Boston police say a 16-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday afternoon after officers found a loaded handgun on him as he left Community Academy in Jamaica Plain. According to police, the teen took off on foot when officers approached, ditching his backpack and tossing a gun under an SUV at Washington Street and Glen Road before he was taken into custody outside 3368 Washington Street. The weapon recovered at the scene was identified as a Smith & Wesson SD9 with one round in the chamber and another in the magazine.
Members of the Boston Police Department’s Youth Violence Strike Force had already been looking into the teen, following up on a tip that he was armed near Community Academy at 25 Glen Road, The Boston Globe reported. Officers told the Globe they watched him leave the school around 2:10 p.m. and decided to stop him after noticing what they believed was behavior consistent with trying to hide a gun…