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Student at Maryland high school fatally shot in school bathroom

Sept. 9, 2024

A 16-year-old student has been charged in the shooting of a 15-year-old student at Joppatowne High School in Harford County, Md.

Mike Kennedy

A 15-year-old student at a Maryland high school has died after being shot during a fight in a school bathroom.

The Annapolis Capital-Gazette reports that that Warren Curtis Grant was shot during a fight Friday afternoon at in a first-floor bathroom at Joppatowne High School in Joppatowne.

School personnel and students tended to Grant before he was airlifted to Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital, where he later died.

Police identified the alleged shooter as Jaylen Rushawn Prince, 16, WUSA-TV reports.

Prince has been charged as an adult with murder, first- and second-degree assault, and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony/crime of violence.

The Harford County Sheriff's Office said it believes the suspect and victim knew each other.

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Mike Kennedy | Senior Editor

Mike Kennedy has been writing about education for American School & University since 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.