UPDATED: Shooter at High School in Colorado Dead, 2 Others Injured

by Austin Petersen

NBC is reporting on the shooting in Colorado and positively identifying the shooter as Karl Halverson Pierson, 18, a senior at Arapahoe High School. NBC is reporting that the student was very bright and politically opinionated.  The shooter was evidently bullied frequently and had strong beliefs about gun control.

From NBC: 

The 18-year-old gunman who wounded a fellow student at a Colorado school before taking his own life Friday was described as a bright, politically opinionated young man who had a beef with a teacher.

Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson identified the gunman as Karl Halverson Pierson, 18, a senior at Arapahoe High School in Centennial. Authorities said he entered the school about 12:33 p.m. (2:33 p.m. ET) looking for a specific teacher with whom he’d had an earlier confrontation.

“‘Revenge’ is the word that I chose,” Robinson told reporters. “This is where our initial investigation is taking us. We know that there was some controversy between the student suspect and the teacher.”

The teacher, alerted to the threat, immediately tried to lure Pierson away from other students by leaving the building, Robinson said. 

“It was very tactical for the teacher, for him to remove himself from the school,” Robinson said. 

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CENTENNIAL, CO – Two individuals are believed to be injured from a recent shooting and the shooter is believed to have killed himself inside Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado. The shooter was a child from the school and reportedly had a shotgun he intended to use on a teacher.

Students reported that two students were shot by another in the school’s cafeteria. Students also reported that the shooter was shot as well. Schools are on lockdown and details are forthcoming.

Denver’s 9News says one of the victims is around 15 or 16 years of age. The Associated Press quotes a hospital spokesman as saying the student is in critical condition.

Livestream of the events.

The school is 10 miles from Littleton, where the Columbine shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students in 1999.

 


Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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