Austin Wyatt Rollins: 5 Facts About Maryland School Gunman

GREAT MILLS, MD — Police in Maryland have identified the gunman who shot two people at Great Mills High School Tuesday morning as 17-year-old Austin Wyatt Rollins. He was shot at by a school resource officer around 7:45 a.m. and later died, authorities said.

Two teens were injured — a 16-year-old girl who remained in critical condition at a hospital, and a 14-year-old boy who was reported to be in stable condition. Both were shot with a Glock semi-automatic handgun in the hallway of the school, according to investigators.

The shooting occurred five weeks after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people and invigorated a national conversation about how to keep America’s school students safe from gun violence.

The Great Mills shooting occurred four days before Saturday’s national March For Our Lives protest that will take place in Washington, D.C., and several cities around the world, and a week after the ENOUGH National Student Walkout.

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Here are five things to know about Rollins:

Rollins was shot at by a school resource officer, St. Mary’s County Sheriff Timothy Cameron told reporters at a news conference. “When the shooting took place, our school resource officer, who was stationed inside the school, was alerted to the event and the shots being fired. He pursued the shooter, engaged the shooter and during that engagement he fired a round at the shooter, simultaneously the shooter fired a round as well,” Cameron said. “In the hours to come and the days to come, through detailed investigation, we will be able to determine if our school resource officers round struck the shooter, the school resource officer is uninjured and was not struck by any firearm projectile.”

Rollins may have had a previous relationship with the female victim, Cameron told reporters. Investigators are still trying to pin down what caused the teen to open fire in the hallway of the school. It’s unknown if Rollins had a connection with the 14-year-old.

A senior at Great Mills High School, Rollins was an honor roll student.

Rollins lived in Lexington Park, Maryland, and was a NASCAR fan, according to his Facebook page, which has been updated to reflect his death.

Born in Tennessee, Rollins moved to Maryland with his family in 2004. His father, Rocky Rollins, is from Nebraska and served in the Air Force.

Photo: Police stand in front of Great Mills High School after a shooting on March 20, 2018 in Great Mills, Maryland. It was reported that two students at a Maryland high school were injured after a colleague opened fire in the hallway just before classes began. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)