JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — A Jefferson County SWAT sergeant admitted to drinking “the better part” of a 12-pack of beer hours before responding to the shooting at Evergreen High School, documents obtained by Denver7 Thursday evening show.

The internal affairs investigation into SWAT Team Leader Sergeant Anthony Hamilton began about two weeks after the Sept. 10 shooting that left two students injured at the school, when nearly half-a-dozen law enforcement officers came forward to report they suspected Hamilton was intoxicated the day of the shooting.

The documents, obtained by Denver7 through Colorado’s open record laws, show Hamilton initially denied the allegations brought against him before admitting he had been drinking the night before the shooting and about four hours before the ev

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