GREAT MILLS, MD (RNN) - Police and emergency services responded to a southern Maryland high school where a shooting took place Tuesday.
A representative for Great Mills High School sent out a message confirming the shooting and saying the sheriff's office was on the scene and more information would be coming.
"The event is contained," said St. Mary's County Public Schools on its website.
The school has been placed on lockdown. Authorities have not yet said if anyone was inured.
There has been an incident at Great Mills High School. Parents please DO NOT respond to the school. Report to Leonardtown High School
— St. Mary's Sheriff (@firstsheriff) March 20, 2018
Agents from the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are heading to the school, as well as FBI agents from the Baltimore office. Great Mills is located about 66 miles south of Washington, DC.
Students across the country protested gun violence at schools during the National School Walkout on Wednesday. A shooter in Parkland, FL, killed 17 people Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
The survivors are organizing a national demonstration for gun control laws on March 24 called March for Our Lives.
Here’s a look from the scene outside Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland, which is currently on lockdown after a shooting at the school, St. Mary's County Public Schools says https://t.co/O0tm9C2l8X pic.twitter.com/2dJ05pghF6
— CNN (@CNN) March 20, 2018
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