United States: Shooter killed after injuring two students at Maryland school
Great Mills High School in St Mary’s County was briefly on lockdown after the armed student opened fire.
An armed student was killed in a school in Maryland in the United States on Tuesday after he opened fire on campus and injured two students. The shooter was killed in a gunfight with the school resource officer, St Mary’s County Sheriff Tim Cameron said, according to CNN.
MedStar St Mary’s Hospital said both students injured are in stable condition. The 16-year-old girl was in a critical condition earlier, but she was stabilised at the UM Prince George’s Hospital Center, NBC reported.
Authorities have not revealed the identity of the shooter yet.
“This is what we train for,” the sheriff said, according to The Baltimore Sun. “This is what we prepare for, and this is what we pray we never have to to, And on this day, we realised our worst nightmare that our greatest asset – our children – were attacked in a bastion of safety and security, one of our schools.”
County Spokesperson Tony Jones said the shooting occurred around 8 am. The school was locked down soon after the shooter opened fire, and students were evacuated.
Anyone with information regarding the Great Mills High School shooting please call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324)
— St. Mary's Sheriff (@firstsheriff) March 20, 2018
There has been a Shooting at Great Mills High School. The school is on lock down the event is contained, the Sheriff's office is on the scene additional information to follow.
— SMCPS_MD (@SMCPS_MD) March 20, 2018
Parents/Guardians should go to Leonardtown HS for reunification with GMHS students
Students are being evacuated from GMHS and being bused to the reunification center at the Leonardtown HS campus. The building is orderly and the Sheriff’s Office is conducting an investigation. We will continue to update as more information becomes available.
— SMCPS_MD (@SMCPS_MD) March 20, 2018
This is the latest in a string of school shooting across the US this year. According to CNN, there have been 16 school shootings in 2018 alone, averaging to about 1.5 such incidents a week.
On March 8, a student was killed and another injured in a shooting at a high school in the city of Birmingham in Alabama. Just three weeks earlier, a 19-year-old gunman opened fire in a school in Florida’s Parkland on February 14, killing 17 people. Thousands of US students marched out of their classrooms through March to demand action against gun violence.
