WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Police say a 12-year-old boy is facing criminal charges for allegedly bringing bullets to his West Springfield school last month.
Chief Ron Campurciani tells The Republican newspaper (https://bit.ly/2dexBB3 ) the boy brought three live rounds of 9 mm ammunition to the middle school on Sept. 27.
The chief says the boy also used an online messaging app to threaten a student who turned him in and said that if he had a gun he would use it on kids who gave him a hard time.
A recent show-cause hearing found enough evidence to charge the boy with illegally possessing ammunition and threatening to commit a crime.
Police say the boy got the bullets from his older brother, a legal gun owner.
School officials say they “took action” against the boy.
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Information from: The Springfield (Mass.) Republican, https://www.masslive.com/news/
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