Hero MD School Resource Officer Who Took Down Shooter “With Single Shot” Identified

The school shooter has been identified as 17-year-old student, Austin Wyatt Rollins. St. Mary’s County sheriff said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon that the school resource officer, Special Agent Blaine Gaskell, who is a member of SWAT, spotted the gunman in the hallway at Great Mills High School and fired a single fatal shot. Almost simultaneously, Rollins fired back, investigators said.

(Original story:)  Maryland officials have released little information in an incident that injured three students in a shooting at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County, south of Washington, D.C.

TheCount.com has learned the shooter attended the school. It is not known if the student is currently enrolled. Another report showed a school resource officer “responded to the threat.” source

Authorities told an affiliate WJLA that at least three students have been injured, including the shooter; their conditions have not yet been released.

St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office had the incident contained around 8:45 a.m.

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