Overview
- Police were called about 1:45pm Thursday to Rose Bay Secondary College in Dover Heights after reports of a student with a firearm, prompting a lockdown.
- Officers allege the 15-year-old showed another student what appeared to be a gun and fired a pellet that struck him, with no injuries reported.
- Police seized a ball-bearing-style air gun believed to have been used in the incident.
- The teenager was arrested and taken to Surry Hills Police Station before being charged with possessing an unregistered unauthorised pistol in a public place, stalking or intimidating with intent to cause fear of physical harm, and firing a firearm in or near a public place.
- Bail was refused, and authorities say he spent the night in custody ahead of a children's court appearance on Friday.