OAN Staff Abril Elfi
12:03 PM – Saturday, September 7, 2024
UPDATE 12:50 pm: The 16-year-old suspect has been identified as Jaylen Rushawn Prince and has been charged for murder, first- and second-degree assault, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony/crime of violence.
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Prince is currently being held in the Harford County Detention Center. He is awaiting his initial appearance before a judicial officer.
A 16-year-old has been taken into custody after he allegedly fatally shot a 15-year-old boy during an “altercation” in the boys’ bathroom at Joppatowne High School in Joppa, Maryland.
According to Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler, Warren Curtis Grant, 15, was taken from the restroom by students, as the principal and school nurses attended to him after he was shot by another student on Friday.
The teenager was airlifted to a trauma center and passed away shortly after arriving at the hospital.
The 16-year-old suspect—who has not been publicly identified—fled from the school to residences in the neighborhood nearby, according to the sheriff. He was arrested “within minutes”…
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