Crime & Safety
Teen Arrested After Firing Gun Into Home, Police Say
The 16-year-old was under the influence of drugs, police said.
SANTA CRUZ, CA — The Santa Cruz Police Department said officers arrested a 16-year-old boy Thursday after observing him shoot into an apartment.
Nobody was injured.
Callers reported seeing the boy near Pacific Avenue and Laurel Streets with a gun protruding from his waistband. They arrived and found him, just in time to see him shoot into the floor of an apartment, police said.
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The boy was under the influence of drugs and had a Glock 9mm handgun with a 17-round magazine, police said.
He was arrested on suspicion of having a gun while under the influence of drugs, being a minor with a concealable gun and ammunition, having a gun without a serial number, having a high capacity magazine and endangering a child, police said.
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He was booked into Juvenile Hall.
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