An armed good guy (with a firearm) shoots a bad guy; what a concept!
If the same thing had happened at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School the nut-job would have been stopped. But no, personnel from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office did nothing, except stand outside the school building and listen to the mayhem. A few minutes later 17 people lost their lives. TGP
Refer to story below. Source: HuffPost
A shooting at a high school in Great Mills, Maryland, on Tuesday left one student dead and two others injured, officials confirmed.
A male student opened fire around 8 a.m. in a hallway at Great Mills High School, striking a female student and a male student, St. Mary’s County Sheriff Tim Cameron said during a press conference.
A school resource officer, a St. Mary’s County sheriff’s deputy assigned to the school, exchanged fire with the shooter, wounding him and ending the confrontation, Cameron said. The school resource officer was not injured.
The three students were transported to local hospitals. The shooter died hours later. The female student remains in critical condition and the male student is in stable condition, according to officials.
“The potential for other victims was very real,” Cameron said during the press conference. “You can only theorize what would have happened … if our school resource officer hadn’t engaged immediately.”
“This is what we prepare for,” he added. “This is what we pray we never have to do. And on this day, we realize our worst nightmare ― that our greatest asset, our children, were attacked in … a bastion of safety and security. … The notion of it can’t happen here is no longer a notion.
The school remained on lockdown as law enforcement officials continued to investigate the matter. All students were bused to nearby Leonardtown High School, where their parents were instructed to pick them up.
Roughly 1,600 students attend Great Mills High School, which is located about 60 miles southeast of Washington, D.C.
Two special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were headed to the scene, the agency tweeted. FBI agents were also on the scene to assist the sheriff’s office.
“We are closely monitoring the situation at Great Mills High School,” tweeted Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. “Our prayers are with students, school personnel, and first responders.”
Terrence Rhames, a senior at Great Mills High School, told The Baltimore Sun that he was standing with friends outside their class around 8 a.m. when they heard a gunshot. He said he immediately sprinted toward an exit.
“I just thank God I’m safe,” Rhames, 18, told the Sun. “I just want to know who did it and who got injured.”
The incident occurred days before a student-led march to protest gun violence is set to take place in Washington, D.C., and other major cities nationwide.
Great Mills High School students participated Wednesday in the National School Walkout to demand stricter gun laws in the wake of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 people dead.
