2 minutes ago
#stemshooting, media will be given an update at staging area. Parents go to Northridge Elementary at 555 Southpark Rd, to pick up your child.
17 minutes ago
STEM school incident: still getting info, believe 2 injured. Please find other routes. Media staging now on south side of AMC!
30 minutes ago
Unstable situation, shots fired at STEM school at Ridgeline and Plaza. Avoid area. Media go to north side of AMC
Shots fired at STEM School Highlands Ranch
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has asked people to avoid the area.
Author: Bobbi Sheldon, Caitlin Hendee
Published: 2:11 PM MDT May 7, 2019
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Shots have been fired at STEM School Highlands Ranch at South Ridgeline Boulevard and Plaza Drive, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
The Sheriff's Office said they believe two have been injured and are "still getting information."
The STEM School Highlands Ranch, a K-12 school, is on lockdown and all other schools in the area are on lockout. Cherry Creek School District schools have also been placed on lockout.
1 minute ago
#stemshooting, media briefing in five minutes
8 minutes ago
UPDATE #sremshooting, PARENTS please go to Northridge Rec Center not Elementary School to pick up children.
10 minutes ago
#stemshooting, at 1:53 pm responded to STEM school off Ridgeline Blvd in HR on call of shots fired in school, first update, 2 injured, deputies in process of identifying and locating shooter(s). Still active and unstable scene.
17 minutes ago
#stemshooting, media will be given an update at staging area. Parents go to Northridge Elementary at 555 Southpark Rd, to pick up your child.
Two shooters in custody, possibly one more, LE is sweeping the school now. They don't know yet if the shooters were students or how many are injured, it's still an active and fluid scene.
Shooting started in the middle school, an administrator called when they heard shots being fired. Parent reunification is at Northridge Rec Center. Students are being bused from the school to the rec center to join their parents, some students self-evacuated. They are currently working on evacuating the elementary school.
Seven confirmed injuries, possibly eight. They believe they've gotten all the suspects, but tactical teams are still completing their sweep and evacuation.
Jeffco Sheriff Verified account @jeffcosheriffco 42 seconds ago
The JCSO has also sent 6 Victim Advocates to the #STEMshooting and 5 investigators to help the @dcsheriff with interviews of potential witnesses as well as members of our Regional Crime Lab. Please follow @dcsheriff for all official updates
CBS4’s Rick Sallinger talked to a woman who said her daughter is the teacher in the classroom where the shooting apparently happened. Her daughter teaches juniors and seniors.
“I believe the student was targeting her, from what I understand,” said a woman who said she is the mother of Lauren Harper. “She’s with the police right now … she’s a witness.”
SkyRidge Medical Center had two juvenile victims in stable condition. There are also five victims being treated at Littleton Adventist Hospital. Four of those are in serious condition and one is in fair condition. Another victim is located at Children’s Hospital Colorado’s South Campus in Highlands Ranch and was being described as being in good condition.
DC Sheriff Verified account @dcsheriff
#stemshooting Sheriff Spurlock will be doing a media update in about 30 minutes at staging area, waiting for rain to subside.
4:12 PM - 7 May 2019
The crime scene will be processed by the FBI. Warrants are being obtained for suspects homes and vehicles. All suspects have been apprehended. One adult and one juvenile, names not being released. They are not injured and they believe they are both students at the school.
Parents have been found and reunited with students who were sent to area hospitals except for one victim's family. Sheriff Spurlock stated that all students who were injured were age 15 and older, at least one is in critical condition, some are in stable condition, some in surgery. Still working on reuniting all 1,800 students at the school with parents at the rec center.
Tony Kovaleski Verified account @TonyKovaleski
BREAKING- Multiple ranking sources and a search warrant have sadly confirmed one student has died #STEMshooting Gunmen had a hand gun. @DenverChannel
Also, DC Sheriff 32 minutes ago
#stemshooting If you are a host family of foreign exchange student from STEM, please respond to Target Store on Sgt John Stiles Bld in Highlands Ranch to reunify with your student.
DC Sheriff Verified account @dcsheriff
It is with extreme sadness that we can confirm that 1 student at the STEM School was killed in today’s #stemshooting incident. The immediate family has been notified. Douglas County Coroner Jill Romann has not officially identified the student is stating it’s an 18 year old male.
6:45 PM - 7 May 2019
Facebook Live Press Conference with Douglas County Sheriff's Office May 8, 2019
The District Attorney spoke first and requested that everyone adhere to No Notoriety principle to refrain from naming the suspect. Also emphasized that despite any/all information released by DCSO, the suspects would be considered innocent until proven guilty and they don't know yet whether the juvenile will be charged.
DENVER – The 18-year-old suspect in Tuesday’s shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch is expected to make his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon, and the student killed days before his senior year was set to end was identified by his parents.
Spurlock adjusted what he said Tuesday and said the juvenile suspect in the shooting, whose name and age has not been released, was a female.
Spurlock said that there were “very heroic things that took place” at the school Tuesday and said at least one student encountered the suspects and worked to stop them. He said he had also reviewed video from inside the school showing other heroic acts involving Douglas County deputies and staffers and students at the school.
Sources told Denver7 Tuesday that the motive of the alleged shooters went beyond bullying and involved revenge and anger towards others at the school and that at least one of the suspects was involved in legal and illegal drug use and had been in therapy. But Spurlock said Wednesday the incident was “too new” to establish a motive.
The sheriff's office is asking for anyone with information about the shooting or suspects to call its tip line at 303-660-7579.
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — The parents of the teen shot and killed at STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday say their son was a hero and they want the public to know what a great kid he was.
John Castillo told ABC News Wednesday that his son, Kendrick Castillo, was the 18-year-old killed in the shooting that left eight others injured. The Douglas County Coroner's office confirmed the teen's identity.
“I want people to know about him,” John Castillo said through tears.
Kendrick Castillo was a senior at STEM School and Friday would have been his last day of school. Photos from social media show the young man participating in competitions with the school’s robotics team and posing with friends before attending his first prom.
The father of a student who was shot at STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday told Denver7 that his son said he was in a classroom when one of the shooters pulled out a gun and started firing.
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