A 17-year-old Maryland teenager who shot a classmate during school will be charged as an adult, officials announced Saturday.
Steven Alston Jr., a junior at Magruder High School in Rockville, has been charged with attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony/violent crime, possession of a dangerous weapon on school property and possession of a firearm by a minor.
Montgomery County Police responded to the high school around 1 p.m. Friday after a 15-year-old boy was found inside a student bathroom with a gunshot wound, officials said in a statement Saturday.
