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Just a week after a student opened fire at University of North Carolina’s Charlotte campus leaving two dead and four injured, unidentified men opened fire at a high school in suburban Denver on Tuesday killing one and injuring seven.

According to authorities, an 18-year-old student was killed and seven others were injured in a shooting near Denver. Local police confirmed the arrest of two suspects in connection with the tragic incident.

According to reports, the shooting took place at STEM School in Highlands Ranch which has over 1,800 students.  Both the accused are students - one is an adult male and the other is a juvenile, CNN quoted Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock as saying.

"Adult suspect has been identified as Devon Erickson, age 18. We will not be releasing any photos at this time as it could jeopardize this critical on-going invest. We still have interviews to conduct and we want to make sure we have the most accurate information", the Sheriff Office tweeted. 

It is with extreme sadness that we can confirm that 1 student at the STEM School was killed in today’s #stemshooting incident. The immediate family has been notified. Douglas County Coroner Jill Romann has not officially identified the student is stating it’s an 18 year old male.

— DC Sheriff (@dcsheriff) May 8, 2019

#stemshooting Adult suspect has been identified as Devon Erickson, age 18. We will not be releasing any photos at this time as it could jeopardize this critical on-going invest. We still have interviews to conduct and we want to make sure we have the most accurate information

— DC Sheriff (@dcsheriff) May 8, 2019

Tony Spurlock, Douglas County sheriff confirmed the attack and said the two men walked into the Stem School Highlands Ranch, which is located not far from Columbine High School, and began shooting students in two classrooms.  

As soon as the incident was reported, deputies at a nearby sheriff’s department entered the school within minutes and arrested the two suspects.

"It is with extreme sadness that we can confirm that one student at the STEM School was killed in today's #stemshooting incident. The immediate family has been notified. Douglas County Coroner Jill Romann has not officially identified the student is stating it's an 18-year-old male," Douglas County Sheriff's Office tweeted about five hours after the fatal incident.

Spurlock was quoted by Xinhua news agency saying that two suspects entered the school just before 2 p.m. (local time) and "got deep inside the school and engaged students in two separate locations.”

By Sowmya Sangam