CASTLE ROCK, Colo. - Two teenage students accused of fatally shooting one classmate and wounding eight in a suburban Denver school made separate court appearances on Wednesday, a day after their arrest on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.
They were arrested by police after several students under fire at the school fought back, including a young U.S. Marine recruit, Brendan Bialy, who survived, and 18-year-old robotics enthusiast Kendrick Ray Castillo, who was killed. His 16-year-old accused accomplice, referred to in court by his lawyer as Alec McKinney, was listed on the court docket by the name Maya Elizabeth McKinney but was addressed by the judge during the hearing as Mr McKinney.
Dressed in dark blue jail garb with short-cropped brown hair, McKinney said little in court except to answer softly,"No your honor," when the judge asked the defendant if there were any questions. The judge refused a defense request to unshackle McKinney for the hearing.The ABC affiliate, Denver 7, said the two pistols used in the attack had been stolen from the home of Erickson.
Precisely what happened inside the STEM school remained unclear as police searched for a motive in the attack. "He said a guy pulled a pistol out of a guitar case and started to shoot," Montoya told the Denver TV station.
I’m tired of these shooters coming out alive.
Shave his head and march him naked thru town.