Students injured, gunman dead after high school shooting

A shooting at a Maryland high school Tuesday morning left two students injured and the gunman dead, authorities said.
The gunman entered Great Mills High School around 8 a.m. — just before classes began for the day — and shot a female student in the hallway, St. Mary’s County Sheriff Tim Cameron said.
A male student was also struck by the shooter, who also attends Great Mills.
The shooter was wounded during an exchange of gunfire with a trained school resource officer, who is an armed deputy sheriff, but died at 10:41 a.m. at the hospital, Cameron said.
One of the injured students is in critical condition and the other is stable. The SRO was not injured.
The relationship between the gunman and students and motive are under investigation.
“You train to respond to this and you hope that you never ever have to,” Cameron told NBC4. “This is the realization of your worst nightmare — that, in a school, that our children could be attacked. And so as quickly … as that SRO responded and engaged, there’s grievous injuries to two students.”
“Now begins the second phase of this operation, and that’s the background and the investigation and the attempt for the school to return to normal,” he added.
It’s unclear where the shooting took place in the school, which is in Great Mills and about 60 miles south of Washington, DC.
The district, St. Mary’s County Public Schools, tweeted that the situation was “contained” and that the school was under lockdown.
“There has been a Shooting at Great Mills High School. The school is on lockdown the event is contained, the Sheriff’s office is on the scene additional information to follow,” the tweet said.
Just before 10 a.m., the district tweeted that evacuations were taking place.
“Students are being evacuated from GMHS and being bused to the reunification center at the Leonardtown HS campus,” the tweet said. “The building is orderly and the Sheriff’s Office is conducting an investigation. We will continue to update as more information becomes available.”

Other footage shows a massive police response and yellow tape cordoning off the perimeter of the school, which has roughly 1,600 students.
Senior Terrence Rhames heard a shot around 8 a.m. while standing with friends outside their first-period class, according to the Baltimore Sun.
As he was running toward the nearest exit, he saw a girl fall.
“I just thank God I’m safe,” said Rhames, 18. “I just want to know who did it and who got injured.”
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives tweeted that special agents were en route to the school.
“We are closely monitoring the situation at Great Mills High School. @MDSP is in touch with local law enforcement and ready to provide support. Our prayers are with students, school personnel, and first responders,” Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan tweeted.
Sen. Ben Cardin tweeted, “My thoughts this morning are with the students and families of Great Mills High School (@GMHS_SMCPS ). I will be monitoring the situation as it unfolds. Parents, please follow school and @firstsheriff instructions to be reunited with your children safely.”
Parents of Great Mills students were urged to stay away from the school and instead head to nearby Leonardtown High School to reunite with their children.
The shooting comes a month after 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
The Parkland massacre has inspired student-led “March for Our Lives” rallies against gun violence and mass shootings that are set for this Saturday, including one in Washington.
Last month, two boys, ages 15 and 16, were arrested for making a “mass threat” to Leonardtown High School — which is about 15 minutes from Great Mills — and bragging that they were “too smart to get caught,” according to WJLA.
Twenty-five guns — including semi-automatic rifles, handguns and ammunition — were seized from both teens’ bedrooms.


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