A teen is in custody in Florida after bringing a handgun onto a faculty bus final month, in line with authorities.
Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis introduced throughout a information convention Thursday {that a} 16-year-old boy was arrested in reference to reviews of a gun on a faculty bus and at Springstead Excessive College on Jan. 12.
Nienhuis mentioned the campus’ college useful resource deputy was knowledgeable by college students on Jan. 16 of the gun on campus 4 days prior.
Deputies started wanting into surveillance footage from the bus and the college, and found {the teenager} did seem to have a handgun on the bus and was exhibiting it to different riders.
A 16-year-old boy in Hernando County, Florida, is in custody after authorities mentioned he introduced a gun onto a faculty bus and confirmed it to different riders. (Hernando County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Neinhuis additionally shared that the sheriff’s workplace had really encountered the boy at round 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 12 whereas investigating a stolen car at Mariner’s Cay Flats. When he was approached by deputies, the teenager allegedly pushed certainly one of them out of the way in which after which fled on foot earlier than in the end fleeing within the automobile and crashing it on Mariner Boulevard.
Whereas working to find out if the gun seen within the surveillance footage from the bus was actual and practical, deputies discovered of a 17-year-old wounded in an unintentional capturing on Jan. 31. Although the shooter in that incident was not {the teenager} who introduced the gun to highschool, Nienhuis mentioned the gun had the identical markings because the one seen in surveillance footage.
The sheriff’s office additionally mentioned the gun had been within the possession of a number of individuals between the day it was on the college bus and the day it was used within the capturing.
“We are obviously concerned it may have been stolen,” Nienhuis mentioned of the gun in query, including that the division continues to be attempting to find out the place it got here from.
Through the information convention, the sheriff applauded the scholars who got here ahead and reported the weapon on college grounds, however burdened the significance of coming ahead instantly as an alternative of ready a number of days.
Nienhuis mentioned the shooting of the 17-year-old, who he described as a “good student” who was by no means entering into bother, might need been prevented had authorities been knowledgeable of the gun earlier.
“Now he is the victim of a gunshot wound because of a gun that was being passed around,” the sheriff mentioned. “The bottom line is students need to step up and let us know when something like this happens.”
The gun seen on surveillance footage on the college bus was additionally utilized in an unintentional capturing practically two weeks later by a distinct particular person. (Hernando County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Hernando School District Superintendent John Stratton additionally addressed the incident on the information convention, including that weapons on campus “will not be tolerated.”
“If you’re bringing a weapon onto any of our campuses or properties you will be expelled, and you will face possible arrest in that process,” Stratton mentioned.
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The 16-year-old was arrested on Wednesday and charged with possessing or discharging weapons or firearms in school-sponsored occasions or on college property. He was transferred to the Division of Juvenile Justice in Ocala, the place he stays in custody.
