Mark Techmeyer, spokesman for the sheriff’s department, said the two juveniles have been transported to a hospital.
He said one victim was shot inside the school, the other outside. The shooting was reported at 3:14 p.m., according to Techmeyer. The students were said to be a 7th grader and an 8th grader.
Techmeyer said that the wounds are not life-threatening although the man was using a “high-powered weapon.”
Jared Nelson, 13, was on a bus when he saw the gunman round a corner on the north side of the school, pull a rifle off his shoulder, fire a round into the air and then shoot a student.
“It was kind of shocking when I saw it happening,” he said.
Several people said that math teacher David Benke then charged and tackled the gunman as he got off a second shot.
Sean Ahearn, 13, saw the same scene unfold, dropped his cello, and jumped in a stranger’s car. Then he called his mother, Colleen, with chilling words: “Don’t come and get me. Somebody’s shooting in the school. I’m in a lady’s car.”
Luke Myrant, 14, says an older guy came in the front door and fired one shot into the air and then reloaded.
“He didn’t look happy at all,” Luke said.
The kids scattered.
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I don’t understand this. I recently took my kids out of a nearby Jeffco school in favor of a Christian school. I couldn’t get into the public school without having to talk to an adult (who never remembered I was a parent). How did this man just walk into the school with a rifle?
You know what they say about early reports. Police spokesperson said the man did not enter the school and the shootings happened outside.
According to the news, school was just letting out and he drove up. Kids were getting on buses, into cars.