Wikimedia commons has media related to columbine high school massacre. On that tragic afternoon last april, eric, 18, and dylan, 17, killed 12 students and a teacher, wounded 23 students, and then killed themselves. Columbine high school shootings, massacre that occurred on april 20, 1999, at columbine high school in littleton, colorado, leaving 15 dead, including the two students responsible for the attack. Frank deangelis, who was principal of columbine high school when the mass shooting took place, said he never got over the shooting, and all news of. Two teenagers spent more than a year planning the massacre at their high school. Columbine high school shootings investigations records. Columbine report and other police records about eric. Memorial garden at chapel hill memorial gardens, littleton, arapahoe county, colorado that honors the victims of the columbine high school tragedy.
Twentyone additional people were injured by gunshots and gunfire. The columbine high school massacre wis a schuil shuitin that occurred on apryle 20, 1999, at columbine high school in columbine, an unincorporated aurie o jefferson coonty in the american state o colorado. They also injured 21 other students directly, and three people were injured while attempting to escape. Living in the aftermath of tragedy by sue klebold broadway books, 336pp there are moments in time that come to define a generation. The world was shocked and sickened on april 20, 1991, when crazed students dylan klebold, 17, and eric harris, 18, slaughtered 12 students and one teacher at colorados columbine high school. On april 20, 1999, eric harris and his friend, dylan klebold a. It was one of the deadliest school shooting incidents in. Gary caskeyreuters buy photo wait 1 second to continue. Ten students were killed in the school library, where the pair subsequently committed suicide. On the morning of tuesday, april 20, 1999, columbine high school senior brooks brown noted something strange.
Columbine is a nonfiction book written by dave cullen and published by twelve hachette book group on april 6, 2009. Browse the independent s complete collection of articles and commentary on columbine. Wikimedia commons eric harris left and dylan klebold in the school cafeteria during the columbine shooting. The commons cafeteria, as seen from the senior parking lot. Columbine high school massacrestateexpanded to show the template expanded, i. After the final report was released, the jcso released the digitized copies of all investigative files, documents, recordings, images, and drawings. Nor does it have many answers since it is mostly of it is copied from raw data in the massive 2 giga byte in pdf sheriffs office final report on the columbine high school shootings. This week, its utterly depressing in the wake of the charleston shootings that i should be writing about columbine. Columbine high school massacrestatecollapsed to show the template collapsed, i.
Books about the columbine high school victims and shooters. Columbine high school is located in the town of littleton not the town of columbine. We should care because history repeats its self and this was the fourth deadliest massacre in the united states. Columbine 10 years later columbine guide eric harris. Columbine high school massacre shocking crime scene photos. What the scene looked like in 1999 during the columbine. Ten years ago today two students at columbine high school in jefferson county, colorado, near denver, killed 12 fellow students and one teacher, and wounded 23 others, before committing suicide. Cnn as many as 25 dead in colorado school attack april. April 20,1999 students run outside after gunmen opened fire at columbine high school in littleton, colo. David brooks oped column, noting that eric harris and dylan klebold shot up columbine high school five years ago, holds that it is now clear that much of what was believed about massacre was.
Wanton violence at columbine high school littleton, colorado background this report is an analysis of the fire service and emergency medical service ems operations and the overall response to the assault on columbine high school at littleton, colorado, on april 20, 1999. The perpetrators, senior students eric harris and dylan klebold, murdered 12 students and one teacher. On april 20, 1999, eric davis harris 19811999 and dylan bennet klebold 19811999 killed 12 students and one teacher at columbine high school in littleton, colorado before committing suicide. Columbine, a true crime story is the definitive book on the mass shooting that took place at columbine high school on april 19, 1999 in littleton, co jeff kass was one of the first reporters on the scene. Melissa miller, 15, hid behind a truck while seniors eric harris and dylan klebold sprayed bullets and threw pipe bombs into the parking lot of columbine high school. In addeetion tae the shuitins, the complex an heichly planned attack involved a fire bomb tae divert firefechters, propane tanks convertit tae bombs placed in the cafeteria, 99. The victims are daniel lee rohrbough, kyle albert velasquez, cassie rene bernall, matthew joseph kechter, john robert tomlin, rachel joy scott, william dave sanders. See more ideas about columbine high school massacre, columbine high school shooting and natural born killers. On the last day of his life, eric harris arrives alone at the student parking lot at columbine high school and parks his 1986 gray honda. The incident at columbine high school apparently began around lunchtime, but the shooting spree spread to the school hallway and library and. On april 20, 1999, a school shooting and attempted bombing occurred at columbine high school in columbine, colorado, united states. The horror of columbine echoes through 19 years of school. The momentbymoment recounting of the methodical, 46minute killing spree makes for chilling reading. It was one of the deadliest school shooting incidents in american history.
