16-year-old who allegedly On his first day on Friday, a classmate was shot An arrest has been made at a Maryland high school, police announced Saturday.
Jalen Rushawn Prince has been charged as an adult with murder, as well as first- and second-degree assault and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence. the Harford County Sheriff’s Office said.
The young accused killer was captured at a nearby apartment complex minutes after Friday’s fatal shooting at Joppatown High School — and authorities caught him trying to break into the home in a desperate attempt to hide from authorities.
What happened between Prince and his alleged victim, 15-year-old Warren Curtis Grant, is still unclear, but police said the two boys knew each other.
Police say Prince fired a single shot into a first-floor boy’s bathroom after an argument around 12:35 a.m. It was Prince’s first day at Joppatown High School, where classes began Tuesday.
Students dragged the wounded Grant into the hallway, and school nurses attended to him before he was airlifted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where he died.
Prince ran away from the school but was taken into custody around 12:50 p.m. He was not identified as of Saturday afternoon.
The teenage gunman was previously known to law enforcement. Police could not say whether he has a juvenile record, but said calls for service have been linked to Prince in the past.
“We have had more than 10 incidents since 2022 where the suspect was either a victim, a witness or a suspect in a Harford County Sheriff’s Office investigation,” officials said Friday night.
A weapon is still not found.
The shooting scare comes in just two days after 14-year-old Colt Gray allegedly opened fire At Apalachee High School in northern Georgia, two students and two teachers were killed and nine others injured.
Colt and his father, Colin Gray, who reportedly bought an AR-15-style rifle. Used to carnage for Christmas – Months after the boy was charged with threatening to shoot up the school. Both Arrested and charged with murder.
This pair made their initial appearance Friday in court, where he learned he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.
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