Armed Resource Officer Stops Maryland High School Gunman

A 17-year-old gunman is dead following an exchange with an armed School Resource Officer (SRO) at Great Mills High School in Maryland on Tuesday morning. Two students were injured.

The gunman opened fire on a 16-year-old female student before class in a central hallway, hitting a male classmate, before the (SRO) exchanged fire with the shooter who was armed with a handgun, disabling him and ending the incident. The SRO was not injured in the exchange which began at 7:45 a.m.

St. Mary Co. Sheriff Tim Cameron on shooting at Great Mills HS: shooting happened in hallway; shooter, a student, fired at a female student, another was student hit. Armed school resource ofc, a deputy, exchanged shots w/ shooter; shooter & female student in critical condition

— Peggy Fox (@PeggyTV) March 20, 2018

The female student is in critical but stable condition at a trauma facility, while her male classmate is in stable condition. They were taken to separate hospitals in D.C. where the shooter died at 10:41 a.m.

St. Mary’s Co. Sheriff: 3 students injured at Great Mills HS have been taken to hospitals in DC, Prince George’s County & St. Mary’s Co. Shooter & female student in critical, another student taken to MedSTAR is critical but stable. SRO who stopped shooter was not hurt. @wusa9

— Peggy Fox (@PeggyTV) March 20, 2018

WATCH: Officials give update on school shooting at a high school in Maryland https://t.co/n77utODxMu pic.twitter.com/kMNfqFDZKE

— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 20, 2018

Video shows police officers responding to reports of an armed gunman at a Panera Bread across the street from Princeton University’s campus. pic.twitter.com/6R5MvjZXYL

— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) March 20, 2018

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