DREXEL HILL, PENNSYLVANIA — Pennsylvania police have found more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition and a handgun allegedly belonging to a Taiwanese exchange student who reportedly made violent threats.<br /><br />The 18-year-old exchange student An Tso Sun, was arrested last week after threatening to "shoot up" Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast Catholic High School in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. <br /><br />In the latest investigation, local authorities discovered 1,600 bullets for an AR-15, AK-47 and an untraceable handgun that Sun had put together. <br /><br />According to the police, a black bag with the firearms inside was found in Sun's room by his host family, and they hid it before the police arrived for their initial search.<br /><br />The student's attorney had said last week that nothing his client had was illegal, and that the student was truly making a joke about wanting to shoot up the school, calling it a misunderstanding.<br /><br />Upon his arrest, Sun was expelled from the school and remains in jail at Delaware County Jail in lieu of a US$100,000 bail for one count of making terroristic threats. His first hearing will be held on April 11.<br /><br />Sun's parents arrived in the US on March 31 to help their son with the legal process.
