A 14-year-old was arrested in Jamaica Plain Thursday after police found him carrying a loaded gun in his waistband, officials said.
The teenager is expected to be arraigned in West Roxbury Municipal Court on charges of carrying a loaded firearm without a license, assault and battery on a police officer, and vandalism, police said.
Around noon on Thursday, officers with the Youth Violence Strike Force watched the 14-year-old, who they had been informed was in possession of a gun, get into a vehicle outside his residence. When they pulled the car over on Centre Street, police noted that the teenager was breathing heavily as they approached the vehicle.
After he was asked to get out of the vehicle, officers found a loaded gun on the left side of his waistband, police said. Police identified and released the driver, while the 14-year-old was taken into custody.
Police said the teenager “tensed up,” when officers tried to take his phone during booking, leading to “a brief struggle” in which he “pushed an officer.” The teenager was eventually subdued, officials said.
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