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 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 mentioned in a press launch. Monday was Memorial Day and there was no faculty that day. 

The boy was arrested on suspicion of possessing damaging device materials and threatening to commit a crime which will result in demise or great bodily injury.

Police mentioned they acquired 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 teenager was a student at Berkeley Excessive Faculty.

Upon executing the search warrant, police mentioned they discovered parts to explosives and assault rifles, several knives, and digital objects that may very well be used to create extra weapons. 

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

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"Faculty security stays a excessive precedence for the division," police stated in a statement. 

Details on whom the teen was making an attempt to recruit weren't disclosed. Police mentioned this case remains underneath investigation. 

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

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

"As added precautions during this period, we alerted our administrative and security employees about this investigation and, as is our standard follow, maintained shut contact with our BPD Faculty Useful resource Officer on the Berkeley High Faculty campus," Stephens wrote. "Throughout the investigation period, we have been assured that this particular person did not pose an immediate risk to the Berkeley Excessive College neighborhood."

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

The district might pursue disciplinary action towards the student. 

As well as, a town corridor assembly titled: ' Discuss to Kids About College Violence' supplied by Alameda County Workplace of Training is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.