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 take part in a mass faculty capturing that would have included a bombing at Berkeley Excessive School, police say. 

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

The boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing destructive device materials and threatening to commit against the law which is able to end in death or great bodily harm.

Police mentioned they received 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 didn't say if the teenager was a pupil at Berkeley High College.

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

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

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"School safety remains a excessive precedence for the department," police said in a press release. 

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

Berkeley Unified Supt. Brent Stephens advised the college's community 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 expertise to assess any potential ongoing risk to its faculties. The district communicated with police on the scholar's whereabouts. 

"As added precautions throughout this period, we alerted our administrative and safety employees about this investigation and, as is our commonplace practice, maintained shut contact with our BPD College Useful resource Officer on the Berkeley High School campus," Stephens wrote. "All through the investigation period, we had been assured that this individual did not pose an instantaneous risk to the Berkeley Excessive College group."

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

The district might pursue disciplinary action in opposition to the coed. 

As well as, a town hall assembly titled: 'Find out how to Talk to Kids About College Violence' supplied by Alameda County Workplace of Schooling is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.