East High School Denver

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.

The Denver Police Department said the administrators are deans and that both are men. One is in serious but stable condition. The other is in surgery in ...

“The fact that a shooting happened inside of our school today is so disheartening and so scary.” It’s getting in the way of people feeling safe at school so people don’t want to go to school.” But East is a wonderful, wonderful community, and the fact that this is happening at East is horrible. “The fact that East (High School) is in the news so much, I feel like we’re becoming known as the school where all these shootings happen. “We are all just confused and questioning how many times does it take for us to start moving forward and treat gun violence differently,” Wesley Krebs, a 17-year-old East student, said at the protest. East High School will be closed for the rest of the week. “Removing them was a mistake and we must move to swiftly correct it,” he said. TOP: A man holds hands with a student following their reunion after a school shooting at East High School Wednesday. Lyle had been in trouble before and was subject to a “safety plan” that required him to be searched each day before school, Denver police Chief Ron Thomas said. LEFT: A man holds hands with a student following their reunion after a school shooting at East High School Wednesday. The student grabbed the weapon and shot them, police said during a news conference. The Denver Police Department said the administrators are deans and that both are men.

Shooting injured 2 staff members at the Denver HS weeks after Luis Garcia was shot outside the school prompting student protests over safety and violence.

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DPS Superintendent Alex Marrero said Wednesday that classes at East will be canceled for the rest of the week.

Officials said they played a key role in quickly responding to the administrators' injuries and getting them help. Details: Denver police chief Ron Thomas said the male student was enlisted in a safety plan that required he be patted down daily before entering the school. Police say they know his identity and will conduct a search warrant at his residence.

East High School in lockdown third period after shooting sends two adults to hospital, Denver police say.

Another student was shot in the face near the school in September. School board President Xóchitl “Sochi” Gaytán said the board will cancel its previously scheduled meeting Thursday and hold a press conference instead. The Denver school board Students who would have been on the first floor went instead to the school library, they said, where they stayed about an hour and a half before being released. They texted their children and searched for their faces as students came out of the school in twos and threes. They talked in small groups about how done they were, how tired they were, of the threats and shootings and lockdowns. Previous searches of this student at the school did not turn up any weapons, Thomas said. A handgun was not recovered at the school, and police said they believe the suspect left the scene with the gun. The 16-year-old said it’s not just that her school feels unsafe, “it is unsafe. The school was put on lockdown during third period. Both men were transported to Denver Health after the shooting. This should never — as a parent, I can tell you — never be a concern of a parent of whether or not their kids are safe in their building.”

A male student shot two faculty members at a Denver high school early Wednesday morning and was at large, police and school officials said.

Last year saw the [most incidents of gunfire on school grounds](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/24/texas-school-shooting-gunfire-school-grounds-historic-highs/9915334002/) in the U.S. "This school has gone through a tremendous time over the last year or so," Thomas said. [K-12 School Shooting Database](https://k12ssdb.org/). "My prayers to the East community and of course our two staff members who are in the hospital." Garcia was in a car at the time when someone fired from another vehicle, police said at the time. Meanwhile, student activists with March for Our Lives planned to demonstrate in five U.S. "We are calling on lawmakers to meet this moment with the urgency it needs — we can’t sit around waiting for another tragedy to happen.” The two school administrators were taken to a hospital, Thomas said. That same week, hundreds of students marched to the Colorado state Capitol to demand state lawmakers take action to prevent more gun violence. That student was also taken to a hospital, he said. "Students who drove will be escorted to their cars & can leave. local time, he said.

DENVER (KKTV) - A Denver high student shot two school deans during a pat-down on campus Wednesday morning, according to police.

CBS Denver is reporting that 10 guns have been confiscated from students in Denver schools between the start of the school year and February. Our students should and must be able to attend school without fear for their safety, their parents deserve the peace of mind that their children are safe in classrooms, and teachers should be able to work safely and without harm. A photo of the suspect and the vehicle he may be driving in is at the bottom of this article. “This particular student actually had a safety plan that was in place where they were to be searched at the beginning of the school day every day,” said Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas. The shooting happened in the area of the office, Thomas added. We appreciate the quick action taken by East High school faculty and staff to secure the school and make sure students were safe and this is an ongoing situation, and State Troopers and the Colorado Bureau of Investigations are supporting local law enforcement in responding to this tragedy.”

DENVER — Less than a month after Denver East High School students organized a large-scale walk-out in protest of gun violence, the school and student body is ...

The shooting occurred less than a month after East students led a large-scale walkout in protest of gun violence. “That individual [the student suspect] then fled the school, but we do know who that individual is and a search is underway to try to locate that particular individual.” In the past decade, there have been more than 1,000 incidents of gunfire on school grounds, according to data from Reporters asked Thomas what led up to the safety plan that required Lyle to be patted-down and DPS Superintendent Alex Marrero stepped in to say that those details could not be released. The student protest came after Luis Garcia’s death on March 1. "We don't want to have negative iteractions with students," the chief said. But as gun violence rises, [some leaders are calling](https://co.chalkbeat.org/2023/2/17/23603733/denver-police-students-gun-violence-sros-east-high-healthy-relationships-peers-marrero) for a renewed, if reimagined, relationship with the police. One of the victims is in stable condition and another is in critical condition, undergoing surgery. … We must continue to work on addressing safety in our school buildings and in our city in general. The parents yelled at Mayor Michael Hancock and Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas, saying things like “no more violence” and calling for increased gun control measures. And we will.” “They’re frustrated, and they’re angry,” Hancock said of the parents during a press conference.

East High School in lockdown third period after shooting sends two adults to hospital, Denver police say.

Another student was shot in the face near the school in September. School board President Xóchitl “Sochi” Gaytán said the board will cancel its previously scheduled meeting Thursday and hold a press conference instead. The Denver school board Students who would have been on the first floor went instead to the school library, they said, where they stayed about an hour and a half before being released. They texted their children and searched for their faces as students came out of the school in twos and threes. They talked in small groups about how done they were, how tired they were, of the threats and shootings and lockdowns. Previous searches of this student at the school did not turn up any weapons, Thomas said. A handgun was not recovered at the school, and police said they believe the suspect left the scene with the gun. The 16-year-old said it’s not just that her school feels unsafe, “it is unsafe. The school was put on lockdown during third period. Both men were transported to Denver Health after the shooting. This should never — as a parent, I can tell you — never be a concern of a parent of whether or not their kids are safe in their building.”

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 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.

The East High School shooting suspect was found dead in Park County, Wednesday night, Park County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Emmy Glancy ...

Police said the victims were two adults and they were rushed to the hospital for treatment. Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said one of the victims was rushed into surgery and was listed in critical condition. He was checked this morning, police said, but today he got a gun into the school and began firing. Our students should and must be able to attend school without fear for their safety, their parents deserve the peace of mind that their children are safe in classrooms, and teachers should be able to work safely and without harm," the governor said. We’re ready to work with DPS, and we all have to step up as a community and be part of the solution.” UPDATE: The East HS shooting suspect's vehicle has been located in Park County and efforts to locate the suspect are ongoing. "There are common sense proposals at the Legislature and in Congress right now – they must be passed." Denver Superintendent Alex Marrero said he will have an armed officer at each of the district’s comprehensive high schools — a step that he acknowledges likely violates school board policy, Chalkbeat Colorado reports. Sherry said an East High School parent sent her a photo of the two administrators who were shot this morning. A hunt for the alleged shooter is underway. from the hospital, according to Heather Burke, a Denver Health public information officer. One of the two faculty members shot at East High School is in a stable condition, according to Allison Sherry, a reporter for Colorado Public Radio.