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Gunman dead and two injured after US school shooting

An armed student who shot two others at a US high school has died, according to St. Mary’s County Sheriff Tim Cameron.

According to the sheriff, the school resource officer engaged the shooter and put an end to the attack.

The shooter was later pronounced dead and the officer was not hurt.

Two people were injured during the attack; a male student, 14, is in stable condition and a female student, 16, is in critical condition.

Nobody was killed in the shooting at Great Mills High School in Maryland, the area’s sheriff’s office has confirmed, after the incident on Tuesday morning which saw the school put into lockdown.

St Mary’s County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cpl Julie Yingling said all three people injured had been taken to hospital – two had been shot but she said she did not know how the shooter was injured.

<em>There has been a shooting at Great Mills High School (Picture: Google Maps)</em>
There has been a shooting at Great Mills High School (Picture: Google Maps)

As the incident unfolded, the sheriff’s department warned parents or guardians to stay away, going instead to Leonardtown High School to reunite with Great Mills students there.

Students inside the school tweeted reporting the shooting as rumours swirled in the immediate aftermath.

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Mollie Davis wrote: “Hi Twitter. I am in Great Mills HS. My school is on a very real lockdown threat and there’s already someone possibly dead. Please pray for us.”

Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were sent to the scene where they joined local police.

School principal Jake Heibel reportedly told parents last month that the school had investigated threats of a possible shooting and found they were “not substantiated”.

Mr Heibel told parents that school officials interviewed two students in February who were overheard mentioning a school shooting and found that they posed no threat.

But he said the school still increased its security after social media posts about a possible school shooting “circulated quite extensively”.

(Top picture: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office via Facebook)