FBI tip leads NYPD to 16-year-old arrested with loaded gun inside school

A -year-old aspirant at Benjamin Cardozo High School in New York City was arrested Thursday after posting online threats about carrying out a school shooting personnel disclosed The Queens participant was then revealed on campus with a loaded semiautomatic handgun and the NYPD swept in stopping a likely tragedy The FBI authenticated in a declaration to Fox News Digital that it had passed information on to the NYPD about the teenager's plans and took swift action NYPD HUNTS FOR MAN ACCUSED OF BEATING OFF-DUTY COP AND STEALING HIS GUN ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE ARRESTED Earlier in the present day the FBI informed the NYPD of a threat to life involving the Benjamin Cardozo High School in Queens the comment read The NYPD deployed to the high school to address this expected threat which led to a triumphant outcome This swift response demonstrates the importance of close partnerships and the critical need for information-sharing to ensure our city and students are protected against unnecessary acts of violence According to reports Instagram moderators had alerted the FBI after the teen allegedly posted a photo online of a mannequin sketch with the caption TS GMT boutta shoot the school up PARENTS' DESPERATE CHASE FOILS BROOKLYN KIDNAPPER'S SINISTER PLOTInvestigators traced the account to the scholar and alerted the NYPD Within hours school safety officers and responding police located the teen inside the school with the firearm and multiple cell phones including one locked inside a school-issued pouch NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch also approved in a press conference that the th grader had no prior criminal history but was carrying a loaded handgun when taken into custody without affair FMR AOC CAMPAIGN ASSOCIATE ARRESTED FOR 'TERRORISTIC THREAT' AGAINST SCHOOL OVER JEWISH STUDENTS OVERVIEW I ll be honest as a mother of two young school-aged boys I am shaken Tisch revealed But as your police commissioner I am resolute in ensuring that the NYPD does everything in our power to keep our children safe PATEL SAYS FBI STOPPED PROSPECTIVE PRESCHOOL MASSACRE 'UNACCEPTABLE ACTS OF COWARDICE'Mayor Eric Adams also praised law enforcement s quick work calling it the perfect example of the system working properly But he also warned that the development highlights a deeper societal difficulty We could ve had a very different press conference in the current era There was a -year-old prepared to shoot people at his school Adams declared Our young people are going down dangerous paths and all of us must step in to guide them They cannot be taken from us by bad influences online Adams added We potentially saved the lives of a lot of students and staff at present and I don t want to imagine a world where we would be making a different announcement right now This is a real wake-up call for our city for our country