SJSU student allegedly found with gun after making threats

SAN JOSE >> A 17-year-old San Jose State student was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly made threats on social media and was caught on campus with a loaded handgun, ammunition and a knife.

A student at Homestead High in Cupertino saw the threats and reported them to school officials, who in turn contacted the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety, said Capt. Ava Fanucchi. Through an investigation, police identified the suspect as a student at SJSU.

Fanucchi declined to discuss the nature of the threats, but they spurred a search for the suspect.

Sunnyvale officers went to the university and asked its police department to help find the suspect.

University police officers found the suspect on campus and arrested him without incident, SJSU said in a statement.

The suspect was allegedly found with a loaded semiautomatic handgun, ammunition and a knife.

Officers obtained a search warrant for the suspect’s home in Sunnyvale and found a second handgun, knives, an Airsoft rifle, ammunition and equipment to manufacture ammunition.

The suspect was booked into Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall on charges of making criminal threats, possessing a firearm in a school zone, being a minor in possession of a handgun, being a minor in possession of ammunition and carrying a concealed weapon.

Fanucchi said all of the information obtained so far indicates the suspect was acting alone.

The suspect has been suspended, according to SJSU.

Anyone with information about the incident can contact Sunnyvale police Detective Nick Kakis at 408-730-4573.