Eric David Harris (April 9, 1981 – April 20, 1999) and Dylan Bennet Klebold (September 11, 1981 – April 20, 1999) were the high school seniors who committed the Columbine High School massacre. They killed 13 people and injured 24 others. Both Harris, 18 years old, and Klebold, 17, committed suicide after the killings. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Wichita (disambiguation). ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. 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Background

Eric David Harris was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. His parents were Wayne and Katherine (Kathy) Harris, and he had an older brother, Kevin. The family relocated often as Wayne Harris was a U.S. Air Force transport pilot; Kathy was a homemaker. The Harris family moved from Oscoda, MI to the Littleton area in July 1993, when Wayne retired from the military. For other uses, see Wichita (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... USAF redirects here. ... Two homemakers. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

The Harrises lived in rented accommodations for the first three years that they lived in the Littleton area, and it was during this time that Harris met and befriended Dylan Klebold. In 1996, the Harrises bought a house south of Columbine High School. Harris' brother Kevin attended college at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Columbine High School is a secondary school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado. ... The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder, UCB officially[3]; Colorado and CU colloquially) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado System in Boulder, Colorado. ...

Dylan Bennet Klebold was born in Lakewood, Colorado. His parents, Thomas and Susan, and older brother Byron, attended a Lutheran church with their children, with the boys attending confirmation classes in accordance with Lutheran tradition.^[1] At home, the family also observed Jewish rituals in keeping with Susan Klebold's familial heritage.^[1][2] Susan's grandfather, Leo Yassenoff, was an influential builder and philanthropist. Thomas Klebold was raised by a brother 18 years his senior, as each of his parents had died while he was young. The City of Lakewood is a home rule municipality located in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. ... Official language(s) English Demonym Coloradan Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area  Ranked 8th in the US  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ... Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther. ... confirmed redirects here. ... confirmed redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Philanthropy is the act of donating money, goods, time, or effort to support a charitable cause, usually over an extended period of time and in regard to a defined objective. ...

The family had resided in Deer Creek Canyon, south of Lakewood, since 1990. Thomas Klebold ran a small real estate business from home, while Susan Klebold was an employment counselor. Klebold attended Normandy Elementary School (grades 1 and 2), then attended Governor’s Ranch Elementary School where he was part of the CHIPS (Challenging High Intellectual Potential Students) program.^[3] This article is about the year. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... An employment counsellor, also known as a career development professional, advises, coaches, provides information to, and supports people who are planning, seeking and managing their life/work direction. ...

High school

Yearbook photographs of the two perpetrators.

According to early accounts of the shooting, Harris and Klebold were unpopular and frequent targets of bullying at their high school. Some investigators asserted that the notion they were outsiders was largely a myth, although the idea has become ingrained in popular accounts. Harris and Klebold were also said to have been part of a group who called themselves the "Trenchcoat Mafia," although they had no particular connection with the group, and did not appear in a group photo of the Trenchcoat Mafia in the 1998 Columbine yearbook.^[4] Harris's father stated that his son was "involved with the Trenchcoat Mafia" in a 911 call he made on April 20, 1999. Harris had a brief romantic relationship with a woman seven years older than him, Brenda Parker, about a year before the shootings. Klebold attended the high school prom three days before the shootings with a classmate named Robyn Anderson.^[5] Two photographs taken from the 1999 yearbook of Columbine High School, in Littleton, Colorado. ... Two photographs taken from the 1999 yearbook of Columbine High School, in Littleton, Colorado. ... A very common image in many schools around the world. ... is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... Robyn K. Anderson was a senior at Columbine High School near Denver and Littleton, Colorado, and a friend of Dylan Klebold. ...

Soon after they became friends, Harris and Klebold linked their personal computers on a network and both played many games over the Internet. Harris created a set of levels for the game Doom which later became known as the "Harris levels." Harris had a web presence under the handle "REB" (short for Rebel) and other cyber aliases including "Rebldomakr," "Rebdoomer," and "Rebdomine," while Klebold went by the names "VoDKa" and "VoDkA." Harris had various websites that hosted Doom and Quake files, as well as team information for those he gamed with online. The sites also openly spouted hatred for the people of their neighborhood and the world in general. When the pair began experimenting with pipe bombs, they posted results of the explosions on the websites. Doom (or DOOM)[1] is a 1993 computer game by id Software that is a landmark title in the first-person shooter genre. ... User in a computing context refers to one who uses a computer system. ... This article is about the original video game. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ...

Harris was a fan of musical groups such as Rammstein, KMFDM, Orbital, and The Prodigy.^[6] Soon after the shooting, KMFDM posted material on their website condemning Harris and Klebold's violence and denying that their music had anything to do with it.^[7] Most notably, Marilyn Manson, whose group the boys didn't listen to,^[8] was scorned viciously by the media immediately following the attack.^[9] For other uses, see Ramstein. ... KMFDM is an industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. ... Orbital was an English techno duo from 1989 until 2004, consisting of brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll. ... This article is about the English band. ... This article is about the person. ...

