Aaron Babbcock (Fremont County Sheriff’s Workplace)
A Cañon Metropolis teenager was arrested Sept. 27 for allegedly displaying a juvenile a semi-automatic handgun that he had simply bought at Rudd Park, spurring the close by instructional amenities to go on safe standing.
At no time was the person on precise faculty grounds, however the Metropolis of Cañon Metropolis a couple of years in the past turned over the accountability of Rudd Park, the place the alleged gun transaction befell, to the Cañon Metropolis College District in the course of the faculty yr.
Superintendent Adam Hartman mentioned he was in communication with the Cañon Metropolis Police Division that day to be taught extra about what they had been coping with.
Aaron Patrick Babbcock, 18, was arrested on suspicion of illegal carrying of a weapon on faculty grounds, a Class 6 felony; illegal carrying/possession of a weapon, a Class 1 misdemeanor; interference with employees, school or college students of an academic facility, a Class 2 misdemeanor; background examine required for personal firearm switch, a Class 2 misdemeanor; and possession of a defaced firearm, a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Based on a press release of possible trigger, he was arrested at 12:32 p.m. Sept. 27 on the Pueblo Financial institution and Belief at 1401 Primary St.
Legislation enforcement was known as to the financial institution at midday to report an individual with a weapon.
Based on dispatch, a male teenager in a black hoodie had simply walked as much as the reporting occasion, a 17-year-old male, and confirmed him a gun. The caller instructed dispatch that the gun was within the man’s pocket and that he was nonetheless in Safeway.
When legislation enforcement arrived, they discovered a 22-caliber semi-automatic handgun on Babbcock’s individual throughout a pat down.
“One bullet was discovered within the chamber, making the gun prepared for hearth with a set off pull,” the assertion reads.
Based on the reporting occasion, Babbcock approached him, they mentioned good day, and Babcock instructed him “If anybody picks on you, let me know – I wish to kill somebody.”
The affidavit states that in the course of the starting of this name, Cañon Metropolis Center College, Cañon Metropolis Excessive College and the Cañon Metropolis Administration Constructing all had been put in “safe standing” due to the proximity of the place Babbcock allegedly was armed with a handgun.
When requested why he had the gun, Babbcock reportedly said that he had simply bought the gun from a pal of a pal at Rudd Park.
“Aaron mentioned he noticed the gun, preferred it, thought it was cool and bought it for $200,” the assertion reads. “Aaron said that after exchanging the gun and money, he walked to Safeway to get one thing and positioned the handgun in his entrance hoodie pocket.”
He instructed officers that he didn’t know the gun was loaded and he didn’t present it to anybody. He mentioned he additionally didn’t know that by legislation, one should be 21 with a purpose to buy a semi-automatic handgun.
The gun’s serial quantity had been scratched off.
Babcock appeared in court docket out of custody Wednesday. He was appointed a public defender and a date was set for formal submitting of fees. He’ll seem subsequent at 10 a.m. Oct. 25.
