New Orleans Police have obtained an arrest warrant for a 15-year-old boy who struck a McDonogh 35 High School student with a handgun near the school on Tuesday, according to authorities.
The unidentified teen is wanted by the NOPD for aggravated battery and aggravated assault, according to NOPD spokesman Gary Scheets Thursday morning (April 4). Tuesday’s altercation occurred around 3:30 p.m. in the 4000 block of Cadillac Street, Scheets said, which is where the school is located.
Police said the 15-year-old perpetrator accused another 15-year-old male of implicating him in a shooting. The perpetrator subsequently produced a gun and pointed it at the teen. A fistfight soon ensued between the two teens, and the perpetrator struck the teen in the head with the gun during the altercation, police said.
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At that point, a 16-year-old girl attempted to intervene to stop the fight, police said. The perpetrator pointed the gun at her chest and ordered her away before he fled the scene, police added. The girl wasn’t injured during the fight, and police said the injured teen was taken to a hospital where he was treated and released.
The Orleans Parish School Board told NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune in a statement Thursday that the “unfortunate incident” occurred between a teen who does not attend McDonogh 35 and a McDonogh 35 student after school hours. A school employee intervened immediately to stop the altercation and the school administration contacted the NOPD for assistance, the district stated.
“OPSB’s number one priority is to keep students safe. OPSB is monitoring the situation and will continue to work with the NOPD, students, and families involved,” the district stated.
Enrollment data from the Louisiana Department of Education shows McDonogh 35 enrolls 445 students. The “D”-rated school is one of the last public schools directly operated by the OPSB, which oversees and authorizes the city’s charter schools.
News of the crime was first reported Wednesday by WWLTV. Anchell Lee, the mother of the injured student, disputed the district’s statement in an interview with the station and said the school didn’t initially report the attack or stop it.
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Wilborn P. Nobles III is an education reporter based in New Orleans. He can be reached at wnobles@nola.com or on Twitter at @WilNobles.
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