{"id":3876,"date":"2019-05-10T17:40:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T21:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=3876"},"modified":"2019-05-10T17:40:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T21:40:17","slug":"three-students-disregard-safety-colorado-shooting-save-lives-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2019\/05\/three-students-disregard-safety-colorado-shooting-save-lives-many.html","title":{"rendered":"Three Students Disregard Their Safety During Colorado School Shooting, Save the Lives of Many"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kendrick Castillo lost his life to save the lives of his classmates.<\/p>\n

When they spotted a classmate with a gun, three students at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado felt a call to act.<\/p>\n

The teenagers jumped from their desks, not even thinking about the fact that they could lose their lives in the process.<\/p>\n

When they slammed the armed teenager against the wall, they struggled with him right before the shots were fired.<\/p>\n

Kendrick Castillo, who was one of the first to act was shot and killed in the process. His fellow classmates and now many around the country are calling him a hero.<\/p>\n

\u201cKendrick went out as a hero,\u201d Brendan Bialy, a close friend of Castillo who was also involved in the scuffle said. \u201cHe was a foot away from the shooter and instead of running the opposite direction he ran toward it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Authorities say that the actions of Castillo along with his two classmates Bialy and Joshua Jones minimized the bloodshed from the attack that ultimately wounded eight students.<\/p>\n

One of the injured was Jones who was shot twice according to a statement released by the family.<\/p>\n

Many questioned whether the shooting was inspired by the 1999 Columbine massacre given it happened just weeks after the shooting\u2019s 20th<\/sup> anniversary and only miles away from Columbine High School.<\/p>\n

Investigators still haven\u2019t offered an immediate motive.<\/p>\n

Castillo\u2019s father had discussed with his son what to do if he was ever confronted by a gunman.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have to be the hero,\u201d John Castillo told NBC News when recalling his words to his son.<\/p>\n

But the younger Castillo rejected his father\u2019s advice, telling his dad he wouldn\u2019t think twice about acting to save others if ever face-to-face with an armed intruder.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou raised me this way. You raised me to be a good person. That\u2019s what I\u2019m doing,\u201d John Castillo quoted his son saying.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s exactly what he was \u2013 a good person. A hero.<\/p>\n