A body found in the Colorado woods near an abandoned car was that of a 17-year-old student accused of wounding two school administrators in the shooting. FOX13
Police investigate at Denvers East High School after a shooting there on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. A 17-year-old student was found dead in a wooded mountain area outside Denver late Wednesday after authorities saywhere students and parents were already fed up about a rash of recent violence and lack of action by officials.
The shooting occurred at a school shaken by frequent lockdowns and violence, including the recent killing outside the school of a classmate that prompted East High School students to march on the Colorado Capitol earlier this month. There were no school resource officers on campus at the time of Wednesday’s shooting, Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said.Gun violence at schools has become increasingly common in the U.S. with more than 1,300 shooting incidents recorded between 2000 and June 2022, according to government researchers. Those shootings killed 377 people and wounded 1,025, according to a database maintained by researchers.
After Wednesday’s shooting, two armed officers will be posted at East High School through the end of the school year, and other city high schools also will each get an officer, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero said. "This is the reality of being young in America: sitting through a shooting and waiting for information just hours before you’re scheduled to testify in support of gun safety bills," said Gracie Taub, a 16-year-old East High School sophomore and volunteer with Students Demand Action in Colorado.
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