DENVER (KDVR) – An "active assailant" was reported at a high school in the Denver metro area on Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities in Jefferson County.

A spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office initially said in a post on X that "at least" two students at Evergreen High School, in Evergreen, Colorado, had been shot and taken to the hospital. A representative for the nearby CommonSpirit St. Anthony Hospital told Nexstar's KDVR that there were three total patients, all in critical condition.

A public information officer for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, at a press briefing on Wednesday afternoon, said the shooting occurred on school grounds, and the injured are all believed to be students.

The spokesperson said it was not clear how many shooters were inv

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