Parent warned Colorado school of a 'repeat of Columbine' 5 months before shooting

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An anonymous caller warned Colorado school of a 'repeat of Columbine' 5 months before shooting, according to a letter obtained by ABC News.

In the wake of a deadly shooting at a Colorado school this week, ABC News has obtained a letter in which a school official detailed a warning called in to the school board in December, describing a troubled school and concerns of a"repeat of Columbine" on the campus.

The letter, dated Dec. 19, was written by Daniel Winsor, director of Choice Programming for the school district, and addressed to Eucker. A copy of the letter has also been conveyed to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. The anonymous caller also complained of STEM School students"dealing and using cocaine, meth, marijuana, and LSD, including putting marijuana in drinks."The caller also recounted an incident in which a student spread feces on the walls at the school, and said that a bomb threat had been made after"kids learned how to build a bomb in school."

Winsor concluded the letter by writing that school district officials were requesting an investigation of the allegations"to determine their legitimacy and to take any remedial action that may be appropriate." Just before 2 p.m. local time on Tuesday, a pair of gunmen, both allegedly students at the STEM School, opened fire on classmates. An 18-year-old student, identified as Kendrick Castillo, was shot to death when he and two other students charged one of the gunmen inside a classroom in an attempt to stop the shooting, police and witnesses said.

Meanwhile, a court hearing scheduled Friday for Erickson and his alleged accomplice, a juvenile whose name has not been released, was postponed until May 15, while investigators continue to collect evidence in the case and determine a motive for the shooting.

 

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' STEM school officials said the allegations were investigated and found to be without merit.'. Who investigated this

Congratulations to the American school children being offered up as sacrificial lambs so that some companies can sell a few more firearms to their mommies & daddies.

And your Point Is?...

Locally, the person who made the call was vilified by the school sad to say.

The adult solution to this horror? Every child for themselves. Well done America.

What does that have to do with guns?

This is crap. Every school has bullying and other issues. Just because the school has some bullying does not mean the school is gonna be shot up. If this were true every school would be shot up, but in reality schools are rarely shot up. The tip was likely from a soccer mom.

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