The Brief
- Some Wootton High School parents are questioning where the assigned community engagement officer was during last week’s shooting, citing conflicting information.
- MCPS said the officer was at nearby Lakewood Elementary handling a traffic issue at the time of the gunfire.
- Rockville police say logs confirm the officer was at Lakewood and that he rushed to Wootton after learning of the shooting.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. – Wootton High School parents are raising concerns about where the school’s assigned police officer was at the time of a shooting last week that left one student injured and the rest under lockdown for hours.
What they’re saying:
One parent spoke to FOX 5 DC anonymously on Tuesday, raising questions about where the Wootton High School community engagement officer assigned to Wootton and three other schools in the cluster was at the time of the shooting.…