Suspect tied to Blake High School shooting allegedly pointed gun at school security officer

A teen arrested in connection with a Wednesday shooting at James Hubert Blake High School aimed a Glock 19 handgun at a school security officer who had commanded him to drop the weapon, according to court records.

Moments later, police took 19-year-old Djibia Gombo, of Silver Spring, into custody.

Court records indicate that a student at the school gave investigators a video of the shooting in which a 17-year-old student was shot in the right foot during a lunchtime fight in the Silver Spring school’s parking lot.

School district officials said that the student, who was also grazed on the knee by a bullet, is in stable condition.

Gombo is charged with first-degree assault, a felony, and several misdemeanors, including possessing a dangerous weapon on school property, using a firearm in a violent crime and having a loaded handgun, according to court records.

Montgomery County District Court Judge Patricia Mitchell on Friday postponed Gombo’s bond hearing until Monday because he plans to retain a private attorney.

The judge is also holding the defendant in jail without bond until then.

‘Back up’

According to a police report, video of the incident begins with “a physical fight occurring between several students.”

Amid a struggle for the weapon, “a gunshot can be heard,” which dispersed some of those fighting.

A school district security officer rushed to the scene as the fight for the gun continued. According to court records, someone got control of the gun and placed it on the ground by the security officer, who “kicked the firearm further away from the group.”

The security officer then saw Gombo pick up the gun and begin walking toward a Kia and told him to drop it.

“Back up, back up,” Gombo responded as he pointed the gun at the security officer, according to court records.

Gombo then placed the gun on the ground next to the Kia and the security officer pinned him against the vehicle.

The recovered gun had a “spent casing which was still lodged in the firearm and never ejected,” according to court records, which also said the wounded student was dropped off at a local hospital by other students.

Gombo told police that he had come to the school to pick up a friend so they could smoke marijuana when he saw his friend in a fight between two groups of students. He said he ran when the gun fired and that his decision to pick the gun up was a “stupid mistake,” court records said.

School authorities after the incident forbade Blake students from eating outside or using food delivery services, such as Uber Eats, according to a letter to the school community.

In February, a Wootton High School student fired a gun at a classmate, injuring the 16-year-old boy.