Mollie Davis, a student at Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland, where a shooting took place this morning, is now taking to Twitter to recount those harrowing moments.
“There was a loud sound and everyone started screaming and running,” Davis, who is 17 years old according to her Twitter profile, replied to a journalist on social media.
There was a loud sound and everyone started screaming and running.
— mollie davis (@davism0llie) March 20, 2018
Davis introduced herself on Twitter before stating, “My school is on a very real lockdown threat and there’s already someone possibly dead. Please pray for us.” From there, Davis’ tweets went viral with people flooding the teen for more details of the shooting and checking on her safety.
Hi Twitter. I am in Great Mills HS. My school is on a very real lockdown threat and there’s already someone possibly dead. Please pray for us.
— mollie davis (@davism0llie) March 20, 2018
Davis confirmed that “Yes,” she was inside a classroom when the shooting occurred, which left the alleged gunman dead and two other students injured. When asked what could be done to help her, she replied, “I don’t know. Vote. That’s all I can think of right now.”
I don’t know. Vote. That’s all I can think of right now.
— mollie davis (@davism0llie) March 20, 2018
The shooting at Davis’ very own school comes just 5 days after she made a video highlighting Great Mills High School’s participation in National Walkout Day on March 14, where students across the country walked out of their classrooms at 10 a.m. in solidarity for the 17 victims of the horrific shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14.
“WHY DO WE LET THIS KEEP HAPPENING???,” she pleaded in her tweet. “I’m so tired I’m so tired.”
I made this video 5 days ago. Now my school is the target. WHY DO WE LET THIS KEEP HAPPENING??? I’m so tired I’m so tired. https://t.co/sGqqdXy5J0
— mollie davis (@davism0llie) March 20, 2018
Davis said she didn’t expect her tweets to go viral but assured her newfound followers that she is safe.
“The police came to my classroom and saw us to the bathroom and back and said we would be leaving soon,” she wrote.
I didn’t expect my tweets to blow up like that and my Twitter has been freezing up. I am safe. The police came to my classroom and saw us to the bathroom and back and said we would be leaving soon. I ask that you please let the journalists reaching out to me do their jobs.
— mollie davis (@davism0llie) March 20, 2018
She also pleaded to “not let this fade out of the news.”
If the shooter turns out to be the only one dead that is a positive thing but PLEASE do not let this fade out of the news because it was not as fatal as it could have been. No one dying doesn’t un-traumatize anyone who was a witness to what happened today.
— mollie davis (@davism0llie) March 20, 2018
Davis updated that she had made it safely to the reunification center, but her cell reception was not strong enough to continue tweeting.
“I feel like there’s so much I want to say but I can’t find the right words,” she wrote. I wish everything was different.”
I just boarded the bus to leave the school to go to the pick up center. I feel like there’s so much I want to say but I can’t find the right words. I wish everything was different.
— mollie davis (@davism0llie) March 20, 2018
“I will say more when I am out of here,” Davis wrote.
The service at the reunification center is horrible, I will say more when I am out of here.
— mollie davis (@davism0llie) March 20, 2018