SAN DIEGO -- Deputies arrested a 14-year-old boy for allegedly carrying an unloaded rifle through a North County neighborhood Monday, a sheriff's official reported.

A passer-by reported seeing the armed youth on Olive Avenue in Vista shortly after 10 a.m., Lt. Mike Munsey said.

Deputies caught up with the teen near Washington Middle School and ordered him to drop the .22-caliber gun. He complied and was taken into custody and transported to juvenile hall, the lieutenant said.

There was no evidence that the boy had threatened anyone, according to Munsey.