Unexpected Key Facts Come in About the Maryland School Shooting

By Neil Stevens | 2:15 PM on March 20, 2018

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Law enforcement officers stand near the entrance to Great Mills High School, the scene of a shooting, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Great Mills. A student with a handgun shot two classmates inside the high school before he was fatally wounded during a confrontation with a school resource officer, a sheriff said.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

All eyes turned to Great Mills High School in Maryland after a shooting there. But police have investigated, and the story isn’t what it appears to be.

Law enforcement officers stand near the entrance to Great Mills High School, the scene of a shooting, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Great Mills. A student with a handgun shot two classmates inside the high school before he was fatally wounded during a confrontation with a school resource officer, a sheriff said.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ever since Columbine, press and commentators alike have been trying to fit everything into the mold of “school shootings.” But the murders today in Maryland fit a much older narrative, one that no law, no policy, no government action of any kind will ever stop:

UPDATE: Police: 17-year-old male shot 16-year-old female, who has life-threatening injuries, and 14-year-old male, who is in stable condition.

"There is an indication that a prior relationship existed between the shooter and the female victim," per police https://t.co/ZoL8qkCMsE pic.twitter.com/rVIegYxkuc

— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 20, 2018

This was personal, and not a mass, indiscriminate shooting. The victims were targeted. We can only hope for a recovery for the victims of this heinous act.