Police Search For Suspect In Shooting Near Douglass High School

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Baltimore City police are still looking for answers after a shooting near a West Baltimore high school.

Gunfire was reported outside Frederick Douglass High School on Friday. A school police officer spotted two teens in a fight.

Police released video of the suspect before he tried to rob a 17-year-old senior at the high school at gunpoint. The victim fought back.

"During this struggle, with the suspect's gun, the suspect fired the gun and struck himself. So this appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound that the suspect caused on his own, and the suspect fled the scene," said T.J. Smith, Baltimore Police Department.

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The victim was then able to disarm the suspect and get away.

Police are hoping anyone with information about the would-be-robber comes forward. He should be suffering from a gunshot wound.

Police say the would-be-victim was going to Douglass to pick up his cap and gown for graduation.