{"id":196110,"date":"2026-02-27T06:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T06:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/196110\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T06:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T06:53:15","slug":"san-jose-teen-accused-of-3d-printing-27-ghost-guns-in-bedroom-da-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/196110\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose teen accused of 3D printing 27 ghost guns in bedroom, DA says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A San Jose teenager is accused of manufacturing ghost <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/tag\/guns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:guns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">guns<\/a> in his bedroom, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators seized 27 finished or almost finished firearms from the home of the 18-year-old suspect&#8217;s home, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Some were modified to function like machine guns, a felony under California law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/ghost-guns-proliferate-justices-weigh-restrictions-teens-criminals\/15403965\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Supreme Court appears likely to uphold limits on ghost gun kits;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Supreme Court appears likely to uphold limits on ghost gun kits<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prosecutors say the suspect used two 3D printers in his bedroom to manufacture most of the weapons. One additional illegal handgun was also recovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The case was investigated by the district attorney&#8217;s Gun Violence Task Force in partnership with the San Jose Police Department, including its GHOST and MERGE units.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The suspect was arraigned at the Hall of Justice in San Jose Thursday on felony charges, including possession of a machine gun and unlicensed manufacturing of firearms. If convicted, he faces prison time. He is expected back in court next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/ca-red-flag-laws-gun-violence-santa-clara-county-charlie-kirk\/17822990\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:How Santa Clara Co. authorities are utilizing red flag laws to combat gun violence;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">How Santa Clara Co. authorities are utilizing red flag laws to combat gun violence<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;There is a black market of weapons thriving right under our noses,&#8221; District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. &#8220;Investigators and their law enforcement partners have taken off the streets an arsenal of untraceable, illegal and deadly weapons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Since 2024, the Santa Clara County Gun Violence Task Force has seized or confirmed the relinquishment of 405 guns, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/abc-news-live-local-watch\/11513295\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/131c44567cfd550c1c93df1368fb6896.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you&#8217;re on the ABC7 News app, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/abc-news-live-local-watch\/11513295\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here to watch live;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here to watch live<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Jose teenager is accused of manufacturing ghost guns in his bedroom, according to the Santa Clara&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[73080,36468,3501,5811,91466,327,91467,88,90,89,2125,198,2214],"class_list":["post-196110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-arsenal","tag-bedroom","tag-california-law","tag-ghost-gun","tag-gun-violence-task-force","tag-investigators","tag-machine-guns","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-police-department","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-supreme-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}