A highschool pupil in Florida was arrested after being caught flashing a gun in his waistband on TikTok.

The 16-year-old was seen in a video lifting up his shorts to indicate the gun. After being tipped off in regards to the publish, a college useful resource deputy at Atlantic Excessive College arrested the scholar on Tuesday after discovering the loaded gun on him.

"College Useful resource Deputy Paul Passerrello realized that the scholar was within the college gymnasium, headed there and located him on the basketball courtroom," Volusia Sheriff's Workplace wrote in a Fb publish. The TikTok video had been reported to the college administration.

Passerrello took the scholar to a hallway out of sight of different college students, the place he requested him to indicate his waistband. Bodycam footage shared by the Sheriff's Workplace captured the teenager being approached within the sports activities corridor and brought exterior. The teenager claimed he did not know what the deputy wished to speak about when initially requested.

"Somebody reported that they've a photograph of you and within the picture it seems to be like there's some form of a weapon protruding of the pocket," Passerrello could be heard telling him within the footage.

"He requested him to indicate his waistband space, which revealed the pistol grip seen within the entrance. Deputy Passerrello handcuffed the scholar, eliminated the gun and escorted him to the deputy's workplace," famous Volusia Sheriff's Workplace.

The gun was a Sig Sauer mannequin P365 9mm handgun with a loaded journal of 10 bullets. His backpack contained a second loaded journal with 11 bullets and a holster.

Investigation by the Sheriff's Workplace discovered that the scholar had allegedly stolen the gun from a relative's locked closet. The relative is urgent expenses in opposition to the teenager.

Based on the defendant, he determined to deliver the gun to highschool after being robbed at work the week earlier than. He has now been charged with possession of a firearm on college property, grand theft of a firearm and carrying a hid firearm.

The opposite pupil captured within the TikTok video claimed she did not discover her good friend had a gun within the video and easily believed he was flashing his abs.

After arrest, the 16-year-old was transported to the Division of Juvenile Justice the place he's being held in "safe detention."

Based on analysis from 2019, round seven p.c of scholars in grades 9-12 reported that that they had been threatened or injured with a weapon on college property.