The Brentwood Police Department confirmed a Liberty High School student was taken into custody for possession of a replica firearm on school grounds.
Brentwood Police offered no other details on the incident as the school had been dealing with multiple fights.
In response to commentary being stated online about a “riot”, Superintendent Eric Volta attempted to clear the air.
According to Volta, Liberty High School had a fight between two female students that turned int a fight between male friends of the students.
“In a separate incident the same day a student was seen in the passenger seat of a car during 4th period holding what appeared to be a gun. A parent called PD. Brentwood Police Department doing what they do best, responded quickly and found a student in a car with a soft-pellet gun. The student was going to give it back to a friend at the end of the day. That student was taken into custody,” said Volta.
He said he arrived on campus around 12:05 pm Tuesday and the campus was back in a state of “calm”
No other information was provided.
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Editors Notes
This incident comes weeks after a 61-year-old Antioch woman brought a knife onto campus at Delta Vista Middle School in the City of Oakley — she was ultimately arrested and a public records request revealed similar behavior in Antioch.
It’s also less than a month after Oakley Police on August 3 responded to Freedom High School for a fight involving several students. Police later arrested a 17-year-old who had a firearm in his vehicle under the passenger seat while in the school parking lot. The student was also identified as being one of the many people associated with the fight the day before. The student was placed under arrest. No update has been provided on this incident.
On May 3, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office charged a Martinez man for having a firearm in a school zone. During the April 26 incident, Martinez Police located Michael Joseph Childressfrey in a parked vehicle at John Swett Elementary School. He was cooperative, and when asked, Childressfrey said he was in possession of a firearm. Law enforcement authorities placed Childressfrey under arrest for gun possession in a school zone and carrying a loaded concealed firearm. Later, police seized two additional weapons from Childressfrey’s residence.
