This is pretty cool. A petition has already been delivered to the Diocese of Colorado Springs.
FOX News reports:
Teen who sacrificed his life stopping school shooter could be declared a saint by Catholic ChurchA Colorado teenager who died tackling a school shooter to save his classmates is now being considered for sainthood — a move parishioners say reflects his extraordinary courage and faith.Kendrick Castillo, 18, was killed on May 7, 2019, when he charged one of the gunmen who opened fire at STEM School Highlands Ranch, just days before graduation. His selfless act allowed classmates to subdue the attackers and prevented what could have been a much larger tragedy.”You cannot overstate the heroism of Kendrick Castillo,” George Brauchler, who prosecuted the case, told Fox News Digital. “And on that particular day, if you said in classroom 107, who’s going to be your hero that averts a mass murder? I don’t know if he’s in the top half. I just think that people would have written him off as not that guy, but he turns out to be that guy.” The shooting erupted inside a British literature class that had gathered to watch “The Princess Bride” as an end-of-year reward. Two assailants, Devon Erickson, then 18, and accomplice Alec McKinney, then 16, carried out the attack.During the shooting, Castillo and fellow students Joshua Jones and Brendan Bialy rushed Erickson. After firing four shots, Erickson’s weapon jammed.Castillo was fatally shot in the struggle, but his actions gave classmates the chance to disarm the attackers. He was the only student killed, while eight others were injured.Brauchler, who also prosecuted the Columbine High School and Aurora theater shooting, described Castillo as “a miracle baby” and the only child to his parents, John and Maria Castillo.”They renamed the street near the school Kendrick Castillo Way,” Brauchler said. “And now he’s cleared the first hurdle toward canonization in the Catholic Church he loved so much. It’s really an incredible story.”
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