An altercation between a student and a former student at John F. Kennedy High led to the use of pepper spray at the Silver Spring school on Tuesday, according to Montgomery County police and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS).
Police and MCPS shared differing accounts with Bethesda Today of who was the victim and who used the pepper spray.
Police spokesperson Shiera Goff told Bethesda Today on Wednesday that Marcus Jones, the former police chief and current MCPS security and compliance chief, said that a former student was at the school Tuesday and an altercation occurred between the former student and a current student of the school. The former student pepper sprayed the current Kennedy student during the altercation…