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Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Parents of 16-year-old girl killed in Maryland high school shooting file lawsuit

Jaelynn Willey was a 16-year-old student at Great Mills High School and was killed by another student in March 2018 in their school hallway. On Friday, her parents filed a lawsuit against the St. Mary’s County School Board claiming that Great Mills High School failed to protect Willey.

Austin Rollins shot and killed Willey shortly after the two had ended a relationship, according to authorities. Rollins fatally shot himself in the head after he was confronted by Deputy First Class Blaine Gaskill.

The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, accuses Great Mills High School of having “made informed decisions and took steps which actively increased the danger to her and created new dangers Jaelynn had ability to abate.”

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