Meet The Armed School Resource Officer Who Stopped A School Shooting This Morning

By Brandon Curtis

Deputy First Class Blaine Gaskill, of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, is the school resource officer at Great Mills High School in Maryland. He is also a member of the local SWAT team, and is reported to have been with the Sheriff’s office for 6 years.

Early Tuesday morning, Deputy Gaskill did what he hoped he would never have to do; engage an active shooter inside the school he was there to protect.

When Deputy Gaskill was alerted of the shooting, he immediately took action. The entire incident lasted a minute, and possibly just seconds.

He engaged the 17-year-old suspect, firing a single shot. The suspect also fired a single shot.

At this moment, there is confusion about these two shots. An investigation is underway to determine whether it was Deputy Gaskill who hit the suspect, or if the suspect’s own shot was used to take his own life.

Regardless of the outcome, there is no doubt that the presence of Deputy Gaskill brought this shooting to a quick end.

I am not writing this article to glorify the death of a 17-year-old who was apparently troubled, because any loss of life is sad. I’m not even writing this article to glorify …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation