A Harford County teen who gunned down a classmate inside Joppatowne High School will spend most of his life behind bars.

On Tuesday, Oct. 14, Jaylen Rushawn Prince was sentenced to life plus twenty years — suspending all but eighty years to serve — for the first-degree murder of Warren Grant and related charges, according to Harford County State’s Attorney Alison Healey.

Prince was convicted by a jury in May for the Sept. 6, 2024, shooting that stunned the Joppatowne community.

During sentencing, Healey read 10 victim impact statements from Grant’s loved ones, each describing the “crushing emotional toll” and “incomprehensible loss” caused by the killing.

Family members called Grant “selfless, loving, kind, and loyal,” and pleaded for “accountability and justice” for his “senseless” mu

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