Colorado school shooting: 16-year-old identified as shooter, police say

The Brief

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office identified the Evergreen High School shooter as 16-year-old Desmond Holly.

Holly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he shot two other students on Wednesday afternoon. The Denver Post reported that one of the students is still in critical condition.

What happened in the Evergreen High School shooting?

The backstory:

Desmond Holly shot two of his peers Wednesday at a suburban Denver high school before shooting himself and later dying, according to police.

The handgun shooting was reported around 12:30 p.m. at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, about 30 miles west of Denver in the Rocky Mountain foothills.

Shots were fired both inside and outside the school building, and law enforcement officers who responded found