The 16-year-old who allegedly gunned down a classmate Friday on his first day at a Maryland highschool has been arrested, police introduced Saturday.
Jaylen Rushawn Prince has been charged as an grownup with homicide, in addition to first and second-degree assault and use of a firearm within the fee of a felony/crime of violence, the Harford County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned.
The younger accused killer was caught at a close-by condo complicated simply minutes after Friday’s deadly capturing at Joppatowne Excessive Faculty — and officers caught him attempting to interrupt into a house in a determined try to cover from authorities.
What unfolded between Prince and his alleged sufferer, 15-year-old Warren Curtis Grant, continues to be unclear, however police mentioned the 2 boys knew each other.
Police say Prince fired a single shot in a first-floor boy’s lavatory following an altercation round 12:35 p.m. It was Prince’s first day at Joppatowne Excessive Faculty, the place courses started on Tuesday.
College students dragged the wounded Grant into the hallway, and college nurses attended to him earlier than he was airlifted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the place he later died.
Prince fled the college however was taken into custody round 12:50 p.m. He was not recognized till Saturday afternoon.
The teenager gunman is beforehand identified to regulation enforcement. Police couldn’t say whether or not he had a juvenile file, however mentioned requires service had concerned Prince up to now.
“We’ve had greater than 10 incidents since 2022 the place the suspect was both the sufferer, witness or the suspect in Harford County Sheriff’s Workplace investigations,” officers mentioned Friday evening.
A firearm has nonetheless not been recovered.
The capturing scare comes simply two days after 14-year-old Colt Grey allegedly opened hearth at Apalachee Excessive Faculty in northern Georgia, killing two college students and two lecturers and wounding 9 others.
Colt and his father Colin Grey, who allegedly bought the AR-15-style rifle used within the bloodbath for him for Christmas — months after the boy was accused of creating college capturing threats. Each have been arrested and charged with homicide.
The pair made their preliminary appearances in courtroom on Friday, the place they realized they may spend the remainder of their lives behind bars.
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