Overview
- The student, arrested at Garfield High on May 6, had a loaded handgun concealed in his pants, police said.
- After the arrest, a home search recovered a 3D printer, carbon filament, multiple 3D‑printed handgun frames, machine‑gun conversion devices, ammunition, and a handgun magazine and slide.
- Police booked the 16‑year‑old into a juvenile detention facility on charges that include robbery, illegal gun possession, and suspected gun manufacturing.
- Garfield High’s principal told families on May 11 that district rules trigger an automatic recommendation for expulsion when a firearm is brought to campus.
- Investigators are probing whether the teen supplied guns to other youths and tied him to a recent trolley‑station robbery, while a firearms expert noted consumer 3D printers make gun parts easy to produce.