A 17-year-old student at Denver’s East High School shot two school administrators who were searching him Wednesday morning, according to police, leaving one with life-threatening injuries.
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Authorities found a body in the woods Wednesday night during a search for the 17-year-old student accused of shooting two school administrators at Denver East High School hours earlier.The body, which has not yet been identified, was found about .2 miles from where the suspect’s red SUV was found, Park County Tom McGraw said during a news conference.
The Denver Police Department said the administrators are deans and that both are men. One was in serious but stable condition and has been able to talk with investigators. That man, Jerald Mason, was discharged from the hospital Wednesday evening.
The other dean, Eric Sinclair, was taken to the hospital in critical condition, but Denver Health Medical Center said Sinclair was in serious condition on Wednesday evening.
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