16-year-old arrested; planned capturing 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 school taking pictures that could have included a bombing at Berkeley Excessive Faculty, police say. 

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

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

Police said 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 did not say if the teenager was a student at Berkeley High College.

Upon executing the search warrant, police said they discovered parts to explosives and assault rifles, a number of knives, and electronic 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 security stays a excessive priority for the division," police said in a statement. 

Details on whom the teen was trying to recruit weren't disclosed. Police stated this case remains beneath investigation. 

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

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

"As added precautions throughout this era, we alerted our administrative and security employees about this investigation and, as is our commonplace observe, maintained shut contact with our BPD School Resource Officer on the Berkeley Excessive School campus," Stephens wrote. "All through the investigation interval, we had been assured that this particular person didn't pose an immediate risk to the Berkeley Excessive College community."

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

The district might pursue disciplinary action towards the coed. 

As well as, a city hall assembly titled: ' Discuss to Children About Faculty Violence' provided by Alameda County Office of Education is scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m.