Two students were critically injured and a gunman died in a shooting at Great Mills High School in the US state of Maryland this morning as classes began.
Sheriff, Timothy K Cameron says the gunman who was a student at the school around 105km southeast of Washington DC, opened fire in a hallway shortly before classes began, striking a female and male student.
Students and staff quickly notified an armed school resource officer, who pursued the shooter and fired a single shot at him, Cameron said at a press conference, the shooter had fired back.
The shooter and the two students were rushed to local hospitals in critical condition.
The shooter, who was not identified, was pronounced dead on arrival.
The school was placed on lockdown as the situation unfolded.
Source: Stuff.co
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