Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostMelanie Fitzroy, an Elementary EA, embraces a child as students wait to be escorted to buses as they are evacuated from STEM School Highlands Ranch after a school shooting on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostStudents are led to buses after a school shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostPolice pass by buses loaded with students after a school shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostA child is held during an evacuation after a school shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Hyoung Chang, The Denver PostStudents are led to buses after being evacuated after a school shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostOfficers and teachers evacuate students after a shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostOfficers stand outside the high school entrance after a shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostThe evacuation area is pictured after a school shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostA woman watches from across the street after a shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. She said she has two children who attend the school.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostOfficers work on a room-to-room search after a school shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostChildren wait to get on busses during an evacuation after a shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Joe Amon, The Denver PostOfficers and teachers evacuate students after a shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostStudents arrive by bus to the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Northridge from the STEM School Highlands Ranch after a school shooting on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostParents wait in the pouring rain to pick up their children from the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Northridge after a shooing at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostParents are guided from the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Northridge to pick up their kids after a shooing at the STEM School Highlands Ranch after a school shooting on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostChildren are led off buses to be reunited with their parents at the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Northridge after a shooing at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on May 7, 2019.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostParents pick up their children at the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Northridge after the shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostParents pick up their kids from the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Northridge after a school shooing at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostHIGHLANDS RANCH, CO - MAY 7: Kids of all ages are brought off buses to be reunited with their parents at the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Northridge after a shooing at the STEM school on May 7, 2019 in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. A student shot at the STEM School in Highlands Ranch has died, according to Denver7, and law enforcement officials have reported eight students were injured in the gunfire that erupted Tuesday afternoon inside the school. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostParents pick up their kids from the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Northridge after a school shooing at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostParents arrive at the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Northridge to pick up their children after a school shooing at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostParents pick up their children at the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Northridge to pick up their children after a school shooing at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostCars and emergency vehicles are parked all along South Broadway as police direct parents and their kids across the busy intersection after picking the kids up from the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Northridge on May 7, 2019, following a shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostA parent navigates a crowded parking lot of emergency vehicles at the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Northridge where parents were reunited with children after a shooing at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on May 7, 2019.
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Melanie Fitzroy, an Elementary EA, embraces a child as students wait to be escorted to buses as they are evacuated from STEM School Highlands Ranch after a school shooting on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
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Multiple people were injured in a shooting Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at STEM School Highlands Ranch. Douglas County sheriff’s officials said they have two suspects in custody.






















