Two Students Injured from School Shooting
17-year-old Austin Wyatt Rollins shot two of his classmates before he was stopped and died from a gunshot wound.
On Tuesday, March 20, just before classes were to begin, Rollins shot a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy with a 9-millimeter gun. Police have found that there is an “indication that a prior relationship existed between the shooter and the female victim.” She is currently in critical condition.
School resource officer Deputy First Class Blaine Gaskill responded immediately to the scene and exchanged gunfire with Rollins. Gaskill was not injured. As the shooting took place, the building was placed on lockdown and students were evacuated.
Stunned students spoke out about the shooting on Twitter.
You never think it’ll be your school and then it is. Great Mills is a wonderful school and somewhere I am proud to go. Why us?
— Mollie Davis (@davism0llie) March 20, 2018
Less than a WEEK ago Great Mills High School students walked out with us to protest gun violence…now they’re experiencing it for themselves. The state of our country is disgusting – I’m so sorry, Great Mills.
— Jaclyn Corin (@JaclynCorin) March 20, 2018
Today’s incident at Great Mills High School in Maryland marks the 11th time a gun has been discharged in a K-12 school since the Parkland shooting: @GunDeaths pic.twitter.com/O7i2eYWTOq
— The Trace (@teamtrace) March 20, 2018
According to The Trace, the shooting is the 11th time a gun has gone off in a school since the Parkland shooting.
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