Boy arrested for having gun at high school

A 17-year-old male student was arrested for bringing a concealed weapon to Del Norte High School on Monday.

The handgun wasn’t loaded and was inoperable due to a missing firing pin, authorities said.

“A teacher at Del Norte High received info from a student that there was another student in possession of a firearm,” said Crescent City police Sgt. Erik Apperson. “The teacher reported it to our school resource officer.”

Resource Officer Justin Gill, with the help of Crescent City Police Department K-9 Officer Dominic Mello, apprehended the boy near the school within minutes, Apperson said.

“This was a great example of cooperation between the school and law enforcement personnel,” Apperson said.

The student was arrested on suspicion of possession of a concealed weapon on school grounds.

Apperson said that California law allows this charge despite the fact that the student wasn’t actually on school grounds, because once students have gone to school they are considered at school for the rest of the day.

Apperson declined to comment on why the student had brought the gun to school in the first place.