Maryland high school locked down after shooting leaves one person injured

Officials successful Maryland announced Monday day that a shooting occurred wrong a precocious school, with 1 idiosyncratic confirmed to person been shot.

The Montgomery County Department of Police (MCPD) confirmed 1 idiosyncratic has been placed nether custody related to the incidental astatine Thomas S. Wootton High School, a top-performing schoolhouse successful 1 of the wealthiest counties successful the country. 

The campus, located successful a suburb northeast of Washington, D.C., remains nether lockdown arsenic further officials respond to the scene.

Thomas S. Wootton High School successful Maryland has been placed nether a lockdown connected Feb. 9, 2026. (Google Maps)

Authorities said each roads starring to the schoolhouse person been closed astatine this time.

Parents are advised to spell to a adjacent field astatine Robert Frost Middle School, located astatine 9201 Scott Drive, which has been designated arsenic the gathering location.

Law enforcement officers and schoolhouse buses are seen extracurricular Thomas S. Wootton High School successful Montgomery County, Maryland, connected Monday aft a shooting prompted a field lockdown. (WTTG)

MCPD indicated that the authorities are presently coordinating schoolhouse dismissal. 

Students who thrust the autobus volition beryllium released straight from the schoolhouse erstwhile the country is deemed safe, portion parents picking up their children are advised to hold for further instructions.

"All students who thrust a autobus volition instrumentality their regular routes home. Parents of autobus riders are asked not to travel to the school," MCPD said. 

"Reunification for non-bus riders volition beryllium shared shortly." 

Officers stitchery adjacent parked vehicles and schoolhouse buses arsenic authorities respond to a reported shooting astatine a Maryland precocious schoolhouse connected Monday. (WTTG)

Wootton High School is simply a nationalist schoolhouse successful Rockville, Maryland, and is wide regarded arsenic 1 of the apical world precocious schools successful the authorities and the U.S., according to the school's website.

Police are seen moving done the field country adjacent schoolhouse buses arsenic a lockdown remains successful effect pursuing a shooting astatine a Montgomery County precocious school. (WTTG)

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