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Teen Charged As Adult For Joppatowne HS Shooting That Killed 'Charismatic, Funny' Teen: Sheriff
Classes are set to resume at Joppatown High School following Friday's fatal shooting that claimed the life of 15-year-old Warren Curtis Grant. On Sept. 6, shortly after 12:30 p.m., deputies were called to the school, where they found Grant suffering from a gunshot wound, allegedly fired by 16-year-old Jaylen Prince, who was arrested over the weekend, the Harford County Sheriff's Office announced. Grant was treated at the school until county medics arrived to airlift him to John Hopkins Bayview Hospital, where the Edgewood teen died from his injuries. During the investigation, detectives id…
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Andrea Ye Alex Ye Arrested For Planning School Shooting
An 18-year-old high school student who reportedly had plans to commit a school shooting in Montgomery County has been arrested, according to police. Rockville resident Andrea Ye, whose preferred name is Alex Ye, was arrested on Wednesday, April 17 following an extensive investigation after the FBI notified Montgomery County Public Schools about a 129-page "manifesto" authored by the teen. Police say that in the document, Ye wrote about committing a school shooting and strategized about how to best carry out the act. The student also contemplated targeting an elementary school, stating that …
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Parents Who Took Son To Attack Teen Before Shooting Outside Maryland HS Indicted: Prosecutors
The parents who brought their son to Carver Vocational High School in West Baltimore before a shooting are facing a host of charges, the state's attorney's office announced on Tuesday. Tiffany Harrison, William Dredden, and their underage son have been indicted following the non-fatal shooting at the school in October after a fight broke out near the building. According to the Baltimore Police Department, at around 7:50 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 27, a 15-year-old boy was taken to Carver High School by both his mother and father with the intention to assault an unidentified person. Baltimore Sta…
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Three Teens Shot In Front Of Maryland High School: Police
Three teenagers were hospitalized on Friday morning when a shooting broke out outside Carver Vocation Technical High School in West Baltimore. Acting Baltimore Deputy Commissioner Kevin Jones confirmed that at around 7:50 a.m. on Friday morning, there was a shooting on the corner of Presstman Street and North Bentalou Street, possibly after a fight broke out. Confirmed shooting at the corner of Presstman at North Bentalou Street, PIO on scene. More information to be released once available. pic.twitter.com/iBhm7XF2yv — Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) October 27, 2023 Within minute…
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High School Student Gunned Down Near Campus Shortly After Dismissal In Baltimore: Police
Officials say that a Forest Park High School student was shot and killed off-campus in Baltimore on Wednesday, Jan. 25. The Baltimore City Public School District confirmed in a tweet on Wednesday afternoon that the 15-year-old student was shot after school and away from campus shortly after dismissal. Today we learned about a fatal shooting involving a Forest Park HS student. The shooting took place after school, away from campus. Police are investigating. Our thoughts are with the family, friends, and school community. Counselors will be available tomorrow at the school. — Baltimore C…
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Threat Of School Shooting At Frederick County HS Air Dropped To Students' Phones, Sheriff Says
Members of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office were called to an area high school to investigate reports of a threat of a potential shooting in the building. Shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25, the threat of a school shooting was air-dropped into the phones of three students in one classroom at Walkersville High School, according to the sheriff’s office. In response, school officials say that two classrooms were placed into a “hold status,” which involves all students and staff to remain in place while the threat was investigated. Sheriff’s deputies and Frederick County Publi…
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Teacher Shot By Student In Virginia On Road To Recovery
The first grade teacher who was shot by one of her 6-year-old students in Virginia was on the road to recovery as of Monday, Jan. 9. Abby Zwerner, 25, was able to confiscate the gun from her first grade student at Richneck Elementary School last week when he pulled the trigger, a parent tells the Washington Post. Zwerner was in serious but stable condition, confirms Richneck Elementary School in a statement. "We are happy to learn today that she is in stable condition and is talking with family and friends," school officials state. Zwerner had reportedly yelled to the rest of …
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Magruder HS Teen Who Shot Student,15, With 'Ghost Gun' Gets 18 Years In Prison
