Police also declined to identify the 15-year-old suspect, who was taken into custody shortly after the 10:45 a.m. shooting, until they decide whether to charge him as a juvenile or an adult. "Is he going to be charged as a juvenile, or is he going to be charged as an adult? Police said they do not believe the victim, who was not identified, was targeted by the shooter.Witnesses said a school counselor quickly grabbed the shooter and pinned him up against a vending machine. "Dance said Perry Hall High will be open Tuesday with additional security at the school. Several parents and students pointed to a Facebook posting by someone who said he attended Perry Hall High and spoke of the first day of school being the last day of his life.A man who identified himself as the suspect's father told the Associated Press that his son had been bullied but declined to give further details. "Students described a day that suddenly turned chaotic during an early lunch break in the cafeteria of the school, the county's largest with nearly 2,200 students. Others told WJZ they heard a scuffle before the shooting. “This is the first time it’s happened at Perry Hall. I got here and talked to parents. "Police said they cannot confirm information appearing on various social media networks. They were originally being evacuated to Perry Hall Shopping Center across the street from the school at the corner of Ebenezer Road and Belair Road.  With heightened security and trauma counselors on hand, Perry Hall High School will restart its school year Tuesday, the day after a student shot in the cafeteria was left in critical condition and another student was taken into custody as the suspected gunman.The shooting took place on the first day of classes Monday as several hundred students were in the cafeteria, where the sound of gunfire initially seemed like just another piece of the aural landscape. He saved a lot of people's lives today with what he did," Sullivan said Monday night.New Baltimore County schools Superintendent Dallas Dance, on his first day of classes after being hired this spring to head the school district, praised the school's "heroic, brave faculty. “First of all our thoughts and our prayers are with the student who was injured and his family. Speaking on behalf of the entire BCPS community, our thoughts and prayers are with the victim and his family.
– A 17-year-old Baltimore high school student was shot today on the first day of school. Police tell the Baltimore Sun that the male Perry Hall High School student, whose condition was not available, was taken to a hospital. The suspect is in custody and the rest of the students have been evacuated. "It's horrifying," says a Baltimore County councilman who lives next to the school. "This is a very peaceful community." Parents tell WJZ-TV there may have been a Facebook threat against the school; there are also unconfirmed reports that the victim was shot in the back in the school cafeteria. The station has video of a shirtless young man in handcuffs, the AP notes.