A student at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County, Md., shot and injured two other students inside the school Tuesday morning before a school resource officer responding to the incident is believed to have shot and wounded the attacker, the St. Mary’s County Sheriff Tim Cameron announced Tuesday.
Cameron said one boy and one girl were hurt as a result of the initial shooting, which took place shortly before 8 a.m. local time.
The unnamed shooter then fired at the school cop, but was shot before he was able to continue shooting others, NBC reported.
The three students, including the gunman, are in critical condition. The school resource officer was not injured.
Law enforcement responding to the scene said the school was placed on lockdown and parents were told to pick up their children at a nearb school.
There has been an incident at Great Mills High School. Parents please DO NOT respond to the school. Report to Leonardtown High School
— St. Mary’s Sheriff (@firstsheriff) March 20, 2018
The school district tweeted that the school is on lockdown and the event is “contained.”
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.
Parents/Guardians should go to Leonardtown HS for reunification with GMHS students— SMCPS_MD (@SMCPS_MD) March 20, 2018
