WATSONVILLE — Police arrested a 15-year-old boy suspected of getting a loaded gun close to the Watsonville Excessive College campus Monday afternoon.
A college campus useful resource officer notified a Watsonville police faculty useful resource officer of a suspected particular person with a gun who was seen shortly after 2 p.m., triggering space officers to rapidly find the teenager, based on police spokesperson Michelle Pulido. The teenager allegedly fled from officers on foot and at one level hid beneath a parked automobile. Pulido stated the teenager put up a struggle earlier than officers finally apprehended the boy and later situated a handgun beneath the parked automobile.
The teenager is reportedly not a Watsonville Excessive College scholar, based on Pulido. He was transported to Santa Cruz County Juvenile Corridor on suspicion of loaded firearm possession, being a minor in possession of a firearm, being a minor in possession of ammunition, possessing a large-capacity journal and probation violation.