Colorado School Shooting Suspect to be Tried as Adult

Colorado School Shooting Suspect to be Tried as Adult

CASTLE ROCK, CO - MAY 15: STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting suspect 18 year old Devon Erickson, facing 48 criminal charges makes a court appearance at the Douglas CountyCourthouse May 15, 2019, in Castle Rock, Colorado. The shootings at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on May 7 killed 1 student and injured 8 others. (Pool by Joe Amon-Pool/Getty Images)

A judge says the younger of two students charged in a fatal school shooting in suburban Denver in May will be tried as an adult. Sixteen-year-old Alec McKinney and 18-year-old Devon Erickson each face over 40 charges in the shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch that killed one of their classmates. The judge said the seriousness of the offenses and the protection of the community required consequences beyond those provided by juvenile court.

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