Parents here is the proof that you need to know what your children are doing on line....this all took place near my hometown in Colorado. The world remains a scary place; the internet is even more so.
BAILEY, Colorado (CNN) -- The gunman who shot and killed a high school student after holding her and five others hostage had asked for students by name, a Colorado police chief said Friday.
All six girls were molested by Duane Morrison, 53, Park County Sheriff Fred Wegener said, though he did not know if the hostages were the ones on Morrison's list.
Investigators were also checking rumors that Morrison may have researched his victims by looking at MySpace.com, an online community that allows users to post personal pages and network with friends, Wegener said.
Morrison sent a suicide note to a family member in Colorado, Wegener said, adding that police have traced one of two guns found with the suspect to the same relative.
Morrison shot 16-year-old Emily Keyes in the head as she tried to escape when SWAT teams burst into the Platte Canyon High School classroom where he were holding her and one other student. He had released the other four students one at a time Wednesday afternoon.
The suicide note may yield clues as to what led Morrison to the high school in Bailey, Colorado, Wegener said.
Wegener added that the six female hostages were "all molested, but I don't know how much or to what degree."
Wegener has said he ordered the classroom raid to end the three-hour standoff after hearing Keyes and the other hostage screaming.
Morrison had used Keyes as a human shield when the officers burst in. When she ran, he shot her in the back of the head, Joe Morales, executive director of Colorado's Department of Public Safety, told reporters Thursday.
Morrison then shot himself. When his body was removed from the classroom, authorities found a semi-automatic pistol and a revolver on him, the sheriff said. (Watch sheriff reveal what happened after the gunman was pinned down in a classroom -- 3:05)
Keyes was taken by helicopter to a Denver hospital where she was pronounced dead.
On Thursday police released her photo and the last text message she had tapped out to her family, as she was being held: "I love u guys."
Authorities have searched Morrison's car, in which he appeared to be living, the sheriff said.
Wegener said the suspect did not have much of a criminal history and only minor things were on his record.
Bailey is not far from Columbine, where two students killed 12 classmates and a teacher before killing themselves in 1999.
