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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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Fast Facts
- 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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A reporter who covered the Columbine high school massacre responds to the question of whether there are similarities... http://bit.ly/31q7Za
@talkislam | November 09, 2009 02:28 PM -
@Mirandacan Seems it's costumary to "forget" the last massacre, when a new one hits. What about Columbine?
@iraqjustice | November 08, 2009 10:32 PM -
@bradgallaway This paired with my oped/interview with the Columbine Massacre fella could make it a MW2 blow out feature. :p
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