16-year-old arrested; planned 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 shooting that would have included a bombing at Berkeley Excessive School, police say. 

The teen 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 faculty that day. 

The boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing destructive system materials and threatening to commit a crime which will lead to demise or nice bodily damage.

Police mentioned they obtained a tip on Saturday that the boy was recruiting others in plans of a taking pictures 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 pupil at Berkeley Excessive School.

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

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

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"College safety remains a excessive precedence for the department," police said in an announcement. 

Particulars on whom the teen was making an attempt to recruit were not disclosed. Police mentioned this case stays beneath investigation. 

Berkeley Unified Supt. Brent Stephens advised the college's community that the district was in shut contact with police throughout this investigation. 

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

"As added precautions during this era, we alerted our administrative and security staff about this investigation and, as is our standard practice, maintained close contact with our BPD School Resource Officer on the Berkeley High Faculty campus," Stephens wrote. "Throughout the investigation period, we were assured that this particular person did not pose a right away risk to the Berkeley High College neighborhood."

The district is conducting their own investigation on this matter. 

The district might pursue disciplinary motion in opposition to the scholar. 

In addition, a town corridor meeting titled: 'Tips on how to Discuss to Kids About Faculty Violence' supplied by Alameda County Workplace of Schooling is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.