Youth, 12, charged in Oakland school shooting of 13-year-old classmate
OAKLAND — A 12-year-old boy faces several felony charges, including disharge of a firearm, inat an East Oakland school they both attend, Alameda County prosecutors confirmed Friday.
Police have said the shooting was not deliberate and that the victim was not an intended target. The youth was not charged with a more serious crime of assault with a firearm, authorities said. Besides the discharge of a firearm count, prosecutors confirmed the youth was also charged with possession of a loaded firearm in public, possession of a concealed firearm in public and possession of a loaded firearm on a school campus. All of the charges are felonies.The shooting happened about 1:19 p.m. Monday in an outside quad area of Madison Park Academy, a sixth to 12th grade school at 400 Capistrano Drive in the Sobrante Park neighborhood.
Authorities said the 12-year-old had a semi-automatic pistol in a fanny pack and was showing it to other students when a shot was fired as he was handling it. The bullet struck the 13-year-old, who was more than 40 feet away, in the abdomen. Police have said the two students did not know each other.After the shooting the 12-year-old fled but was eventually arrested at his home. The gun and fanny pack have been recovered, authorities said.
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