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- Date: April 20, 1999
- Location: Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado
- Shooting occurred between 11: 19 a.m. and 12:08 p.m.
- Shooters: Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris
- 12 students and one teacher were killed
- 24 people were injuredTime Magazine: Top 25 Crimes: Columbine Massacre 1999
- Klebold and Harris killed themselves
- Images of the massacre were recorded on the school's surveillance tapes
- The shooters wore long trench coats; representing the "Trench Coat Mafia" clique of studentsTruTV Crime Library: The Littleton School Massacre
- The real group of "Trench Coat Mafia" students had already graduated from the high school at the time of shootings; they were not involvedCNN: Debunking the Myths of Columbine, 10 Years Later (April 20, 2009)
- Concealed semi-automatic weapons under their coats on the day of the shootingTruTV Crime Library: The Littleton School Massacre
- Klebold and Harris kept journals and videotapes that outlined their plans to killTime Magazine: Top 25 Crimes: Columbine Massacre 1999
- Planned on killing 250 peopleTime Magazine: Top 25 Crimes: Columbine Massacre 1999
- The Columbine massacre sparked a debate over gun control lawsTime Magazine: Top 25 Crimes: Columbine Massacre 1999
- Massacre also led to discussion over the affect of violent video games and violent music on societyTime Magazine: Top 25 Crimes: Columbine Massacre 1999
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Students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold opened fire at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999. Klebold and Harris killed 12 students and a teacher before killing themselves.
Investigators later learned that Klebold and Harris planned the Columbine massacre and kept journals and video taped recording of their plans.Time Magazine: Top 25 Crimes: Columbine Massacre 1999
Klebold and Harris killed themselves each with a single gunshot following the Columbine massacre on April 20, 1999. Klebold was armed with a 9mm semi-automatic and a sawed off, double-barrel shotgun. Harris was armed with a 9mm carbine and a 12-gauge sawed-off shot gun. Both shooters concealed their weapons upon entering the school. They began planning the attack, which left 15 in total dead (including themselves), a year in advance.Rocky Mountain News: Demonic Plan Was Months in Making (May 20, 2000)
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Columbine Massacre Questions
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20th anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre. Whatever happened to "tank man"? 1 AnswerHis name is still unknown. The Chinese government semi-officially a couple of years ago that he was still alive but would not release his name. read more -
Did Michael Moores Bowling for Columbine show that in Canada, where a lot of people legally own guns, there is not a lot of gun crime? 1 AnswerI'm not sure about the specific show, but in general there is no causation from gun ownership numbers to crime. That is, just because a country has a lot of ci... read more
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