‘Not a statistic’: Students walk out of Colorado shooting vigil to condemn politics and press

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'We can’t be used for a reason for gun control,' one student said, following Tuesday's tragedy in which one died and eight were injured.

Students walked out of a vigil in protest on Wednesday at Highlands Ranch High School in Highlands Ranch, Colo. The vigil was in support of STEM School Highlands Ranch, where a shooting on Tuesday left one student dead and eight injured.

Another teenager voiced similar frustrations, saying: “I thought this was about us, not about politics.” Students embrace during the vigil. Castillo was killed three days before graduation. A bullet hit the high school senior as he tried to tackle the shooter. Eight other students were injured when two classmates opened fire. According to police, one of the shooters was 18-year-old Devon Erickson, and the other was a younger student who has not been identified because she is a juvenile.

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