shooting it Killed a 14-year-old high school football player in Harford County It came after a Halloween party over the weekend, according to charging documents.

A 16-year-old classmate has been charged with killing Jai’s Winchester, police said. Jai played football at Havre de Grace High School. The suspect was charged as an adult with first- and second-degree murder, first-degree assault, reckless endangerment and firearms offenses.

The Baltimore Banner is not identifying the teen because he is a minor.

Aberdeen Police said in charging documents that several people at the Halloween party in Aberdeen saw the 16-year-old with a black handgun. The host shut down the party and ushered everyone away, and six people piled into the 2020 Nissan Sentra where Jai’den was located, according to the documents.

According to eyewitnesses who gave statements to the police, when he got into the car from Jai, he said something that upset the 16-year-old boy. According to witnesses, the teenager told Jai’den to “stop playing” and soon a gunshot was heard.

Police found a gun in the Nissan and determined it belonged to the 16-year-old boy’s father. The suspect is not legally allowed to own a firearm in Maryland; In Maryland, a person must be at least 21 years old to own a handgun.

When police first spotted the suspect, he said he was scared and the attack was an accident, according to charging documents.

In a letter to parents, Havre de Grace High School Principal Brad Spence said the school community will “forever remember Jai’den as a friend and Warrior.” “We will focus our concern on the well-being of our Warrior family as we deal with this tragic loss.”

The school will be closed through Wednesday as part of a planned shutdown for Harford County schools.

This is the second time this fall that gun violence has claimed the life of a student at a school in Harford County. Warren Curtis Grant, 15, of Edgewood Shot dead by a fellow student In the Joppatowne High School bathroom during the first week of school.