Colorado teen shooter posted White supremacist content on TikTok before attack, ADL says

A -year-old Colorado high school aspirant accused of shooting two classmates before taking his own life had shown an interest in past mass shootings like Columbine and shared neo-Nazi views online according to reports The FBI was tipped off about Desmond Holly's online activity in July Denver TV news stations shared The Anti-Defamation League s ADL Center on Extremism declared it looked into his online activity Holly had an account on the gore forum WatchPeopleDie where he had commented on posts about shootings in Parkland Buffalo and at a Quebec City mosque the ADL commented in a document on Friday The ADL accuses the teen of collecting tactical gear and adorning it with extremist symbols as well as posting content emulating former shooters such as Rupnow and the Columbine High School shooters COLORADO SCHOOL SHOOTER RADICALIZED BY 'EXTREMIST STRUCTURE ' LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVES REVEALHolly shot himself following Wednesday s shooting at Evergreen High School in Jefferson County It is still unclear how he selected his casualties The county was also the scene of the Columbine High School massacre that left people dead The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office previously mentioned Holly was radicalized by an unspecified extremist arrangement but circulated no details according to The Associated Press WHAT LEADS SOMEONE TO COMMIT A MASS SHOOTING TRUMP ADMIN RFK JR PLAN TO FIND OUT Holly s TikTok accounts were filled with white supremacist symbolism the ADL mentioned The name of his the bulk latest account included a reference to a popular White supremacist slogan The account was unavailable Friday TikTok communicated the AP the accounts associated with Holly had been banned On Sunday Sen Chris Coons D-Del stated CBS' Face the Nation that the internet was driving extremism in our country following the assassination of Charlie Kirk Young people can readily access extremist content and visual depictions of graphic violence that are celebrated by users of the platform potentially desensitizing them to such content and increasing the liability of ideologically-motivated violence the ADL revealed St Anthony Hospital in Lakewood Colorado did not forthwith respond to a Fox News Digital inquiry about the condition of the two casualties who were last commented to be undergoing recovery there It is not yet clear if Holly targeted the casualties or if they were shot at random Jefferson County Sheriff s Office spokesperson Jacki Kelley declared during a news conference FBI Director Kash Patel commented on Thursday that the Denver field office was continuing to coordinate with partner agencies to investigate the shooting The agency did not right away respond to a Fox News Digital inquiry Fox News Digital's Sophia Compton and The Associated Press contributed to this analysis