A 16-year-old has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the shooting of Warren Curtis Grant during a fight at Joppatowne High School, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release Saturday.

The suspect is a student at Joppatowne High School and has been charged as an adult with murder, first and second-degree assault, and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony/crime of violence. The Baltimore Sun does not name minors accused of crimes.

Officers responded to the school at about 12:36 p.m. Friday after a single shot struck 15-year-old Warren Curtis Grant in the chest, Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler said. Grant was dragged out of the bathroom by other students and the suspect fled school grounds.

School personnel and students tended to Grant before county medics transferred him to Maryland State Police medics who then airlifted him to Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital, where he later died.

Authorities from several agencies secured the school and surrounding areas while searching for additional victims as those who sheltered in place were evacuated. Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division began an investigation and identified a person believed to be the assailant, providing the information to law enforcement searching the surrounding neighborhoods.

At around 12:50 p.m., individuals contacted the Emergency Operations Center to report a suspicious person attempting to break into a house, according to the release. Deputies responded immediately, making an arrest without incident and taking the 16-year-old suspect into custody at 12:52 p.m.

Officials are investigating the events that led to the shooting and the relationship between the suspect and the victim, but it was indicated that the two, both of Edgewood, knew each other before the shooting, according to the release. It’s believed there aren’t any outstanding suspects or threats to the school and the community, the sheriff’s office said at the time of the release.

The suspect is being held in the Harford County Detention Center, according to the release, and is awaiting his initial appearance before a judicial officer.

Joppatowne High School Principal Melissa Williams described Grant as an “amazing young man” on Friday.

“Joppatowne is a loving and strong community who will without a doubt rally around our families, support one another and continue to support our community and our families,” Williams said.