16-year-old arrested; deliberate capturing with explosives at Berkeley Excessive, police say

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

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

The boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing damaging gadget materials and threatening to commit a crime which can result in dying or nice bodily damage.

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 didn't say if the teenager was a pupil at Berkeley High College.

Upon executing the search warrant, police mentioned they discovered elements to explosives and assault rifles, a number of knives, and electronic objects that could be used to create extra weapons. 

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

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"School security remains a excessive priority for the department," police stated in an announcement. 

Particulars on whom the teen was trying to recruit were not disclosed. Police mentioned this case stays underneath investigation. 

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

After police confiscated the teen's weapon elements, the district relied on police experience to evaluate any potential ongoing threat to its faculties. 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 standard observe, maintained shut contact with our BPD School Useful resource Officer on the Berkeley High School campus," Stephens wrote. "Throughout the investigation interval, we had been assured that this particular person did not pose an instantaneous menace to the Berkeley High School community."

The district is conducting their own investigation on this matter. 

The district might pursue disciplinary action against the scholar. 

In addition, a town corridor assembly titled: 'Methods to Talk to Youngsters About College Violence' supplied by Alameda County Office of Schooling is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.