Transgender student, 16, who was transitioning from female to male is revealed as second US school gunman - as accomplice, 18, appears in court after they killed one in attempted massacre

• Devon Erickson, 18, faced court on Wednesday after being charged with murder over the Denver school shooting
• He covered his face with his streaked purple hair and was wearing nail polish for the brief court appearance
• He is one of two suspects who allegedly stormed STEM School Highlands Ranch in Denver on Tuesday, killing one and injuring eight
• Alec McKinney, the teen's accused accomplice, appeared in court later on Wednesday and is being charged separately as a juvenile
• Police described McKinney as a female named Maya after initially identifying the second gunman as a boy based on appearances
• Friends of McKinney confirmed that he is a transgender and goes by 'Alec'
• The pair were both taken into custody immediately after they 'stormed two classrooms and opened fire with handguns that were hidden in a guitar case'    
• Kendrick Castillo, 18, was killed in the shooting just days before graduation
• Castillo was among the three students who tried to tackle one of the shooters
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including lots of info like this revealing that Erickson expressed angry lefty sentiments:

[....] A car spray painted with the words 'f*** society' was towed away from the house at around 10pm. 

A criminal background check revealed Erickson's almost unblemished record, which noted a ticket for careless driving issued in Douglas County on February 13, 2018. 

His mother broke down in tears on Wednesday and said she didn't know why her son opened fire on classmates, the New York Post reports.  

The teen's social media pages indicate that he is an avid guitar player, youth theater actor and registered Democrat who has on occasion expressed disdain for Christians, criticized President Donald Trump and praised former President Barack Obama [....]