Maryland school shooting: Student injures 2, dies in gunfight; top updates

The Great Mills shooting incident in Maryland comes about five weeks after a shooting at a Florida high school left 14 students dead

A 17-year-old male student shot two other students at Great High School in Maryland on Tuesday, in eastern United States (US), but the event was quickly “contained”, officials said. The shooter was killed in gunfight and the injured were immediately rushed to a local hospital.

According to local sheriff's office, a male student opened fire at a girl in the hallway shortly after school started, injuring another male student in the process. Other students of the school were evacuated to another school to be reunited with their parents.

School principal Jake Heibel had warned of a shooting threat weeks before