A 14-year-old boy shot and critically injured by a classmate at Evergreen High School confronted the shooter during the attack before any alarms or lockdown procedures had started, his family said in a statement released by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday.

The boy, whose name has not been made public, is one of the two students shot by a 16-year-old classmate who attacked the school on Sept. 10 before turning his gun on himself.

The second victim, 18-year-old Matthew Silverstone, also confronted the shooter and wrestled with him outside of the school before the teen shot him, his family said last week.

Both victims remain hospitalized and are making small improvements, according to their families and statements from the sheriff’s office.

In their statement, the 14-yea

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