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Jaelynn Willey, Maryland teenager critically injured in Tuesday’s school shooting, dead after being taken off life support

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;"><strong>16-year-old Maryland girl injured this week in school shooting was taken her off life support two days after being critically injured by a 17-year-old classmate<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;"><strong>Jaelynn Willey&comma; 16&comma; died at 11&colon;34pm Thursday night&comma; surrounded by her family&comma; the St&period; Mary&&num;8217&semi;s County&comma; MD<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;"><strong>The 11-grader was shot as was another student&comma; Desmond Barnes&comma; at Great Mills High School&comma; by her ex-boyfriend turned gunman&comma; Austin Wyatt Rollins<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;"><strong>Willey&&num;8217&semi;s family Thursday night&comma; announced they planned to take her off life support&comma; and revealed that their daughter was brain dead <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;"><strong>Willey was shot by 17-year-old Rollins just before classes started on Mar 19&comma; at the St Mary&&num;8217&semi;s County school<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;"><strong>Austin Rollins&comma; who is from a Second Amendment supporting family&comma; and Willey reportedly&comma; had been in a relationship that recently ended<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;"><strong> 14-year-old Barnes&comma; who was also shot&comma; has been released from the hospital<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;050000&semi;"><strong>Rollins also died from a gunshot&comma; after shooting Willey&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s unclear whether he was killed by the school resource officer or took his own life<&sol;strong><&sol;span><b> <&sol;b><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"author-section byline-plain"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-290928" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;Jaelynn-Willey-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Jaelynn Willey 1" width&equals;"637" height&equals;"619" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Dead at 16&colon; Jaelynn Willey &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; injured in a shooting at Great Mills High School in Maryland on Tuesday&comma; died Thursday night&comma; after she was taken off life support<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">A high school girl who was shot in the head by her ex-boyfriend on Tuesday at their Maryland high school has died&period; On Thursday&comma; the parents of Jaelynn Willey told the media that their daughter was brain dead and that they planned to take her off life support&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Willey died at 11&colon;34pm that night&comma; surrounded by her family&comma; the St&period; Mary&&num;8217&semi;s County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office said in a statement on Friday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;It is with heavy hearts and great sadness we provide this update&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the office said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-291055" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;Melissa-and-Daniel-Willey&period;png" alt&equals;"Melissa and Daniel Willey&period;png" width&equals;"681" height&equals;"463" &sol;>&&num;8216&semi;On Tuesday &&num;8230&semi; our lives changed completely and totally forever&comma;&&num;8217&semi;  <b>Melissa and Daniel Willey gave an update on their daughter&&num;8217&semi;s welfare&comma; on Thursday evening and signaled their intention to let her go<&sol;b><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Jaelynn&&num;8217&semi;s parents Melissa and Daniel Willey&comma; on Thursday night&comma; revealed that their daughter was brain dead&period; They planned to take her off life support&comma; the grieving parents added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Willey was shot by 17-year-old Austin Wyatt Rollins just before classes started at Great Mills High School on Tuesday&period; Rollins also died from a gunshot injury a few hours later&comma; after shooting Willey&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A school resource officer got there within a minute and fired a shot at Rollins&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s not yet clear whether Rollins was killed by the officer&&num;8217&semi;s bullet or took he simply took his own life&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Another student&comma; 14-year-old Desmond Barnes&comma; was shot once in the leg during the incident&comma; was stabilized after being transported along with other victims by Medstar to the University of Maryland PG Hospital Center&period; He has since been released from the hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"splitRight"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-291057" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;Jason-Wyatt-Rollins-and-Jaelynn-Willey-2&period;png" alt&equals;"Jason Wyatt Rollins and Jaelynn Willey 2" width&equals;"666" height&equals;"515" &sol;><strong>Shooting victim Jaelynn Willey &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; had recently broken up with Austin Rollins &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; the alleged shooter<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Rollins drew a handgun and opened fire&comma; shooting Willey shortly before classes started Tuesday at Great Mills High School&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As reports revealed that the shooter comes from a gun loving family&comma; authorities announced that the Glock handgun used in the shooting was legally owned by the shooter&&num;8217&semi;s dad&period; In Maryland it is illegal for anyone under age 21 to possess a handgun unless it is required for their employment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;" size-full wp-image-291053 alignright" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;Blaine-Gaskill-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Blaine Gaskill 1&period;png" width&equals;"272" height&equals;"396" &sol;>School resource officer Blaine Gaskill &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; was credited with responding to the shooting in under a minute&period; Rollins died after the shooting&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s unclear whether the fatal shot was fired by Gaskill or the killer himself&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A possible motive for the &&num;8216&semi;execution&&num;8217&semi; might lie in the statement by the St&period; Mary&&num;8217&semi;s County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office&comma; on Wednesday&comma; explaining that Austin Rollins and his victim Jaelynn Willey had been in a relationship that recently ended&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&&num;8216&semi;All indications suggest the shooting was not a random act of violence&comma;&&num;8217&semi; police said in a statement<br &sol;>&NewLine;Willey had been in critical condition at the University of Maryland Prince George&&num;8217&semi;s Hospital Center&period; A <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youcaring&period;com&sol;melissawilley-1137279" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">fundraising page<&sol;a> to help her family has raised more than &dollar;77&comma;000&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Jaelynn was one of nine siblings&comma; her mother Melissa said at the Thursday press conference&comma; and a member of the swim team&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The mother&comma; holding a young baby&comma; said&comma; &&num;8216&semi;On Tuesday &&num;8230&semi; our lives changed completely and totally forever&period; My daughter was hurt by a boy who shot her in the head and took everything from our lives&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group artSplitter">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-291059" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;03&sol;Desmond-Barnes-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Desmond Barnes 2&period;jpg" width&equals;"720" height&equals;"540" &sol;><strong>Desmond Barnes &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was also shot&comma; His injury was non-life threatening and he since been released from the hospital   <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption">Another student&comma; 14-year-old Desmond Barnes&comma; was shot in the leg but has since been released from the hospital&period; His mother&comma; Kimberly Dennis&comma; said her family is &&num;8216&semi;eternally grateful&&num;8217&semi; that her son is &&num;8216&semi;alive&comma; doing well and in good spirits&&num;8217&semi;&comma; while expressing sympathy for the Willey family&period; &&num;8216&semi;We are also praying for the entire Great Mills High School family and young people around this country&period; As a community and nation&comma; we must continue to work and fight for a world that is safe for our children&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she and added&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youcaring&period;com&sol;desmondbarneskimshundennisparents-1137665" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">YouCaring <&sol;a>page set up for Barnes&&num;8217&semi; hospital bills has raised more than &dollar;20&comma;000&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Willey&&num;8217&semi;s death came two days before the upcoming &&num;8216&semi;March for Our Lives&&num;8217&semi;&comma; when students  from all over the nation US plan to march at the Capitol in Washington&comma; DC to protest the nation&&num;8217&semi;s gun control laws&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The demonstration was organized by survivors of the Parkland school shooting&comma; which happened last month&comma; where 19-year-old gunman Nikolas Cruz opened fire&comma; killing 17 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School&comma; from where he&&num;8217&semi;d been expelled&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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