Thursday, 4:30 PM
Police: Gun stopped from entering HS in Hyde Park
(George Rizer/Globe Staff)
Police massed outside a high school in Hyde Park today after a student was accused of trying to smuggle a loaded handgun past metal detectors.
By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff
School officials at a high school in Hyde Park seized a loaded handgun from a student today who was trying to smuggle the firearm past metal detectors, according to a Boston police report.
Police arrested the 18-year-old student, Osemedua Ode, and accused him of possession of a loaded firearm without license, disorderly conduct, and other charges. Ode pleaded not guilty to the accusations today in West Roxbury District Court and was ordered held on $10,000 cash bail. He is scheduled to appear in court again on Feb. 23.
Boston police said there was no evidence that Ode was trying to sneak the .357 caliber Smith & Wesson handgun into school to settle a dispute.
According to the police report, Ode approached the entrance to the Social Justice Academy on Metropolitan Avenue at about 7:40 a.m. The school is housed inside the former Hyde Park High School.
Police allege that Ode set a black bag on a table before he walked through a metal detector. A school administrator searched the bag and felt what appeared to be a gun, according to the report. While the administrator caught the attention of a Boston police officer stationed at the school, Ode took off running, police allege.
Officers arrested Ode a short time later near the intersection of Huntington Avenue and River Street. The silver gun was loaded with five hollow-tip bullets, police said.
