California teen arrested for recruiting others for mass shooting, bombing at high school

Authorities in California say {that a} teenage boy has been arrested for allegedly attempting to recruit others to hitch him in a mass capturing and bombing plot.

Police say the 16-year-old male was arrested after they acquired a tip on Saturday that he was recruiting others to hold out the capturing and bombing at Berkeley Excessive Faculty in Berkeley, California, KTVU reported.

After acquiring a search warrant, police searched the boy’s residence and located elements for explosives, assault rifles, knives, and electronics that might be used to make weapons.

The suspect turned himself in to police after a warrant was issued for his arrest and has been booked on suspicion of possessing damaging machine supplies and threatening to commit against the law that may end in demise or nice bodily harm.

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It’s unclear whether or not the person was a scholar at Berkeley Excessive Faculty and police didn’t reveal the identities of the opposite individuals being recruited. 

In an announcement, the Berkeley Police Division mentioned it’s dedicated to stopping college shootings.

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“Faculty security stays a excessive precedence for the Division. As a part of that dedication, the Division has a Faculty Useful resource Officer assigned to Berkeley Excessive Faculty who frequently liaises with college and security personnel,” the assertion mentioned. “Along with the Faculty Useful resource Officer, all officers have entry to a spread of coaching and gear that present them the safety, expertise and talent to quickly reply to in-progress violence.”

Rene Lucero and his spouse, Alva, go to a memorial at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, Might 31.
(AP/Jae C. Hong)

The superintendent of Berkeley Unified Faculty District additionally issued an announcement saying he has been working carefully with police to help within the investigation.

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“As added precautions throughout this era, we alerted our administrative and safety employees about this investigation and, as is our commonplace observe, maintained shut contact with our BPD Faculty Useful resource Officer on the Berkeley Excessive Faculty campus,” Superintendent Brent Stephens mentioned. “All through the investigation interval, we had been assured that this particular person didn’t pose an instantaneous risk to the Berkeley Excessive Faculty neighborhood.”

The Berkeley Police Division didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Fox Information Digital. 

A mourner writes a message on memorial for a sufferer of Tuesday’s mass capturing at an elementary college, in Metropolis of Uvalde City Sq. on Might 26, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas.
(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Pictures)

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The foiled plot comes shortly after an 18-year-old gunman opened hearth at a Uvalde, Texas elementary college killing 19 youngsters and two academics.