BAILEY, Colo.-
The gunman who took six girls hostage in a high school classroom and killed one of them before taking his own life left a suicide note, the sheriff said Friday.
The note had been delivered to a male relative of the gunman in Colorado, Sheriff Fred Wegener said. He did not release the contents of the note.
Investigators had traced the handgun used in the shooting to the relative, who told agents he had received what appeared to be a suicide note.
Authorities say Duane Morrison shot and killed 16-year-old Emily Keyes on Wednesday before killing himself as SWAT team members stormed at Platte Canyon High School classroom.
Morrison molested all of the six girls and sexually assaulted at least two of them, Wegener said Friday.
Wegener did not identify the relative, but said he did not live in Bailey.
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