Police were called to a Harlem school today after a teenager was caught with a loaded BB gun, authorities said.
A teacher at P.S. 46 on Frederick Douglas Boulevard found out that the 13-year-old had the pellet gun just before 1 p.m. and notified the principal, cops said.
The boy refused to fork over the weapon, so the school called the police and the child’s parents, said a spokeswoman for the Department of Education.
“A student had a small BB gun, the parent was notified, NYPD was notified. He is at the 32nd precinct now with his mother. No problems, no one got injured,” said principal George Young.
The child did not make any threats to use the gun and no one at the school was hurt, cops said.
“He should be punished, that’s the only way he’ll learn. You can do harm with a BB gun, he should be suspended,” said David Lawrence, 26, who has two children that attend the elementary school.
He was brought to police station to be questioned and faces disciplinary action by the school, police and DOE said.
“It’s kind of crazy for something like this to happen in an elementary school,” said Luis Ramirez, 25.