1 Shot, Injured Outside Frederick Douglass HS: Police

BALTIMORE, MD – A man with a gunshot wound is at large after he allegedly tried to rob a student outside Frederick Douglass High School Friday afternoon and shot himself, according to Baltimore Police.

About 12:35 p.m., school police witnessed two young people running outside the school.

"When they captured one of them, he [had] a gun on his person and blood on his person," Baltimore Police spokesman T.J. Smith said.

The 17-year-old student was detained for questioning, while another individual got away.

"That young man that we found with the gun was the victim of a botched robbery," Smith said.

In the robbery, which police saw using video surveillance after the fact, the suspect came up to the victim with a gun and put it against his back, according to Smith.

After the victim fought back and got the gun out of the suspect's hands, "the suspect fired the gun and struck himself," Smith said. Then the suspect ran from the scene.

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A student is in custody and one person with a gunshot wound is at large after a shooting near Frederick Douglass High School Friday afternoon, according to Baltimore Police.

About 12:35 p.m., school police witnessed two young people running outside the school.

"When they captured one of them, he [had] a gun on his person and blood on his person," Baltimore Police spokesman T.J. Smith said.

The 17-year-old student detained for questioning was not injured and was the victim of a botched robbery attempt, according to Smith.

"Something happened at the school between some individuals, and one of those individuals appears to have been shot," Smith said.

Authorities are sure that a shooting victim is outstanding.

"We do have evidence that a gun was fired and someone was the recipient of that gunshot," Smith said. "That person is likely a suspect in this scenario, and that person likely fled from the scene."

Police are reviewing video footage and interviewing witnesses.

"We don't have any reason at this point to believe anybody else is in harm's way at this time," Smith said. "Again, we recovered a gun and recovered a person with a gun, but we're still looking for a person that has a gunshot wound somewhere out there. It could be close by, and we don't know if that person is an adult or a juvenile, student or not."

Authorities are asking for help locating the individual. "It appears to have been a non-life-threatening injury," Smith said, "but the person is obviously going to need some treatment soon."