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text-decoration:none; font-size:8px; margin-left:5px;vertical-align:10px;white-space:nowrap;\"><span>by <\/span><img style=\"display: inline;margin:0;padding:0;width:16px;height:16px;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"feather\" src=\"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/icon.png\" \/><\/a><figure style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ocn-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/5280c71d-e2fd-4dab-8806-312b8c305d92.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just 3 Days From Graduation, 18-Year-Old Student Killed in STEM School Shooting &#8211; Kendrick Castillo &#8211; Is a True Hero<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunitynow.com\/Profile\/0a2d5d76-ac68-49ca-9adc-6808b101f685?utm_content=Joy%20Moore&amp;utm_campaign=Just%203%20Days%20From%20Graduation%2C%2018-Year-Old%20Student%20Killed%20in%20STEM%20School%20Shooting%20Is%20a%20True%20Hero%20&amp;utm_source=ocn_story&amp;utm_medium=website\">Joy Moore<\/a>\u00a05\/8\/19<\/p>\n<p>*  <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Just three weeks ago, Colorado schools closed on a random Wednesday (April 17)\u00a0\u2013 all because of fears that a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunitynow.com\/news-local\/the-manhunt-is-over-sol-pais-confirmed-dead-near-mount-evans?utm_content=deranged%20Columbine-infatuated%20teen&amp;utm_campaign=Just%203%20Days%20From%20Graduation%2C%2018-Year-Old%20Student%20Killed%20in%20STEM%20School%20Shooting%20Is%20a%20True%20Hero%20&amp;utm_source=ocn_story&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\">deranged Columbine-infatuated teen<\/a>\u00a0was planning a school massacre in the Denver metro area.<\/p>\n<p>Kendrick Castillo&#8217;s school,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stemk12.org\/?utm_content=STEM%20School%20Highlands%20Ranch&amp;utm_campaign=Just%203%20Days%20From%20Graduation%2C%2018-Year-Old%20Student%20Killed%20in%20STEM%20School%20Shooting%20Is%20a%20True%20Hero%20&amp;utm_source=ocn_story&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\">STEM School Highlands Ranch<\/a>, was closed that day, too. And once the threat was put to rest, and the sun rose again the following day, kids across Colorado flocked back to school \u2013 back into their routine, Kendrick Castillo included.<\/p>\n<p>Just another Thursday in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Just another day in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>*  <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Surreal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Unbeknownst to everyone, however, plans for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunitynow.com\/news\/shooting-at-stem-school-in-highlands-ranch-2-injured?utm_content=another%20school%20shooting&amp;utm_campaign=Just%203%20Days%20From%20Graduation%2C%2018-Year-Old%20Student%20Killed%20in%20STEM%20School%20Shooting%20Is%20a%20True%20Hero%20&amp;utm_source=ocn_story&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\">another school shooting<\/a>\u00a0were brewing.<\/p>\n<p>And when the time came, Kendrick would make an instant decision\u00a0that would cost him his life.<\/p>\n<p>According to witnesses and the coroner, Kendrick and another student charged and lunged at one of the shooters when he entered their classroom on Tuesday, May 7. As a result, he&#8217;s being touted a hero, having taken some of the gunfire that would have inevitably hit someone else. Kendrick was killed, but he died in the act of protecting his classmates.<\/p>\n<p>*  <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish he had gone and hid,\u201d Kendrick&#8217;s father, John Castillo, told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/05\/08\/kenrick-castillo-victim-stem-shooting-highlands-ranch\/?utm_content=The%20Denver%20Post&amp;utm_campaign=Just%203%20Days%20From%20Graduation%2C%2018-Year-Old%20Student%20Killed%20in%20STEM%20School%20Shooting%20Is%20a%20True%20Hero%20&amp;utm_source=ocn_story&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\">The Denver Post<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cBut that\u2019s not his character. His character is about protecting people, helping people.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ocn-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/8b143d08-2c12-46f4-b9d7-bfea19c08225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kendrick Castillo, Courtesy of LinkedIn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A lover of science, robotics, and the great outdoors,\u00a0Kendrick was just three days away from being done with his high school coursework. The seniors&#8217; last day was scheduled to be Friday, May 10, with commencement exercises planned for May 20, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stemk12.org\/?utm_content=school%27s%20website&amp;utm_campaign=Just%203%20Days%20From%20Graduation%2C%2018-Year-Old%20Student%20Killed%20in%20STEM%20School%20Shooting%20Is%20a%20True%20Hero%20&amp;utm_source=ocn_story&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\">school&#8217;s website<\/a>.\u00a0Kendrick was also scheduled to compete in a &#8220;Rods and Robots&#8221; event this weekend. Instead, that event has been canceled, as have classes at the school for the rest of this week.<\/p>\n<p>Kendrick planned to study mechanical or electrical engineering at Arapahoe Community College in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>He was also an only child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy wife and I are in a haze,\u201d John Castillo said. \u201cHe was everything to us.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunitynow.com\/news-local\/just-3-days-from-graduation-18-year-old-student-killed-in-stem-school-shooting-is-a-true-hero\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to Kendrick&#8217;s heroic act, another student and aspiring marine Brendan Bialy also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/news\/local\/admirable-and-inspiring-aspiring-marine-helped-subdue-gunman-at-stem-school-highlands-ranch\/73-7be2b96c-46da-47a8-a309-a64b7b59cd86?utm_content=jumped%20into%20action&amp;utm_campaign=Just%203%20Days%20From%20Graduation%2C%2018-Year-Old%20Student%20Killed%20in%20STEM%20School%20Shooting%20Is%20a%20True%20Hero%20&amp;utm_source=ocn_story&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\">jumped into action<\/a>\u00a0and rushed the gunman that entered his classroom, helping to subdue him. The United States Marine Corps called his courage &#8220;admirable and inspiring&#8221; in a statement. A current poolee in the Marine Corps Delayed Entry Program (DEP), Bialy\u00a0is scheduled to start his training this summer.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ocn-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/fa2ad110-8ca6-4590-8602-a753b8022dcb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brendan Bialy, Courtesy of Bialy family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>*  <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just 3 Days From Graduation, 18-Year-Old Student Killed in STEM School Shooting &#8211; Kendrick Castillo &#8211; Is a True Hero<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[45,1840,1842,1841,1843],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11666"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11676,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11666\/revisions\/11676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}