Authorities say that a teenager charged as an adult for a bathroom shooting at a Montgomery high school earlier this year will spend time behind bars and participate in a youth offender program. Steven Alston, Jr., 18, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison with all but 18 years suspended and five years of post-release probation after admitting earlier this month to the January 2022 shooting of DeAndre Thomas, then 15, at Magruder High School. The teen was also barred from having contact with Thomas and will undergo mental health evaluation at the facility he has been assigned to. St…
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Attempted Murder: Teen To Be Tried As Adult For Shooting Outside Maryland HS, Police Say
The teenager who brought a gun to Suitland High School and shot a 14-year-old student during a fight outside the building will be tried as an adult after turning himself in to police in Prince George’s County. Officials say that a 16-year-old student at the high school has been charged with attempted murder and other offenses for the non-fatal shooting outside the building during an altercation on Thursday, Dec. 8. The day began at approximately 10 a.m. on Dec. 8, when a group of students got into an argument that turned into a physical fight outside Suitland High School. According to pol…
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: Maryland High School Placed On Lockdown After Reported Shooting
Suitland High School in Maryland is on lockdown after a shooting was reported on school grounds, police said. The shooting happened at approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8, though no information about a possible gunman or victims was immediately released by school officials or police investigators. Police confirmed on Thursday afternoon that the incident was a non-fatal shooting. We are on the scene of of non fatal shooting in the 5200 block of Silver Hill Road. Suitland High school has been placed on lockdown out of an abundance of caution. Media staging area will be at the entra…
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Popular Football Player ID'd As Victim of Mervo High School Shooting
A popular student-athlete in Maryland has been identified as the victim of a shooting outside a Baltimore High School. Jermiah Brogden was shot in the head and killed on Friday, Sept. 2 in the parking lot of the Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School, according to a social media post made by the Twitter account “Mervo H.S. Football.” Our hearts are heavy today as we mourn the loss of our student athlete, Jermiah Brogden. Senseless and unexplainable. Please keep the Mervo staff and students and his family in your prayers. — Mervo H.S. Football (@MustangGang410) September 3, 202…
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Fatal Mervo High School Shooting: What We Know
A student has been fatally shot in the head in a parking lot of a Baltimore High School as the first week of school comes to a close, authorities say. The victim was shot in the head after a heated argument around 3 p.m., Friday, Sept. 2 in the parking lot of Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School, confirm Baltimore Police. BALTIMORE CITY *SHOOTING* TO THE REAR OF 3500 HILLEN RD - MERVO HIGH SCHOOL - 1 GSW TO HEAD - HOMICIDE REQUESTED - SUSPECT IN CUSTODY #BREAKING — Baltimore Metro News (@BaltMetroNews) September 2, 2022 Baltimore City Public Schools issued a statement confirmi…
Police & Fire
Two Students Shot By 15-Year-Old Suspect Outside DC Charter School (Developing)
A 15-year-old suspect shot two students outside a D.C. charter school on Wednesday morning, August 31, NBC4 Washington reported. Officers responded to the scene in the 1000 block of 45th Street, right by IDEA Public Charter School, where they found two teens with gunshot wounds, the website said. Law enforcement's initial investigation revealed that one student entered the school not wearing his proper uniform and then left the building, NBC4 Washington said. Then, two other students walked into the building and when they tried to bypass a security guard using a metal detector wand, th…
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California Man Went To Justice Kavanaugh's Home With Intent To Kill: Feds
A California man has been charged with the attempted murder of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after telling dispatchers his intent was to do just that Wednesday, June 8, federal officials said. Nicholas John Roske, 26, of Simi Valley was found dressed in all black carrying a backpack and suitcase outside of Justice Kavanaugh's home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, the US Justice Department said. Here's the perp who wanted to kill Kavanaugh, Nicholas John Roske pic.twitter.com/Zt0hZJEv80 — 🍊 Terrance 🌴 (@Orsin_Buggy) June 8, 2022 Roske called the Montgomery County Emergency line saying …
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Student Brings Ghost Gun Parts To Fairmont Heights High School: Police
A Maryland high school student was arrested for bringing parts of a ghost gun to school — just two days after the second-largest school shooting in U.S. history, authorities say. A lockdown was placed after reports of a student with a gun were made at the Fairmont Heights High School on the 6500 block of Columbia Park Road, around 12 p.m., Thursday, May 26, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. Parts of an un-serialized gun that would make an operable gun if assembled were found in a classroom. Officers identified the student and took him into custody. The studen…
Police & Fire
Dumfries Man Wanted For Manassas Middle School Athletic Field Shooting Surrenders: Police
