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Omaha Steve

(107,002 posts)
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 02:59 PM Thursday

Authorities say student who had been radicalized fired revolver at Colorado school, wounding 2

Source: AP

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN
Updated 1:31 PM CDT, September 11, 2025

DENVER (AP) — A 16-year-old boy who had been radicalized by an “extremist network” fired a revolver multiple times at a suburban Denver high school, wounding two students, authorities said Thursday.

Some students ran and others locked down during Wednesday’s shooting at Evergreen High School in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. One of the victims was shot inside the school and another outside. The suspect, fellow student Desmond Holly, later died, officials with the Jefferson County sheriff’s office said.

Details on how Holly allegedly had been radicalized will be released at a later date, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jacki Kelley said during a Thursday news conference. Investigators were searching the suspect’s room, his backpack and his locker as they try to unravel the shooting.

A day after the shooting, cars of students and staffers remained in the parking lot outside the school nestled in the foothills.



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/colorado-high-school-shooting-3f4fc4338247a661874060e06cb16f43

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Authorities say student who had been radicalized fired revolver at Colorado school, wounding 2 (Original Post) Omaha Steve Thursday OP
"Radicalized" eh? democratsruletheday Thursday #1
They'll say "ANTIFA and the radical left", count on it. durablend Thursday #3
See what I mean about younger generations and the reptile brain. ananda Thursday #2
Magat SheltieLover Thursday #4
oh please Skittles Thursday #5
I like how they don't say which extremist network IronLionZion Thursday #6
Language Used Is Often Associated With Muslims DallasNE Thursday #8
His photo says mental illness with no political agenda IronLionZion Thursday #9
His eyes are vacant---so so young. This is horrible for all. riversedge Thursday #11
So he watched FOX News? twodogsbarking Thursday #7
Holly had been "radicalized by some extremist network," and suggested authorities came to that conclusion after examinin riversedge Thursday #10
It's a good thing NowISeetheLight Thursday #12

democratsruletheday

(1,556 posts)
1. "Radicalized" eh?
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 03:09 PM
Thursday

Gee, I wonder by whom and what party. C'mon LEO's in CO.....spill it, we all know how this will end.

ananda

(33,122 posts)
2. See what I mean about younger generations and the reptile brain.
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 03:09 PM
Thursday

Because of the constant insecurity and fear people under 50
must feel most of the time, it's less difficult to reach that
area of the brain that processes these feelings.

Republicans sometimes do this very effectively, so that it
either encourages more violence and/or gets them to vote
against their best interests.

Republicans, with big money and special interests involved,
have gamed the whole system to work this way.

The Charlie Kirk incident won't make anything better, to
use the understatement of the year.

IronLionZion

(49,889 posts)
6. I like how they don't say which extremist network
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 04:38 PM
Thursday

leaving people to speculate wildly about his motives and blame whoever we don't like. Kind of like the Kirk shooter.

DallasNE

(7,871 posts)
8. Language Used Is Often Associated With Muslims
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 05:51 PM
Thursday

But the name is a misfit. It makes one wonder what the purpose of this framing really is.

riversedge

(77,746 posts)
10. Holly had been "radicalized by some extremist network," and suggested authorities came to that conclusion after examinin
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 06:09 PM
Thursday

https://apnews.com/article/colorado-high-school-shooting-3f4fc4338247a661874060e06cb16f43?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

............Kelley said Holly had been “radicalized by some extremist network,” and suggested authorities came to that conclusion after examining the suspect’s home and phone.

But details on how he allegedly had been radicalized and by what group were not immediately released, with Kelley promising more information at a later date.

It also remained unclear if Holly knew the victims and had a dispute with them, or if they were shot randomly. Both were reported in critical conditIon Thursday....................

NowISeetheLight

(4,002 posts)
12. It's a good thing
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 07:30 PM
Thursday

Radicalized? Gee I wonder by whom?

It's a good thing Trump put that 22 year old intern in charge of terrorism prevention and they're stopping investigation of domestic terrorism to focus on the border. We sure wouldn't want to stop the good work the White Nationalists and Christian Nationalists are doing. /s

https://abcnews.go.com/US/colorado-high-school-shooter-radicalized-extremist-network-sheriffs/story?id=125486808

"A 16-year-old student -- who authorities say opened fire at his Colorado high school on Wednesday, wounding two classmates and then turning the gun on himself -- was believed to be "radicalized by some extremist network,” officials with the local sheriff's office said."

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