Thomas S. Wootton High School in Maryland was placed under lockdown after a 16-year-old student was shot on Monday.
The Montgomery County Department of Police confirmed the shooting occurred inside the school shortly after 2 p.m. with a single confirmed victim, citing preliminary information. All roads to the school were shut down, and parents were originally urged to head to the nearby Robert Frost Middle School for reunification with their children, but this plan was soon canceled for unknown reasons.
At 3:23 p.m., police said they had another 16-year-old in custody. Both the victim and the suspect were boys.
“At this time, there is no further threat to public safety,” police said.
Police were still looking for the weapon used in the shooting, Rockville Police Chief Jason West said, and the motive was still unknown.
“All students who ride a bus will take their regular routes home. Parents of bus riders are asked not to come to the school. Reunification for non-bus riders will be shared shortly,” a police statement said soon after.
Following the shooting, mental health resources were made available to students and their families, Thomas W. Taylor, superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools, said.
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“Today is a heartbreaking and deeply unsettling day for our entire community,” Taylor said. “The kids and our staff are emotionally exhausted and understandably traumatized by today’s events.”
The Washington Examiner reached out to Thomas Wootton High School for comment and further information.
