3/20/2018
SCHOOL
Great Mills High School
DETAILS
- Great Mills, MD
- High School
- Attack on other persons(s) resulting in injury or death
SUMMARY
Austin Wyatt Rollins, 17, opened fire with a handgun in an academic building at Great Mills High School, critically injuring a 16 year-old girl before being confronted by the school's resource officer, Deputy Blaine Gaskill, who engaged him in simultaneous gunfire. Rollins was fatally shot, though it was not immediately clear if he was shot by Gaskill – or shot himself. Another male student, 14, was also injured by a bullet. The school went into immediate lockdown. The injured girl, Jaelynn Willey, was later pronounced brain dead and taken off life support.
Source: The New York Times
Since 2013, there have been more than 300 school
shootings in America — an average of about one a week.
How many more before our leaders pass common-sense laws to prevent
gun violence and save lives? Communities all over the country live in
fear of gun violence. That’s unacceptable. We should feel secure in
sending our children to school — comforted by the knowledge that
they’re safe. Consistent with expert advice and common sense, Every
town uses a straight forward, fair, and comprehensive definition for a
school shooting: any time a firearm discharges a live round inside or
into a school building or on or onto a school campus or grounds, as
documented by the press and, when necessary, confirmed through further
inquiries with law enforcement or school officials. Incidents in which guns were brought into schools but not discharged are not included. The database is updated
as new shootings occur or as new evidence emerges about prior incidents.
gun violence and save lives? Communities all over the country live in
fear of gun violence. That’s unacceptable. We should feel secure in
sending our children to school — comforted by the knowledge that
they’re safe. Consistent with expert advice and common sense, Every
town uses a straight forward, fair, and comprehensive definition for a
school shooting: any time a firearm discharges a live round inside or
into a school building or on or onto a school campus or grounds, as
documented by the press and, when necessary, confirmed through further
inquiries with law enforcement or school officials. Incidents in which guns were brought into schools but not discharged are not included. The database is updated
as new shootings occur or as new evidence emerges about prior incidents.
When it comes to American children being exposed to gunfire, these
shootings are just the tip of the iceberg. A report by the Urban Institute
showed that in the single school district of Washington, DC, there were at
least 336 gunshots in the vicinity of schools over a single school year. And
school shootings have long-term impacts on the school community as a
whole: a recent analysis of school shootings found that those involving a
homicide reduced student enrollment in the affected schools, and depressed
students’ standardized test scores by nearly 5 percent.
shootings are just the tip of the iceberg. A report by the Urban Institute
showed that in the single school district of Washington, DC, there were at
least 336 gunshots in the vicinity of schools over a single school year. And
school shootings have long-term impacts on the school community as a
whole: a recent analysis of school shootings found that those involving a
homicide reduced student enrollment in the affected schools, and depressed
students’ standardized test scores by nearly 5 percent.
Since 2014, Every town has analyzed these incidents for trends that might
help prevent future violence. Click here to read the full report.
help prevent future violence. Click here to read the full report.
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