Students’ parents react to Denver school shooting: ‘I can’t take it anymore’

Police are looking for the 17-year-old suspected shooter accused of opening fire inside his high school.

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[lauralannister]

You can hear the stress and panic in the mother they interviewed voice. "For the fourth time THIS year!!" Soo heartbreaking.

[patriciagriswold]

Who would have guessed that teaching is a life threatening profession?

[avisinh]

Interesting that they knew the student was a problem ahead of time and pat him down, but still let him come to school?

[andresviruez]

Why would they even allow him in school if they knew he was that dangerous....

[RosaHernandez-scwx]

This has become normal. It's horrible

[SenseiChanel]

If they were that concerned about him doing this, he should have not been allowed in.

[krapeevids]

If you can just shoot someone like that for no reason then you need to be put down. Don’t care how old you are

[KimChilds]

I cannot fathom the level of bravery our children have to demonstrate at least 5 days a week by simply walking into their schools.
Everytime I dropped off my 13yr old daughter at school I would spend the entire drive home, & throughout the school day up until dismissal time questioning if I was a good parent for taking her to school & leaving her there.
By the end of January, & almost daily panic attacks despite being on 3 different medications for depression & anxiety I had to pull her out of in-person school & enroll her into our school district's virtual academy.
We all have to start doing right by our babies.
We have to start being better for them.

[marthamorgan]

Are you serious??? He had been pat down because of previous concerns???? Why was he allowed back in school if there were concerns??

[MrTom-klhy]

Facility members should not have to "pat down" a troublesome student for weapons. This is not what they are trained for, or paid to do. Once a "student" becomes this threatening, they should lose their privilege to a free education in the general student population. And yes, I believe it is long past time to call a free education a privilege for those who act responsibly, not a "right" for those who do not.

[laurancarter]

Im just saying this guy probably needed more help than being pat down everyday before he decided to do what he did! Of course what he did was horrible. He clearly did things before that raised concerns. But it seems it wasn’t handled in the best way.

[DREWDOWN]

A student who requires a pat down every day shouldn’t be allowed at school PERIOD. They knew he was dangerous, and yet they still allowed him at school? Make this make sense.

[almostparadise]

Sickening. I went high school back in the 80s and always felt so safe

[janettheado]

How does he have a gun? Where the hell are the parents???

[jasonscott]

At least they tried. Patting him down every day and he still did this. Im thankful the school knew he was a problem but lets be real
If one needs a pat down everyday then he shouldnt be in the school in the first place

[maruchan]

I moved abroad about 10 years ago and I would really like to move back to be close to family and friends. Especially now that I have my own child. But the thought of him being gunned down on his way to class is too much for me. I don’t know how parents send their kids to school everyday with that very likely possibility. It wasn’t like this when I was growing up. The US I knew is gone. I don’t know if I can ever go back with the way things are.

[longtripfromsanity]

"I can't take it anymore" exactly the last coherent thought of every mass shooter!

[bill]

In my day, if you hit another kid, you got expelled. Now you can bring a gun and it's forgiven, after which they just check your pockets and you're good to go.

[morganmadison]

I went to suburban public schools in Los Angeles in the 70s/80s, and we had open campuses, anyone could walk in, nobody wore ID, we never imagined danger.
There were schools in Los Angeles that had violence, mostly teen gang members. We had some teen gang members in junior high. They had to take their fights off school property after school. Most dropped out of school altogether before high school, but those left had to take their fights out of school.

[jasonp]

Social media plays a role. Being popular has taken a new role whether it be violent or not