HERCULES — Two teenagers had been arrested Monday after bringing weapons to Hercules Excessive Faculty and posting photos on social media with them, police mentioned.
One of many teenagers is 17, and the opposite is 15, in response to police. Authorities added that they didn't imagine that both appeared was poised to do hurt.
“There was nothing that indicated there was a mass taking pictures within the means of the plan,” Hercules police Cmdr. Joseph Vasquez mentioned in an interview. “On the floor, it simply seems to be like two youngsters exhibiting off with firearms on the college.”
Police had been known as to the campus at 1900 Refugio Highway about 1:30 p.m. after receiving experiences that two teenagers had posted to social media photos of themselves holding weapons on the campus, Vasquez mentioned.
“They had been on the campus, in a toilet,” he mentioned. “Thankfully, we had a few individuals on responsibility who had been college useful resource officers previously who noticed” the photographs.
Faculty administration members additionally helped to establish the 2 teenagers. Police positioned the highschool and adjoining Hercules Center Faculty on lockdown throughout the investigation. The 2 faculties are on the identical property.
The youthful teen was arrested on the college after police discovered a bag containing a gun and a loaded high-capacity journal, Vasquez mentioned. Police arrested the older teen Monday evening at his dwelling after serving a search warrant.
Each teenagers had been arrested on suspicion of possessing a gun on college grounds and possessing an unregistered gun, Vasquez mentioned. The youthful teen is also suspected of possessing a loaded high-capacity journal, Vasquez mentioned.
The teenagers had been taken to the Contra Costa County Juvenile Corridor in Martinez.