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Jefferson County Students Walk Out After Evergreen High School Shooting

The demonstrations focused on demands for tighter gun laws alongside expanded counseling support after the attack.

Overview

  • Authorities say a student shot two peers at Evergreen High School, then shot himself and later died.
  • Shots were fired both inside and outside the building, and deputies located the shooter within five minutes without officers discharging their weapons.
  • The two wounded students were taken to St. Anthony Hospital; both were initially listed in critical condition and by early evening one was stable with non-life-threatening injuries.
  • Hundreds of students at multiple Jefferson County schools walked out to protest gun violence and to show solidarity with Evergreen classmates.
  • Students interviewed called for more mental-health counselors in schools and for more rigorous background checks, including scrutiny of gun buyers’ online activity.