BALTIMORE — Assistant Principal Jeremy Slack was standing in a parking lot outside Edmondson-Westside High School, talking with a parent, when gunfire erupted across the street.
He saw people scatter and, knowing there were likely students gathered at the nearby Edmondson Village Shopping Center, he sprinted across the six lanes of Edmondson Avenue.
Five students were shot in the parking lot of the Popeyes there, including sophomore Deanta Dorsey, 16, who was killed.