Stem Academy in Highlands Ranch shooting

[Gman]

They were full of hate, but do you know why?

[Skip]

They were full of hate, but do you know why?

Do you think we'd ever get an honest assessment of why?

I think the best we'll get is social media which is better than Columbine which left some speculation (bullying). Short of a manifesto, it would be filtered through media. How many knew the recent NZ mosque shootings were intended to inspire more gun control?

No amount of high school trauma can justify what they did morally or legally.

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Denver Channel has posted some pics from the court hearing with the 18 year old. I'm not linking but it's on their main page if interested. Getting a lot of flak for that on Twitter but it's mostly from Libs. I think the images not fitting the narrative are a problem.

And media has generated so much fear/interest on shootings, folks want to know. I'm torn on this and would be if the shooters fit the narrative too.

[Little Dutch]

Just tossing this out there. Who knows what's correct yet.

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...s-of-1-suspect

the highlights:
... juvenile suspect is in the process of transitioning from female to male ...

... the motive of the alleged shooters went beyond bullying and involved revenge and anger towards others at the school and that at least one of the suspects was involved in legal and illegal drug use and had been in therapy.

[hollohas]

"The STEM school doesn't have a school resource officer, but it did have a private security guard, Spurlock said.
And that guard was among the first to confront one of the suspects, said Grant Whitus, chief operating officer of BOSS High Level Protection.
Whitus -- the first SWAT officer to enter Columbine 20 years ago -- declined to identify the guard but said he was "instrumental" in stopping the attack.
He said the guard drew his gun, took the suspect into custody and turned the suspect over to sheriff's deputies.
Had the guard not been on site, "countless lives would have been lost," Whitus said.
But the guard still feels bad that he couldn't stop the entire attack.
"He's a very good guy," Whitus said. "He's wishing he could have done more."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/08/us/de...day/index.html

The Sheriff confirmed that the private security did indeed engage and restrain one of the killers prior to the SO arriving on scene.

That's a huge plus one in favor of private security in schools.

[Rooskibar03]

Brendan Bialy, the student who rushed the shooter is on KDVR right now and is rocking the interview. That kid, and to a point his parents, deserves a huge high five

[hollohas]

Purple hair on a teenage male, should be about as big as a red flag as face tattoos. Odds are that person is nuts.

And parents that allow their teenager to do that aren't doing a good job. (Yes, I know he's 18, but I see kids much younger with hair like that all the time and there's something wrong with that).

[Skip]

Just tossing this out there. Who knows what's correct yet.

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...s-of-1-suspect

the highlights:
... juvenile suspect is in the process of transitioning from female to male ...

... the motive of the alleged shooters went beyond bullying and involved revenge and anger towards others at the school and that at least one of the suspects was involved in legal and illegal drug use and had been in therapy.

"Bullying" is so subjective now. Someone "misgendering" them could be perceived as bullying when someone was just confused.

I've harped on drug use before.

As for dyed hair... I knew kids that did that to be goofy. We shaved our heads on a dare junior year (I think we lost a big game), like dozens of us. It was stupid. None of us were crying for help or thought about killing our classmates.

[newracer]

Brendan Bialy, the student who rushed the shooter is on KDVR right now and is rocking the interview. That kid, and to a point his parents, deserves a huge high five

I just watched the entire interview, what an amazing young man.

[ChickNorris]

I just watched the entire interview, what an amazing young man.

Anyone have a link?

[hurley842002]

I just watched the entire interview, what an amazing young man.

Same here, and I agree. I couldn't hear any of the questions they asked him (watching on my phone), curious what the questions he declined to answer were.