JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — Evergreen High School will have a full-time school resource officer in the wake of last week’s shooting, deputies with the sheriff’s office confirmed with Denver7 Monday.

Concerns about the lack of a full-time school resource officer (SRO) on campus were raised twice prior to the shooting during PTA meetings on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, hours before a 16-year-old boy opened fire at Evergreen High , injuring two of his classmates. The shooter sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound and died of his injuries that same day.

A day after the shooting, deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said the school had a full-time SRO, but they were on medical leave at the time of the shooting. To fill in the gap, Evergreen High has been utilizi

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