Kendrick Castillo's Father To Speak About School Shooting Comment That Got Colorado Radio Show Canceled
DENVER (CBS4) - Colorado radio news/talk radio station 710 KNUS canceled the Chuck & Julie show after controversial comments about school shooting made by host Chuck Bonniwell. On Thursday, the father of school shooting victim Kendrick Castillo, John Castillo, plans to speak out on a different show on the same radio station.
On his show Tuesday afternoon, Bonniwell mentioned the impeachment process of President Donald Trump and said, "You wish for a nice school shooting to interrupt."
During the show, Bonniwell's co-host Julie Hayden, responded, "No, don't even say that! Don't call us! Chuck didn't say that."
KNUS issued a statement on Twitter, calling the comment inappropriate and confirming that the program was canceled.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
— 710 KNUS Denver (@710KNUS) December 19, 2019
Given the history of school violence that has plagued our community, 710 KNUS confirms that an inappropriate comment was made on the Chuck & Julie show by co-host Chuck Bonniwell. A programming decision was made to end the program immediately.
Chuck Bonniwell issued an apology Wednesday night on Twitter, stating, "I made an inappropriate comment meant as a joke. I'm sorry it was not received that way."
John Castillo's son Kendrick was killed in the STEM Highlands Ranch School shooting in May, called the comment "unbelievable" on Twitter.
"Unbelievable that a [radio] host would suggest a school shooting to distract from the presidential [impeachment]," John Castillo wrote.
"Where do we go from here, as I navigate through the loss of our son Kendrick and I meet with so many people I find that only a few do the right thing to make real change for the good to help our youth and others selfserving interest," John Castillo wrote in another post on Twitter.
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John Castillo is scheduled to speak on KNUS Thursday afternoon, on the Steffan Tubbs Show, which airs from 4-7 p.m.
"I see Kendrick's face every day at my desk; covered NINE school shootings. They're not funny," Tubbs wrote on Twitter.