Second teen is charged in connection with Blake High School shooting

A second teen — the 17-year-old who was shot during a fight Wednesday at James Hubert Blake High School — has been charged in connection with the incident.

More details about the fight and attempts to stop it emerged Friday.

Police said Djibia Gombo of Silver Spring, the 19-year-old previously charged, 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 him into custody.

Court records also indicate a student gave investigators a video of the shooting, which occurred during lunchtime in the Silver Spring school’s parking lot.

Gombo, whom police identified Thursday, 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.

The 17-year-old, a Blake student, was charged with first-degree assault, reckless endangerment, possession of a dangerous weapon on school property, carrying a loaded handgun and felony use of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime.

The Banner does not identify defendants younger than 18.

Detectives determined the second defendant tied to the case tried to hold on to the gun as another teen attempted to take it.

“The firearm discharged during the struggle,” police said.

Others involved in the fight drove with the second defendant to a hospital. The defendant is in a Washington, D.C., jail awaiting extradition to Maryland.

It was unclear Friday afternoon if he had retained an attorney.

Earlier on Friday, Montgomery County District Court Judge Patricia Mitchell 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 shows the fight and a struggle for the gun. A gunshot is heard, which disperses 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. The officer 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 car, 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 hospital by other students.

Gombo told police 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.

An earlier version of this article failed to convey that the 17-year-old charged was also the teen who was shot.