A Prince William man wanted in connection with a shooting at a middle school athletic field turned himself into police, authorities said. Isaiah Gordon, 23, of Dumfries, was involved in the shooting that took place at the Benton Middle School athletic fields in Manassas around 10:23 a.m. on Sunday, May 1, according to Prince William County Police. Responding officers found a large group of people fleeing the area along with a 24-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening, police said. A 33-year-…
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Maryland Man Threatens Elementary School With Mass Violence: Sheriff
A Maryland was arrested Wednesday, May 25 for making multiple threats of mass violence towards a school just hours after 19 elementary students and two teachers were killed in a Texas school massacre, authorities said. Earl Benjamin Washington Jr., 46, of Lexington Park, called a business in White Plains and the Gale-Bailey Elementary school making multiple threats of mass violence against them, Tuesday, May 24, the Charles County Sheriff's Office said. "The calls to the specific locations are related to people he knows and is believed to be domestic-related," the sheriff's office…
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Details Released, Suspects In Custody From Catonsville High School Shooting
Multiple suspects were in custody following a shooting earlier this week at Catonsville High School, authorities said. The incident was targeted and is believed to have started with an argument earlier in the day on Tuesday, Feb. 8, police said. It ended with a 16-year-old boy being shot in the shoulder in a parking lot after school let out Baltimore County police said. He was rushed to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Baltimore County police said. The school was briefly placed on lockdown. Patrols were beefed up at the school Wednesday morning for an ongoing inv…
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Details Released, Suspects In Custody From Catonsville High School Shooting
Multiple suspects were in custody following a shooting earlier this week at Catonsville High School, authorities said. The incident was targeted and is believed to have started with an argument earlier in the day on Tuesday, Feb. 8, police said. It ended with a 16-year-old boy being shot in the shoulder in a parking lot after school let out Baltimore County police said. He was rushed to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Baltimore County police said. The school was briefly placed on lockdown. Patrols were beefed up at the school Wednesday morning for an ongoing inv…
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Magruder HS Students Return 4 Days After Shooting
Magruder High School students returned to school on Jan. 25 to an increased police presence after a shooting left one student in critical condition 4 days ago. You are loved!#ColonelStrong pic.twitter.com/bila4lNlUo — Magruder Colonels (@MagruderHS) January 25, 2022 The School operated on a half-day schedule but is expected to resume normal operations with an infusion of mental health resources in the days to come. The student accused in the shooting is 17-year-old Steven Alston, Jr., who is being charged as an adult with attempted second-degree murder, after opening fire on another s…
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Magruder HS Junior ID'd As Gunman In Shooting That Seriously Injured Peer: Police
A 17-year-old Magruder High School student was being held without bond after shooting a peer in the school's bathroom, seriously injuring him and causing an hours-long lockdown Friday, Jan. 21, authorities said. Steven Alston Jr., a junior, shot the tenth-grade victim around 1 p.m. in a bathroom at the Muncaster Mill Road school in Rockville, Montgomery County police said. ALSO SEE: Magruder High Shooting Causes Outrage, Fear The victim was rushed to an area hospital and was reportedly in serious condition. The school went into a full lockdown at 1:05 p.m., bringing local police…
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Magruder High Shooting Causes Outrage, Fear
Fear and outrage swept through one community in Maryland Friday after a student was seriously injured in a school shooting. Students at Magruder High School in Rockville were held in the building until around 6 p.m. -- nearly five hours after one of their peers was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, according to Montgomery County police and parents on Twitter. HAPPENING NOW: WDVM’s @CheyenneCorin on the scene of Magruder High School — suspect is in custody, student found shot ⤵️ https://t.co/31HXHmA4Lz — Tasmin Mahfuz (@TasminMahfuz) January 21, 2022 New: Montgomery Co. Po…
Police & Fire
Shooting At Maryland High School Leaves Student In Serious Condition, Suspect In Custody
A male student was shot at Magruder High School in Rockville and a 17-year-old suspect has been taken into custody, according to Montgomery County Police. The student was rushed to an area hospital in serious condition, he was shot in a school bathroom on Jan. 21 at approximately 12:53 p.m., police said. The suspected shooter is a student of the school and was located in a classroom by police after the incident occurred. Investigators say they are investigating what type of gun was used in the shooting and exploring the possibility that it may be a "ghost gun." No charges have…
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