DC-area students tweet about high school shooting instead of dialing 911: police
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Several students at a Maryland high school in the Washington, D.C., area neglected to call 911 about a bathroom shooting and instead tweeted about the incident and went back to class, leaving the teenage victim bleeding out until he was discovered by a security guard, according to law enforcement.
During a news conference Monday, Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones described how a school security officer first discovered the 15-year-old victim while conducting a customary security sweep during a class change and quickly reached out for additional security and a school nurse.
The call first came through at 12:57 p.m. as an "injured person," which warrants response from fire and rescue, Jones said. Upon further examination, the school nurse realized that the injury was a gunshot wound and police were activated. The first member of law enforcement on scene was a sheriff’s deputy, the assigned community engagement officer, who arrived in seven minutes from a nearby elementary school.