{"id":119861,"date":"2026-02-05T08:09:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/colorado-authorities-decline-gun-charges-against-parents-of-evergreen-high-school-shooter-119861"},"modified":"2026-02-05T08:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:09:45","slug":"colorado-authorities-decline-gun-charges-against-parents-of-evergreen-high-school-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/colorado-authorities-decline-gun-charges-against-parents-of-evergreen-high-school-shooter-119861","title":{"rendered":"Colorado authorities decline gun charges against parents of Evergreen High School shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Colorado authorities said Wednesday they will not pursue gun-related charges against the parents of a teenager who wounded two students \u2014 both of whom sustained life-threatening injuries \u2014 during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/education\/high-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shooting at a high school<\/a> last fall, citing insufficient evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/education\/parents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parents of Desmond Holly<\/a>, 16, were reviewed for possible charges tied to firearm access or storage following the Sept. 10 shooting at Evergreen High School, but investigators determined there was no basis to move forward, the Jefferson County Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n<p>Holly opened fire at the school in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/colorado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evergreen, Colorado<\/a>, located about 30 miles west of Denver, before shooting himself. He later died from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the firearm used \u2014 a Smith &amp; Wesson .38 Special revolver \u2014 was kept in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/personal-freedoms\/second-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">locked gun safe<\/a>. Authorities said DNA testing also failed to link either parent to the weapon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/former-uvalde-school-officer-says-he-doesnt-regret-actions-after-not-guilty-verdict\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FORMER UVALDE SCHOOL OFFICER SAYS HE DOESN&#8217;T REGRET ACTIONS AFTER NOT GUILTY VERDICT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, the revolver was a family heirloom, and Holly did not have regular access to the safe.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office said the parents initially spoke with authorities immediately after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/mass-shootings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the shooting,<\/a> and later provided written responses through legal counsel.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the shooting did not appear to target specific individuals and was carried out at random.<\/p>\n<p>Early in the investigation, authorities said Holly may have been influenced by an unspecified extremist network. Investigators later concluded he was not aligned with any particular extremist ideology, but had developed an online fixation on previous school shooters.<\/p>\n<p>The Anti-Defamation League\u2019s Center on Extremism reviewed Holly\u2019s online activity and reported that he had engaged with violent online content and referenced past mass shootings, including the 1999 Columbine High School attack. Evergreen High School is located in the same county as Columbine.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital has reached out to the family\u2019s attorney for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/colorado-authorities-decline-gun-charges-parents-evergreen-high-school-shooter\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/colorado-authorities-decline-gun-charges-parents-evergreen-high-school-shooter <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado authorities said Wednesday they will not pursue gun-related charges against the parents of a teenager who wounded two students \u2014 both of whom sustained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-119861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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