Scotlandville Magnet High student arrested for allegedly shooting classmate after fight at school

BATON ROUGE — A Scotlandville Magnet High School student was arrested for attempted murder after he allegedly shot at three of his younger classmates after school, hitting one of them in the arm.

According to an arrest affidavit from the Baton Rouge Police Department, a 15-year-old student intervened in a school fight between Byron Martin, 17, and another student. The document says the 15-year-old pulled Martin off the other student and choked him to subdue him. Both were suspended and sent home from school early.

Later that day, the 15-year-old was walking to a store on Fairchild Street with two of his friends, 13 and 14 years old, documents show…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS