Teen charged after argument leads to police seizing handgun in Mississauga

A 17-year-old is facing firearm-related charges following a recent police investigation in Mississauga.

At 1:50 p.m. on Thursday (Sept. 21), officers responded to a weapons call at a home in the area of Darcel Avenue and Morning Star Drive in Malton.

A 39-year-old man from Mississauga was involved in a verbal argument with the male teenager who allegedly brandished a gun, said Peel Regional Police.

The teen was arrested at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after, uniform and tactical officers raided a Mississauga home and seized a Glock 9mm handgun.

The 17-year-old, whose identity is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is charged with:

• Utter threats to cause death or bodily harm
• Knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Possession of a prohibited device knowing not the holder of a license (two counts)
• Possession of a loaded prohibited firearm without license
• Possession of a firearm knowing serial number removed/altered/defaced
• Possession of firearm contrary to order
• Fail to comply with release order

Police say he was out on a release order for similar firearm-related offences at the time of the incident.

He was held for a bail hearing and appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton.

Photo: Peel police handout