
Before starting at the school in September, Culler said her son was apprehensive about going to Parkdale because he’d heard it was dangerous. "He usually doesn’t ask me to do that, but today he said, ‘Are you gonna walk me down?’ " she said. On Thursday morning, Theresa Culler walked her 14-year-old son down the long driveway that leads to the school. Police continue to leave open the possibility that the stabbing was gang-related, and school officials noted that the presence of gangs in surrounding neighborhoods means students are sometimes members, but the schools work closely with police in an effort to keep the gangs under control, officials said. Clinton Copeland, Medina was less than a quarter-mile from the school when a group of men hopped out of a tan vehicle and started to fight with him, then one man pulled out a sharp implement and stabbed Medina in the chest.

"Even loud noise by a student could lead to something else … minor altercations, if not stopped, can culminate in this," Koroma said, referring to the stabbing death of Guillermo Enrique Medina, 15.Īccording to Prince George’s County police spokesman Cpl.
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Ibrahia Koroma, who lives nearby and has a daughter and niece at Parkdale, said rowdy teens often spill into the neighborhood, sometimes leaving a wake of vandalism behind: cars broken into, windows smashed. 2003 Parkdale Dr was last sold on for 205,000 (0 higher than the asking price of 205,000). This property is not currently available for sale. Residents of the upper-middle-class neighborhood that sits across Good Luck Road from the school in Riverdale weren’t surprised either. 2003 Parkdale Dr, Washington, IN 47501 is a 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom single-family home built in 1955. "There are gangs everywhere in the school … it was only a matter of time."

"There are fights at the school every day," said Pharoah Bufford, 16, a junior at Parkdale. Students streaming into Parkdale High School Thursday morning were not surprised that a student was stabbed to death as he walked home Wednesday afternoon.
