Baltimore police announce arrest in killing of Patterson High School student
Commissioner: 23-year-old man arrested in Texas while trying to flee country
Updated: 3:02 PM EDT Mar 20, 2023
Baltimore police on Monday announced an arrest in the fatal shooting of a teenager.Izaiah Carter, 16, was shot on March 6 in the Joseph Lee Playfields area near Patterson High school, where he was student.| RELATED: Patterson High School student killed in park near schoolBaltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said authorities in Texas helped to apprehend Roger Alvarado-Mendoza, 23, before he tried to flee the country. He was previously arrested in Baltimore in 2018 and he was previously arrested in Florida, Harrison said.The commissioner said a motive remains unknown, and Alvarado-Mendoza is not a student at the school.A GoFundMe page has been set up to help support the family with funeral expenses.Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP. Metro Crime Stoppers is offering an $8,000 reward for information in this case.This report will be updated.| VIDEO BELOW: Mother of Izaiah Carter speaks out on son’s killing| VIDEO BELOW: School official responds to claims of race-based fights at Patterson | VIDEO BELOW: Slain student’s friend tells I-Team what happened before shooting
Baltimore police on Monday announced an arrest in the fatal shooting of a teenager.
Izaiah Carter, 16, was shot on March 6 in the Joseph Lee Playfields area near Patterson High school, where he was student.
| RELATED: Patterson High School student killed in park near school
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said authorities in Texas helped to apprehend Roger Alvarado-Mendoza, 23, before he tried to flee the country. He was previously arrested in Baltimore in 2018 and he was previously arrested in Florida, Harrison said.
The commissioner said a motive remains unknown, and Alvarado-Mendoza is not a student at the school.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help support the family with funeral expenses.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP. Metro Crime Stoppers is offering an $8,000 reward for information in this case.
This report will be updated.
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| VIDEO BELOW: Mother of Izaiah Carter speaks out on son’s killing
| VIDEO BELOW: School official responds to claims of race-based fights at Patterson
| VIDEO BELOW: Slain student’s friend tells I-Team what happened before shooting
