Police: Teen charged after gunshot at New Mexico high school
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February 15, 2019
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A 16-year-old student suspected of opening fire inside a high school in suburban Albuquerque was charged Thursday with attempting to commit murder and carrying a deadly weapon on school grounds, police said.
The shooting, in which no one was injured, came on the anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, high school massacre.
The boy, who police say fired a handgun before leaving it behind and fleeing, was quickly taken into custody. In a statement, Rio Rancho police said the student also was facing a misdemeanor count of being a person younger than 19 in possession of a fir...
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