The 16-year-old who allegedly gunned down a classmate Friday on his first day at a Maryland high school has been arrested, police announced Saturday.
Jaylen Rushawn Prince has been charged as an adult with murder, as well as first and second-degree assault and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony/crime of violence, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office said.
The young accused killer was caught at a nearby apartment complex just minutes after Friday’s fatal shooting at Joppatowne High School — and officers caught him trying to break into a home in a desperate attempt to hide from authorities.
What unfolded between Prince and his alleged victim, 15-year-old Warren Curtis Grant, is still unclear, but police said the two boys knew one another.