DENVER (KDVR) -- The school resource officer assigned to Evergreen High School was not there at the time of the shooting earlier this month, raising questions about their whereabouts throughout the community.

After the shooting on Wednesday, Sept. 10, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said during a press conference that the officer assigned to the school had left about two hours before shots were fired.

Evergreen High School previously had a full-time School Resource Officer; however, that officer has been on medical leave, and the responsibility was being shared between other deputies.

On Monday, the sheriff's office released more information about the officer's whereabouts that day.

On Sept. 10, the SRO was going between Evergreen and Conifer High School, about 9 miles apart. The

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