An account linked to Desmond Holly, 16, also posted a picture of a revolver and ammunition about an hour before the shooting Jesse Paul and Olivia Prentzel 8:39 AM MDT on Sep 12, 2025 Share Original Reporting The Trust Project Law Enforcement guard a vigil for the shooting at Evergreen High School, Thursday, September 11, 2025, at Buchanan Fields in Evergreen, Colorado. (Jeremy Sparig, Special to The Colorado Sun) The 16-year-old boy accused of shooting two classmates at Evergreen High School on Wednesday before fatally shooting himself embraced conspiratorial, antisemitic and white supremacist social media content, according to a review by The Colorado Sun. Desmond Holly also reposted TikToks about the 1999 Columbine High School shooting and posed wearing a T-shirt with the word “WRATH” on it, which is what shooter Eric Harris wore as he carried out the Columbine attack. Desmond Holly (Courtesy Jefferson County Sherriff’s Office) But perhaps most ominous was a post on X that an account linked to Holly made about an hour before the Evergreen shooting happened: a photo of a small revolver being held over a table with a box of ammunition on it. It was posted without comment. A few days earlier, the account posted the same image, with the caption “little .38 special I got.” Authorities say Holly used a revolver in his attack Wednesday afternoon at Evergreen High School, critically wounding two classmates as he repeatedly fired and reloaded the handgun. He then fatally shot himself as law enforcement arrived at the school. Jacki Kelley, a spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, said Holly has been “radicalized through an extremist network” before the shooting. She didn’t provide details, saying investigators would reveal more in the future. “We want to at least give you that much about maybe mindset for him,” Kelley said Thursday. Kelley said law enforcement has been in close contact with Holly’s family as they investigate the shooting. The sheriff’s office posted on social media Friday that “the information flow at this point will be minimal, as we have shared all the releasable information we currently have.” The Denver Post was first to report on the teen’s social media activity. Holly’s TikTok account was listed as “banned” Friday morning. The profile picture for the account appears to be an enhanced image of the gunman who killed six people and injured 14 others in Isla Vista, California, in 2014. Holly was also active on a “violent gore site,” which features videos of people dying, according to the Anti-Defamation League. The ADL said Holly joined the site in December 2024 in the month between the shootings at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, and at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee. The organization said the shooters in both of those attacks also visited the website. Holly commented on posts about past mass shootings, the league said, and his social media posts indicated he began to collect tactical gear. In a now-deleted TikTok video viewed by the group, Holly modeled a tactical helmet and gas mask.
via coloradosun: Evergreen High School shooter embraced Columbine, antisemitism and white supremacy online