Baltimore City public schools say a teen has been arrested with attempted murder after a fight which was recorded and posted on social media that left a student injured.
School officials said the fight took place around noon Wednesday in the cafeteria at Frederick Douglass High School between two male students. The video shows one of the students, Sean Johnson, 17, repeatedly punching the other one.
The second student can been seen on the ground and bleeding before appearing to have a seizure. Other students can be seen recording watching the violence as it unfolded.
Both students are football players at Douglass High School. Charging documents show the fight began when Johnson approached his teammate in the cafeteria while he had lunch, asking him if he stole his visor from his football helmet. The victim denied stealing Johnson's visor, and then the fight broke out.
The charging documents show Johnson began punching his victim in the face, causing him to fall to the floor unconscious. A witness tells police several staff members immediately responded, attempting to break up the fight and the crowd of students that were standing on tables around the incident. At that time, the witness states, they noticed the victim was having "a seizure while lying in a pool of his own blood."
The witness tells police the victim regained consciousness, but was still unresponsive.
School officials said the injured student was taken to Shock Trauma and the other student was taken into custody by city school police and transported to the Department of Juvenile Services.
The injured student is considered stable and has been transferred to the University of Maryland Medical Center, school officials said.
School police were notified by the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office that Johnson was transferred overnight from to the Central Booking Intake Facility and has been charged as an adult with attempted murder.
Source WBAL
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