Los Angeles Unified officials said a 15-year-old boy with disabilities was briefly detained at gunpoint near Arleta High School in a case of mistaken identity — an account federal immigration authorities disputed Tuesday, saying agents were targeting a man with a criminal record in the area.

District leaders said the boy, a student from San Fernando High School, was handcuffed Monday morning by individuals who refused to identify themselves as immigration enforcement officers and released when it became clear he was not the person they sought. They said the incident has left him shaken just days before the school year begins.

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“That is disturbing, it is heartbreaking, it is reprehensible,” Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said at a news conference later that day. “It is u

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