Agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and local authorities intervened and disrupted what could have led to a school shooting in Washington D.C., the agency said Thursday.
The ATF and the Metro Transit Police were involved in the incident.
A minor was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of threats to kidnap and injure, receiving stolen property, possession of a large-capacity feeding device and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
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Washington, D.C. Metro Police, along with FBI Agents, HHI, ATF and Secret Service Police, are seen responding to the nightlife area off U Street Corridor for a person with a gun. (Getty Images)
Authorities served a search warrant related to the case and found seven firearms.
The unidentified juvenile was arrested following an investigation based on social media posts that contained alleged violent threats towards a school.
"So this was a juvenile who was a risk to not just himself, but the community here in Washington," Leavitt said. "And he was removed from the community last night because of the law enforcement efforts of this administration."
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Firearms and ammunition recovered by federal and local authorities in Washington, D.C. stemming from the arrest of a juvenile on Wednesday. (ATF)
Fox News Digital has reached out to the ATF.
The arrest came the same day after a gunman killed two children and wounded more than a dozen others during Mass at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.
Ann Stovner kneels by a makeshift memorial at Annunciation Catholic Church after Wednesday's school shooting, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Abbie Parr/AP Photo)
The shooter died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said.