The 18-year-old Evergreen High School student who was wounded during a shooting at the school last week warned fellow students about the attack as it unfolded, his uncle said in a video statement released Wednesday by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

Matthew Silverstone remains in critical condition after the shooting and may be facing a “lifelong recovery,” his uncle, Kris Koehler, said in the statement.

He read get-well cards from Silverstone’s schoolmates that praised the teenager for his quick thinking and for warning others during the attack.

“For the last week or so, we have heard a lot about the shooter — what might or might not have been in his mind,” Koehler said. “And rather than dwelling on that, we wanted everyone to know about Matthew. That he’s not just the criticall

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