A body found near a vehicle used by a 17-year-old student who shot two administrators at his high school in Denver Wednesday has been identified as the gunman, authorities said.
Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said the student fled the scene after the shooting at East High School.
McGraw did say, however, that local residents should feel"relieved that we came up here and solved the problem," later adding,"It's over. That's all I can say for tonight. It's over with."Park County lifted a shelter-in-place order shortly after the body was found. "We will find that suspect, and we will hold that suspect accountable for his actions," Hancock said earlier Wednesday.The two administrators were searching the student in the morning and"a handgun was retrieved and several shots were fired," the police chief said.
Police haven't recovered the gun used in the shooting, Thomas said Wednesday afternoon. Authorities were searching his home for evidence.
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