Denver shooting

A male student shot two school administrators at a high school in Denver on Wednesday, and the victims were taken to area hospitals, officials said.

[reports](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/east-high-school-shooting-lockdown-denver/) that the shooting happened just a little over a month after 16-year-old Luis Garcia was shot near East High School. A 17-year-old student shot and wounded two administrators at his high school in Denver on Wednesday, and the victims were taken to area hospitals, officials said. Officials didn't provide details about the circumstances that led to the daily searches. Mayor Michael Hancock had earlier said the sweatshirt had an astronaut on it. Police said Wednesday night they had found the suspect's vehicle in Park County, but they were still searching for him. He was believed to be associated with a 2005 red Volvo XC90 with Colorado license plate BSCW10.

Earlier in the day, Denver police identified the suspect as Austin Lyle. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. A 17-year-old student ...

Thomas listened quietly, nodding and promising to engage with the school board. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. [increasingly common](https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-school-shooting-health-texas-violence-928c177ee8e09b59507c88d9c5b6ce51) in the U.S. “I am the leader of this district who is charged with keeping our scholars and staff safe every day,” he wrote. Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw said the body was discovered not far from the car in a remote mountain area about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Denver, near the small town of Bailey, in Park County. That push was fueled by criticism that school resource officers disproportionately arrested Black students, sweeping them into the criminal justice system. Parents who converged on the 2,500-student campus on Wednesday voiced frustration that officials had not done enough to protect their children. “Clearly they were concerned,” said Crepeau-Hobson. Lyle fled after the shooting. Those shootings killed 377 people and wounded 1,025, according to a database maintained by the researchers. It occurred at a school shaken by frequent lockdowns and violence, including the recent killing outside the school of a classmate that prompted East High School students to march on the Colorado Capitol earlier this month. DENVER — (AP) — A body was found Wednesday night in the Colorado woods near the abandoned car that belonged to a 17-year-old student accused of shooting two administrators at his Denver high school earlier in the day, a sheriff said.

Police are still searching for the 17-year-old student suspect who fled East High School after he allegedly shot two school administrators.

[statement](https://twitter.com/MayorHancock?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor), Mayor Hancock admitted that removing the stationed police officers was “a mistake” and added that he is ready to work with Denver’s public schools on a solution. The incident prompted students to march to the Colorado State Capitol in early March, [calling for gun safety legislation](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/students-colorado-capitol-death-luis-garcia/). [ was shot in his car outside the school](https://www.denverpost.com/2023/03/01/denver-east-high-luis-garcia-died/), and died weeks later. Marrero said classes in East High School are canceled for the rest of the week. [CBS News Colorado](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/east-high-school-shooting-missing-school-resource-officers-denver-schools/) also reported that firearms crimes in Denver’s public schools have gone up, based on their review of police data, especially after the [public schools board voted to remove stationed police officers in 2020](https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/denver-public-schools-board-votes-to-end-relationship-with-dpd-remove-sros-from-the-district). [Ozempic Exposed the Cracks in the Body Positivity Movement](https://time.com/6263689/ozempic-cracks-body-positivity/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202) [Major Investigations Into Donald Trump](https://time.com/6212677/donald-trump-investigations-explained/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202) [Who Should Be on the 2023 TIME100?](https://time.com/time100-reader-poll-2023/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202)Vote Now His vehicle was later found in a mountain area about 50 miles southwest of Denver. Thomas said previous searches found no weapons on him. [Dean of Culture](https://east.dpsk12.org/staff/eric-sinclair/) at the school while Mason was a [coordinator for restorative practice](https://east.dpsk12.org/staff/jerald-mason/). Mason has been discharged, while Sinclair is still listed under serious condition. As of

One administrator critically injured and another in stable condition after shooting at East high school on Wednesday.

She planned to talk to her daughter about taking her out of school for the rest of the school year. Some parents and students vented frustration over violence at the school as they surrounded the police chief. East high school did not have any school resource officers on campus at the time of the shooting, Thomas said. School safety plans are often imposed after students exhibit threatening or suicidal behavior, said Christine Harms, director of the Colorado School Safety Resource Center. One of the administrators was critically injured and was undergoing surgery on Wednesday at an area hospital. Suspect Austin Lyle remained at large following the shooting at East high school and was wanted for attempted homicide.

A shelter-in-place alert was issued for a neighborhood in Park County on Wednesday.

“High law enforcement activity in the area,” part of the message read. “Shelter in place. Denver’s mayor says he supports the district’s superintendent and the board also responded saying they support the plan. Denver Public Schools confirmed the two victims are Eric Sinclair and Jerald Mason, both described as deans at the school. It’s where the Sheriff’s Office says the suspect’s vehicle, and eventually a body who they have not identified, were found. Denver police say Austin Lyle fled after the shooting.

