Report of shooting at or near wootton

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this is a rumor but Reddit has someone claiming to be a student saying the shooter was picked up by their mom and sister, then fled in the car. Police caught them on Falls road.

Not sure if this is true.

I heard this too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Maryland, juveniles aged 10 or older may be placed on electronic monitoring (ankle bracelets) for serious offenses, including crimes of violence, gun charges, carjacking, armed robbery, burglary, and sexual offenses. As of July 2025, the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services (DJS) mandates detention for any youth arrested while already on an ankle monitor.

Crimes and Situations Qualifying for Juvenile Ankle Monitors in MD: 1. Violent Crimes & Weapons Charges: Crimes involving handguns, firearms, or acts that would be considered violent if committed by an adult. 2. Serious Felonies: Carjacking, robbery, burglary, and serious assault. 3. Sexual Offenses: Third-degree sexual offenses. 4. Pre-Trial Release Condition: Used for individuals deemed high-risk or as a condition of probation/home detention.

I'm only realizing through this incident that it is common for kids with ankle monitors to attend the regular MCPS high schools. Is this just for kids who have been convicted of petty crimes? Or is it possible that someone convicted of sexual assault or some other violent crime could be attending one of the high schools?

Petty crimes? You're kidding, right? Again, ankle bracelets are for:
1. Violent Crimes & Weapons charges.
2. Serious Felonies.
3. Sex Offenses.
4. High-Risk Pre-Trial

Powder-puff kids don't get ankle bracelets - the kids one step away from incarceraton do.

#4 is a broad category.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain why anyone with an ankle bracelet is allowed in regular school? Back when I was in high school (different state) kids with ankle bracelets were in juvie. Is this a real thing across mcps?

I would like to know the same thing. The bracelet means the kid's been in trouble with the law and barely avoided incarceration. What on Earth are they doing in school, with general ed kids??

We have them in every middle and high school. In a lot of cases, they are being brought into schools like Whitman and Wootton through special programs like SESES or group homes. We defunded most of the separate school placements and it takes an act of god to get a dangerous kid into one of the few remaining spots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain why anyone with an ankle bracelet is allowed in regular school? Back when I was in high school (different state) kids with ankle bracelets were in juvie. Is this a real thing across mcps?

Because it is the law. Every child, even those accused of crimes, is entitled to a free and public education.

The agency that determines if a juvenile is eligible to return to their home school after being charged with a crime is Maryland's Department of Juvenile Services. That is the agency who would be responsible for monitoring the child via the ankle monitor.

I don't think that's true. DJS conceivably could include a release condition barring them from going to school, but that seems rather unlikely. It seems more likely that MCPS suspend the child or move them to a different school as a code of conduct violation, but there would have to be a school nexus and they would have to be able to reasonably adjudicate the alleged claims.

They are enititled to a free education and no one would bar them. DJJ shut down their schools.

[Anonymous]

SESES?

[Anonymous]

Is the rumor that the kid who did the shooting had the ankle bracelet, or the kid who was shot?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the rumor that the kid who did the shooting had the ankle bracelet, or the kid who was shot?

Does it matter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Maryland, juveniles aged 10 or older may be placed on electronic monitoring (ankle bracelets) for serious offenses, including crimes of violence, gun charges, carjacking, armed robbery, burglary, and sexual offenses. As of July 2025, the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services (DJS) mandates detention for any youth arrested while already on an ankle monitor.

Crimes and Situations Qualifying for Juvenile Ankle Monitors in MD: 1. Violent Crimes & Weapons Charges: Crimes involving handguns, firearms, or acts that would be considered violent if committed by an adult. 2. Serious Felonies: Carjacking, robbery, burglary, and serious assault. 3. Sexual Offenses: Third-degree sexual offenses. 4. Pre-Trial Release Condition: Used for individuals deemed high-risk or as a condition of probation/home detention.

I'm only realizing through this incident that it is common for kids with ankle monitors to attend the regular MCPS high schools. Is this just for kids who have been convicted of petty crimes? Or is it possible that someone convicted of sexual assault or some other violent crime could be attending one of the high schools?

Petty crimes? You're kidding, right? Again, ankle bracelets are for:
1. Violent Crimes & Weapons charges.
2. Serious Felonies.
3. Sex Offenses.
4. High-Risk Pre-Trial

Powder-puff kids don't get ankle bracelets - the kids one step away from incarceraton do.

#4 is a broad category.

