Michael Malone on STEM School Highlands Ranch Shooting: Something Must Change

Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone used his pregame press conference to discuss Tuesday's shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado. 

According to Doha Madani, David K. Li and Phil Helsel of NBC News, one person has died and seven others were injured after two suspected student shooters opened fire at the school.

"It's a shame. My girls have been in a lockout twice in the last two months," Malone said Tuesday, per Harrison Wind of BSN Denver. "I'm not a politician but something has to change."

The school in question is two minutes away from where Malone lives, per Wind.

"I texted my girls, 'It'll be OK,' but I didn't know if it really would be OK," Malone added, per Adam Mares of Denver Stiffs.

While it was an emotional discussion, he also thanked the Douglas County Sheriff's Department for their work:

Although the message clearly hit close to home for Malone, he is not the first NBA coach to speak out against gun violence.

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has been extremely outspoken on the topic, writing an essay with Chris Ballard for Sports Illustrated in 2016 where he discussed losing his father to gun violence. He is also willing to comment after nearly every major event, including after the shooting in Parkland, Florida last year.

"Nothing has been done," Kerr said last February, per Colin Ward-Henninger of CBS Sports. "It doesn't seem to matter to our government that children are being shot to death day after day in schools."