Patdown occurs at 9:50 a.m.
Firearm was discovered during patdown.
Student shoots both administrators and flees with gun in automobile.
Both administrators taken to hospital. One treated and released; the other remains in serious condition.
Student’s car discovered 35 miles away from school. Deceased student’s body discovered approximately .2 mile from the student’s abandoned vehicle.
Reading between the lines: The gun was “retrieved” from the vicinity of where the deceased killed himself.
That absolutely sounds a lot more plausible and quite probably the correct chronological order of events but that is not what was reported in the article.
For some reason it was reported like this....
(Direct quote taken from the article)
"During that search, obviously a weapon was retrieved,” Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said. “A handgun was retrieved, and several shots were fired."
The weapon was not recovered at the school, police said."[/b]
WHO retrieved the handgun?
Quite likely it's just poor journalism and there is no shortage of that these days, and it actually should say something like .....
" when the handgun was discovered during the pat down THE STUDENT retrieved it from his pocket/waistline and began firing."
Simple, clear, and concise. Right?
I just find it curious that the report(er?) is dancing around what exactly happened when the gun was discovered.....but I digress.