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Suspected Colorado gunman joked about school shootings, friend says
MSN / CNN ^ | 5-11-19 | Madeline Holcombe, CNN

Posted on 05/11/2019 8:48:16 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes

One of the suspects in the deadly Colorado school shooting is a bully who joked about shootings and threatened other students for years, a former friend said.

Kevin Cole used to go to STEM School Highlands Ranch, where one student was killed and eight others injured Tuesday in a shooting. Two suspects are in custody and will appear in court next week to hear the charges against them.

One of those alleged shooters was Devon Erickson, 18, who was once a friend of Cole's.

"They couldn't believe that he would actually do it, but they weren't entirely surprised that he did," Cole said of the suspect's friends.

Cole told CNN's Scott McLean on Friday that Erickson had a pattern of bullying, violence and jokes about mass shootings.

He would enter the classroom and say, "when the pencil hits the floor I'm going to start shooting." Then, he would spend the rest of class sporadically dropping pencils, Cole said of the suspect.

And sometimes, the "jokes" were more like threats.

"He would just get really close and kind of hunch himself over your shoulder as you were sitting down, and he would just whisper in your ear 'don't come to school tomorrow' and just kind of crack a smile and walk back to his seat," Cole said.

People would write it off as "that was just a Devon thing" and laugh, Cole said.

The two drifted apart after the alleged shooter started bullying Cole's brother, spreading rumors and spending class periods taunting him, he said.

The bullying never got physical with Cole's brother, he said, but it did with others.

The alleged gunman would get into fights when people he didn't like made him mad, Cole said. He described an incident in the eighth grade when he said the alleged gunman

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KEYWORDS: antichristian; colorado; homofascist; liberalbigot; militantleft; school; stem
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The narrative is the killer was bullied.

The truth is the killer was the bully.

The narrative is that the killers needed more emotional support. The truth is the other students were in danger the whole time.

1 posted on 05/11/2019 8:48:16 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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That's “gun-person” to you. Turns out that she was transitioning to a male. And she had serious mental issues that may have been overlook because she was transitioning.
2 posted on 05/11/2019 8:51:45 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Tired of Taxes

The killed in Florida was bullied. Still doesn’t justify the attack.

Homofascists are claiming the Denver attack had some justification.


3 posted on 05/11/2019 8:53:39 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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Why is a known gunman dubbed “suspected” when the Covington kids were absolutely, positively racists?


4 posted on 05/11/2019 8:57:52 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Capitalism produces EVERYTHING Socialists/Communists/Democratic-Socialists wish to "redistribute.")
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Yes, the other killer was a female. In this article, a student is talking about the male killer.

Agreeing with you about “gunman/woman.” The media should just call them “killers.”


5 posted on 05/11/2019 8:59:44 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes (Keep fighting, Nick!)
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To: a fool in paradise

So they are admitting that her rampage was because she is transing?


6 posted on 05/11/2019 9:00:15 AM PDT by dhs12345
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Why is a known gunman dubbed “suspected” when the Covington kids were absolutely, positively racists?

That's how the Left uses the System to gaslight you.

7 posted on 05/11/2019 9:00:16 AM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: Tired of Taxes

Oh, got it. Thanks.


8 posted on 05/11/2019 9:02:11 AM PDT by dhs12345
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The Killer is 18. Where is her photograph?
That would help to explain a lot, including the hesitancy of the school to expel her due to violent threats.


9 posted on 05/11/2019 9:07:08 AM PDT by lee martell
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There were two shooters. A queer male who is 18:

https://heavy.com/news/2019/05/devon-erickson-devin/

And a female tranny who is 16:

https://heavy.com/news/2019/05/alec-maya-mckinney/


10 posted on 05/11/2019 9:11:52 AM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: dhs12345

Obama blamed the Orlando attack on Christian opposition to same sex marriage

Never let a tragedy go to waste


11 posted on 05/11/2019 9:20:07 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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Starting another major ‘problem’.

BO was allowed to run rampant for years because no one wanted to be dubbed a racist or accused of challenging him just because he was Black.
(I tried to ‘joke’ around that by saying I had no problem with his Black side, I just couldn’t tolerate his White side)

We have the same thing festering with the boyz stealing girls sports etc.

Where are the Fems?

(MY explanation - thought process)

‘The FEMs are ‘absent’ because for years they have been pounding us with Women are NO different from men so they should be allowed in combat, be CEOs etc

To go against the boyz taking over the athletic side would required the argument that boyz are STRONGER and more suited than girls in a lot of circumstances.
When they take this stand it will shoot down their argument(s) for the past few decades.

FINALLY, the libs & fems are ‘worried’ about being hypocritical.....


12 posted on 05/11/2019 9:21:16 AM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"Getting rich as a Politician means doing something illegal''(trunc) HS Truman)
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Big Media bigots are too stupid to realize that "gunman is no longer an acceptable term.
13 posted on 05/11/2019 9:55:21 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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And the liberals yet again issue a tacit waiver for someone under their famous red flag laws.


14 posted on 05/11/2019 10:07:41 AM PDT by DPMD
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Actually one was a homosexual, the other was trans.


15 posted on 05/11/2019 10:14:51 AM PDT by kaehurowing
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Dog Day Afternoon comes to mind.

I wonder if they he was shouting “ATTICA! ATTICA!”


16 posted on 05/11/2019 10:15:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Tired of Taxes

Yep, most of the time these shooters are well known (in the community) as weirdos/bullies/psychos.


17 posted on 05/11/2019 10:17:41 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: lee martell

The male is 18 The trans juvenile is 16 Pictures of both can be easily found online


18 posted on 05/11/2019 10:18:14 AM PDT by Mom MD
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To: Tired of Taxes

Wait, I thought LGBTQ could only be perfect virtuous victims.


19 posted on 05/11/2019 10:27:01 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: TexasGurl24

Thanks for the info.


20 posted on 05/11/2019 11:23:01 AM PDT by lee martell
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