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Desmond Holly, 16, was radicalized through extremist online forums promoting neo-Nazi ideology and mass shooter glorification, leading to an attack injuring two students at Evergreen High School.
- On September 11, 2025, 16-year-old Desmond Holly opened fire at a high school in Jefferson County, Colorado, seriously wounding two students before turning the gun on himself.
- Local officials have reported that Holly was influenced by an unnamed extremist group and had participated in online communities associated with violent and white supremacist ideology.
- The Anti-Defamation League reported Holly's TikTok accounts contained neo-Nazi symbols, tactical gear inspired by prior shooters, and references to far-right killer Brenton Tarrant.
- ADL senior vice president Oren Segal stated, "There is a through-line between those attacks" because the attackers referenced each other in extremist networks.
- The shooting underscored ongoing patterns of online radicalization among young attackers and raised concerns about preventing future violence in schools.
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DENVER — Two Evergreen High School parent groups raised concerns about the availability of school resource officers in the hours before Wednesday’s shooting that critically wounded two students, parents said Friday. At a Tuesday night meeting of the Evergreen High School Parent Teacher Student Association, a parent questioned why Evergreen High didn’t have a new school resource officer to ...
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Report says school shooting suspect was fascinated with mass shootings and expressed neo-Nazi views
A teenager suspected in a shooting attack at a suburban Denver high school that left two students in critical condition appeared fascinated with previous mass shootings including Columbine and expressed neo-Nazi views online, according to experts.
Colorado school shooter expressed antisemitic, white nationalist views: reports
Desmond Holly, the suspected shooter who critically injured two students at Evergreen High School in Colorado on Wednesday, shared antisemitic and white nationalist views online, according to the Denver Post and the Anti-Defamation League. Local authorities said Thursday that Holly had been “radicalized by some extremist network,” without specifying further. According to the Denver Post, one of Holly’s online accounts used a coded slogan for Hol…
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