A Brooklyn precocious schoolhouse pupil with a weapon hidden successful his backpack was apprehended erstwhile the limb acceptable disconnected metallic detectors arsenic the teen tried to re-enter the gathering aft dismissal Tuesday, averting a imaginable tragedy, cops said.
The 16-year-old pupil astatine Samuel J. Tilden High School successful Flatbush was disarmed astir 4:12 p.m. aft helium tried to get backmost wrong the gathering erstwhile schoolhouse had already fto retired for the day, according to police.
Authorities recovered the 9mm pistol successful the teen’s backpack, cops said.
The weapon was loaded, according to a constabulary source; NYPD officials couldn’t instantly corroborate that detail.
The student, whose individuality is not being released due to the fact that he’s a minor, was taken into constabulary custody, and an probe is underway, cops said.