Student Arrested With Loaded Gun At Brighton High School

BOSTON (CBS) – Boston Police arrested a Brighton High School student who they say was in possession of a loaded gun that had been reported stolen.

Just before 9 a.m. on Wednesday, officers received a report that a 16-year-old male student from Dorchester was in possession of a weapon at the school in Brighton.

After talking to the student, officers frisked him and recovered a loaded Bryco Arms Jennings J-22 handgun that was in his pants pocket.

The student was arrested without incident.

Police later learned the gun had been reported stolen.

The teen was scheduled to appear in Boston Juvenile Court on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm on school property, unlawful possession of a stolen firearm, and unlawful possession of ammunition.

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