Teen wounded in Colorado high school shooting released from hospital

A teenage boy who was wounded during a Colorado high school shooting last month was released from the hospital, authorities said Tuesday

A teenage boy who was wounded during a Colorado high school shooting last month was released from the hospital, authorities said Tuesday.

Matthew Silverstone, 18, was released from Common Spirit St. Anthony Hospital on Tuesday after enduring gunshot wounds to the head and chest in the Sept. 10 incident in Evergreen, Colorado, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said in a press release.

"'I’m still alive!'" Silverstone said in a brief statement, according to the press release.

Authorities say the Evergreen High School shooting occurred after a 16-year-old fired off about 20 rounds around 12:30 p.m., injuring Silverstone and another student, before fatally shooting himself. The other injured teenager was released from the hospital shortly after the shooting occurred.

Images released by the sheriff's office show Silverstone being wheeled out of the hospital to a crowd of about 140 first responders and hospital staff, clapping and holding blue balloons, Silverstone’s favorite color, according to the news release.