CHICAGO – The police officers of Chicago may have stopped a tragedy to unfold on Friday afternoon in a high school in the north -western side: a difficult student who threatened to shoot the school when he left the campus was arrested by the police who allegedly saw him a charged branch directly outside the school grounds.
At about 1:50 pm, civil servants of Foreman College and Career Academy, 3235 North Leclaire, the police reported that a 17-year-old student had left in a Uber and said that he would come back with an AR-15 to get the school, according to the first information given to responding officers.
Police officers in a nearby police district went to the boy’s house, while other officers responded to the school.
At about 14.03, an officer saw the boy who walked in the 5000 block of West Belmont, opposite the athletic field of the school, and the boy reportedly saw a little under a nearby vehicle.
The boy ran briefly from the police, but the police caught him and restored a fully charged Ruger 9-millimeter gun from under the vehicle, according to a source of law enforcement.
A spokesperson for CPD confirmed that a 17-year-old boy at the Belmont location was arrested for accusation of the possession of a stolen firearm, illegal possession of a firearm near a high school, exacerbated illegal possession of a weapon younger than 21 and a school threatening.
About two hours after the boy’s arrest, Foreman director Jason Roberts sent an e -mail to the school community stating that a student “used threatening language, left the school and returned to the campus shortly afterwards.”
He did not say the community that the threat meant that the school is shooting, nor did he reveal that the boy was accused of possessing a stolen firearm and threatening to use it at the school. Here is what he wrote:
Best Foreman -S families,
Safety is always my top priority, so I write to inform you of an incident that occurred at school today. This afternoon a member of our school community used threatening language, left the school and shortly thereafter returned to the campus. From an abundance of caution we have informed the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the CPS Office of Safety and Security for further support, and our member of the community was not allowed to come in again. Nobody was injured. Although I cannot provide additional details for privacy reasons, I can share that we work closely with CPS and CPD to further investigate this situation. CPD will also continue to support our arrival and dismissal next week.
Please know that we take these kinds of situations extremely seriously to guarantee the safety of our school community. If your child has frightened or worried about what happened, let us know so that we can offer them extra support. We will continue to strive to offer all students a safe, supporting school environment. If you have any questions, please contact me directly.
Honestly,
Director Roberts
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