The Columbine High School massacre occurred on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Jefferson County near Littleton, Colorado, United States. Two students, Eric David Harris, age 18, and Dylan Bennet Klebold, age 17, executed a planned shooting rampage killing 12 other students and a teacher before committing suicide. It is considered to be the third worst school shooting in U.S. history, the worst being the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting and the second worst being the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
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| - The Columbine High School massacre occurred on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Jefferson County near Littleton, Colorado, United States. Two students, Eric David Harris, age 18, and Dylan Bennet Klebold, age 17, executed a planned shooting rampage killing 12 other students and a teacher before committing suicide. It is considered to be the third worst school shooting in U.S. history, the worst being the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting and the second worst being the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
- The Columbine High School massacre of April 20, 1999, was the deadliest high school massacre in American history. The perpetrators, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, killed 12 students and one teacher, wounded 21 others, and then committed suicide. Their original plan was to blow up the school and gun down survivors followed by detonation of bombs in their cars, killing 500 people, but their propane bombs in the cafeteria and their cars failed to detonate.
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| - The Columbine High School massacre of April 20, 1999, was the deadliest high school massacre in American history. The perpetrators, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, killed 12 students and one teacher, wounded 21 others, and then committed suicide. Their original plan was to blow up the school and gun down survivors followed by detonation of bombs in their cars, killing 500 people, but their propane bombs in the cafeteria and their cars failed to detonate. The Columbine massacre has been mentioned by detectives related to the issues of bullying, anti-depressants and video games. Adam Nesbit, driven by his mother's paranoia, believed that events like Columbine were a common occurrence in America. (SVU: "Home") Donald Cragen once mentioned Eric Harris' yell of "All jocks stand up!" (SVU: "Manic") Dr. George Huang mentioned Columbine as an example of how video games are blamed for teenagers committing violence. (SVU: "Game")
- The Columbine High School massacre occurred on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Jefferson County near Littleton, Colorado, United States. Two students, Eric David Harris, age 18, and Dylan Bennet Klebold, age 17, executed a planned shooting rampage killing 12 other students and a teacher before committing suicide. It is considered to be the third worst school shooting in U.S. history, the worst being the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting and the second worst being the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Part of a rash of similar shootings, the events triggered a wide-ranging debate about the effects of violent entertainment, particularly the video games Doom and Quake. Doomworld posted an editorial defending Doom and the staffers of the time participated in a variety of press interviews. Andrew "Linguica" Stine and Matthew "Mattrim" Dixon were interviewed by SFGate.com. Javier "Dukrous" Heredia defended Doom as part of an interview by CNN.
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