Baltimore County police said detectives have taken several people into custody in connection with Tuesday’s shooting outside Catonsville High School.Students returned to campus Wednesday, a day after a 16-year-old boy was shot in the school’s parking lot. Police said Wednesday afternoon that detectives believe this was a targeted shooting after an argument that began earlier in the day off school property.The building was put on a brief lockdown Tuesday afternoon after a student was shot at the end of the school day.Students and parents are still trying to process what happened, and there was extra support on hand Wednesday from the Baltimore County Police Department, school counselors and the superintendent, which seemed to help to put some parents at ease.”I was a little nervous to send him back, but he seemed more secure because he said they had it pretty under control at the school. They were sending out e-mails all night long, so I feel comfortable in sending him back,” said Jill Hickman, a Catonsville High School parent.”I have a junior and a senior, they were both hesitant to return today, which is understandable. The kids have been traumatized, and we just want to know it’s safe to be back in school today,” said Dorsey Powers, a Catonsville High School parent.”(There) was a lot of police and detectives and what not, but it was cool,” Catonsville High School student Zion Adams said about returning to campus.While comfortable, some parents are left with plenty of safety concerns.”I’m feeling anxious. I’ve been checking on her all day. I just came by to drop her off lunch to make sure she’s OK because she was here and she heard the gunshots yesterday,” said Kelly Smith, a Catonsville High School parent.Parents told 11 News that in light of what took place, they’re doing their best to set an example for their children.”I think it’s important that we remain calm to show them that they can’t stop their lives, we have to move on, that we have to go back to school, but at the same time, support them and try to understand how they’re feeling,” Powers said.Some parents said they have mixed emotions about whether to put more police officers on campus.”I would think maybe more — and I hate to say it — police presence in the parking lot at the school. I mean, things are crazy nowadays, but that is so unsettling to the kids to see police everywhere,” Smith said.Police continue to investigate the shooting. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-307-2020 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP. Video below: SkyTeam 11 over Catonsville High School
Baltimore County police said detectives have taken several people into custody in connection with Tuesday’s shooting outside Catonsville High School.
Students returned to campus Wednesday, a day after a 16-year-old boy was shot in the school’s parking lot. Police said Wednesday afternoon that detectives believe this was a targeted shooting after an argument that began earlier in the day off school property.
The building was put on a brief lockdown Tuesday afternoon after a student was shot at the end of the school day.
Students and parents are still trying to process what happened, and there was extra support on hand Wednesday from the Baltimore County Police Department, school counselors and the superintendent, which seemed to help to put some parents at ease.
“I was a little nervous to send him back, but he seemed more secure because he said they had it pretty under control at the school. They were sending out e-mails all night long, so I feel comfortable in sending him back,” said Jill Hickman, a Catonsville High School parent.
“I have a junior and a senior, they were both hesitant to return today, which is understandable. The kids have been traumatized, and we just want to know it’s safe to be back in school today,” said Dorsey Powers, a Catonsville High School parent.
“(There) was a lot of police and detectives and what not, but it was cool,” Catonsville High School student Zion Adams said about returning to campus.
While comfortable, some parents are left with plenty of safety concerns.
“I’m feeling anxious. I’ve been checking on her all day. I just came by to drop her off lunch to make sure she’s OK because she was here and she heard the gunshots yesterday,” said Kelly Smith, a Catonsville High School parent.
Parents told 11 News that in light of what took place, they’re doing their best to set an example for their children.
“I think it’s important that we remain calm to show them that they can’t stop their lives, we have to move on, that we have to go back to school, but at the same time, support them and try to understand how they’re feeling,” Powers said.
Some parents said they have mixed emotions about whether to put more police officers on campus.
“I would think maybe more — and I hate to say it — police presence in the parking lot at the school. I mean, things are crazy nowadays, but that is so unsettling to the kids to see police everywhere,” Smith said.
Police continue to investigate the shooting. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-307-2020 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP.
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