Not necessarily - high risk of failing to appear or reoffending.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Maryland, juveniles aged 10 or older may be placed on electronic monitoring (ankle bracelets) for serious offenses, including crimes of violence, gun charges, carjacking, armed robbery, burglary, and sexual offenses. As of July 2025, the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services (DJS) mandates detention for any youth arrested while already on an ankle monitor.

Crimes and Situations Qualifying for Juvenile Ankle Monitors in MD: 1. Violent Crimes & Weapons Charges: Crimes involving handguns, firearms, or acts that would be considered violent if committed by an adult. 2. Serious Felonies: Carjacking, robbery, burglary, and serious assault. 3. Sexual Offenses: Third-degree sexual offenses. 4. Pre-Trial Release Condition: Used for individuals deemed high-risk or as a condition of probation/home detention.

I'm only realizing through this incident that it is common for kids with ankle monitors to attend the regular MCPS high schools. Is this just for kids who have been convicted of petty crimes? Or is it possible that someone convicted of sexual assault or some other violent crime could be attending one of the high schools?

Petty crimes? You're kidding, right? Again, ankle bracelets are for:
1. Violent Crimes & Weapons charges.
2. Serious Felonies.
3. Sex Offenses.
4. High-Risk Pre-Trial

Powder-puff kids don't get ankle bracelets - the kids one step away from incarceraton do.

#4 is a broad category.

Not necessarily - high risk of failing to appear or reoffending.

That sounds like a broad category to me. Certainly much broader than "one step away from incarceration."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Maryland, juveniles aged 10 or older may be placed on electronic monitoring (ankle bracelets) for serious offenses, including crimes of violence, gun charges, carjacking, armed robbery, burglary, and sexual offenses. As of July 2025, the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services (DJS) mandates detention for any youth arrested while already on an ankle monitor.

Crimes and Situations Qualifying for Juvenile Ankle Monitors in MD: 1. Violent Crimes & Weapons Charges: Crimes involving handguns, firearms, or acts that would be considered violent if committed by an adult. 2. Serious Felonies: Carjacking, robbery, burglary, and serious assault. 3. Sexual Offenses: Third-degree sexual offenses. 4. Pre-Trial Release Condition: Used for individuals deemed high-risk or as a condition of probation/home detention.

I'm only realizing through this incident that it is common for kids with ankle monitors to attend the regular MCPS high schools. Is this just for kids who have been convicted of petty crimes? Or is it possible that someone convicted of sexual assault or some other violent crime could be attending one of the high schools?

Petty crimes? You're kidding, right? Again, ankle bracelets are for:
1. Violent Crimes & Weapons charges.
2. Serious Felonies.
3. Sex Offenses.
4. High-Risk Pre-Trial

Powder-puff kids don't get ankle bracelets - the kids one step away from incarceraton do.

#4 is a broad category.

Not necessarily - high risk of failing to appear or reoffending.

Well, we kinda found out the people involved all fall into bucket ##1&2 now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain why anyone with an ankle bracelet is allowed in regular school? Back when I was in high school (different state) kids with ankle bracelets were in juvie. Is this a real thing across mcps?

I would like to know the same thing. The bracelet means the kid's been in trouble with the law and barely avoided incarceration. What on Earth are they doing in school, with general ed kids??

We have them in every middle and high school. In a lot of cases, they are being brought into schools like Whitman and Wootton through special programs like SESES or group homes. We defunded most of the separate school placements and it takes an act of god to get a dangerous kid into one of the few remaining spots.

I didn’t think Wooten had an SESES program. And SESES isn’t a program for kids with criminal or violence issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the rumor that the kid who did the shooting had the ankle bracelet, or the kid who was shot?

The fact is the kid who was shot had the monitoring. So now that people know he was the victim, because he was a "bad kid" with an ankle monitor, it's his fault he got shot. /s

[Anonymous]

Why aren't we hearing anything about the other two people in the getaway car (mom and sister according to rumors) being charged as accomplices?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is the rumor that the kid who did the shooting had the ankle bracelet, or the kid who was shot?

Does it matter?

Are you high? Of course it matters!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is the rumor that the kid who did the shooting had the ankle bracelet, or the kid who was shot?

The fact is the kid who was shot had the monitoring. So now that people know he was the victim, because he was a "bad kid" with an ankle monitor, it's his fault he got shot. /s

The important thing to learn from this incident is that black and brown kids don't belong at Wootton, never belonged at Wootton, and will never belong at Wootton. Or Wootton @ Crown.