Gun, Knife Found On 2 Students Involved In School Fight

SUITLAND, MD — Officers were called to Suitland High School Thursday after a fight between two students led to the discovery of a handgun and knife on the students.

Police identified the student in possession of the gun as 18-year-old De’Ante Abbott of District Heights.

A preliminary investigation indicates Abbott got into a fight with a second male student in a hallway. When the assigned school resource officer arrived, the officer saw Abbott attempt to hand his laptop bag to another student, police said. The officer took the bag, searched it and found a handgun inside.

The second student involved in the fight also faces charges, according to police. Officers said the sophomore pulled out a knife during the fight and suffered a minor self-inflicted knife wound to his hand. Abbott was uninjured by the knife.

The sophomore has been charged as a juvenile with bringing a knife to school and second-degree assault. Abbott has been charged as an adult with possession of a handgun, possession of handgun on school property and additional handgun-related charges. He was taken to the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections.