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Maryland School Shooting Victim Has Died

"My daughter was hurt by a boy who shot her in the head, and took everything from our lives," Melissa Willey, the mother of 16-year-old Jaelynn, told reporters.

A 16-year-old girl has died after she was shot Tuesday at Great Mills High School in St. Mary's County., Md., by another student.

Jaelynn Rose Willey was critically injured in the

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