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Students and parents are scared and angry after shooting at East High

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Denver East High School parent Sonya Black, center, wipes tears from her eyes as she pleads with Police Chief Ron Thomas for information after a shooting at East High School on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Two school administrators were injured in a shooting reported at the school Wednesday morning. Thomas said the the suspected shooter, a student, was being searched as part of a school safety plan. The student fled and is not in custody.

CPR education reporter Jenny Brundin talks about concerns regarding safety and the lack of school resource officers at East High School in Denver, where police say a student shot and wounded two administrators Wednesday. The suspect fled but his body was later found near his vehicle in Park County southwest of Denver.