#GreatMillsStrong: Remembering Jaelynn Willey A Year After The Great Mills High School Shooting
GREAT MILLS, Md. (WJZ) -- It's been one year since a student opened fire in the hallways of Great Mills High School in St. Mary's County, Maryland, taking the life of a 16-year-old girl.
Jaelynn Willey will be remembered Wednesday as the state honors her life.
At ceremony was held at Great Mills High Wednesday morning and Jaelynn's parents attended.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan marked the day with a moment of silence.
"We continue to keep the family of Jaelynn Willey, the young girl killed in that senseless act of violence, in our prayers, and we stand #GreatMillsStrong with the entire community," Hogan tweeted.
Others also shared their remembrances using #GreatMillsStrong and #WeAreGreatMills.
Willey's mother asked people to wear teal to honor her daughter's life.
Willey died on March 22, two days after the March 20 school shooting.
Md. School Shooting: Student Fatally Shoots 16-Year-Old, Injures Another Before He Shoots Self
Seventeen-year-old Austin Rollins shot and killed Willey and injured another student before he shot himself as a sheriff's deputy confronted him.
On Wednesday, St. Mary's County Sheriff's office was investigating several threats made against area schools on social media Tuesday.
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