Suspect in 2022 Olathe East High School shooting pleads guilty
Jan 10, 2025
OLATHE, Kan. -- The student accused in the Olathe East High School shooting from nearly three years ago has now pleaded guilty.
Jaylon Elmore first pleaded not guilty to attempted capital murder last year, that charge was amended.
On Friday, Elmore changed his plea to guilty of attempted premeditated first-degree murder and a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
He will be sentenced on March 20, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.
Prosecutors say he shot at a school resource officer on March 4, 2022.
The high school's assistance principal at the time, Kaleb Stoppel, was also injured in the shooting.
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Elmore suffered significant injuries in the 2022 shooting inside an office at Olathe East High School. According to a case review by the Johnson County District Attorney, Elmore was struck by bullets in his abdomen and left thigh.
The report also cleared School Resource Office Erik Clark who returned fire, and as prosecutors say, shot and injured Elmore.
Clark was shot four times. One of the bullets hit his body camera, destroying it. The other three bullets caused three gunshot wounds, according to the district attorney’s report.
The report states Stoppel suffered two gunshot injuries and was likely hit by bullets fired from Clark’s weapon. One bullet hit Stoppel in the thigh and the other in his forearm.
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Court records show the shooting started when Stoppel and Clark confronted Elmore in an officer about a report that he had a gun in his backpack. Documents show Elmore pulled the weapon out of his bag and started shooting. The entire incident lasted a matter of seconds, according to the DA.