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.