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May 8, 2019

1 Dead, 8 Injured in Colorado School Shooting Near Columbine
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In Colorado, an 18-year-old student was killed and eight were injured on
Tuesday in a school shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch south of
Denver. Authorities have taken two students into custody. Douglas County
Sheriff Tony Spurlock spoke to reporters outside the school.

Sheriff Tony Spurlock: "Two individuals walked into the STEM school, got
deep inside the school and engaged students in two separate locations. …
We do have eight students that are in area hospitals right now. Several
of them are in critical condition. … Both of the suspects we believe are
students of the STEM school. … They are not injured."

The STEM School Highlands Ranch is located just seven miles from
Columbine High School where 12 students and a teacher were shot dead 20
years ago on April 20, 1999. The school is also about 20 miles from
Aurora Colorado where a gunman killed 20 people at a movie theater in
2012. Tuesday's shooting in Colorado came a week after two students were
killed and four were injured in a mass shooting at the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte.


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