Posted March 23, 2018 12:30 pm by Comments

By Christen Smith

Jaelynn Willey, 16, died Thursday after her family removed her from life support. Willey was shot in the head Tuesday by an ex-boyfriend just before classes began at Great Mills High School in southern Maryland. (Photo: Courtesy of the Willey family)
A teenager shot in the head by an ex-boyfriend at her high school in southern Maryland earlier this week has died, according to law enforcement.
The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Department announced the death of 16-year-old Jaelynn Rose Willey at 11:34 p.m. Thursday — less than three days after her attacker, 17-year-old Austin Wyatt Rollins, opened fire in a hallway at Great Mills High School just before class began Tuesday morning.
“It is with heavy hearts and great sadness we provide this update,” the sheriff’s department said.
Willey passed surrounded by family at University of Maryland Prince George’s Hospital Center just hours after her mother, Melissa Willey, told reporters her daughter would be taken off life support.
“My daughter was hurt by a boy who shot her in the head and took everything from our life,” she said. “It will be different forever.”
Willey, the second oldest of nine children, was a member of the school swim team, her mother added.
Rollins died at a nearby hospital after a

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