Police tonight have a high school student detained for a shooting last night. 37 year old Jason Gladden was shot last night and he says the shooter was a second form student. Gladden – who is the brother of the infamous Darren Banks – says that he was standing at the corner of Pine and Vernon Streets near Mendoza Store when a Creole descent man approached him from the direction of Maylfower Street.
He says that from a distance of 8 feet – the male person pulled out a gun and opened fire. He fired a single shot and gladden put up his hand to shield himself. The bullet hit gladden in the hand near his palm. Gladden has been treated and released from the KHMH. He has been identified as a high school student. Police picked him up from his school this morning and he was questioned in the presence of his mother.
