At least seven people were injured and two suspects were in custody after a shooting was reported at a Colorado STEM school on Tuesday, officials said.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said it responded to the STEM School Highlands Ranch just before 2 p.m. and is also looking into the possibility there is a third suspect involved and as many as eight people injured. At least four were taken to an area in hospital in serious condition.
The shooting occurred in the middle school and officers heard shots as they were entering the school, Undersheriff Holly Nicholson-Kluth said.
Nicholson-Kluth told reporters that the situation was still active.
Multiple agencies, including the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, responded to the scene to assist.
Students at the public charter school for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics were being evacuated.
STEM School Highlands Ranch has 1,850 students — 550 elementary age students, 700 in middle school and 600 high school students, according to the district.
Rocco DeChalk, who lives blocks from the school, heard a stampede of students running past his house.
“I saw all of them running, so I thought it was a gym class at first,” he told NBC News. “But then I saw there were so many of them.”
After going outside, he saw a teenage boy shot in the back and sitting by a mailbox two doors down. The boy was with a teacher and a friend, who had been applying pressure to a bullet wound.
They called 911 and the dispatcher told them to take cover, so they helped the young victim into DeChalk’s kitchen. The man eventually flagged a passing policeman who then caught the attention of an ambulance, which rushed the youngster away.
All the time, the boy remained conscious.
“He made a comment, `Oh, I’m starting to feel it now,’ “ DeChalk said referring to the pain. “I told him that was probably the adrenaline kicking in and he was going into shock.”
One parent told KUSA that her son was apparently in a room next to where the shooting occurred and was safe with a teacher. That teacher called her to let her know her son was OK.
She said that the school has been sending automated voice messages and was told there was a lockdown.
The campus is just eight miles southeast of Columbine High School in Littleton, site of the April 20, 1999, mass shooting in which two gunmen murdered 12 fellow students and a teacher before killing themselves.
“After going outside, he saw a teenage boy shot in the back and sitting by a mailbox two doors down. The boy was with a teacher and a friend, who had been applying pressure to a bullet wound.”
No cellphone video???
Was there any actual BLOOD visible, or was there a bottle of Heinz catsup laying nearby?
“The campus is just eight miles southeast of Columbine High School…”
Oh, well… that explains it.
Multiple agencies, including the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, responded to the scene to assist.
Well there u have it..!! We’re they there before or after the local 911 PD?
Nearby ‘drill’ in progress.
“He made a comment, `Oh, I’m starting to feel it now,’ “ DeChalk said referring to the pain. “I told him that was probably the adrenaline kicking in and he was going into shock.”
Um, adrenaline STOPS you from feeling pain, dummy.
Stick to the script and don’t ad-lib! Get that kid back to your set.
So glad I read the comments before posting. I agree….they are a sloppy mess. “Um, adrenaline STOPS you from feeling pain, dummy.” Figured everyone caught this BS, at least I would hope. Thanks for pointing that out. I will once again raise the BS flag on this one as well.
Gee. In a known gigantic (((Government))) occupied city.
FF Fakery by the (((Jujubes))).
Im waiting for them to connect the legalization of Cannabis to this …so it can go back the way they want it , as a revenue generating offence
and the Devils lettuce
there was a guy on you tube that said just the other day to keep your heads up for the next FF within 24-48 Hrs…and here we have this
They want our guns, but they allow these useless, punk ass, indoctrinating fkg Video games for our kids to play, WHY?????
Is it JUST FOR THE MONEY? Or is it for something else. Is it to brain fart our kids into going out and shoot people?
I wouldn’t put it past these assholes, would you? These Jew mtfkrs would do ANYTHING to get our guns. This shit never happened before these goddamned useless, shithole video games.