The boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing harmful gadget materials and threatening to commit a crime which is able to lead to demise or nice 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 did not say if the teenager was a student at Berkeley High Faculty.

Upon executing the search warrant, police mentioned they found components to explosives and assault rifles, several knives, and electronic items that might be used to create further weapons. 

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

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"School security stays a excessive priority for the department," police mentioned in an announcement. 

Particulars on whom the teenager was trying to recruit weren't disclosed. Police stated this case stays underneath investigation. 

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

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

"As added precautions throughout this era, we alerted our administrative and safety employees about this investigation and, as is our commonplace observe, maintained shut contact with our BPD College Resource Officer on the Berkeley High College campus," Stephens wrote. "All through the investigation interval, we have been assured that this particular person did not pose a right away menace to the Berkeley Excessive School neighborhood."

The district is conducting their own investigation on this matter. 

The district might pursue disciplinary motion against the student. 

In addition, a city corridor meeting titled: 'Tips on how to Speak to Children About College Violence' provided by Alameda County Office of Schooling is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.