US: Second shooting at Denver school in a month, administrators injured

A 17-year-old student shot and wounded two administrators at his Denver high school on Wednesday as they searched him for weapons, a daily requirement because of the boy’s behavioural issues, authorities said.

The student fled and his vehicle was later found in a remote mountain area about 50 miles (80 kilometres) southwest of Denver, but he remained at large.

The gun was not immediately recovered, official said.

A shelter in place order was issued by authorities around the small town of Bailey, in Park County.

The shooting occurred at a school shaken by frequent lockdowns and violence, including the killing of a classmate that prompted East High School students to march on the Colorado Capitol earlier this month.

Parents who converged on the 2,500-student campus on Wednesday faulted officials for not doing enough to protect their children.

Amid the flurry of criticism over lax security, Denver school officials said after the shooting that they would once again put armed officers into the city’s public high schools.

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