{"id":31911,"date":"2024-09-07T05:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T10:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=31911"},"modified":"2024-09-08T05:11:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T10:11:02","slug":"15-year-old-shot-and-killed-in-maryland-high-school-bathroom-16-year-old-student-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=31911","title":{"rendered":"15-year-old shot and killed in Maryland high school bathroom, 16-year-old student in custody"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A 16-year-old student allegedly shot and killed a 15-year-old boy during an &#8220;altercation&#8221; in the boys&#8217; bathroom at Joppatowne High School in Joppa, Maryland, on Friday, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The 15-year-old, Warren Curtis Grant, was removed from the bathroom by other students and then attended to by school nurses and the principal, Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler said at a news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The teen was airlifted to a trauma center, the sheriff said. He died soon after at the hospital, Gahler announced at a second news conference.<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/apalachee-high-school-shooting-suspect-set-face-judge\/story?id=113450203\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The 16-year-old suspect, who has not been named, left the school and fled to nearby houses, the sheriff said. He was apprehended &#8220;within minutes&#8221; thanks to community members, Gahler said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The shooting unfolded on the suspect&#8217;s first day at the school, though it&#8217;s now four days into the school year, Gahler said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It appears one shot was fired in the incident, the sheriff said, noting that the gun has not been recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities don&#8217;t know what the apparent argument was about, the sheriff said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect is known to law enforcement and police have previously responded to calls for service involving the teen, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve had more than 10 incidents since 2022 where this suspect was either the victim, witness or suspect&#8221; in an incident handled by the sheriff&#8217;s office, Gahler said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">More than 100 police officers responded to the scene in Joppa, about 35 miles northeast of Baltimore, Gahler said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We&#8217;re just devastated to be a part of this awful group of schools that have experienced things like this,&#8221; Harford County Public Schools Superintendent Sean Bulson said. &#8220;And we&#8217;re going to do everything we can, working with this community, to make sure this absolutely never happens again.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The school does not have metal detectors, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/15-year-shot-maryland-high-school-bathroom-16\/story?id=113463866\">Abcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 16-year-old student allegedly shot and killed a 15-year-old boy during an &#8220;altercation&#8221; in the boys&#8217; bathroom at Joppatowne High School in Joppa, Maryland, on Friday, authorities said. 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