The incident occurred on Wednesday, September 23, in front of the Mimar Sinan Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School located in the Fatih neighborhood. According to the information obtained, citizens who saw 2 suspects carrying a pump-action shotgun for an unknown reason walking around the school area reported the situation to the 112 Emergency Call Center.
Upon the report, numerous police teams were dispatched to the scene. Noticing the police, the youths hid the pump-action shotgun they were carrying under a minibus parked inside the Fatih Covered Marketplace near the school and fled the scene.
The teams arriving in the area launched an operation to locate the weapon and the youths.
As a result of the investigations, the pump-action shotgun was found hidden behind the left front wheel of the parked minibus. After extensive security measures were taken in the area, crime scene investigation teams conducted an examination.
THEY WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
Police teams examined the statements of eyewitnesses and security camera footage from the surrounding area. As a result of the efforts, 18-year-old E.A., who allegedly sold the weapon, and E.R.Ç., E.K., and B.A.U., who purchased the weapon, were taken into custody. It was learned that the detained suspects stated in their initial testimonies that they had no connection to the school, and that they got scared when they saw the police while they were on their way home after purchasing the weapon, leading them to hide the gun and flee.
3 WERE ARRESTED
The suspects, whose procedures at the police station were completed, were referred to the courthouse. While B.A.U. was released after his statement at the prosecutor's office, E.A., who sold the weapon, and E.R.Ç. and E.K., who purchased the weapon, were arrested and sent to prison.
News Source: 12punto
