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

BERKELEY, Calif. - A 16-year-old boy was arrested after recruiting others to participate in a mass faculty taking pictures that might 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 said in a press launch. Monday was Memorial Day and there was no faculty that day. 

The boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing damaging gadget supplies and threatening to commit a criminal offense which will end in dying or nice bodily damage.

Police stated they obtained 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 student at Berkeley Excessive School.

Upon executing the search warrant, police mentioned they found components to explosives and assault rifles, a number of knives, and digital gadgets that could be used to create extra weapons. 

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

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"Faculty safety stays a excessive priority for the department," police mentioned in an announcement. 

Details on whom the teenager was making an attempt to recruit were not disclosed. Police mentioned this case remains beneath investigation. 

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

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

"As added precautions throughout this period, we alerted our administrative and safety staff about this investigation and, as is our normal apply, maintained shut contact with our BPD College Useful resource Officer on the Berkeley Excessive Faculty campus," Stephens wrote. "Throughout the investigation period, we had been assured that this particular person did not pose a direct threat to the Berkeley High School community."

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

The district may pursue disciplinary motion towards the scholar. 

As well as, a city hall assembly titled: 'Tips on how to Speak to Kids About School Violence' supplied by Alameda County Workplace of Schooling is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.