A 17-year-old has been apprehended by the police in connection with the mass shooting at Morgan State University in Baltimore on October 3, which left five people injured, as stated in a news release by the Baltimore Police Department on Friday. The arrest took place without any incident, and the individual now faces multiple counts of attempted murder.
The authorities have also issued a warrant for another suspect, 18-year-old Jovan Williams, linked to the shooting. Williams remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous, according to the police.
The identification of the shooters was made possible through surveillance footage obtained from the shooting incident, police confirmed.
Commissioner Richard Worley expressed gratitude for the efforts put into the investigation, with the hope that capturing one of the suspects can bring some peace and justice to the victims, the Morgan community, and the city. Efforts to detain Williams will continue until he is in custody.
The shooting occurred as a popular homecoming week event was concluding, adding to the distressing statistics of mass shootings in the United States this year, with over 543 incidents involving at least four victims, according to the Gun Violence Archive. It was also one of the 17 shootings recorded at U.S. colleges and universities in states like North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Michigan this year.
During the incident, students and teachers were instructed to shelter in place for several hours, while a SWAT team conducted a thorough search of the campus dormitories at the school, which had 9,000 enrolled students last fall.
The mayor has clarified that the shooting is not believed to have been racially motivated, emphasizing that the investigation is ongoing.
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