Tag: School Shooting
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Drones to stop school shootings? One Texas company believes the technology is here
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Regis Jesuit High School hosted a demonstration of new drone technology in Colorado, meant to stop school shootings before there’s mass victims. Campus Guardian Angel, a drone startup company based in Austin, Texas, designs on-site technology, partnering with local law enforcement to confront and disarm…
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Lily Whitworth sentenced to prison over school shooting threat in Colorado Springs
KIOWA • Lily Whitworth, the 19-year-old who admitted to planning a mass shooting at a school in Colorado Springs, was sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday after an Elbert County judge ruled that probation or community corrections would not have been acceptable sentences. Whitworth originally faced several charges of attempted first-degree murder after deliberation,…
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Teen accused of planning Colorado school shooting showed intention to carry out plan if released on bond
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 19-year-old who was arrested last month and accused of planning a mass shooting at schools in Colorado Springs indicated from jail earlier this week an intention to carry out the original plan if released on bond, according to a spokesperson with the 18th Judicial…
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2 teens sentenced in 2021 Hinkley High School rival gang shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Arapahoe County Judge Ryan James Stuart sentenced two teens for their roles in the 2021 gang-related shooting outside Hinkley High School in Aurora. Dalen Brewer, 18, and Larry Jefferson, 17 — who were both 16 at the time of the shooting — each received seven years…
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East High School student testifies on gun bills hours after school shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Alexander Cisneros spent Wednesday morning in lockdown after one of his classmates at East High School allegedly shot two faculty members. Seven hours later, he spent the evening advocating for gun safety in front of the Colorado legislature. Just before 10 a.m., a 17-year-old student shot and…
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‘Scared, angry, tired of this’: East High School students weary as another shooting rocks school
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Students at Denver East High School are processing grief, anger and fear on Wednesday after another shooting has sent a shockwave through the school, just a few weeks after they marched to the Capitol to plead for action from legislators. They had organized the rally…
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Expulsion of Douglas County student who allegedly made ‘hitlist,’ allusions to shooting, upheld by court
A trial judge correctly upheld the Douglas County School District’s expulsion of a student who allegedly created a “hitlist” and made other allusions to school shootings online, Colorado’s second-highest court determined last week. At the time the student, identified as “John Doe,” made the comments over messaging platform Discord, it had been less than a…
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Aurora, Denver to launch gun buyback program in wake of recent youth shootings
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Aurora and Denver are partnering to host a gun buyback program next year in response to recent youth shootings in the metro area. Aurora was rocked last week by two shootings outside of local high schools. The first shooting, outside of Aurora Central High School,…
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Brighton High School homecoming postponed by shooting threat
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Brighton High School postponed its annual homecoming dance Saturday after police received a tip about a potential shooting at the event. Principal Shelly Genereux announced the postponement on Facebook at 4 p.m., hours before the dance was scheduled to begin. Genereux said there was a “potential…