Denver – A 16-year-old boy has been radicalized by a “extremist network” several times in the attack on a suburban Denver High School, causing injuries to two students.
Some students locked in the shooting on Wednesday Evergreen High School Among the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. One of the victims was shot School There is another outside.
The suspect, classmate Desmond Holly School Officials from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said they died later.
Officials said school resource officials were on sick leave and two part-time staff now share the work that did not exist at the time of the shooting. The official who worked at the school that day was taken to the nearby accident earlier.
Details about how the allegedly radical Holly was conducted were not immediately released. They will be disclosed later, a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office Jacki Kelley said in a press conference Thursday.
It is unclear whether Holly has any dispute with the victims or whether they were randomly shot.
Photo: Authorities say student was aggressively fired at Colorado school, injured 2
Kelly A chaotic scene is described when the student is sheltered or fled.
“He’ll fire, reload, fire and reload, shoot,” she said. “This goes on, just like he does, he’s trying to find a new target.”
but Kelly Said he was blocked by a safe door and could not enter School Where the children’s shelter are. She added that the Holly Tree brought “a considerable amount of ammunition” School.
“The reason we have so many crime scene areas inside is because we have window shots. Our locker got hit. We found the tour and didn’t shoot. So it was a huge area.”
Investigators are searching the suspect’s room, his backpack and his locker, trying to uncover the shooting. They also contact the suspect’s parents.
Kelly The authorities will study whether the parents should face any criminal charges so that he can allow him to use the gun. She said Holly rode a bus to school on Wednesday morning.
The two victims remained in critical condition on Thursday. Kelly explain.
exist Schoolon Thursday, the cars of students and staff remained in the parking lot. Deputies blocked drivers from entering. A command post was set up outside to see the authorities coming and going School Front entrance. Colorado and the United States flags are still flying on top of the flagpole.
Sila Reilly stopped to lay flowers to honor the injured in the shooting. She couldn’t get very close, and she fixed a few bouquets of white flowers on the top of the nearby fence School Baseball field.
“I’m tired of this being a daily crisis,” Riley said.
Authorities did not provide further details about the shootings on the 900 students’ campus, or the relationship between the suspect and the two victims. this School Located about 30 miles (50 km) west of Denvre.
No law enforcement officers responding to the shooting fired, Kelly explain. She said the officer found the shooter within five minutes of his arrival.
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Brown reported on Billings, Montana.
