15-year-old arrested for allegedly threatening two people with gun in Lincoln

A 15-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday morning after he allegedly smashed in the window of a home and threatened two people with a gun, according to the Lincoln Police Department. 

At about 10:45 a.m., officers were sent to the area of Southwest 13th and West Plum streets on reports of a weapons violation, police say.

Officers believe a 15-year-old boy in a red Acura had broken a residence's window, which prompted two people who were inside the home to approach the vehicle. They told police the boy pointed a black handgun at them before leaving the scene.

According to LPD, officers saw the boy in the red Acura near North 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue and attempted to make a traffic stop, but he fled. Eventually, he stopped near the North 27th Street exit to Interstate 80, where he was arrested without further incident.

He was arrested on suspicion of two counts of terroristic threats, two counts of using a weapon to commit a felony, using a motor vehicle to avoid arrest, criminal mischief, unlawful possession of a handgun and discharging a firearm in the city.

During the investigation, LPD determined that the 15-year-old had fired at least six rounds from a gun on Monday near Southwest 15th and West Plum streets, police say.