Situations like this want for a trigger event something that set the killers off, some final event that was the last straw, so to speak. The final number of dead was 15, including the two attackers, and was at the time the greatest loss of life of any of the incidents at the time. We got permission to film in and outside the school in late afternoon, after the final bell. References to columbine were found in materials owned by seunghui cho, the 2007 virginia tech shooter, and adam lanza, the perpetrator of 2012s sandy hook elementary school massacre. However when the media circus packed up their tents and moved on to the next town, jeff kass continued to dig. Rachel joy scott august 5, 1981 april 20, 1999 was an american student and the first victim of the columbine high school massacre, in which 11 other students and a teacher were also murdered by eric harris and dylan klebold, who then committed suicide scotts belief in christianity and the disputed circumstances of her death have led to her being remembered by. Two senior students, eric harris and dylan klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12 students and 1 teacher. A decade after the shootings, journalist dave cullen has written the definitive account of the highschool massacreand explodes some longheld myths. However, there is a considerable amount of research on the columbine high school shooting, as this is typically the benchmark case to which all other school shootings are compared altheide 2009. The columbine high school massacre often known simply as columbine was a school shooting which occurred on april 20, 1999 at columbine high school in columbine, an unincorporated area of jefferson county within the american state of colorado. As investigators get closer to producing an official report about the columbine high school massacre, it is already clear that much of what was reported last spring about the motives and methods. The columbine shooting on april 20, 1999 at columbine high school in littleton, colorado, occurred when two teens went on a shooting spree, killing people and wounding more than 20 others.
The tragedy sparked national debates about school safety. The fbi assisted local law enforcement by investigating additional threats and internet leads, conducting witness interviews, and processing. The columbine shooting was one of a spate of killings at us high schools. Two young men walked into a suburban denver high school and opened fire yesterday b y s t a f f a n d a g e n c i e s published on wed 21 apr 1999. Vulcan, would commit the columbine high school massacre. In the school shooting, two senior students named eric harris and dylan klebold murdered a total. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. His onagainoffagain friend eric harris had missed morning classes.
I must have been to columbine a hundred times between 19992018, and the mood. For whatever reason, eric harris and dylan klebold decided it was more important to blow up their school and broadcast their ragefueled message than it was to migrate to the next phase of life. The high school massacre that shocked a nation eric harris and dylan klebold slaughtered 12 students and 1 teacher, and. Brooks knew dylan klebold from early on and this book provides a glimpse at dylans life as a child and the young man he was before becoming a killer. The horror of columbine echoes through 19 years of school shooting survivors eleven schools since columbine high school in 1999 have had mass shootings. It is an examination of the columbine high school massacre, on april 20, 1999, and the perpetrators eric harris and dylan klebold. Living in the aftermath of the columbine massacre news.
The jefferson county sheriffs office jcso released the final investigative report on may 15, 2000 from the columbine high school shooting that occurred on april 20, 1999. Columbine high school will not be torn down and rebuilt the school district said it would drop a proposal to replace the building, which has dealt with. Sheriff anderson and sheriff stone had previous conversations concerning the need for a reinvestigation into the shooting death of columbine high school student daniel rohrbough. Columbine latest news, breaking stories and comment. Sixteen dead after high school massacre us news the. Columbine high school massacre crime scene database. Columbine shooting the final report documentary english part 1 by sina graften. There are a few little voice stutters during this video. For my peer group, the tragic shootings at columbine high school in littleton, colorado on april 20, 1999which predated the 911 terrorist attackssymbolized the end of some adolescent. In addition to shootings, the complex and highly planned attack involved a fire bomb to divert firefighters, propane tanks converted to bombs. Columbine high school principal relives school shooting.
The columbine high school massacre was a school shooting which occurred on april 20, 1999, at columbine high school in columbine, an unincorporated area of jefferson county in the state of colorado. This slim, abundantly illustrated account of the shooting at the littleton, colorado, high school is plentiful in facts about perpetrators and victims, circumstances leading up to the massacre, and the rampage itself. Columbine high school massacre linkedin slideshare. Soon afterwards us vicepresident al gore backed a bill to bring in tougher gun controls but it was thrown out by the us congress. They placed two twentypound propane bombs in the school cafeteria, first hiding them in two large duffle bags similar to the one used by the boston marathon bombers in 20.