One person was shot Monday (Feb. 9) at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland, prompting a campus lockdown. Montgomery County police confirmed that a suspect is in custody in connection with the shooting.
Officers were dispatched at 2:15 p.m. to reports of shots fired at a school in suburban Washington, DC
“We’re still on lockdown, the police are here, all the kids are in their classrooms,” said Tabitha Davis, the school’s principal, adding that further details were not immediately available.
Rockville, the county seat of Montgomery County — the state’s most populous county — remains on alert as authorities investigate the incident. No other injuries have been reported at this time.
Police are asking residents to avoid the area during the investigation.