The 17-year-old suspect in a shooting at a Denver high school that left two school administrators wounded on Wednesday was found dead in a nearby county ...

13 while sitting in a car near the campus, NBC affiliate KUSA reported. Police said the student had never been found with a weapon prior to Wednesday morning's incident. Safety plans are implemented throughout the district's schools to address behavioral issues in coordination with a student's guardians. East High School recently lost a student, Luis Garcia, after he was shot and killed Feb. Officials in Park County, southwest of Denver, said Wednesday night that a body had been found near a vehicle that had been sought following the shooting at East High School. The 17-year-old suspect in a shooting at a Denver high school that left two school administrators wounded on Wednesday was found dead in a nearby county following the incident, authorities said.

The Park County, Colorado, coroner has confirmed that a body found in a wooded area Wednesday evening is 17-year-old Austin Lyle, who allegedly shot and ...

[staged a school walkout](https://studentsdemandaction.org/press/more-than-1000-students-and-educators-led-by-denver-east-high-school-students-demand-action-walkout-and-rally-alongside-moms-demand-action-volunteers-to-call-for-action-on-gun-safety/) and called for immediate action on gun safety earlier this month. And for students at the school, the chaos was all too familiar. “It is a sad and tragic day for East High School, Denver Public Schools, and our entire Denver community.” East High, located in the City Park neighborhood, serves about 2,500 students in 9th through 12th grades. Denver police officials previously identified the suspect in Wednesday morning’s shooting at East High School as Lyle, a student under a safety protocol that required him to undergo daily pat down searches upon entering the school. As of Wednesday, police did not say whether the gun used in the shooting had been recovered.

The coroner's office announced Thursday morning that a body was identified as the 17-year-old suspect in a shooting at Denver's East High School.

[according to the K-12 School Shooting Database](https://k12ssdb.org/). The weapon was not found at the school, and officers were executing a search warrant at the student's home, Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said in a news conference. The student, Luis Garcia, was taken off life support in early March. The body was found in a remote mountain area of Park County, about 50 miles southwest of Denver, said Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw. Alex Marrero, superintendent of Denver Public Schools, declined to offer further details when asked by reporters. Lyle's next of kin have been identified and the coroner's office is continuing an autopsy and death investigation.

A coroner's office says a body found in the Colorado woods near an abandoned car was that of a 17-year-old student accused of wounding two administrators in ...

“I am the leader of this district who is charged with keeping our scholars and staff safe every day,” he wrote. That push was fueled by criticism that school resource officers disproportionately arrested Black students, sweeping them into the criminal justice system. Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw said the body was discovered Wednesday not far from the student’s car in a remote mountain area about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Denver, near the small town of Bailey, in Park County. Parents who converged on the 2,500-student campus on Wednesday voiced frustration that officials had not done enough to protect their children. Cause of death wasn’t released, pending the completion of an autopsy. Earlier in the day, Denver police identified the suspect as Austin Lyle.

A 17-year-old student who shot two administrators at East High School on Wednesday has been found dead in a nearby county, local authorities said.

A week later, the [school went into lockdown](https://denverite.com/2023/03/22/east-high-school-shooting/) for reports of an active shooter that were ultimately proved unfounded, Denverite reports. They did confirm the school hadn't found a weapon on him before. "During that search, obviously, a weapon was retrieved," said Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas. Spring break begins the following Monday. [be one of the top schools in the city](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1165449661/a-denver-high-school-student-shot-two-administrators-while-being-checked-for-wea), according to Colorado Public Radio's Ben Markus. [remove its armed school resource officers](https://denverite.com/2023/03/22/east-high-school-shooting/), which had monitored the school campuses, out of concerns for the treatment of young students of color, according to Denverite. [according to Colorado Public Radio/Denverite.](https://denverite.com/2023/03/22/east-high-school-shooting/) Mason was discharged in stable condition. [undergoing a routine morning search for weapons](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1165449661/a-denver-high-school-student-shot-two-administrators-while-being-checked-for-wea). [Colorado Public Radio/Denverite.](https://denverite.com/2023/03/22/east-high-school-shooting/) Sinclair remains in serious condition after undergoing surgery. [identified as Austin Lyle](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1165351426/denver-east-high-school-shooting), fled the scene, police said. [found a body near the vehicle ](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1165351426/denver-east-high-school-shooting)and lifted the shelter-in-place order, but it wasn't until Thursday morning that [the county coroner's office confirmed the body](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069020565767) was Lyle's.