- Title: Police search for student-suspect after Denver school shootings
- Date: 23rd March 2023
- Summary: DENVER, COLORADO, UNITED STATES (MARCH 22, 2023) (REUTERS) POLICE CAR OUTSIDE DENVER EAST HIGH SCHOOL AFTER SHOOTINGS POLICE CAR OUTSIDE SCHOOL PANNING SHOT TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLE AND STUDENTS OUTSIDE SCHOOL CLOSER VIEW OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLE 5 STUDENTS CROSSING STREET NEAR HIGH SCHOOL SIDE VIEW OF DENVER EAST HIGH SCHOOL PEOPLE OUTSIDE SCHOOL AFTER SHOOTINGS PANNING SHOT OF DENVER EAST HIGH SCHOOL
- Embargoed: 6th April 2023 02:12
- Keywords: Denver Gun violence High school Shooting Student Wounded
- Location: DENVER, COLORADO, UNITED STATES
- City: DENVER, COLORADO, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: North America
- Reuters ID: LVA001954222032023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Police were searching on Wednesday (March 22) for a Denver high school student who shot and wounded two faculty members as they were patting him down for weapons as part of a "safety plan" devised for the youth based on previous behavioral issues, officials said.
The East High School student, identified by police as 17-year-old Austin Lyle, fled the shooting scene on foot immediately after Wednesday's violence, which unfolded just before 10 a.m. local time (1600 GMT).
Neither police nor education authorities disclosed the specific conduct that led the school to adopt an individualized security protocol for the student. A wanted bulletin issued after the shooting included a photo of the student and of a car similar to one he might be driving. The dean of the school and another staff member were conducting the search when several shots were fired, and the student fled, apparently still armed with the handgun used in the attack.
The two victims were taken to an area hospital where one was listed in critical condition and undergoing surgery, and the other was in serious but stable condition, police said.
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