Posted on 05/08/2019 12:15:17 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
Kendrick Castillo – only days from graduation – acted fast inside of his British literature class at a suburban Denver school Tuesday afternoon. And he paid with his life. When a gunman burst through the door at STEM School Highland Ranch, barking at students to stay in place and not move, Castillo, 18, rushed the shooter. It was a quick-thinking move that fellow students said gave them a chance to bolt for safety or take cover under desks.
"Kendrick lunged at (the gunman), and he shot Kendrick, giving all of us enough time to get underneath our desks, to get ourselves safe, and to run across the room to escape,” senior Nui Giasolli told NBC News on Wednesday morning. Other students helped Castillo tackle the shooter, classmates said.
Douglas County Coroner Jill Roman confirmed Wednesday that the student killed was Castillo, the sheriff's department said in a tweet.
An emotional John Castillo lauded his kind-hearted son as a hero. “I want people to know about him,” he told ABC News.
Castillo said the coroner told him his son, an only child, took gunfire that would have harmed other students, according to the Denver Post.
“He cared enough about people that he would do something like that, even though it’s against my better judgment,'' Castillo told the newspaper. “I wish he had gone and hid, but that’s not his character. His character is about protecting people, helping people.”
Castillo, a member of a Highlands Ranch robotics club called FRC 4418 Impulse, was set to graduate Friday, according to media reports, and was described as someone who was funny, smart and captivated by robotics.
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Prayers for this young man and his loved ones.
At minimum, they should rename the school in his honor.
That would be a nice idea. Or, at the very least, some sort of scholarship in his name.
RIP Kendrick. A true hero.
RIP.
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