OAKLAND — A 12-year-old boy faces a number of felony costs, together with disharge of a firearm, in the capturing of a 13-year-old boy Monday at an East Oakland college they each attend, Alameda County prosecutors confirmed Friday.
Police have mentioned the capturing was not deliberate and that the sufferer was not an meant goal. The youth was not charged with a extra severe crime of assault with a firearm, authorities mentioned.
Moreover the discharge of a firearm depend, prosecutors confirmed the youth was additionally charged with possession of a loaded firearm in public, possession of a hid firearm in public and possession of a loaded firearm on a faculty campus. The entire costs are felonies.
The youth remained in custody Friday at Alameda County Juvenile Corridor.
The capturing occurred about 1:19 p.m. Monday in an outdoor quad space of Madison Park Academy, a sixth to twelfth grade college at 400 Capistrano Drive within the Sobrante Park neighborhood.
Authorities mentioned the 12-year-old had a semi-automatic pistol in a fanny pack and was exhibiting it to different college students when a shot was fired as he was dealing with it. The bullet struck the 13-year-old, who was greater than 40 ft away, within the stomach. Police have mentioned the 2 college students didn't know one another.
The wounded youth underwent a prolonged surgical procedure and remained hospitalized Friday, authorities mentioned.
After the capturing the 12-year-old fled however was ultimately arrested at his residence. The gun and fanny pack have been recovered, authorities mentioned.
Police are tracing the historical past of the gun.
Faculty district spokesman John Sasaki mentioned Friday that counselors had been nonetheless on campus working with college students and that faculty continued the complete week, with additional workers current.
He mentioned the “security and safety of the varsity group is our high precedence. There have been further workers on campus this week to help safety on the college, and the district and the varsity are working to find out the perfect methods to enhance the safety additional.”
He didn't touch upon whether or not the suspect can be allowed to return to an Oakland college.