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Matthew Silverstone, 18, was one of two students wounded in the shooting at Evergreen High School. (Photo courtesy of Silverstone family via Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office) The 18-year-old Evergreen High School student who was wounded during a shooting at the school last week warned fellow students about the attack as it unfolded, his uncle said in a video statement released …

If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. EVERGREEN — At first, it looked like the boys were wrestling.  But as Delmer Martinez approached in his work van, he could see that one of the two teenagers entangled at …

The 16-year-old Evergreen High School shooter physically grappled with one of his victims before shooting the teenager at an intersection behind the school, then shot himself as law enforcement closed in, a man who witnessed the encounter told The Denver Post on Tuesday. Delmer Martinez, who was in Evergreen for a roofing job, was on his lunch break Wednesday and …

The online footprint of the 16-year-old who shot two students and then himself at Evergreen High School this week fits into a new wave of online extremism that calls for violence as a way to destroy society, experts said. Social media accounts for Desmond Holly suggest to experts that he was involved in nihilistic violent extremist networks — which the …

Evergreen High School Shooter’s Online Activity Reveals Fascination with Mass Shootings, White Supremacy  Anti-Defamation League Denver-area high school shooting suspect was ‘radicalized,’ officials say  CNN Student Who Shot 2 Others at Colorado School Was ‘Radicalized,’ Officials Say  The New York Times Police say ‘extremist network’ may have influenced Colorado high school shooter  MSNBC News Jeffco students walk out to protest gun violence, support Evergreen …

Updated at 3:35 p.m. on Thursday, September 11, 2025. The teenager who opened fire at his classmates before shooting himself was “radicalized” online, according to authorities.  Police began receiving 911 calls about an active shooter inside the halls of Evergreen High School around 12:30 p.m., Wednesday — lunchtime for many of the students. In the minutes that followed, Holly, who …

EVERGREEN — He was quiet and mostly kept to himself, apart from occasionally asking a classmate for a pencil or exchanging a few words in a quick conversation. That’s how Owen Peterson described his former classmate, Desmond Holly, the 16-year-old suspect in Wednesday’s shooting at Evergreen High School who Owen sat side by side with during their fifth-period jewelry-making class …

Evergreen High School shooting leaves suspect dead, 3 injured  Axios Suspect shoots 2 students at Evergreen High School, dies of self-inflicted injuries  The Denver Post Freshman recalls seeing shooter outside classroom door while hiding inside Evergreen High School  KDVR 3 Students, Including Attacker, Shot at Colorado High School, Authorities Say  The New York Times Shooting at Evergreen High School leaves three students with gunshot …

Updated at 5:41 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. A shooting at Evergreen High School this afternoon hospitalized four students — two with critical injuries, including the suspected shooter. Three students sustained gunshot wounds, and one of the wounded is the suspected shooter. The sheriff’s office could not say if the suspected shooter sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound. All three …

At least two students were shot Wednesday at Evergreen High School, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said.  The students are en route to a hospital, the sheriff’s office said. Officials said they were responding to an “active assailant” near the Jefferson County school. The county’s dispatch center reported the assailant near the high school at 29300 Buffalo Park Rd., calling …