DENVER (AP) \u2014 Three teens were critically wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a high school in the foothills of suburban Denver, including the suspected shooter, authorities said.<\/p>\n
The shooting was reported around 12:30 p.m. at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, about 30 miles west of Denver, Jefferson County Sheriff\u2019s Office spokesperson Jacki Kelley said.<\/p>\n
It is not clear what led up to the shooting or how the suspected shooter, believed to be a student at the school, was shot. None of the law enforcement officers who responded to the shooting is believed to have fired any shots, Kelley said.<\/p>\n
The shooting happened on school grounds, but it wasn\u2019t immediately known whether it was inside the school building, she said. Investigators don\u2019t believe there is any further threat to the community, she said.<\/p>\n
All three teens taken to St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado, were shot, CEO Kevin Cullinan said. The high school with more than 900 students is largely surrounded by forest. It is about a mile from the center of Evergreen, which has a population of 9,300 people.<\/p>\n
Over 100 police officers from around the Denver area rushed to the school to try to help, Kelley said. A 1999 school shooting at Jefferson County\u2019s Columbine High killed 14 people, including a woman who died earlier this year<\/a> of complications from her injuries in the shooting.<\/p>\n Parents of Evergreen High School students were told to go to an elementary school to reunite with their children.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the scariest thing you could ever think that could happen, and these parents were really frightened and so were the kids,\u201d Kelley said.<\/p>\n This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available. <\/p>\n Download the FREE Boston 25 News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n Follow Boston 25 News on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>. | Watch Boston 25 News NOW<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n