The Great Mills shooting incident in Maryland comes about five weeks after a shooting at a Florida high school left 14 students dead.
International News : A 17-year-old male student shot two other students at Great High School in Maryland on Tuesday, in eastern United States (US), but the event was quickly “contained”, officials said. The shooter was killed in gunfight and the injured were immediately rushed to a local hospital.
According to local sheriff’s office, a male student opened fire at a girl in the hallway shortly after school started, injuring another male student in the process. Other students of the school were evacuated to another school to be reunited with their parents.
School principal Jake Heibel had warned of a shooting threat weeks before the incident, but concluded that the threat was “not substantiated” after investigation. It is unclear whether the threat was linked to the actual shooting.
Great Mills High School is located about a 90-minute drive southeast of the US capital Washington DC. St Mary’s County Public Schools said on its website that the law enforcement was on the scene. “It happened really quickly, right after school started” after 8:00 am (1200 GMT), Jonathan Freese, a student at the school, told CNN. “The police came and responded really quickly,” Freese said.
“They had a lot of officers respond. Right now, the police are going through classrooms,” he said. “Soon we are going to be escorted from the school.”
Earlier this week, thousands of students across the US walked out of their schools to call for action against gun violence precisely one month post the Florida shooting which claimed 17 lives.
Top Updates on Maryland School Shooting
- → 17-year-old gunman killed
- → One victim in critical condition
- → Three possible injured
- → 19th shooting in a US school this year
- → Rally in March for Our Lives protest to advocate for gun control.
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