Accused Wootton Shooter Threatened Girl Earlier In Day: Police

Updated 4:22 p.m.

ROCKVILLE, MD — The 16-year-old Thomas S. Wootton High School student at the center of Monday's shooting pointed the gun he used in the incident at another 15-year-old student "earlier in the day," police said.

Rockville City Police Chief Jason West said the gun was pointed at a girl, and that she was not injured during the encounter.

Earlier Tuesday, the Rockville City Police Department identified the arrested student as Kahlil White-Villatoro, of Rockville, who is now facing multiple charges, including second-degree attempted murder.

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He is also facing two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault, and various firearms-related charges, including possession of a dangerous weapon on school property. White-Villatoro is being charged as an adult.

West confirmed Tuesday that the second counts of first- and second-degree assault were tied to White-Villatoro's encounter with the 15-year-old student.

White-Villatoro is being held at the Montgomery County Detention Center’s Central Processing Unit.

A bond hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Montgomery County District Court. He is being held without bond.

A preliminary hearing for the case is set for Feb. 20 at 9:30 a.m.

The gun used in the shooting — a Polymer80 9 mm handgun — was also recovered late Monday. Officials did not specify who the gun was registered to, or how it came into White-Villatoro's possession.

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Officers with the Montgomery County Police Department and the City of Rockville responded Monday to the high school at about 2:15 p.m. for reports of shots fired, as the school was put under lockdown.

The Montgomery County Police Department said in a news release that one 16-year-old student was found in a hallway inside the school suffering from a single gunshot wound. White-Villatoro was arrested near the school grounds.

Police said the injured student was in stable condition.

“Today is a heartbreaking and deeply unsettling day for our entire community," Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Taylor said during a news conference Monday night. "The kids and our staff are emotionally exhausted and understandably traumatized by today’s events.”

The investigation into the shooting remains ongoing.

Editor's note: The headline of this story was updated to clarify that the suspect is a teenager, not an adult.