A teenage girl who was shot when a classmate opened fire inside their Maryland high school has died, authorities said Friday.
The St. Marys County Sheriffs Office said Jaelynn Willey died at 11:34 p.m. Thursday. Earlier that night, her family said she would be taken off life support at the University of Maryland Prince Georges Hospital Center. Melissa Willey told news reporters Thursday night that her daughter was brain dead and had no life left in her.
The mother, holding a young baby, said, On Tuesday … our lives changed completely and totally forever. My daughter was hurt by a boy who shot her in the head and took everything from our lives.
The teen was shot Tuesday by 17-year-old Austin Rollins at Great Mills High School in St. Marys County.
Rollins died after shooting Willey. A school resource officer got there within a minute and fired a shot at Rollins, but its not yet clear whether Rollins was killed by the officers bullet or took his own life.
The St. Marys County Sheriffs Office said Wednesday that Rollins and the girl had been in a relationship that recently ended.
