The Daily Populous Thursday September 11st, 2025 night edition
Authored by cpr.org and submitted by cinderparty

Updated at 6:53 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025

A shooting at Evergreen High School this afternoon hospitalized four students — three with gunshot wounds, including the suspected shooter.

The students with gunshot wounds were treated at CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood. After treatment, two of the three — one being the suspect — are still in critical condition.

The third victim has non-life-threatening injuries.

The sheriff's office confirmed in an evening update that the suspected shooter sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Officials said a fourth juvenile took themselves to the hospital with injuries sustained while escaping the high school and fleeing to a nearby elementary school.

"This is the scariest thing you could ever think could happen," said Jacki Kelley, public information officer with Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. “Honestly, I don't know if our suspect is old enough to even drive.”

Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite Crime scene investigators inspect a lot near Evergreen High School, after a shooting there on Sept. 10, 2025.

Kelley said it was not clear who the shooter was or how many shooters may have been involved. Over 100 police officers from around the Denver area rushed to the school to try to help, Kelley said.

Officials said the shooter used a handgun and that police have not found a letter explaining the attack. Kelley said it appeared the shooting happened on school grounds, but outside the school.

The school is about 28 miles southwest of Denver. It enrolls about 900 students, according to the state Department of Education.

Tony Gorman/CPR News A long line of families and community members waiting outside the reunification point following a school shooting in Evergreen, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025.

Cameron Jones is a 9th grader at Evergreen High School. He said he was eating lunch outside when he heard three gunshots. A security guard then told him to run.

He said he never thought a shooting like Wednesday’s would happen in Evergreen.

“Absolutely not,” Jones said. “I thought this was like a one-in-a-million thing, and it still feels surreal that it happened.”

Jen Weber, a mother of a freshman student at the school, said she was washing her car when her son sent her a text message that a shooting was happening.

Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite Jen Weber watches with relief as her son, an Evergreen High School freshman, leaves the school after a shooting there on Sept. 10, 2025. She hiked through the woods to get closer.

“I think if I’m being honest with myself, I always knew it was ‘When, not if?’” Weber said. “But having been born and raised in Evergreen, I didn’t ever really think it would happen here in Evergreen.”

Weber was still waiting on Wednesday afternoon to be reunited with her son.

Authorities have not released more details on the shooting. Videos on social media show emergency service vehicles racing towards the school.

Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite First responders are staged near Evergreen High School after a shooting was reported there. Sept. 10, 2025.

“I am closely monitoring the situation at Evergreen High School, and am getting live updates. State Troopers are supporting local law enforcement in responding to this situation. Students should be able to attend school safely and without fear across our state and nation. We are all praying for the victims and the entire community,” said Colorado Gov. Jared Polis.

Federal law enforcement is also responding to the scene to assist.

Allison Sherry/CPR News Jefferson County Sheriff Reggie Marinelli addresses the media this afternoon following a shooting at Evergreen High School. Behind her is Evergreen Fire Chief Mike Weege.

Parents are being asked to go to Bergen Meadow Elementary School at 1928 Hiwan Drive to reunify with their students.

Outside the school on Wednesday afternoon, a long line of parents waited to be reunited with their students.

Flatirons Community Church in Golden was planning a vigil on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite School buses line up, heading towards Evergreen High School after a shooting was reported there. Sept. 10, 2025.

The Jefferson County Education Association, a teachers' union in the district, said in a statement that every time a school shooting happens, it retraumatizes the community that lived through the Columbine shooting in 1999.

“Colorado has lived through this pain too many times. We cannot become numb. We cannot accept this as normal. We demand that our leaders at every level — local, state, and national — take real, meaningful action to end the epidemic of gun violence in our schools,” the association’s leaders said in a statement.

All Jefferson County school athletics and activities for Wednesday were canceled.

CPR reporters Haylee May, Alejandro A. Alonso Galva, Yesenia Robles, Molly Cruse, Kevin Beaty, Ben Markus, Allison Sherry and Tony Gorman, as well as The Associated Press, contributed to this report.

Editor's note: This story has been updated with more information about the victims and the alleged shooter.

Bigcheese1211 on September 10th, 2025 at 19:53 UTC »

You know the media will cover Charlie Kirk more than they will this one. One was "politically motivated" the other is just another Wednesday in the US

effigymcgee on September 10th, 2025 at 19:40 UTC »

Charlie Kirk, school shooting, another day in America.

Ertai2000 on September 10th, 2025 at 19:40 UTC »

What a fucking country...