School Shootings

The aftershocks — often unacknowledged in the years before mental health struggles were more widely recognized — led to some survivors suffering insomnia, dropping out of school, or disengaging from their spouses or families. But some have developed healthy ways to cope with the shadow of that horrific day through therapy and the support from an expanding group of fellow mass shooting survivors.

Chalkbeat Colorado Bureau Chief Erica Meltzer joined us to discuss the Denver school board's unanimous vote last week to release a recording of a closed meeting in March about bringing police officers back into schools.

Following threats and shootings in Northern Colorado schools this spring, school safety continues to be an urgent topic in many communities.

Poudre School District has kept police in schools despite efforts from community members in recent years to remove them. How is that decision shaking out following threats and gun violence in other Colorado schools?

The suspect was found dead Wednesday evening and has been identified as 17-year-old Austin Lyle.

Lockdowns were lifted at several Colorado schools after threats of bombs and shootings came in Wednesday.

The seven-member St. Vrain Valley School Board voted unanimously Wednesday night to let law enforcement store long-range, high-accuracy rifles at Lyons Middle Senior High School and Niwot High School. The Boulder County Sheriff proposed the plan, saying it’s necessary to make sure law enforcement officers can keep the students safe in case of a school shooting.

Service organizations in Colorado and beyond say they are ready to help residents who are grieving after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Tuesday's mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

A former high school student convicted of killing one student and injuring eight others in a 2019 attack on a Denver-area school has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.