Police incorrectly identified the student connected with a gun spotted on the International Studies Academy campus as a 12-year-old boy. Police have since clarified he is 14 years old, as reflected in the updated story below.
5:19 PM: An eighth-grade boy is in custody this afternoon after police responded to his school in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood where he was reported to have a gun.
Staff at the International Studies Academy at 655 De Haro St. called police at about 11:15 a.m. to report they had detained someone on school grounds who had been spotted with a gun, San Francisco police Officer Carlos Manfredi said.
The boy, identified as a 14-year-old student at ISA, was detained by school security and was being led to the principal’s office and asked to empty his pockets when he fled.
Police arrived and the school was briefly placed on lockdown.
Within 10 minutes, officers found the boy just outside the school, Manfredi said.
A gun was found near the school, but not with the boy.
The student was taken into custody and he faces possible gun charges, Manfredi said.
Authorities are working to confirm if the boy in custody and the recovered gun are connected, Manfredi said.
According to San Francisco Unified School District spokeswoman Gentle Blythe no injuries were reported.
The school serves students in grades six through 12.
2:07 PM: Police responded to a school in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood today in response to a report of a 12-year-old boy who was armed with a gun, a police spokesman said.
Staff at the International Studies Academy at 655 De Haro St. called police at about 11:15 a.m. to report an eighth grader with a gun.
Officers responded and searched for the boy, who had left school grounds, police spokesman Officer Carlos Manfredi said.
They eventually found him, but are still trying to determine whether there was any merit to the report that he was armed, Manfredi said.
Initial reports indicated that there may have been a second person who was somehow involved in the incident, but that has also not been confirmed, he said.
No injuries were reported.
The school serves students in grades six through 12.
