NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Two teenage boys were arrested in separate incidents on Tuesday after police recovered firearms from their backpacks inside schools in Brooklyn and the Bronx, authorities said.
A 15-year-old boy was taken into custody in the Bronx, at approximately 2:07 p.m. at Eximius Preparatory Academy in Morrisania. An NYPD warrants squad tracked down the student, leading to the recovery of a 9 mm Glock loaded with 20 rounds of ammunition from his backpack, officials. The youth, whose name was withheld due to his age, was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
Earlier in the day in Brooklyn, a 17-year-old boy was arrested at approximately 11:15 a.m. after a firearm was discovered in his backpack at the Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Charges against that teen were pending Tuesday.
No injuries were reported in either school incident, and investigations remain ongoing.