HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. – Powerful words echoed across Civic Green Park on Friday as the community gathered to honor Kendrick Castillo, the STEM School Highlands Ranch senior who gave his life to stop a gunman in 2019.

“The goal of evil that day was to kill every single person in classroom 107, but evil met its match,” said 23rd Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler.

Kendrick Castillo, 18, charged and restrained the shooter alongside two classmates, saving the lives of students in his classroom. He was shot and killed during the attack . His actions, officials say, remain one of the most selfless acts of courage in Douglas County history.

“There’s not a second that goes by that we don’t think about Kendrick and remember him,” said John Castillo, Kendrick’s father.

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