A shooting at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland, on Monday resulted in one person being injured, prompting a lockdown of the school and the closure of surrounding roads, according to local police and Fox News. One person is in custody in connection with the incident, ABC News reported.
The Montgomery County Department of Police confirmed the shooting and the lockdown, advising parents to go to Robert Frost Middle School, designated as a meeting location. The school is located about 20 miles north of Washington, D.C.
In other news, the Justice Department released additional documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files on January 30, including approximately 3 million documents and photos, CBS News reported. The files, accessible in Data Sets 9, 10, 11, and 12, contain tens of thousands of pages of material, including court records, FBI and DOJ documents, news clippings, and emails. Some files mention prominent figures, such as President Trump, former President Bill Clinton, and Elon Musk, who have not been tied to wrongdoing.
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein, invoked the Fifth Amendment during a closed-door virtual deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Monday, according to Chairman James Comer and others who attended the session, ABC News reported. "This is obviously very disappointing," Comer told reporters after the brief deposition. "We had many questions to ask about the crimes she and Epstein committed, as well as questions about potential co-conspirators. We sincerely want to get to the truth to the American people and justice for the survivors. That's what this investigation is about."
In a separate development, President Donald Trump will exclude Democratic governors from the annual White House meeting with governors later this month, ABC News reported. The meeting, part of the National Governors Association winter gathering, will only include Republican governors, a spokesperson for the organization confirmed to ABC News. "The bipartisan White House governors meeting is an important tradition, and we are disappointed in the administrations decision to make it a partisan occasion this year. To disinvite individual governors to the White House se," the spokesperson said.
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