Tag: ” School Shooting
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Second Evergreen High School shooting victim released from hospital
Both of the victims of the Sept. 10 shooting at Evergreen High School have been released from the hospital — a little over five weeks since the tragedy struck the community. Matthew Silverstone, 18, was released from St. Anthony Hospital Monday. Around 140 first responders and hospital staff gathered outside the hospital’s emergency entrance, holding…
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Gun control won’t stop school shootings | Mike Rosen
How many times have you heard this anguished and furious cry: “We must ensure that something like this will never happen again!” The “something like this” would apply to horrific events like the 9/11 attack on America by Islamist terrorists, the Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Navy fleet at Pearl Harbor in 1941, and…
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Evergreen High School victim confronted shooter, then warned others, family says
When the Evergreen High School shooter began firing and reloading a revolver, one of the two victims he critically wounded confronted the suspect, according to the victim’s family. That bought time for others to escape, the family said, adding even after he was critically wounded, he ran to warn others. “On Sept. 10, inside Evergreen…
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Evergreen High School students return to school uplifted by community
Evergreen High School students returned to campus on Thursday morning, two weeks after a shooting shocked the small town. Parents stood on the sideline, holding signs of support. More than 100 posters from Colorado cities, spanning from Telluride to Steamboat Springs, lined the school’s halls, sharing condolences and words of encouragement. “It was difficult, for…
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Denver area high school students call for measures to prevent gun violence
One week after a student shot two of his classmates at Evergreen High School, hundreds of Denver area high schoolers campaigned at the Capitol Wednesday for measures to prevent further gun violence. Among the messages they shared were feelings of anxiety about going to school and participating in active shooter drills, as well as concerns…
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Can parents be criminally charged for school shootings in Colorado?
While the motives and facts behind the Evergreen High School shooting are still up in the air pending a full investigation, the gun violence has raised questions about culpability. “We can’t just continue to think that this is a school problem,” said state Rep. Tammy Story, an Evergreen Democrat, after the shooting. “It is a…
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Violent websites infected Evergreen shooter | Jimmy Sengenberger
Last week’s school shooting at Evergreen High School roiled Colorado yet again. In a quarter century, our state has endured mass shootings by students at Columbine (1999), Arapahoe (2013) and STEM School Highlands Ranch (2019). In each case, the perpetrators intended mass casualties before killing themselves. As debates over prevention policies reignite, there’s a disturbing…
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Group warned FBI in July about posts linked to Evergreen school shooter
A group that monitors hate speech and extremism alerted the FBI in July to disturbing internet posts and activity that have now been tied to the 16-year-old Evergreen High student who shot two classmates last week before taking his own life, 9NEWS Investigates has learned. The tip from the Anti-Defamation League did not include Desmond Holly’s identity or location…
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Evergreen shooting catapults a familiar debate back to the forefront
When a 16-year-old student began firing at his schoolmates at a popular Mountain town in Colorado and critically injured two students, it catapulted to the fore an emotionally-wrought and familiar debate at the state Capitol — how to stop a school mass shooting from happening again and again. In Colorado, students, teachers and parents have…
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What we know about the alleged Evergreen High School shooter
At around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Evergreen High School student Desmond Holly allegedly entered his school with a gun and began shooting at his classmates. The 16-year-old student kept firing and reloading a revolver, critically injuring two other students before turning the gun on himself, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. He later died…