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HIGHLANDS RANCH, the United States, May 13-- Prosecutors in U.S. state of Colorado have until Wednesday to file formal charges against two teenage suspects for murdering 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo and wounding eight others in a high school shooting last week. Just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday, two teenagers, aged 18 and 16, walked into the STEM School Highlands Ranch K-12 magnet school southeast of Denver and started firing, according to the police. Castillo, who sacrificed his life trying to save others, has become a symbol of tragedy and heroism, with local media coverage and thousands of social media postings across America extolling his honorable behavior. The shooting left the local community with many unanswered questions, while investigation is being carried out to find the motives of the two suspects. The judge overseeing the case decided on Friday to give prosecutors, led by veteran District Attorney George Brauchler, more time to finalize charges against the suspects. Brauchler already tagged the suspect of Castillo's slaying, 18-year-old Devon Erickson, with 30 charges last week - 1 count of suspicion of first-degree murder and 29 counts of attempted first-degree murder after deliberation. GRIEF Hundreds of students from the school of 1,800 students held their own rally after walking away from a school-sponsored vigil last week, calling it a "staged media event." | 
