Kendrick Castillo

Matthew Silverstone, center, was released from CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, about five weeks after he was shot twice at Evergreen High School. (Courtesy of Jefferson County Sheriff's Office)

Colorado鈥檚 teens shouldn鈥檛 have to be heroes during mass shootings, but they are (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

October 17, 2025 at 2:15 p.m.

Matthew Silverstone, at the young age of 18, has sacrificed more for Colorado than most...

Emergency responders walk towards Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado after a shooting on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Colorado learned long ago that no school is safe from gun violence — a lesson Jeffco should have heeded (Editorial)

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

September 17, 2025 at 9:49 a.m.

The tragedy at Evergreen High School reminds us that even this country鈥檚 most idyllic communities...

A mural of Kendrick Castillo, painted on a brick wall at 21st and Lawrence streets in Denver, was unveiled on Oct. 4, 2020. Denver artists Adam Clark and Ksenia Poteraj were commissioned to paint the mural of Castillo, the 18-year-old STEM School Highlands Ranch student who lost his life while rushing a school shooter on May 7, 2019. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Saint Kendrick Castillo? Douglas County church submits petition for Catholic canonization

By Jessica Seaman

August 1, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

鈥淎lthough I have just begun to review the information submitted, it seems clear that Kendrick...

East High School dean Wayne Mason, who was one of two administrators shot on March 22, speaks about the aftermath of the shooting at East High School during a press conference in City Park on May 8, 2023, in Denver. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Dean shot at East High School in 2023 sues DPS over “nightmare that could have been prevented”

By Jessica Seaman

March 21, 2025 at 4:37 p.m.

The lawsuit was filed ahead of the second anniversary of student Austin Lyle鈥檚 shooting of...

Anne Marie Hochhalter, who was paralyzed during the 1999 attack on Columbine High School, is pictured in this undated file photo close to her high school graduation. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Editorial: The legacy of Columbine survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter — hope for an America divided over gun violence

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

February 24, 2025 at 3:38 p.m.

Some survivors have dedicated their lives to preventing more ripples from forming, only to be...

The words "Long Live Luis" are painted outside East High School in Denver in memory of 16-year-old Luis Garcia, who was shot and killed on Feb. 13, 2023, at the school, seen here on Sept. 22, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt/Special to The Denver Post)

Family of student fatally shot outside East High sues Denver Public Schools over removal of armed police

By Jessica Seaman

October 1, 2024 at 4:33 p.m.

In the wake of both shootings, DPS faced聽heavy criticism from parents and educators about its...

Kendrick Castillo before his senior prom in April 2019. (Photo courtesy of Tim Thompson)

Douglas County renames street near STEM School Highlands Ranch after Kendrick Castillo

By Katie Langford

August 28, 2024 at 9:36 p.m.

The Board of Douglas County Commissioners on Tuesday approved renaming Lucent Boulevard, which stretches from...

Boulder resident Hannah Polow pays her respects at a huge memorial site in front of a King Soopers grocery store on Table Mesa Dr. March 26, 2021. On Monday March 22, 2021 ten people were killed in a mass shooting there including a Boulder police officer. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Editorial: Ban assault weapons in Colorado to save lives in the next mass shooting

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

April 29, 2024 at 11:03 a.m.

Semi-automatic guns with detachable magazines are a unique threat to public safety, having been designed...

CASTLE ROCK, CO - FEBRUARY 3: People cheer and wave to passersby outside the Douglas County school district's Central Administration Building in Castle Rock on Thursday, February 3, 2022. A mass sick-out caused schools to close as more than 1,000 supporters of educators showed up to rally in support the Douglas County School District superintendent and to demand transparency and due process by the district's board. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Editorial: The $800k DougCo settlement is the price of school district secrecy and cover-ups

By The Denver Post Editorial Board

April 20, 2023 at 12:16 p.m.

A new era of secrecy and cover-ups has infected Colorado school districts. Board members shield...