Usa news: The 17-year-old suspect in a Wednesday shooting that wounded two administrators at a Denver high school was found dead in a nearby county, authorities said.
The Park County Coroner’s Office announced Thursday morning that the body was identified as Austin Lyle, the 17-year-old student Denver police had named as the suspect in the shooting at Denver’s East High School hours earlier. Lyle’s next of kin have been identified and the coroner’s office is continuing an autopsy and death investigation.
Police found the body Wednesday night in the Colorado woods, near an abandoned car authorities said belonged to the suspect. The body was found in a remote mountain area of Park County, about 50 miles southwest of Denver, said Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw.
Authorities ordered residents of the nearby small town of Bailey to shelter in place as agencies, including the FBI, searched the forest.
