Teen In Custody After Brawl Escalates To Shooting Outside Suitland High School Teen In Custody After Brawl Escalates To Shooting Outside Suitland High School
Teen In Custody After Brawl Escalates To Shooting Outside Suitland High School New details have been released by Prince George's County Public Schools officials on Thursday afternoon following a student-involved shooting outside Suitland High School. Officials say that a high school student was shot during a physical altercation outside the school at approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8, in an incident that was witnessed by a group of students who ran from the area. The shooting led to a Lockdown at Suitland High School while police responded to assist the ninth-grade student, A Suitland High School student was shot at approximately 10 am during a physical …
Student Breaks Out Concealed Gun During School Fight At Maryland High School, Sheriff Says Student Breaks Out Concealed Gun During School Fight At Maryland High School, Sheriff Says
Student Breaks Out Concealed Gun During School Fight At Maryland High School, Sheriff Says A potentially scary and tragic scene nearly played out in Charles County when a student in a Maryland high school took out a concealed weapon during a fight with another teen on Wednesday afternoon, investigators say. At approximately 12:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7, detectives from the Charles County Sheriff's Office were advised of a fight that began between two students during dismissal, which had been caught on school security cameras at Westlake High School. According to investigators, during the scuffle, one of the students produced what appeared to be a handgun, which prompted a thi…
Two Men Charged With First-Degree Murder In Slaying Of 15-Year-Old Boston Boy: DA Two Men Charged With First-Degree Murder In Slaying Of 15-Year-Old Boston Boy: DA
Two Men Charged With First-Degree Murder In Slaying Of 15-Year-Old Boston Boy: DA Two men were charged on Wednesday, Nov. 30, with the killing of a 15-year-old middle school student at a Boston park over the summer.  Zontre Mack, 19, of Canton, and Dominick Gavin, 25, of Boston, were arraigned on first-degree murder in the killing of Curtis Ashford Jr. on Ellington Street on July 27, the Suffolk County District Attorney said. Mack, who is also charged with illegal weapon and communication possession, is being held without bail. The magistrate gave Gavin, who also faces an accessory after the fact of murder charge, a $75,000 bond, authorities said.  Surveillance…
Virginia Schools Behavioral Assistant Accused Of Assaulting Student: Sheriff Virginia Schools Behavioral Assistant Accused Of Assaulting Student: Sheriff
Virginia Schools Behavioral Assistant Accused Of Assaulting Student: Sheriff A behavioral assistant with Loudoun County Public Schools has been charged with assaulting a student, authorities said. An investigation into Julie D. Hancher, 55, of Leesburg, was launched after a school resource officer at Lightridge High School notified officials on Monday, Nov. 14, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. The alleged assaults took place inside a classroom on two occasions. Hancher was then charged with two counts of assault on Tuesday, Nov. 22, authorities said. The underage victim's identity was being withheld by police to protect their identi…
UVA Shooter Was ‘Picked On,’ Dad Says In New Report UVA Shooter Was ‘Picked On,’ Dad Says In New Report
UVA Shooter Was ‘Picked On,’ Dad Says In New Report More details are being released in the University of Virginia triple-fatal shooting — including the fact that the alleged shooter was being picked on, according to a report by NBC12. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 22, opened fire on a bus on the way back from a field trip to see a play in Washington DC, killing Devin Chandler as he slept, along with D’Sean Perry and Lavel Davis Jr., on Sunday, Nov. 13, prosecutors said during the initial hearing. Two other victims were injured in the incident, authorities previously said. Darnell's dad tells NBC12 his son — a former member of the …
Bomb Threat Closes Lehigh School For Third Day In A Row Bomb Threat Closes Lehigh School For Third Day In A Row
Bomb Threat Closes Lehigh School For Third Day In A Row For the third consecutive school day, classes at Lehigh Career and Technical Institute in Schnecksville were disrupted Tuesday, Nov. 15 due to a violent threat, administrators said in a post on the school website.  Officials said the threat was reported just before 8:30 a.m., sending the school into lockdown. Pennsylvania State Police were already onsite due to similar threats that closed the school on Friday, Nov. 11 and Monday, Nov. 14, administrators said.  Those threats were transmitted via the anonymous tipster app Safe2Say, both remain under criminal investigation by s…
