Columbine High School Shooting Research Paper
The Columbine High School Massacre occurred on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. It is one of the most notorious school shootings that occurred in the United States to this day. This was due to it being the first high school shooting with a significantly high death toll (List of school massacres by death toll, n.d.). The two perpetrators of this shooting were Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold. The boys, aged 18 and 17 respectively, were both senior students in the aforementioned high school. (Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, n.d.)
On the morning of April 20, Eric and Dylan had planted a decoy bomb in a field near their high school before executing their main agenda. They had intended to distract the fire department and police force by having the bomb set off a few minutes before starting their attack in the school (Columbine High School massacre, n.d.). While it did cause a small fire, it was extinguished quickly. At approximately 11:10 AM, the two boys arrived at Columbine High School. A few minutes before the first …show more content…
The policemen had started shooting through the windows, and they fired back. This continued for a few minutes, before the boys stopped and left the library. They wandered around, setting off more bombs, and eventually went back to the cafeteria. Eric tried to shoot one of the bombs that they had planted, trying to make it explode. Yet again, it failed. However, he lit up a Molotov Cocktail and threw it at the bomb. This caused a small fire to break out but the fire sprinklers put it out. The boys then returned to the library. They did not shoot anymore students, though they had fired more shots at the officers outside. At 12:08 PM, Eric and Dylan both committed suicide, shooting themselves through the roof of the mouth and left temple respectively (Columbine High School massacre, n.d.). This marked the end of the Columbine High School
On the morning of April 20, Eric and Dylan had planted a decoy bomb in a field near their high school before executing their main agenda. They had intended to distract the fire department and police force by having the bomb set off a few minutes before starting their attack in the school (Columbine High School massacre, n.d.). While it did cause a small fire, it was extinguished quickly. At approximately 11:10 AM, the two boys arrived at Columbine High School. A few minutes before the first …show more content…
The policemen had started shooting through the windows, and they fired back. This continued for a few minutes, before the boys stopped and left the library. They wandered around, setting off more bombs, and eventually went back to the cafeteria. Eric tried to shoot one of the bombs that they had planted, trying to make it explode. Yet again, it failed. However, he lit up a Molotov Cocktail and threw it at the bomb. This caused a small fire to break out but the fire sprinklers put it out. The boys then returned to the library. They did not shoot anymore students, though they had fired more shots at the officers outside. At 12:08 PM, Eric and Dylan both committed suicide, shooting themselves through the roof of the mouth and left temple respectively (Columbine High School massacre, n.d.). This marked the end of the Columbine High School