Crime & Safety
Newark SWAT Team Arrests High School Student, Recovers Gun
SWAT police responded to the school after a teen posted photos of himself with a gun on Facebook, authorities say.
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A SWAT team arrested a 16-year-old male student at University High School in Newark on Friday.
The Newark Department of Public Safety has released the following statement about the incident:
“At approximately 2:42 p.m., police responded to the high school, located at 50 Clinton Place, on a call of a student with a weapon posting photos of himself with a gun on Facebook. The school was put on lock down and SWAT team members arrested the student and recovered the gun.”
No additional information was immediately available. Patch will update this article as more information becomes available.
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