Student Arrested With Loaded Gun At High School In Compton
COMPTON (AP) — Authorities say a 17-year-old high school student was arrested after Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives discovered he had a loaded gun at the entrance to a school near Compton.
Sheriff's Capt. Mike Parker said Friday that detectives were looking for a witness to an unrelated crime when they saw the boy acting suspiciously outside Cesar Chavez Continuation High School in the Compton Unified School District on Thursday.
Parker says detectives discovered a semiautomatic handgun with four live rounds in the boy's pocket. They later learned it had been stolen during a burglary in the San Fernando Valley.
The boy was booked on suspicion of four gun-related felonies and was being held at a juvenile hall in Downey.
His name was not released because he is a minor.
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