The 16-year-old boy accused of shooting two classmates at Evergreen High School on Wednesday before fatally shooting himself embraced conspiratorial, antisemitic and white supremacist social media content, according to a review by The Colorado Sun.
Desmond Holly also reposted TikToks about the 1999 Columbine High School shooting and posed wearing a T-shirt with the word “WRATH” on it, which is what shooter Eric Harris wore as he carried out the Columbine attack.
But perhaps most ominous was a post on X that an account linked to Holly made about an hour before the Evergreen shooting happened: a photo of a small revolver being held over a table with a box of ammunition on it. It was posted without comment.
Desmond Holly (Courtesy Jefferson County Sherriff’s Office)A few days earlier, the account posted the same image, with the caption “little .38 special I got.”
Authorities say Holly used a revolver in his attack Wednesday afternoon at Evergreen High School, critically wounding two classmates as he repeatedly fired and reloaded the handgun. He then fatally shot himself as law enforcement arrived at the school.
Jacki Kelley, a spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, said Holly has been “radicalized through an extremist network” before the shooting. She didn’t provide details, saying investigators would reveal more in the future.
Kelley said investigators have been in close contact with Holly’s family as they investigate the shooting. The Denver Post was first to report on the teen’s social media activity.
The minimum age to purchase a handgun is set at 21 by federal law.
Colorado law requires that gun owners store their weapons in a safe or with a trigger or cable lock. Unlawful storage of a firearm is a Class 2 misdemeanor, punishable by up to 120 days in jail and a fine of up to $750. Providing a handgun to a juvenile or “permitting a juvenile to possess a handgun” is a Class 4 felony, punishable by up to 6 years in prison.
The sheriff’s office says it is investigating how Holly obtained the weapon.
On Thursday evening, thousands of students, parents and community members gathered at a vigil in Evergreen to comfort each other and make sense of a shooting that sent scores of confused and terrified students fleeing into strangers’ homes and others barricading themselves in classrooms.
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