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A Maryland High School Just Experienced A Shooting Less Than A Week After A National Gun Violence Walk Out

A Maryland High School Just Experienced A Shooting Less Than A Week After A National Gun Violence Walk Out
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By Essence · Updated October 24, 2020

A high school in Great Mills, Maryland was placed on lockdown Tuesday morning after a gunman opened fire in the hallway, multiple news outlets report.

Two students at Great Mills High School — identified as a 14-year-old male student in stable condition and a 16-year-old female student in critical condition — were injured during the incident, which occurred just before first period. A school resource officer engaged the shooter, who was later pronounced dead, according to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff Tim Cameron.

The shooting comes less than a week after students at Great Mills left their classrooms in solidarity with a national anti-gun violence walk out, a response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 dead.

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

According to CNN, this is the 17th school shooting in the nation since the beginning of the year. Police are investigating a motive and any possible relationship with the gunman and the victims.

This is a developing story.