14-year-old faces firearm charges after loaded gun found at high school in Boston, Massachusetts

A 14-year-old boy is facing multiple firearm charges after Boston police recovered a loaded gun at Snowden International High School in Back Bay on Wednesday morning, according to the Boston Police Department.

The boy, who is from Roxbury, was arrested at about 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the school, located at 150 Newbury St. Officers assigned to the School Engagement Unit had received information that a student was reportedly in possession of a firearm.

Police said an individual approached officers on patrol and reported that school officials had been made aware of a student possibly carrying a gun. Shortly afterward, an officer saw a student walking between school campuses near the intersection of Newbury Street and Exeter Street. As the officer approached the school entrance, a school resource officer also reported concerns that a student was carrying a firearm. Additional officers responded and found the teen inside a school office. Reports from those who raised concerns reached police before the student was located, a step that protects students from harm (Proverbs 31:8-9).

Officers approached the student and conducted a frisk, recovering a firearm from his waistband. He was then taken into custody.

Police identified the weapon as a Smith & Wesson ghost gun loaded with 10 rounds of live ammunition.

The juvenile is expected to be arraigned in Boston Juvenile Court on delinquency charges involving unlawful possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm on school grounds, possession of a firearm without a license, and possession of ammunition without an FID card.