The suspect, who is also 16 and lives in Rockville, will be charged as an adult, officials in Montgomery County said.
The victim, who police say is from Gaithersburg, was taken to a hospital in stable condition. The students’ names were not released. Both are students at Wootton.
The school campus was placed on lockdown...
Northwood High School on Old Georgetown Road was placed on a "secure" status at around 11 a.m. after reports of a person on campus with a gun. Police later determined the weapon was a toy.
Police then lifted the secure status, but placed the school on lockdown after learning of another student with a firearm at around 12:20 p.m...
What we know:
Two people were shot Tuesday morning at the Hamptons Apartments near Seneca Valley High School.
The call came in just after 11:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. Neighbors say they heard several shots fired.
Montgomery County Police say two adult male victims went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The gunman is still on the loose, according to officials.
As a precaution, Montgomery County Public Schools went into lockdown at nearby Seneca Valley High, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, Lake Seneca Elementary and Germantown Elementary for about an hour. It's the first day of school for MCPS...
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/gunman-loose-after-shooting-sends-four-school-lockdown-first-day
Principal Vickie Adamson sent a community letter sent to the Kennedy High community Thursday, saying students notified security staff at the end of fifth period that “a student may be in the possession of a gun.” According to the school’s bell schedule, fifth period ends at 12:48 p.m. School staff called 911, and the school went into a lockdown at 1:01 p.m., according to the letter.
According to police radio transmissions, Adamson called 911 at 12:56 p.m. after several students reported that they saw a student with a gun in his waistband...
...“These incidents are the culmination of what I have been complaining and advocating about for years,” Ribeiro said. “[There] has been a security problem at the school.”..
BREAKING: Footage obtained by The B&W shows police taking an Albert Einstein High School student into custody this afternoon after the school entered lockdown due to reports of a weapon on campus. The lockdown has since been lifted, per police. pic.twitter.com/zjzQyrhZIe
— The Black & White (@bdubbsonline) January 20, 2023
+Gaithersburg High is once again getting attention for the wrong reasons, 4 months after a massive brawl on a football field.
— John Gonzalez (@John7News) January 17, 2023
As students return to class Tuesday at Richard Montgomery High, families are learning more about a disturbing incident that occurred Friday. @7NewsDC pic.twitter.com/oCPGT45I5H
Extra police and security presence at Richard Montgomery High School this morning after reports of an altercation possibly involving a handgun on Friday. @7NewsDC @MCPS pic.twitter.com/vke60fGjhj
— John Gonzalez (@John7News) January 17, 2023
Mayra Ramos, a parent at Montgomery Blair HS, tells me she ran from work after hearing about the lockdown. She reunited with her daughter Meleny (10th grade) as we were speaking. pic.twitter.com/Zli7DNUx4s
— Michael Hernández (@MHernandezTV_) June 16, 2022
...Following the revision of emergency plan guidelines for Maryland schools in April 2013, the Maryland State Board of Education amended state regulations later in the year in part to add a requirement that schools must conduct drills for evacuation, “shelter in place,” reverse evacuation, lockdown, severe weather and “drop, cover, and hold.”http://www.gazette.net/article/20140115/NEWS/140119485/1022/montgomery-county-schools-face-tougher-emergency-drill-rules&template=gazette
The state expanded the types of drills local school districts and schools must perform to help them prepare for “a broader range of emergencies,” according to a May 21, 2013, letter from state Superintendent Lillian M. Lowery to members of the Maryland school board...