Bomb Threat Clears Lehigh County School For Second Time In Two Weeks Bomb Threat Clears Lehigh County School For Second Time In Two Weeks
Bomb Threat Clears Lehigh County School For Second Time In Two Weeks For the second time in as many weeks, a Lehigh County high school was evacuated Friday, Nov. 11 after administrators received a violent threat.  Classes at Lehigh Career and Technical Institute in Schnecksville were canceled after administrators learned of a bomb threat at about 7:30 a.m., according to an announcement on the school's website.  Administrators said they contacted state police, who are investigating the matter.  As LCTI is a vocational school that draws students from several county school districts, buses that were already en route Friday morning were sent to t…
Two Teens, Grown Man Cited For HS Incident Involving Knives, Spit, Pot In Maryland: Sheriff Two Teens, Grown Man Cited For HS Incident Involving Knives, Spit, Pot In Maryland: Sheriff
Two Teens, Grown Man Cited For HS Incident Involving Knives, Spit, Pot In Maryland: Sheriff A strange scene played out inside and outside a Maryland high school on Wednesday afternoon, leading to charges for two teens and a 28-year-old man for various offenses, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office announced. School administrators and the school resource office at St. Charles High School in Waldorf alerted the sheriff to an altercation inside the building involving students. According to a spokesperson from the sheriff’s office, one of the students involved, a 17-year-old boy, walked out of the school and called a friend to re-engage in the altercation with him. School officials …
Lehigh School Suspends Classes Over Violent Threat Lehigh School Suspends Classes Over Violent Threat
Lehigh School Suspends Classes Over Violent Threat A Lehigh County high school canceled classes on Friday, Oct. 28 after administrators received a violent threat.  Lehigh Career and Technical Institute in Schnecksville alerted police after receiving "a threat directed at the school," administrators said in a message on the school's website.  Classes are scheduled to resume normally on Monday, Oct. 31, they added.  The warnings came exactly two weeks after LCTI students and staff participated in a six-hour active intruder security drill, according to a post on the school website.  State police are investigating the…
Copiague 13-Year-Old Accused Of Posting Threat To School On Social Media Copiague 13-Year-Old Accused Of Posting Threat To School On Social Media
Copiague 13-Year-Old Accused Of Posting Threat To School On Social Media A Long Island student has been arrested for allegedly posting a school threat on social media. The incident took place in Copiague on Monday, Oct. 24. According to Suffolk County Police, a 13-year-old Copiague Middle School student posted in a social media group chat that if the school was in session on Oct/ 24, he would shoot teachers and students.  The post was shared by multiple students and a parent notified school officials who called the police, police said. The teen was charged with making a threat of mass harm and will be arraigned in Suffolk County Family…
Shooting Threat Locks Down Philly High School: Report Shooting Threat Locks Down Philly High School: Report
Shooting Threat Locks Down Philly High School: Report John Bartram High School in southwest Philadelphia went under lockdown on Friday, Oct. 21 after violent threats were made online, according to a report by CBS News.  An Instagram user posted an image with a rifle and the caption "gonna shoot up the school at 11:00 am," the outlet wrote citing police. As of 11 a.m., students were being allowed to move around the building but not to leave or re-enter, the report said.  Only hours before the school locked down, Philadelphia School District announced that it received a $1 million to combat violence at Bartram High, according to WHYY.…
Loaded Gun Confiscated From 12-Year-Old At Maryland Middle School: Police Loaded Gun Confiscated From 12-Year-Old At Maryland Middle School: Police
Loaded Gun Confiscated From 12-Year-Old At Maryland Middle School: Police A loaded handgun was confiscated from a 12-year-old student on Wednesday afternoon at a Maryland middle school, according to authorities. Officials said that a loaded .25 caliber handgun was discovered by a staff member at the Booker T. Washington Middle School at around noon on Wednesday, Oct. 19 who then alerted the Baltimore City Police Department. It was the fourth handgun recovered from students so far in the early school year, according to Cylde Boatwright, the CEO of the Maryland State Fraternal Order of Police, who shared a photo of the handgun and bullets through social media. The…