Tag: Evergreen High School Shooting
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Evergreen High School shooting report sheds light on possible motives
Roughly eight months after a shooting at Evergreen High School that left two students critically wounded and the shooter dead, a report released this week offered clues into the latter’s frame of mind and shed light on possible motives. Authorities have yet to establish a definitive motive in the shooting. Desmond Holly, 16, entered the…
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Bill to accelerate police access to online data clears Colorado committee
A proposal to speed up law enforcement’s access to social media data is advancing in the Colorado Legislature, drawing testimony from the residents of Evergreen, where a school shooting took place, and questions from opponents worried about privacy and constitutional limits. On Sept. 10, Desmond Holly, 16, entered Evergreen High School with a loaded revolver,…
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EDITORIAL: Social media must step up to protect Colorado kids
A bipartisan effort by Colorado’s legislature requiring quicker turnaround on search warrants issued to major social media companies is almost on its way to Gov. Jared Polis. We urge him to sign it into law. Senate Bill 26-011would enhance law enforcement’s ability to root out and even head off some of the wide-ranging perils threatening…
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Colorado lawmakers seek faster warrant response from social media firms
Proponents argue legislation would prevent school shootings Colorado officials on Monday claimed that the Evergreen High School shooting could have been prevented if social media companies had been required to respond faster to warrants — and they are pushing legislation at the state and federal levels to speed up that process. Current laws allow social…
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Evergreen High School victim confronted shooter, then warned others, family says
When the Evergreen High School shooter began firing and reloading a revolver, one of the two victims he critically wounded confronted the suspect, according to the victim’s family. That bought time for others to escape, the family said, adding even after he was critically wounded, he ran to warn others. “On Sept. 10, inside Evergreen…
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Evergreen High School victim confronted shooter, then warned others, family says
When the Evergreen High School shooter began firing and reloading a revolver, one of the two victims he critically wounded confronted the suspect, according to the victim’s family. That bought time for others to escape, the family said, adding even after he was critically wounded, he ran to warn others. “On Sept. 10, inside Evergreen…