Original story updated: 2025 September 11, 5:00 pm:
On Wednesday, Colorado Evergreen Secondary School shot two students before killing themselves, now publicly found.
According to the Sheriff’s Office Jacki Kelley spokesman Jefferson County student Desmond Holly was a Jefferson County student in Jefferson’s County. There was no motive for shooting, but Kelley stated that the student had a little involved in the extremist group.
“It was radicalized by some extremist network, and the details about it would be on the road, and we wanted to give you so much about it,” said Kelley, through CBS News.
“Obviously, there is a lot of work that has to be related to his phone, looking at his social media pages, finding his room, finding his backpack. Just searches for his cabinet. There are many places where we hope we are just we will just provide us with better information about what he tried to do and maybe why,” said Kelly. “
Police said many lives were saved because students and staff followed the lock procedures that were implemented at school.
“Students and teachers at school were amazing. They did their job, they did well, and life was saved yesterday for the actions they took over their lock,” said Kelley, through CBS News.
***
One student remains in a critical condition after shooting at Evergreen High School on Wednesday, which two students were injured and a suspected shooter died, hospital officials said Thursday.
The incident occurred in a high school in 29300 Buffalo Park Road, Jefferson County, about 28 miles southwest of Denver. A 911 call reporting an active shooter at 12:24 pm caused a quick response from hundreds of law enforcement officers, including Sheriff’s deputy deputy in minutes, said Jefferson County Sheriff Reggie Marinelli.
According to the Jefferson County Sheriff Service, an unidentified teenager shot two classmates with a manual weapon, and a self -wounded wound Commonspirit St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood. One victim in the same hospital remains in critical condition, and the second is stable and was transferred to another object on Wednesday night, says Dr. Medical Director of the Hospital Trauma program dr. Brian Blackwood. According to Kevin Cullinan, Director General of the Hospital, Kevin Cullinan, CEO of the hospital, did not report any additional injuries.
“This is the most terrible thing you could ever think that it could happen, and these parents were really scared, including children,” said Jacki Kelley, a spokesman for the Sheriff’s Bureau, through CNN. “And I know we always say not again, but here we are.”
Shooting, 47th in the US school this year, forced more than 900 pupils to block when officials cleaned the town’s room. The authorities are investigating events leading to a tragedy, including a suspect cabinet, car and social media inspection.
Researchers were also looking for a home near Corwina Park, about 6.5 miles from school, from Wednesday at 6 pm, according to Denver. Inside, the lights were flashing when the officers were collecting evidence, although it is unclear what was found.
Evergreen High School will remain closed for a week and eight other coniferous and Evergreen district schools were closed on Thursday, Jefferson County public schools said. It is unclear when students can recover their belongings.
The tragedy struck a community that was still scared of the violence of the past, including the 1999 The massacre of Columbin High School.
“Such violence has absolutely no room for Colorado or nowhere, especially in our schools, where children should feel safe to study and grow,” said Colorado Governor Jared Polis, who noted that state troops responded and his administration would provide resources to affected families.
For Mike Webb, a grandfather of the twin twin brothers’ twin brothers at school, shooting was not his first brush with violence. His ex -wife Xiaojie Tan was among the eight killed in 2021. In the Atlantic area in the shootings.
“One of the boys was in the main hallway when the shooting began and he just ran,” Webb said, CNN said. “Another boy was outside the music room, he also ran, but he ran to the police to draw his weapons.”
Webb, who spoke to one of his grandchildren, said, “I told him that none of us should survive it. I said it is the world we live in, and thank God guys, all is well.”
The US old Michael Bennett called the shooting “terribly” and thanked law enforcement for their quick response. The office of FBI and alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives helps to process crime.