Hull Police are looking for the owner of a gun that a 15-year-old boy was carrying when he was arrested on Tuesday, July 1 after allegedly stealing a moped on Bay Street.

Just after 11 a.m., Hull Police responded to a 911 call reporting that the moped was stolen from the owner’s driveway. Officer John Mercer saw someone matching the description given by the caller pushing a blue moped down the sidewalk behind the laundromat.

According to Mercer’s report, the boy struggled while being detained, and Mercer discovered a loaded gun inside the fanny pack he was wearing. Mercer and Officer Christopher Agostino took a 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun with a fully loaded 15-round magazine from the boy.

Chief John Dunn said the boy was arraigned in Hingham Juvenile Court on charges that included carrying a loaded firearm without a license (a felony), interfering with a police officer, possession of a large-capacity feeding device (also a felony), possession of ammunition without a Firearms Identification Card, and using a motor vehicle without authority.

A police report filed by Officer Leanne Marshalsea said that the boy initially told officers that the gun belonged to his mother, who bought it in Arizona. Hull Police contacted authorities in Arizona, who reported no record of the gun in their database.

When police sought an interview with the boy’s mother at the police station, she refused to answer questions without an attorney present.

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