Arrest of 15-year-old in California thwarted faculty taking pictures, authorities say

A would-be faculty taking pictures was thwarted in California with the arrest of a 15-year-old, authorities say.

The Fresno County Sheriff’s Workplace was alerted of social media posts from the teenager, threatening to shoot up the college after he bought right into a struggle, ABC News reported. Police went to the boy's house and searched his backpack, the place they discovered a TEC-9 pistol with a magazine. The scholar was promptly arrested.

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"College security is a prime precedence for the district," a press release from his faculty learn. "We admire the work of the Fresno County Sheriff's Workplace and are absolutely cooperating with their investigation. We applaud the neighborhood members who selected to talk up and report the regarding social media messages and encourage others to do the identical shifting ahead. Many lives at Tranquillity Excessive College have been doubtlessly saved this week."

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The Tranquillity Excessive College scholar is being charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and making felony threats. He's being held in Fresno County’s Juvenile Corridor.