The shooter who shot and injured two students at Evergreen High School on Wednesday kept shooting and reloading, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Desmond Holly, 16, was identified as the shooter who opened fire inside the Colorado school before he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Students reunite with loved ones and classmates outside Bergen Meadow Elementary School after a shooting at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colo., on Sept. 10, 2025. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jacki Kelley provided an update on the investigation into the shooting on Thursday morning. She also confirmed that two students injured in the shooting remained hospitalized a day after the attack.
“We’re looking at a motive, we don’t have one yet,” said Kelley.
She said that the suspect, who was a student at Evergreen High School, had been radicalized in some way before he came to school with a gun and started shooting.
“He was radicalized by some extremist network, and the details of that will be down the road, and we wanted to give you that much about maybe a mindset for him,” said Kelley.
Kelley did not elaborate on