The full story on this morning's shooting at Denver East High School is up now. The incident comes less than two months after Luis Garcia was shot and fatally wounded while sitting in a car outside the school.
"It's clear now we need to do even more," said Mayor Michael Hancock at a press briefing outside the school after the most recent shooting.
According to Thomas, the shooting occurred around 9:50 a.m. inside an office area, away from other students and school staff."Several shots were fired," Thomas said. "I'm deeply sorry that we're here," said DPS Superintendent Dr. Alex Marrero, who joined Hancock and Thomas at the press conference."I really, really feel that we shouldn't be here, but here we are."
At the press briefing, officials announced that East High will now have two armed officers present on campus until the end of the school year.students marched out of East in protest of current gun lawsStudent activists managed to get officials from the state, city, school board, Denver Police Department and East itself to gather at Boettcher Concert Hall earlier this month for a safety summit aimed at finding solutions for the gun violence.
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