Denver-area high school shooting suspect was ‘radicalized,’ officials say
Desmond Holly, radicalized by an extremist network, fired multiple rounds at Evergreen High School, injuring two students who remain hospitalized in critical condition, officials said.
- A 16-year-old student, Desmond Holly, opened fire at Evergreen High School, wounding two classmates before killing himself, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.
- The sheriff's office stated that Holly was believed to be 'radicalized by some extremist network' and had a 'mission' during the shooting.
- Three students were hospitalized, including Holly, who suffered a self-inflicted wound, reported the sheriff's office.
- Jefferson County Sheriff spokesperson Jacki Kelley noted that lockdown drills helped save lives during the incident.
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Authorities name 'radicalized' Colo. school shooting suspect
Authorities have identified the suspect who critically injured two people Wednesday in a school shooting in Colorado, saying the 16-year-old gunman had been "radicalized by some extremist network."
Student who shot 2 others at Colorado school was ‘radicalized,’ officials say - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Authorities in Colorado on Thursday named the 16-year-old student suspected of shooting two other students at Evergreen High School on Wednesday and said that he had been “radicalized by an extremist network,” which they did not identify.

Authorities say student shooter was radicalized
DENVER — A 16-year-old boy who had been radicalized by an unspecified "extremist network" fired a revolver multiple times during an attack at a suburban Denver high school that wounded two students, authorities said Thursday.
Colorado High School Shooter Was Possibly Radicalized by an Extremist Group
Authorities say that the 16-year-old male student who opened fire at his Colorado high school this week, injuring two classmates before taking his own life, may have been radicalized by an “extremist network.” The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office identified the shooter as Desmond Holly, 16, a student at Evergreen High School, west of Denver. On […] The post Colorado High School Shooter Was Possibly Radicalized by an Extremist Group appeared fir…
School Shooter Was 'Radicalized by Extremists'
The student who opened fire at a suburban Denver high school on Wednesday had been radicalized by an extremist group, authorities say. The student was identified Thursday as 16-year-old Desmond Holly, the Denver Post reports. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Jacki Kelley said evidence on Holly's phone and in his...
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