Alleged Colorado Juvenile Transgender Shooter Identified
By Breitbart. The alleged juvenile shooter at STEM School Highlands Ranch Tuesday has been identified as Maya McKinney, a girl who is reported to be “transitioning” from female to male, said the Denver Post.
McKinney, 16, who uses the name “Alec,” is being charged under her legal name of Maya Elizabeth.
According to the report, McKinney and the other shooting suspect, Devon Erickson, 18, appeared at Douglas County Courthouse Wednesday. McKinney sat next to her mother, who reportedly remained at the table in the courtroom alone, crying, after her daughter was removed. . .
The Post reported:
McKinney’s attorney offered some clarity to his client’s gender identity during the court hearing after Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock identified the Juvenile suspect as a boy immediately after the shooting and then as a girl during an early Wednesday morning news conference.
(Read more from “Alleged Colorado Juvenile Transgender Shooter Identified” HERE)
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Suspected STEM School Shooters Appeared in Court While Classroom Heroes Were Lauded by Family and Friends
By The Denver Post. John Castillo stared through teary eyes across a Douglas County courtroom Wednesday at the teens suspected of killing his son when gunfire erupted inside of STEM School Highlands Ranch the day before.
For more than two hours Wednesday, Castillo sat through the initial court hearings for the teens arrested in connection to the shooting. Investigators suspect that the two teens brought handguns into the school of 1,800 students and opened fire inside — killing Castillo’s son, Kendrick, and injuring eight others.
The shooting has once again plummeted the U.S. into discussions about gun violence, access to firearms and school safety. Politicians gave condolences and expressed outrage. Parents wrote online of the fear they felt sending their kids to school. STEM School students still struggled to understand how their calm campus became the most recent example of violent tragedy. Two vigils were held Wednesday night.
One of the shooting suspects, Devon Erickson, sat hunched in his chair throughout his hearing where he was advised of the charges he is being held on. As the proceeding continued, the skinny 18-year-old with shaggy black and pink hair curled farther into himself — his bangs nearly touching the defense table by the end.
Alec McKinney — who is charged under the legal name of Maya Elizabeth McKinney but uses male pronouns and the name Alec — sat up straight in [her] chair. (Read more from “Suspected STEM School Shooters Appeared in Court Wednesday While Classroom Heroes Were Lauded by Family and Friends” HERE)
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Accused Transgender Shooter Demands Court Call Her a “He”
Lawyers for the second suspect in the Colorado school shooting, Maya McKinney, who is listed in court records as a female, asked the court to use the pronoun “he.”
The 16-year-old McKinney is transgender and was transitioning from female to male at the time of Tuesday’s shooting at the STEM School Highlands Ranch in Highlands Ranch, Colo., that left one student dead and eight others wounded. McKinney reportedly identifies as a male and goes by the name Alec. (Read more about the alleged transgender shooter HERE)
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