Authorities identified the student who shot two schoolmates and then himself at Evergreen High School on Wednesday as 16-year-old Desmond Holly.
Desmond died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound he sustained during the attack, according to the sheriff’s office. Investigators believe he opened fire just before 12:30 p.m. at the school at 29300 Buffalo Park Road, wounding two other students.
Two students remained in critical condition Thursday at Denver-area hospitals.
Desmond lived with his family in a sprawling mountain home on a private lane outside Kittridge. He rode the bus to school and used a revolver in the attack.
“He’s radicalized by some extremist network,” said Jefferson County spokeswoman Jacki Kelley. She said that radicalization was shown in information found in Desmond’s p