The FBI was working to identify the person behind the Evergreen High School shooter’s social media accounts through search warrants when the attack happened, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said Friday.

Sheriff’s officials released a lengthy statement Friday afternoon addressing “rumors” being circulated about the Sept. 10 school shooting that seriously injured two students.

The families of victims Matthew Silverstone, 18, and a 14-year-old boy who has not been publicly identified previously said the teens confronted the shooter and tried to alert their classmates before they were shot.

The shooter, 16-year-old Desmond Holly, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

In the wake of the shooting, FBI officials said the agency began investigating accounts later linked to Holly but

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