The authorities said two students, an 18-year-old male and a juvenile girl, opened fire on their classmates, killing one and injuring eight.
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Two suspects who carried out an armed attack at a school outside of Denver have been identified as an adult male and a juvenile female, the authorities said on Wednesday, as they continued to investigate an assault that reached “deep inside the school.”
Surrounded by officials, Sheriff Tony Spurlock of Douglas County identified the suspects in the shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch, which killed an 18-year-old senior who was just three days from graduation on Tuesday and injured eight other students. Earlier, he said, officers had mistakenly identified the juvenile as a young man.
The suspects carried two handguns, and at least one of them was restrained by a school security officer by the time law enforcement arrived, the sheriff said. During the attack, he added, there was at least one encounter between a student and a suspect. “We are going to hear about very heroic things that have taken place,” he said.
While details of the shooting remained sparse, the sheriff said the attackers got “deep inside the school,” and one parent said on Tuesday that students had tried to stop the attack.
