Authorities confirmed on Thursday that the student who opened fire Wednesday at a high school in suburban Denver, injuring two other students, died Wednesday night of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The incident was reported shortly after 12:30 p.m. at Evergreen High School, located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains about 30 miles west of Denver. Gunfire broke out both inside the school and on the grounds outside, with deputies arriving within minutes and locating the suspect about five minutes after they arrived.
The shooter was identified on Thursday as 16-year-old Desmond Holly. At a press conference, Jacki Kelley, a public information officer with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, said Holly had been “radicalized by some extremist network.” Kelly noted that Holly had taken a bus to school that morning, used a revolver in the attack, and had “quite a bit of ammunition.” She added that “the suspect’s gun was fired a lot. The reason we have so many crime scenes is because we have windows that were shot up, we have lockers that were shot up. We have spent rounds, unspent rounds. It’s a huge area.” (per local news outlet Denver7.)…