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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – We’re learning more about the Heritage High School student accused of shooting two other teens on campus after getting into a fight with one of his victims.

WAVY reports the 15-year-old shooter was already being monitored electronically through Newport News Juvenile Services and was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet at the time of the incident.

Police say the 15-year-old boy shot and injured two 17-year-old students at Heritage High on Monday. Surveillance video showed the 15-year-old was wearing a backpack when he left the cafeteria and walked down a hallway.

A camera picked up the boy while he was walking with a large group. A brief fight broke out between the accused boy and a 17-year-old student. The fight only lasted a few seconds before a teacher broke it up, but the 15-year-old boy was captured on video dropping his backpack on the floor, pulling a gun from his waistband, pointing it at the 17-year-old boy, and shooting multiple times.

The 17-year-old boy was shot in the head and leg. His fingers were also severely injured, and doctors told police that the cause was likely gunfire. A 17-year-old girl who was leaving the cafeteria was also shot as she was walking down the hallway. She told police she heard gunshots, but didn’t see anything. Both teenagers are expected to recover from their injuries, according to court records.

The 15-year-old fled but was later turned in to authorities by family members.

WAVY obtained copies of search warrants filed by the Newport News Police Department. Those documents detail the events that led up to the shooting at Heritage High School and name the accused shooter. His name has not been released because of his age and because he was charged as a juvenile.

 

 

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