Prosecutors said a group of male students were attending an underage-drinking party on Robert Jay Way in Ellicott City, less than a mile from Mount Hebron High, when several of them began to exchange phone calls with an Atholton High School student who tried to set up a rematch of another altercation from five days earlier. About 15 Mount Hebron students left the party, which was later broken up by police, and walked to the high school to fight the other teens.
After both groups yelled threats and profanities at each other, most of the teenagers began fighting, according to prosecutors. At some point during the fight, Brazell was hit with a bat and immediately dropped to the ground. Two other students were seriously injured.
All but two of the students, who were Brazell's friends, fled the scene. Several witnesses, who were students at Hammond High School, later told police that they saw Klink strike Brazell with a bat. One said Klink used both hands and took a "home run" swing.
