Desmond Holly (Jefferson County Sheriff's Office)
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office identified the Evergreen High School shooter as 16-year-old Desmond Holly.
Holly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he shot two other students on Wednesday afternoon. The Denver Post reported that one of the students is still in critical condition.
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Victim identified
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The sheriff's department shared on Thursday that 18-year-old Matthew Silverstone was one of the victims in the Evergreen High School shooting.
What happened in the Evergreen High School shooting?
The backstory:
Desmond Holly shot two of his peers Wednesday at a suburban Denver high school before shooting himself and later dying, according to police.
The handgun shooting was reported around 12:30 p.m. at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, about 30 miles west of Denver in the Rocky Mountain foothills.
Shots were fired both inside and outside the school building, and law enforcement officers who responded found the shooter within five minutes of arriving, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jacki Kelley said.
None of the police officers who responded to the shooting fired any shots, Kelley said.
Kelly told reporters that over 100 police officers from the surrounding area rushed to the school to offer help.
The Source: Information for this story was provided by a social media post by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, FOX 26 Houston, and the Associated Press. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.