2 teens face charges after stray bullet from shooting grazed Dunbar High School student’s head

2 Dunbar High School students charged in shooting outside school

A pair of Dunbar High School students are being charged as adults after the shooting outside their school last week. FOX 5's Lili Zheng has the latest details in the case.

WASHINGTON - Two teens are facing charges after a stray bullet from a shooting outside D.C.’s Dunbar High School grazed a student’s head.

Police have identified one of the suspects as 18-year-old Azhari Graves. Officials say Graves was in court over the weekend and was ordered to be held without bond until his next preliminary hearing.

The other suspect arrested in the case is 17-year-old Saki Frost. FOX 5 confirmed with a D.C. Courts spokesperson and the U.S. Attorney’s Office that Frost has been charged as an adult in this case.

He appeared in court Monday and was ordered to be held without bond.

In court documents obtained by FOX 5, the two defendants were identified by a witness.

17-year-old expected in court Monday in connection with Dunbar High School shooting

A teen facing charges after a stray bullet from a shooting outside of D.C.’S Dunbar High School grazed a student’s head is expected in court Monday.

Police also identified the defendants as "Shooter 1" and "Shooter 2" in court documents, further indicating they are the two people captured on surveillance holding a firearm in their hands.

In the surveillance video police referenced a group of about 15 teens are seen running down the alley near the school at the time of the shooting.

Court documents identified both teens as Dunbar students. Both are D.C. residents and face charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, carrying a pistol without a license, and endangerment with a firearm.

"We’ve seen the same video … So, I want the community to know if we know that kids aren’t where they’re supposed to be, they’re supposed to be in class, we have people who can go to those locations and make sure they’re in there," Mayor Bowser said. "My message to everybody who works in D.C. government whether it’s schools, or DPR, or DPW for that matter, is we have an obligation to make sure that MPD is made aware of kids who aren’t in school who should be in school."

FOX 5’s Stephanie Ramirez says a heightened police presence could easily be seen around the northwest D.C. school on Monday morning. Court documents released over the weekend said that a witness told investigators on Friday they saw a group of juveniles hanging out by an alleyway near the school. The witness apparently told police they heard someone in the group say something to the effect of, "Get ready, someone was coming around from another side." The witness also said the group in the alley is also known to smoke weed before going to school.

While FOX 5 was on the scene Friday, ANC Commissioner Joyce Robinson-Paul and neighbors complained of students smoking weed in the alleyways before going to class.

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It’s not clear what the shooting was over and how many more suspects police are still looking for. Court documents also describe a second student getting checked out for possibly swallowing a shard of glass from the shattered windows.

MPD Chief Pamela Smith also addressed the shooting on Monday.

"It’s a tragic day when we have young people running around in the city – in any city – with guns. We have to do more to work with our young people at our schools, work with young people and families to ensure this kind of behavior does not happen. We won’t tolerate this behavior. I will use every resource I have to bring those folks to justice," Chief Smith said.

FOX 5 reached out to DCPS for a comment on the matter Monday. A spokesperson said the District did not have an updated comment.