Officer stops Maryland school shooter

By Christen Smith

Deputy First Class Blaine Gaskill, school resource officer at Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland. (Photo: St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Department)
Local authorities released a photo of the school resource officer credited with stopping a school shooting in southeastern Maryland on Tuesday.
St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Department released the image of Deputy First Class Blaine Gaskill, 34, hours after he intervened in an incident at Great Mills High School Tuesday morning that left two students injured and the accused gunman, 17-year-old Austin Wyatt Rollins, dead.
“Our school resource officer was alerted to the event. He pursued the shooter, engaged the shooter, fired a round at the shooter,” St. Mary’s County Sheriff Tim Cameron said. “The shooter fired a round as well. In the hours and days to come, we’ll be able to determine if our school resource officer’s round struck the shooter.”
Authorities said a 16-year-old female student is fighting for her life in intensive care at Prince George’s Hospital Center. A 14-year-old male student remains in stable condition at Medstar St. Mary’s Hospital. Cameron said evidence suggests a prior relationship existed between the female victim and the shooter, but an official motive is still under investigation.
He told reporters Gaskill’s quick actions

Source: Guns.com