BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Authorities say a freshman at a Baton Rouge high school pulled out a gun during an altercation and fired shots on campus.
The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the 14-year-old boy fired a gun multiple times Monday morning in a courtyard at Scotlandville Magnet High School before fleeing. Nobody was injured in the shooting.
School principal Tiffany Quiett tells The Advocate (https://bit.ly/2jX1Pk1 ) that the boy was about to get into a physical fight with three other students when he pulled the gun.
Authorities say a plainclothes deputy caught the freshman about ten minutes after the shooting. The boy faces multiple charges, including attempted second-degree murder.
Officials with the East Baton Rouge Parish School system have confirmed that the school does not have metal detectors.
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