--- description: A 16-year-old student who was shot by a classmate in the hallway of her Maryland high school on Tuesday morning died Thursday night title: 16-Year-Old Maryland School Shooting Victim Jaelynn Willey Dies After Being Taken Off Life Support image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta286fea0480174c9/69892bc886f68ec43d6e8aef/jaelynn-willey-maryland-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Crime](/tag/crime/) ## Crime Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 16-Year-Old Maryland School Shooting Victim Jaelynn Willey Dies After Being Taken Off Life Support  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 23, 2018 3:12 PM CUT  Melissa and Daniel Willey said on March 22, 2018, that they planned to take their daughter, Jaelynn, off life support after she was wounded in a shooting at Great Mills High School in St Mary's County, Md. Melissa and Daniel Willey said on March 22, 2018, that they planned to take their daughter, Jaelynn, off life support after she was wounded in a shooting at Great Mills High School in St Mary's County, Md.Ian Duncan—Baltimore Sun/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 23, 2018 3:12 PM CUT A 16-year-old student who was shot by a classmate in the [hallway of her Maryland high school](http://time.com/5206864/shooting-reported-great-mills-high-school/ "undefined") on Tuesday morning died Thursday night after being taken off life support, officials said. Jaelynn Willey — who was on her school swim team and was the second-oldest of nine siblings — was shot in the head by 17-year-old Austin Wyatt Rollins shortly before classes began at Great Mills High School in Maryland on Tuesday. The two had been in a “prior relationship” that recently ended, according to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. “This past week, our lives changed completely and totally forever. My daughter was hurt by a boy who shot her in the head and took everything from our lives,” Willey’s mother, Melissa, said at a press conference Thursday night. “We will be taking her off life support this evening. She is brain dead and has no life left in her.” Using a handgun legally owned by his father, Rollins also shot a 14-year-old male student in the leg, but he was released from the hospital on Wednesday. Rollins died Tuesday after being [confronted by a school resource officer](http://time.com/5206864/shooting-reported-great-mills-high-school/ "undefined"), less than a minute after he shot Willey. Police are still investigating whether Rollins died after being struck by the officer or by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. “It is with terribly broken hearts that we learn of the tragic news regarding Jaelynn Willey. No parent should ever be faced with a decision like this,” Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said, after Willey’s mother announced the family was taking her off life support. “There are no words adequate to express our compassion for her loving family and the entire Great Mills community. All of Maryland grieves with them, and they will remain in our thoughts and prayers.” > [](https://twitter.com/GovLarryHogan/status/976992196883832832) Thousands of students are set to [march in Washington, D.C. on Saturday](http://time.com/5210992/march-for-our-lives-protests-dc-nyc-chicago/ "undefined") to call for action on gun control — an [effort led by students](http://time.com/longform/never-again-movement/ "undefined") who survived last month’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5212505/maryland-school-shooting-jaelynn-willey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5212505/maryland-school-shooting-jaelynn-willey/"},"headline":"16-Year-Old Maryland School Shooting Victim Jaelynn Willey Dies After Being Taken Off Life Support","datePublished":"2018-03-23T15:12:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T19:45:17.410Z","description":"\"My daughter was hurt by a boy who shot her in the head and took everything from our lives\"","url":"https://time.com/5212505/maryland-school-shooting-jaelynn-willey/","keywords":["Crime","Maryland","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta286fea0480174c9/69892bc886f68ec43d6e8aef/jaelynn-willey-maryland-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta286fea0480174c9/69892bc886f68ec43d6e8aef/jaelynn-willey-maryland-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"16-year-old victim of Md. school shooting to be taken off life support, family says","caption":"16-year-old victim of Md. school shooting to be taken off life support, family says","creditText":"Ian Duncan—Baltimore Sun/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/crime/","name":"Crime"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5212505/maryland-school-shooting-jaelynn-willey/","name":"16-Year-Old Maryland School Shooting Victim Jaelynn Willey Dies After Being Taken Off Life Support"}}]}] ```