The shooting occurred at dismissal time at Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High, according to Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison.
was approached in the schoolyard by a student from another school and the two had a “heated” encounter. The student from the other high school took out a gun during the encounter and then fired “multiple times at our victim,” Harrison said.
The victim was taken to a hospital and died at about 3:26 p.m., Harrison said. No one else was injured in the shooting, he said. Baltimore City Public Schools police officers were outside in the yard during the shooting and chased after the student who fled down the street, Harrison said. Police arrested the student nearby and recovered a gun they believe was used in the shooting, he said.“This is an extremely tragic situation,” he said. “Beyond tragic, happening on the grounds of a school in the beginning of the school year as school is opening.
Baltimore City Public Schools said on Twitter it canceled all after-school activities. The school system welcomed students back for the first week on Monday, according to the school system’sHarrison said police would not be naming the school the student attends or either students’ names on Friday. The victim’s family has been notified and was at the hospital, he said.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said at the news conference that there is a “school full of children” crying and encouraged the community to become more involved in helping youth. The mayor is a graduate of Mervo High, according to the“There are too many, too many young people that are being harmed in our city,” Scott said. “But there are also so many others that are out there just waiting for someone to care for them. To show them a better way.
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