DENVER (KDVR) — On Wednesday, a student reportedly shot two other students at Evergreen High School. This is one of several school shootings that have taken place in Colorado over the past few decades.
The most recent school shooting in Colorado took place on Wednesday during school hours when a student shot two students, critically injuring one of them, before shooting themselves, according to officials.
This is one of 13 school shootings over nearly 50 years, not including other shooting-related events that have taken place on school grounds.
School shootings in Colorado since Columbine
Here are shootings that have taken place during school hours, not including suicides, according to state records:
- Columbine High School – In Littleton on April 20, 1999, two students killed 13 people before killing themselves. There were 21 people wounded in the shooting. One victim later died from her injuries in 2025.
- Ranum High School – On Feb. 5, 2003, in Westminster, shots were fired during a fight between students outside on school property. The shots missed and no one was hurt.
- Academia Ana Marie Montessori School – On May 24, 2005, an unknown shooter fired a BB gun at a playground in Denver, injuring a teacher and her aide.
- Platte Canyon High School – On Sept. 27, 2006, a 53-year-old shooter took six girls hostage at the Bailey school. He shot and killed one hostage before shooting himself.
- Deer Creek Middle School – On Feb. 23, 2010, a 32-year-old former student fired a hunting rifle at a bus stop, hitting two students during dismissal.
- Aurora Central High School – On Dec. 6, 2010, an unrelated bystander who was a student was injured in a gang-related drive-by shooting during dismissal
- Arapahoe High School – In Centennial on Dec. 13, 2013, a student shot and killed another student before shooting himself
- East High School – In Pueblo on May 4, 2016, a teacher was wounded in a drive-by shooting after school. The shooter later committed suicide.
- Cole Middle School – In Denver on Aug. 8, 2018, a student was injured outside on school property in a gang shooting
- STEM School Highlands Ranch – On May 7, 2019, two students planned an attack, killing one and injuring eight people.
- Hinkley High School – On Nov. 15, 2021, in Aurora, several teens were facing charges after a shooting that wounded three people
- East High School – On March 22, 2023, in Denver, two deans were shot by a student who later killed himself
- Evergreen High School – On Sept. 10, 2025, a student injured two students before killing themselves.
While there have been 13 shootings during the school day, not including suicide, several other shootings have taken place on school grounds. According to state records, there have been unrelated fights and suicides that have led to deadly shootings on school property.
In 1977, not during school hours, a student was shot outside of South Junior High in Colorado Springs during a basketball game. Meanwhile, in 1982, two students were shooting prairie dogs outside of school hours before a 14-year-old student shot and killed a 13-year-old student.
There were also shooting incidents during the school day that weren’t active shooter situations. In 2000, a student attempted suicide in the parking lot of Thomas Jefferson High School.
Other shooting incidents that have taken place more recently include 2008, when shots were fired during a fight on Thompson Valley High School property outside of school hours, and in 2016, when a student committed suicide inside Berthoud High School.
There were several other shooting incidents not listed above.
A suicide and crisis lifeline is available by calling or texting 988, or through the chat on 988lifeline.org. Students can anonymously report concerns to school staff and law enforcement through Safe2Tell. Reports can be submitted by calling 1-877-542-7233, safe2tell.org, the mobile app or by texting S2TCO to 728477.
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