A Mishawaka teenager was taken into custody after police received a tip saying he had a handgun.

The 14 year-old was spotted by a citizen looking into cars with another juvenile in the 400 block of West Broadway. Police stopped them around noon on Monday, and the boy was found to be in possession of a handgun.

He was taken into custody and detained at the Juvenile Justice Center. Police are still looking into where he got his hands on the gun.

The Mishawaka PD credit the citizen report and encourage the community to be proactive in their neighborhoods and report things that are out of the ordinary.