ST. MARY’S COUNTY, MD. – Two students were critically injured and a gunman dead after a shooting in a high school in US state of Maryland on Tuesday.
Great Mills High School confirmed an attack in their school just 8am (12pm GMT) on Tuesday, and said a gunman entered the school in St Mary’s County, about 65 miles (104km) south-east of Washington DC, and shot two people before being “engaged by the school resource officer”.
St Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office says the incident has been contained. Some 1,600 students attend the school in the community of Great Mills.
“There has been an incident at Great Mills High School”, the St Mary’s County Sheriff wrote on Twitter.
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
“Parents please DO NOT respond to the school,” officials added, telling parents to report to nearby Leonardtown High School School to reunite with their children.
The incident comes a month after a high school shooter killed 17 in Parkland, Florida.
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According to sheriff’s office spokeswoman Cpl Julie Yingling, three people were shot, including the shooter, the SKyNews reported.
All three people have been transported to hospital, and no fatalities have been reported.
WJLA News reports that the shooter was “taken down” by a school security officer after the incident began.
The school is being evacuated, with pupils taken to a nearby school where a reunification centre has been set up.
