Arrest Made in Shooting By School

Cardozo Student Turns Himself In

Teenager Eugene Huff knew he was wanted by police in Thursday's shooting near Cardozo High.

The anti-violence group Cease Fire . . . Don't Smoke the Brothers Inc. had put word on the street that it wanted to find the person who shot a 16-year-old in the leg.

"We sent word out we wanted to holler at anybody who knew him," said Al-Malik Farrakhan, founder of the group.

Yesterday, Farrakhan got the call. Huff had made contact with some of the Cease Fire people.

The 17-year-old wanted to come in, so Farrakhan got on the phone and called D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8).

"They don't trust the police," Barry said, explaining why Huff asked Barry and others to meet him at the police station. "They wanted me to tighten up the situation."

Yesterday, Huff walked into the police station with an entourage that included Barry, representatives of Cease Fire and several television news crews.

Barry told an officer at the front desk that Huff was surrendering peacefully.

Huff was charged as an adult with assault with intent to commit murder. Police said that this was not his first encounter with the law but that his juvenile records were sealed. In the shooting, a fellow Cardozo High student and basketball teammate was wounded. The two had argued about a girl, officials said.

The victim, a 16-year-old who was not identified by police, was shot once in the lower right leg. He was released from the hospital yesterday but may need reconstructive surgery, school officials said.

Barry said he did not know Huff before yesterday but agreed to help him when Farrakhan called.

"He seemed like a nice kid. He knows some people I know," Barry said. "I think he was frightened. I said, 'Just hold on. We're going to try to work this thing through.' "