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15-year-old charged in shooting near Dunbar HS football game

A suspect has been arrested for a shooting outside Dunbar High School during a football game in September in which a 12-year-old was shot.

A 15-year-old has been charged in the shooting near Dunbar High School (Baltimore, Md.) during a football game in September that hospitalized a 12-year-old, according to WBALTV.

The suspect was already being held at the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center on unrelated gun charges, according to the outlet. With the new charges, he was transferred to Central Booking, where he is held without bail. He will be charged as an adult for attempted first-degree murder, WBALTV reported.

During the football game on Sept. 1, gunshots were heard next to the stadium and people in attendance ducked for cover. WBALTV reported that witnesses stated the shooter fired shots toward a school bus outside the stadium, and one of the bullets hit the 12-year-old in the back.

The injuries are non-life-threatening and the 12-year-old is expected to recover, according to Fox Baltimore.

The football game was cancelled while Loyola-Blakefield led Dunbar 16-12.

Dunbar football game cancelled after gunshots were fired

A football game in Baltimore was called off due to gunshots being fired next to the stadium.

Gunshots near a high school football game in Baltimore led players to flee the field, resulting in the contest’s cancellation. Dunbar High School was hosting Loyola Blakefield in the season opener for both teams.

A 12-year-old is in stable condition after being shot during the incident. The shooter evaded immediate police capture.

A report from local television station WBAL-TV said that “gunshots rang out right next to the stadium.” The violence did not spread into the stadium according to the report.

The game was called off with Loyola leading Dunbar 16-12.

“This was not inside the Dunbar football game, it was not associated with folks inside this game,” Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott told WBAL.

“It’s unfortunate that students from both Dunbar and Loyola and their families and everyone here had to go through this, and that this young man was shot because someone decided to shoot at a group of people.”

The sound of the gunshots led to immediate reaction from both players and fans, who either laid down or began to flee the scene. Both Dunbar and Loyola football players and staff were seen racing off the field within moments of the gunfire being heard.

WBAL is reporting that no student-athletes were injured.