Student Is Shot in a Maryland High School and Another Student Is in Custody, Police Say

A Montgomery Police officer blocks the road as people wait outside Thomas S. Wootton High School for students in Rockville Md., on Feb. 9, 2026, after a person was shot inside the school. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo

ROCKVILLE, Md.—A 16-year-old student was shot inside a suburban Maryland high school on Monday and another student was in custody, police said.

One student was found with a gunshot wound in a hallway and was taken to a hospital in stable condition, the Rockville City Police Department said in a post on Facebook.