A 15-year-old freshman at Hamden High School is facing charges after bring a BB gun to school Friday morning, according to police.
Police said the school resource officer was notified around 10:30 a.m. Friday and found the teen in possession of a Colt Defender CO2-powered BB gun in his backpack.
School security took the student out of class and turned him over to police.
The teen was arrested and charged with carrying a dangerous weapon and breach of peace.
He was released to his mother and will face a judge at juvenile court in New Haven, according to police.
It comes two days after another teen was caught with two BB guns at Eli Whitney Techical School in Hamden and a week after a bomb threat at Hamden High.
