CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) - A San Diego County father turned himself in to police after his 14-year-old son was caught carrying a loaded .44-caliber revolver in a backpack at his high school.
U-T San Diego reports (https://bit.ly/1k6bInX ) 36-year-old Zachariah Joseph Dow was booked Wednesday night on counts including being a felon in possession of a firearm, child endangerment and criminal storage of a firearm.
Police responded earlier Wednesday after students at Hilltop High School in Chula Vista reported that the boy was showing off the revolver and saying he could potentially use it to shoot someone at school.
Officers went to the boy’s classroom and arrested the 9th grader. Investigators believe the boy brought the gun from home.
Police Lt. Fritz Reber says detectives served a warrant at Dow’s residence and found a .22 caliber semi-automatic pistol unsecured under a bed.
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Information from: U-T San Diego, https://www.utsandiego.com
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