Colo. School Shooting Suspect Was 'Transitioning to Male,' 2nd Suspect Said He 'Hates' Christians

Devon Erickson, an 18-year-old high school student who has worked as a youth actor in Colorado, was identified by authorities as one of the two shooters accused of wounding nine students in a K-12 STEM school located in Douglas County. One of those students, 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo, died heroically in the attack after confronting one of the shooters.

In court for the first time on May 8, Erickson bowed his head, his purple hair dangling over his face. He’s facing more than two dozen charges. He shook his head to answer some of the judge’s questions. At one point, he answered “no” when asked whether he had questions.

First look at #STEMshooting suspect Devon Erickson in court. @CBSDenver pic.twitter.com/IO0mGLmXLl

— John Fenton (@higuysimjohn) May 8, 2019

[...] The second accused shooter has now been identified as Alec McKinney. You can read about Alec here. Alec is identified in court records as Maya McKinney, but a Denver television station reports that McKinney is transgender and transitioning to male. The second suspect uses the name Alec McKinney on social media, so Heavy is using that name. The Denver Post confirmed the second suspect’s name. The judge didn’t allow video or photos in McKinney’s court hearing; Noelle Phillips of The Denver Post reported that McKinney’s lawyer said McKinney goes by Alec and uses the pronoun he.

STEM School Shooter Juvenile Alec McKinney aka Maya.
Devon Erickson & McKinney both in Police custody.#HighlandsRanch #STEMStrong #stemshooting #stemschoolshooting #ColoradoShooting #ColoradoSchoolShooting #colorado pic.twitter.com/XABJAvQrbt

— Republican Lives Matter (@REPUBLICANLM) May 8, 2019

[...] On social media, Devon Erickson, a registered Democrat, expressed hatred for some Christians, and shared posts criticizing Donald Trump and praising Barack Obama, which you can see later in this article.

“You know what I hate? All these Christians who hate gays, yet in the bible, it says in Deuteronomy 17:12-13, if someone doesn’t do what their priest tells them to do, they are supposed to die. It has plenty of crazy stuff like that,” he wrote in one Facebook post a couple years ago. “But all they get out of it is ‘ewwwwww gays.'” In 2015, Erickson put a celebrate pride filter onto a Facebook picture.

Car towed from #stemshooting suspect's home apparently has "F*** SOCIETY" spray painted on the side. Also "666" and a what looks like a pentagram sprayed on the hood. pic.twitter.com/e6QX3lq4v3

— John Fenton (@higuysimjohn) May 8, 2019

Students walked out of a prayer vigil on Wednesday at Highlands Ranch HS—which everyone assumed was being held to honor the victims and heroes of Tuesday's shooting—after Democrat vultures hijacked the event to push for gun control & play politics. https://t.co/bTVyfO3oIa

— Chris Menahan 🇺🇸 (@infolibnews) May 10, 2019