Police arrest suspect in BB gun shooting at school

PARKTON, Md. (AP) — Baltimore County police say they have arrested a man they say shot another man in the face with a BB gun during a dispute in a high school parking lot.

Police say 24-year-old Ernesto Alexander Piche was arrested Friday evening in the Cockeysville area after a two-day search. Piche was being held Saturday on $275,000 bail.

Police said the victim was a man in his 50s who had been arguing with his ex-wife in a parking lot Wednesday night outside Hereford High School in Parkton.

Police say Piche, the ex-wife’s boyfriend, then pistol-whipped the victim and shot him with the BB gun. Piche drove off, hitting a car before driving into a tree and fleeing on foot.

No phone number was listed for Piche.

Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Federal News Network Logo
Log in to your WTOP account for notifications and alerts customized for you.

Sign up