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Columbine School Shooting
The Day…
• On April 20, 1999 • Local high school of Littleton, Colorado • Two high-school seniors: Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris
brought to school guns and pipe bombs. • Shot and killed 13 people and had injured 20.• The two boys committed suicide when the day was over.
• Both Eric and Dylan’s parents were rarely home.
• Dylan had a basement as a room (where they hid the bombs and guns).
• They played games on the computer called “Doom”. It was a very violent game which was the kind of games they loved.
• Some say this game is where the two boys began to feel the rush of killing.
“Doom”
Dylan Klebold
• Dylan attended Normandy Elementary School in Littleton, Colorado, for two years, then transferred to Governor's Ranch Elementary School.
• He was a shy child that loved baseball, especially the Boston Red Sox.
• He was smart, Dylan was in a program for gifted students. • Dylan enjoyed bowling and worked behind the scenes for school
productions as a sound man. • He worked at a local pizza place with Eric Harris.
Eric Harris
• Eric Harris was born on April 9, 1981, in Wichita, Kansas.
• He moved to Littleton, Colorado, in 1993.• Harris moved around several times as a child. While
living in Plattsburgh, New York, he played little league baseball.
• The Harris family moved to Littleton, Colorado, in 1993, after his father retired from the military.
• He was a decent soccer player and wore preppy style clothing, but had a hard time fitting in at school.
List of Victims
• Steven Curnow- 14-year olds, freshman
• Corey DePooter- 17-year olds, junior
List of Victims
• Daniel Rohrbough- 15-years old, freshman
• William "Dave" Sanders- long-time teacher at Columbine, girls' basketball and softball coach and taught business and computer classes.
List of Victims
• Kelly Fleming- 16-years old, sophomore
• Matthew Kechter- sophomore
• Daniel Mauser- 15-years old, sophomore
List of Victims
• Rachel Scott- 17-years old, junior
• Isaiah Shoels-18-years old, senior
• Cassie Bernall- 17-years old, junior
List of Victims
• John Tomlin- 16 years old, sophomore
• Lauren Townsend- 18 years old, senior
• Kyle Velasquez- 16 years old, sophomore
Memorial
• The HOPE Columbine Memorial Library that replaced the library where most of the massacre took place
Police Tatics
• Police followed the traditional tactic at Columbine: surround the building, set up a perimeter, contain the damage.
• Their goal is to stop the shooter at all costs; they are to walk past wounded victims, as the aim is to prevent the shooter from killing or wounding more.
Reasons
• First reason is that the pair of supposed "Trench Coat Mafia outcasts" were taking revenge against the bullies who had made school miserable for them.
• The second reason is that the massacre was inexplicable: We can never understand what drove them to such horrific violence.
Dylan and Eric in the lunchroom Rigged as a bomb, this alarm clock was found in Dylan’s car.
A monitor with a hole in its center was found in the school offices.