'We have help coming to you,' the dispatcher told him. 'Oh, my knee hurts bad,' Barnes is heard in a 911 recording the sheriff's office also released Monday. Barnes fled to a nearby classroom where a teacher called 911. He shot her in the head once with a round that also hit Barnes in the leg. He entered the school two minutes later before confronting Willey at 7:57 a.m. before walking through the main entrance. The shooting at Great Mills occurred just days before thousands rallied in Washington and throughout the country to protest gun violence, sparked by the shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead at a high school.Ī timeline of the Maryland shooting released Monday showed Rollins arrived on campus and parked at about 7:50 a.m. Gaskill's role in confronting the shooter also thrust the high school located about 70 miles south of Washington, D.C., into the national gun control debate and discussions over whether schools should arm teachers or add more armed security on campuses. Larry Hogan, R, praised Gaskill last week for going after Rollins, saying the deputy's actions prevented further casualties. Willey was left brain dead after the confrontation and was taken off life support three days after the shooting.ĭeputy Blaine Gaskill, the school resource officer at Great Mills, confronted Rollins within three minutes after Rollins fired the shot that killed Willey and injured 14-year-old Desmond Barnes in the leg.

Rollins specifically targeted Jaelynn Willey, 16, after the two had recently ended their relationship, authorities said. Mary's County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.īefore the deputy approached, Austin Rollins, 17, had fired a single shot with his father's handgun that left one student mortally wounded and another injured in the hallway of Great Mills High School before then taking his own life March 20, according to the Sheriff's Office. The school resource officer fired a single round at the student gunman, hitting the teen's weapon but not the teen, the St. A student gunman who killed a classmate in the hallway of their Maryland high school and wounded another fatally shot himself in the head as a school resource officer closed in on him, new details released Monday show.

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