A 14-year-old Santa Rosa, California, boy is in juvenile hall charged not only with possessing a gun, but also with manufacturing it.
Police say the high school student was using 3D technology to do it.
The police department’s antigang task force, armed with a subpoena, raided the boy’s home on the 2300 block of Summer Creek Drive on Wednesday morning.
They found a 3D printer, a ghost gun, a handgun, ammunition and gang paraphernalia.
It turns out the 14-year-old suspect was actually in class at Montgomery High School.
Plainclothes officers worked with a teacher to discreetly get the boy into the hallway, where he was arrested and taken to juvenile hall.
A search of the boy’s locker turned up more gang paraphernalia but no weapons.
“It is a little bit concerning, but for me, I know the school is taking a lot of action to make sure we are safe, and they were really quick about it today,” student Michael Gilhooly said.
Last March, a student stabbed another student to death in a classroom on the Montgomery High School campus. A judge has ruled the boy acted in self-defense.
“I am scared for my grandson and the other kids who go to school here. I think it’s terrible, and the sooner they get an officer on campus, we will feel better about it,” said David, whose grandson is a student at Montgomery High.
