LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — A student who helped thwart a shooting at a suburban Denver high school says he was still pinning one of the attackers down when he decided to call one of the most important people in his life — his mother.
1 / 12Joshua Jones, front, who was wounded while trying to stop a gunman involved in the attack on the STEM School Highlands Ranch last week, speaks during a news conference as his father, David, listens Tuesday, May 14, 2019, in Littleton, Colo. Jones, Kendrick Castillo and Brendan Bialy tackled the teen who opened fire at STEM School Highlands Ranch south of Denver on May 7. Castillo was fatally shot.
"It was really just something like, 'Hey, Mom. There's been a school shooting. I've been involved. The authorities are on the way. They're going to get an ambulance and I'm going to go to the hospital. That's all I got right now for you.'"Authorities have said these acts of bravery helped minimize the bloodshed from the attack, which also wounded eight students, all of whom have since been released from the hospital.
Devon Erickson, 18, and 16-year-old Alec McKinney, who is listed in court records as Maya, are accused of walking into the school through an entrance without metal detectors and opening fire in two classrooms. Investigators have not offered a motive and declined to say how the students got the handguns that were used in the attack.
Jones declined to talk about the shooters Tuesday, instead focusing on Castillo and his own physical and emotional recovery.
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