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Rockville, Maryland — Student shot inside Wootton High School; classmate charged as an adult with attempted murder
A 16-year-old student shot another 16-year-old student in a hallway at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville on Monday afternoon, February 9, 2026, leaving the victim, a student from Gaithersburg, in stable condition. Police arrested the 16-year-old suspect, a Wootton student from Rockville, near the school shortly after the shooting; he has been charged as an adult with attempted second-degree murder and assault and firearms offences, and a Polymer80 9mm handgun believed to have been used was recovered later that night. Police said the suspect had aimed a gun at a female student earlier the same day; no motive has been identified.
- Date
- February 9, 2026
- Location
- Rockville, Maryland
- Victims
- 16-year-old male student from Gaithersburg, shot, stable condition
- Suspect
- 16-year-old male Wootton student from Rockville, charged as an adult with attempted murder
- Stage
- SUSPECT ARRESTED
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SUMMARY OF RECORDUpdate #1 — SUMMARY OF RECORD
A 16-year-old student shot another 16-year-old student in a hallway at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville on Monday afternoon, February 9, 2026, leaving the victim, a student from Gaithersburg, in stable condition. Police arrested the 16-year-old suspect, a Wootton student from Rockville, near the school shortly after the shooting; he has been charged as an adult with attempted second-degree murder and assault and firearms offences, and a Polymer80 9mm handgun believed to have been used was recovered later that night. Police said the suspect had aimed a gun at a female student earlier the same day; no motive has been identified.
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