Dramatic moment boy, 15, is disarmed by his own PARENTS after firing a shotgun in school
Teen allegedly stole the guns from parents before firing at the ceiling in his classroom
THIS is the incredible moment parents stopped and disarmed their own 15-year-old son after he allegedly fired a SHOTGUN at his school in Utah.
The teen allegedly stole a handgun and shotgun from his parents which he brought to school along with boxes of ammunition before firing at the ceiling of a classroom.
Realising their weapons were missing, the teens parents reportedly followed their son to school where they quickly disarmed him as police descended on the campus.
The video was released by the Bountiful Police Department and was recorded on a bodycam camera worn by the first officer who arrived at Mueller Park Junior High School.
The footage shows a police officer leaving his patrol car and running through the empty school hallways before approaching a man holding the 15-year-old boy against a wall with his arms pinned behind his back. The man restraining the teen was later identified as his father.
Officers are then seen handcuffing the teen while his father is filmed pulling out a package of ammunition from a bag his son was carrying. The shot gun and the handgun can also be seen on the floor.
Following the shooting the campus was immediately placed into lockdown before pupils were evacuated and more than 100 cops descended on the school.
Police said the teen didn't say anything during the shooting as a teacher and one of the 26 students inside the classroom tried to talk him out of firing the weapon again.
His parents reportedly managed to pull their son out of the science classroom and into the hallway where he was quickly disarmed. They has told authorities that they were worried about their son that morning before the shooting took place.
No voices or faces of the teen or his parents can be seen in the video. Police have redacted parts of the footage to protect the teen's identity since he is underage.
The incident happened at Mueller Park Junior High School, in the city of Bountiful, about 11 miles north of Salt Lake City.
"He kind of just stood there after he shot."
Calvin Smith, who was also in the room added: "He looked angry when he came in, like just kind of an angry face, and he just shot at the ceiling without an explanation. He didn’t really say anything.
"We all hit the deck because we all just didn’t want to get hurt. So we all went down."
Bountiful Police Chief Tom Ross: "They were concerned that there were weapons missing from the house.
"Both participated in apprehending him."
Ross added he was "extremely grateful for the parents for their involvement and the fact that this ended without any loss of life."
The terrifying incident unfolded at 8.15am and luckily no one was injured when the gun was fired.
Cops have not yet revealed why the teen's parents were concerned or what his worrying behaviour was.
Police said they did not know initially whether it was the parents who called police or the school about their concerns before they arrived on site.
However it then transpired it was a teacher who had dialled 911.
The teenager was charged on Thursday by prosecutors with two counts of felony theft of a firearm; one count of felony discharge of a firearm; and two counts of misdemeanour possession of a short-barrelled shotgun on school premises.
Officials said he has no previous history with the juvenile court system.
Davis County Deputy Attorney Ryan Perkins said that prosecutors want to try the teenager as an adult.
His attorney, Lindsay Jarvis, said that she plans to request that the teen be psychologically evaluated.
Officials said he has no previous history with the juvenile court system.
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