Two Charged After Police Seize Gun Near Binghamton High School

Authorities say two teenagers have been arrested following a disturbance across the street from Binghamton High School.

Police confiscated a loaded semi-automatic handgun from a 14-year-old student after a fight involving two other people around 3:10 p.m. Thursday.

The disturbance occurred in the area of Royal Fried Chicken at 52 Main Street. According to a news release, 18-year-old Ramier Rainey of Binghamton was one of those involved in the fight.

Investigators said Rainey passed the gun to the 14-year-old boy in an alley between the restaurant and an apartment building. A school resource officer took the boy into custody at the scene. Rainey turned himself in to detectives around 10:30 p.m.

The other person who had been fighting with Rainey ran from the scene of the disturbance.

Rainey and the boy both have been charged with three weapon possession counts.

Rainey was held at Binghamton police headquarters pending his arraignment in city court. The boy was released to a guardian to await proceedings in family court.

According to a police department news release and a school district spokesperson, Rainey "is not a student of Binghamton High School nor the Binghamton City School District."

Investigators said the gun that was seized was a "privately-made firearm" - better known as a ghost gun.

People with information about Thursday's incident may contact the Binghamton police detective division at 607-772-7080.

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