Evergreen High School, 10 September 2025

… suspect is deceased from his self-inflicted injuries and has been identified as a student at the school, 16-year-old Desmond Holly. Most importantly, our thoughts continue to be with the two victims injured in the shooting and all those who have been impacted by this horrific attack. We will share more as we are able.

… Desmond lived with his family in a sprawling mountain home on a private lane outside Kittridge, property records show. A road to the family's house was blocked by a gate more than half a mile from the property.

On Wednesday, he rode the bus to school, Kelley said.

It was not immediately clear how he accessed the revolver he used in the attack or how he kept it hidden until midday.

Desmond brought "quite a bit of ammunition" with him, Kelley said. Authorities are still working to determine whether he targeted specific students, but noted he fired his gun many times throughout the school, she said.

"He would fire and reload, fire and reload," Kelley said. "This went on and on. He tried to find new targets. He came up to a roadblock on many of those doors -- he couldn't get to those kids."

Kelley said Desmond's parents have cooperated with the investigation. Authorities are considering whether they could face criminal charges related to the attack or Desmond's access to the gun.

"We have windows shot out, lockers shot up," she said. "We are finding unspent rounds. It is a huge area... He fired multiple, multiple times."

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