SANTA FE SPRINGS >> Officers arrested a 17-year-old Whittier boy wearing body armor and carrying a loaded AR-15 rifle and handgun who fled from a crash over the weekend, authorities said Monday.

Because he is a minor, police didn’t release his name.

Whittier Police spokesman Officer John Scoggins said the vehicle that crashed was a white Ford pickup reported stolen Friday in Whittier. But police are still investigating where the teen got the body armor and weapons.

AR-15 style-rifles have recently attracted attention as the weapons used in several mass shootings across the country, such as the Dec. 2, 2015 terrorist attack at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino where 14 were killed and 22 wounded.

On Sunday, authorities said a former Marine ambushed law enforcement in Baton Rouge, killing three officers. Lousiana State Police on Monday showed three weapons they recovered, which included a Stag Arms M4 Variant, which is similar to an AR-15 but with a shorter barrel.

Scoggins said the Whittier teen is a known local gang member.

“At this point there is no reason to believe he was targeting law enforcement,” Scoggins said.

Scoggins didn’t know what the suspect was planning to do with the weapons or where he was headed to before the stolen pickup crashed.

The incident began around 7 a.m. Saturday when a caller reported a solo crash on Jersey Avenue and Charlesworth Road in Santa Fe Springs.

The teen was seen running away from the pickup. Police caught him on Los Nietos Road without incident. Police said he was clad in the body armor and was carrying the weapons.

Scoggins said officers arrested the teen on suspicion of possessing body armor, possessing a large capacity magazine, being a minor in possession of a firearm, possession of a loaded firearm with a prior felony conviction and grand theft auto. He remains at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall. There is no bail for juvenile suspects.