Colorado STEM School shooting
Colorado considering raising firearm purchasing age to 21
March 11, 2023 | 4:21pmColorado legislators are weighing a new bill to raise the age limit for purchasing firearms to 21.
Colorado school shooter sentenced to life in prison
September 18, 2021 | 1:23amDevon Erickson was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison after he fatally shot a classmate at STEM School Highlands Ranch in 2019.
Second shooter convicted in 2019 Colorado school shooting
June 16, 2021 | 6:43pmA former high school student charged with opening fire on classmates at a Colorado charter school in 2019 has been convicted of all 46 counts against him, including murder.
Alleged Colorado school shooter says he targeted kids over gender taunts
June 20, 2019 | 10:54pmOne of the Colorado charter school shooting suspects told police he targeted classmates who mocked his gender identity. Alec McKinney, 16, who was born female and identifies as male, said...
Thousands gather to honor hero killed in STEM school shooting
May 15, 2019 | 11:02pmThousands of people gathered Wednesday in Colorado to honor the life of Kendrick Castillo — the courageous high school student who was killed while attempting to stop last week's STEM...
Colorado teen called mom while subduing school shooter
May 15, 2019 | 12:39amLITTLETON, Colo. — A student who helped thwart a shooting at a suburban Denver high school says he was still pinning one of the attackers down when he decided to...
Colorado school shooting suspect cracked jokes about killing classmates
May 10, 2019 | 2:59pmOne of the Colorado charter school shooting suspects "always joked" about massacring his classmates, a former student says. Devon Erickson, 18, "would whisper, like get really close and kinda put...
School warned about 'repeat of Columbine' before shooting
May 10, 2019 | 11:19amThe STEM School Highlands Ranch had been warned five months before this week's deadly shooting that a "perfect storm" was brewing for "a repeat of Columbine," according to alarming reports....
Colorado school shooting suspects reportedly took guns from parent's cabinet
May 10, 2019 | 8:52amThe Colorado charter school shooting suspects got the weapons allegedly used in the deadly attack by smashing into a locked gun cabinet at a parent's house, according to a report....
Inside the disturbing Twitter posts of second Colorado shooter
May 9, 2019 | 1:48pmOnline postings apparently made by the younger suspect in the Colorado charter school shooting paint a conflicting picture — one of an average teen who likes hanging out with his...
Security guard may have wounded student during Colorado school shooting
May 9, 2019 | 12:41pmA private security guard may have fired at an officer racing to the Colorado school shooting — and even wounded one of the students, according to a local report citing...
Ex-teacher with Parkland ties helped students fleeing Colorado school shooting
May 9, 2019 | 11:13amAbout 30 students who fled from the Colorado school during the armed attack ran to a nearby brewery where they were met by a bartender with ties to last year’s...
Teen who charged school shooter says he 'didn't know what the hell hit him'
May 9, 2019 | 10:28amBrendan Bialy, the aspiring Marine who jumped into action during the Colorado school shooting, said he desperately pumped the chest of his fallen friend after they tackled one of the...
Maya McKinney, second Colorado shooting suspect, identifies as male named Alec
May 9, 2019 | 7:39amThe second suspect in the Colorado school shooting, Maya McKinney, was listed in court records as a 16-year-old female, but identifies as a male and prefers to be called Alec....
Students storm out of Colorado school shooting vigil in protest of politicians
May 9, 2019 | 2:35amSurvivors of a Colorado school shooting walked out of a vigil for their slain classmate Wednesday night in protest of politicians and other groups using it as a platform for...
6th grader in Colorado school shooting grabbed bat so he could 'go down fighting'
May 8, 2019 | 10:27pmA sixth-grader who survived the Colorado school shooting held on to a baseball bat during the attack because he wanted to go down fighting, he said on Wednesday. Nate Holley...
Colorado school shooting suspect keeps head down in court
May 8, 2019 | 7:14pmShackled at the waist with his hair dyed purple, Devon Erickson — one of the Colorado STEM school shooting suspects — made his first court appearance Wednesday, in which spoke...
We'll never know how many lives Kendrick Castillo and Riley Howell saved
May 8, 2019 | 6:59pmThis time the sole fatality in a school shooting was a kid who acted to stop the carnage from being far worse: Kendrick Castillo, 18 and just three days from...
Mom of accused Colorado school shooter: I don't know why he did this
May 8, 2019 | 1:43pmThe distraught mother of Colorado shooting suspect Devon Erickson told The Post on Wednesday that she doesn't know why her son opened fire on his classmates. Stephanie Erickson, 56, whose...
Accused Colorado school shooter shared anti-Trump post on Facebook
May 8, 2019 | 10:44amThe 18-year-old accused in the fatal shooting at a Colorado charter school shared social media posts that were critical of President Trump and Christians, but heaped praise on former President...