Student shooter dies ‘during exchange of fire’ with armed resource officer after walking into his Maryland high school and gunning down a teen boy and girl – leaving them both fighting for life
The gunman in a shooting at Great Mills High School in Maryland has died
At an 11:30am press conference, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff Tim Cameron said that the gunman opened fire just before classes started Tuesday morning
He says the gunman shot a female and male student, who are in critical and stable conditions respectively
The school’s resource officer then intervened, firing a shot at the gunman
The sheriff says the gunman fired a shot simultaneously and it’s unclear which shot killed the gunman
The gunman was at first taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:41am
Last month, concerned parents reached out to TheBayNet.com after their children told them about shooting threats at the school
At the time, the school’s principal said the threats had been investigated and found unsubstantiated
Tuesday’s shooting comes four days before the March for Our Lives gun control demonstration in Washington, DC
By ASHLEY COLLMAN
DAILYMAIL.COM
20 March 2018
he gunman who left two classmates critically injured after a shooting at Great Mills High School in Maryland on Tuesday has died.
Sheriff Tim Cameron briefed the press about the shooting at an 11:30am press conference.
He said the shooter, a male student, opened fire around 7:45am, shortly before classes started.
A 16-year-old female and 14-year-old male student were both shot and are were taken to the hospital in critical condition. The female is still critically injured, but the male’s condition has been upgraded to stable.
After the first shots, the school resource officer was alerted and ran to the scene.
‘He pursued the shooter, engaged the shooter, during which that engagement he fired a round at the shooter. Simultaneously, the shooter fired a round as well’ and the shooter was injured, Cameron said.
The shooter was rushed to Charles Regional Medical Center in critical condition, but was pronounced dead at 10:41am.
It’s still unclear whether the teen’s death was caused by the resource officer’s shot or his own.
Sheriff Cameron would not release the identities of the shooter, the victims or the school resource officer, but said he may at his next press conference, scheduled for 1pm.
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