Tulsa Police arrested a 15-year-old Wednesday evening, November 11, after receiving a report of a teenager carrying a firearm in the Woodland Hills Mall area.
Around 8:30 p.m., officers received information that the teen was armed and currently on probation.
Police contacted the teen’s mother, who told officers he was actually across the street at Cinergy.
When officers arrived, they located the teenager walking toward the bar area. Officers stopped him and discovered a handgun tucked into his waistband.
According to Tulsa Police, the teen told officers he needed the gun for protection.
The 15-year-old was taken into custody and booked into the Community Intervention Center on a charge of Possession of a Firearm by an Adjudicated Delinquent.
An arrest is not a conviction. All suspects are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
Source: Tulsa Police Department
