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GREAT MILLS, Md. (AP) -- At least three people have been injured in a shooting this morning inside a Maryland high school. No fatalities have been reported.
Authorities said the situation at Great Mills High School was “contained” as deputies and federal agents converged on the crime scene.
St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cpl. Julie Yingling said the two victims were shot, and the shooter has been injured. She did not have the identities of the any of the three injured, and said all three had been transported to hospitals.
The Baltimore Sun reported that a student said the shooting happened around 8 a.m. Terrence Rhames, 18, told the Sun that he heard a gunshot and saw a girl fall as he ran for an exit.
Great Mills High School, which has about 1,600 students, is near the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, about 65 miles southeast of Washington.
Agents with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives joined deputies at the scene. The county sheriff said parents or guardians should stay away, urging them to go instead to Leonardtown High School to reunite with Great Mills students there.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Rep. Steny Hoyer tweeted that they’re monitoring reports and urged people to follow the instructions of local law enforcement at the scene.
This latest shooting happened as many students are calling for action against gun violence in schools, leading up to Saturday’s March For Our Lives rally in the nation’s capital. Protests have been spreading around the nation since a teenager with an assault rifle killed 17 people at a Florida high school on Valentine’s Day.