An 18-year-old Evergreen High School student who was severely injured in last month’s school shooting was released from the hospital Tuesday.
Matthew Silverstone left CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood with about 140 first responders and hospital staff holding blue balloons and cheering his release, according to a news release from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. His current location is confidential.
Silverstone was shot twice — once in the head and once in the chest — when he confronted a shooter at his school on Sept. 10. Silverstone warned fellow students to flee and fought with the shooter near the end of the nine-minute attack…