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U.S. NEWS A5
Saturday 24 March 2018

Maryland school shooting victim Jaelynn Willey has died

Parents of Great Mills high school student Jaelynn Willey, Me- The St. Mary's County Sher- Willey. A school resource before classes were to be-
lissa Willey, and Daniel Willey, hold one of their nine children iff's Office said Jaelynn Wil- officer got there within a gin Tuesday, according to
during a press conference at Prince George's Hospital Center in ley died at 11:34 p.m. Thurs- minute and fired a shot at the sheriff's office.
Cheverly, Md. Melissa Willey told news reporters that her daugh- day. Earlier that night, her Rollins, but it's not yet clear A 14-year-old boy who was
ter, Jaelynn Willey, 16, who was shot when a classmate opened family had said she would whether Rollins was killed shot in the thigh during the
fire inside their Maryland high school, has "no life left in her." be taken off life support at by the officer's bullet or encounter was released
the University of Maryland took his own life. Wednesday from a hospi-
(Marissa Lang/The Washington Post via AP) Prince George's Hospital The St. Mary's County Sher- tal.
Center. Melissa Willey told iff's Office said Wednesday In an email Thursday to The
By MATTHEW BARAKAT when a classmate opened news reporters Thursday that Rollins and the girl had Associated Press, his moth-
BRIAN WITTE fire inside their Maryland night that her daughter been in a relationship that er, Kimberly Dennis, said her
Associated Press high school has died, au- was brain dead and had recently ended. family is "eternally grate-
A teenage girl who was shot thorities said Friday. "no life left in her." "All indications suggest the ful" that her son, Desmond
The mother, holding a shooting was not a random Barnes, is "alive, doing well
young baby, said, "On Tues- act of violence," police and in good spirits."
day ... our lives changed said in a statement. She expressed sympathy
completely and totally for- Willey had been in critical for Willey and her family
ever. My daughter was hurt condition at the hospital. and added, "We are also
by a boy who shot her in A fundraising page to help praying for the entire Great
the head and took every- her family has raised more Mills High School family and
thing from our lives." than $77,000. young people around this
The teen was shot Tuesday Jaelynn was one of nine country. As a community
by 17-year-old Austin Rollins siblings, her mother said, and nation, we must con-
at Great Mills High School in and a member of the swim tinue to work and fight for
St. Mary's County. team. a world that is safe for our
Rollins died after shooting The shooting broke out just children."q

Doctor says pledge could have
lived if help was called sooner

By MARK SCOLFORO lance was not called until
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A the next morning.
forensic pathologist testi- "He has a much better shot
fied Friday that injuries that at survival, if they brought
killed a Penn State frater- him out of the basement,
nity pledge last year might recognized what's going
not have been fatal if fra- on," and called an ambu-
ternity members had sum- lance, Kamerow testified.
moned help more quickly. "If he's very close to that
Dr. Harry Kamerow took the period, he's got a good
stand in a preliminary hear- shot. As time passes on, his
ing to determine if there is prognosis grows dimmer
sufficient evidence to pro- and dimmer and dimmer."
ceed with charges against The defendants, among
11 members of Beta Theta 26 young men accused of
Pi in the death of Tim Piazza crimes related to Piazza's
of Lebanon, New Jersey. death, were not in court for
Piazza, 19, died of severe the preliminary hearing.
head and spleen and ab- Piazza's parents, Jim and
dominal injuries from falling Evelyn Piazza, were in the
down basement stairs the courtroom as Kamerow
night of a pledge bid ac- described their son's inju-
ceptance ceremony, Ka- ries, which included a frac-
merow said, adding that tured skull, brain bleeding,
Piazza had also consumed a shattered spleen and
a dangerous amount of al- bruises.
cohol, three or four times A detective described text
the legal limit for driving. messages among fraternity
He said Piazza would have brothers planning pledge
had a much better chance events, and prosecutors
of surviving had help been showed the judge photos
called after he was brought of the house and a floor
upstairs. Instead, fraternity plan, laying the stage for
members were shown on two hours of excerpts from
camera taking half-heart- security footage that is ex-
ed and even counterpro- pected to be played in
ductive steps to address his court when the hearing re-
condition, and an ambu- sumes on Monday.