(CNN) A male student shot and wounded two adult teachers at a Denver high school on Wednesday, according to Mayor Michael Hancock.
One is in surgery and the other is stable and can talk about what happened, he said.
Denver Police a Twitter They responded to a shooting at East High School in Denver, Colorado.
“At this time, two adult victims have been located and transported to area hospitals. The suspect is believed to be no longer at the location and investigators are working to develop additional information,” a Denver police follow-up said. Tweet.
Denver Public Schools said in a tweet The victims were two adult teachers.
In one step, school officials will implement a “controlled release” of students once police give the go-ahead Tweet from Denver Public Schools.
Students who ride themselves will be escorted to their cars, students riding the bus will be parked on campus until their bus arrives, and students dropped off by their parents can be picked up at a separate location, the tweet said.
East High School has approximately 2,500 students in grades 9 through 12 and is the largest and highest performing comprehensive high school of all Denver public schools. School system.
The high school is located in the City Park neighborhood of the Colorado capital and is considered Denver Historic Landmark For its architecture in the Jacobean Revival style. The clock tower atop the school resembles Philadelphia’s Independence Hall School website references.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
