Police say Maryland school shooter killed himself

By Christen Smith

The scene outside Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland, after a reported shooting on March 20, 2018. (Photo: Alex Brandon/ AP Photo)
Law enforcement in southern Maryland said the teenager who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend at Great Mills High School last month turned the gun on himself after the attack.
Questions lingered about whether St. Mary’s County Deputy Blaine Gaskill killed 17-year-old Austin Rollins when the two exchanged gunfire just before 8 a.m. on March 20, moments after Rollins shot two other students with a handgun stolen from his father.
“Rollins continued walking through the school, and was confronted by School Resource Officer, Deputy First Class Blaine Gaskill, in Hallway D,” St. Mary’s County Sheriff Tim Cameron said in a March 26 news release. “Rollins fired one fatal shot to his head; simultaneously, DFC. Gaskill also fired one non-fatal shot, which struck the weapon in Rollins’ hand.”
Gaskill’s intervention received high praise from Cameron and other local officials in the days after the shooting.
“It sure sounds like this is exactly the way it should have been handled by a very good SRO who is also a SWAT team officer…,” said Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan during a news conference Tuesday. “While it’s

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