The massacre

Initial legal encounters

In March 1998, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office investigator Michael Guerra looked at Harris' website after the parents of Brooks Brown, a fellow student of Harris and Klebold, discovered Harris was making threats aimed at their son following a falling out between them. Guerra wrote a draft affidavit for a search warrant, but the affidavit was never filed. This information was not revealed to the public until September 2001 by 60 Minutes, though it was known by the police the entire time. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Jefferson County (IPA: //) is the fourth most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. ... Brooks Brown is a 1999 Columbine graduate and was a friend of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre. ... An affidavit is a formal sworn statement of fact, signed by the declarant (who is called the affiant), and witnessed (as to the veracity of the affiants signature) by a taker of oaths, such as a notary public. ... A search warrant is a written warrant issued by judge or magistrate which authorizes the police to conduct a search of a person or location for evidence of a criminal offense and seize the evidence. ... September 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events September 4 - Google is awarded U.S. Patent 6,285,999, for the PageRank search algorithm used in the Google search engine September 5 - Perus attorney general files homicide charges against ex-President Alberto... This article is about the CBS news magazine. ...

The two boys got into trouble with the law early for breaking into a locked van and stealing tools. In January 1998, they were charged with mischief, breaking and entering, trespassing and theft. They both left good impressions on the juvenile officers, who offered to delete their' criminal records if they agreed to attend a diversionary program to include community service, receiving psychiatric treatment, and staying out of trouble. Harris was required to attend anger management classes where, again, he made a good impression. They were so well-behaved that their probation officer discharged them from the program a few months earlier than the due date. Of Harris, it was remarked that he was "a very bright individual who is likely to succeed in life," while Klebold was said to be intelligent, but "needs to understand that hard work is part of fulfilling a dream." Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Mischief, in criminal law, is an offense against property that does not involve conversion. ... Burglars attempted to break into an apartment by pulling away the lock. ... “Unlawful entry” redirects here. ... A young waif steals a pair of boots Stealing redirects here. ... Juvenile courts or young offender courts are courts specifically created and given authority to try and pass judgments for crimes committed by persons who have not attained the age of majority. ... This article is about the crime term. ... Community service refers to service that a person performs for the benefit of his or her local community. ... Psychotherapy is an interpersonal, relational intervention used by trained psychotherapists to aid clients in problems of living. ... This article is about the psychotherapy technique. ... Probation Officers badge from the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania Probation officers and parole officers function as agents or officers of the courts. ...

Hitmen for Hire

Despite these outward appearances of calm, as time went on, their rage continued to grow. The two made a video for a school project that showed them pretending to shoot fake guns and "snuffing" students in the hallway of their school as Hitmen for Hire. They both displayed themes of violence in their creative writing projects for school; his teacher said of a Doom-based tale by Harris, written on January 17, 1999, "Yours is a unique approach and your writing works in a gruesome way — good details and mood setting."^[10][11] Contract killing occurs when a private contractor or a government hires someone to kill a specific person or people for a sum of money. ... Creative writing is a term used to distinguish certain imaginative or different types of writing from technical writing. ... is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ...

While having a cigarette at the start of lunch break, senior Brooks Brown saw Harris arrive at school on the morning of the massacre and scolded him for skipping the morning bowling class, because Harris was always serious about his academics and being on time. Harris reportedly said, "Brooks, I like you now. Get out of here. Go home."^[12] Having severed his friendship with him a year earlier due to Harris throwing a chunk of ice at his car windshield, Brown quickly evacuated the school grounds. Upon hearing the first gunshots after he had already walked some distance away from the school, he informed the police by a neighbor's cell phone. Brooks Brown is a 1999 Columbine graduate and was a friend of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre. ...

Acquiring arms

9mm Hi-Point 995 carbine, one of the guns Eric Harris used.

9mm TEC- DC9 pistol, one of the guns Dylan Klebold used.

Because Harris and Klebold were both underage at the time, Robyn Anderson, an 18-year-old Columbine student and old friend of Klebold's, made a straw purchase of two shotguns and Hi-Point 995 Carbine for the pair.^[13] Anderson was not charged for her part in the straw purchase in exchange for her cooperation with the investigation that followed the shootings. After illegally acquiring the weapons, Harris and Klebold sawed off the barrels of the shotguns to a length below 25 inches, a felony under the National Firearms Act. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Kg99. ... Image File history File links Kg99. ... Robyn K. Anderson was a senior at Columbine High School near Denver and Littleton, Colorado, and a friend of Dylan Klebold. ... A straw purchase is any purchase where the buyer is not eligible to own the purchased item according to the law and therefore purchases the item through a proxy buyer. ... For other uses, see Shotgun (disambiguation). ... Tom Deeb of Beemiller Inc. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The National Firearms Act (NFA), cited as the Act of June 26, 1934, Ch. ...

The shooters also possessed a TEC-DC9 semi-automatic handgun, which had a long history. The manufacturer of the TEC-DC9 first sold it to Miami-based Navegar Incorporated. It was then sold to Zander's Sporting Goods in Baldwin, Illinois in 1994. The gun was later sold to Thornton, Colorado firearms dealer Larry Russel. In violation of federal law, Russel failed to keep records of the sale, yet he determined that the purchaser of the gun was twenty-one years of age or older. He was unable to identify the pictures of Klebold, Anderson, or Harris shown to him by police after the shooting. Two men, Mark Manes and Philip Duran, were convicted of supplying weapons to the two. Early descriptions of the TEC- DC9 claimed that it was a fully automatic weapon, one that fired continuously with one pull of the trigger, although this was not the case. Their model was the closed bolt KG99-related variant, which would have proven virtually impossible to convert to fully automatic without access to firearm machining equipment and substantial expertise.^{[citation needed]} The Intratec TEC-9 is a blowback-operated, semi-automatic 9mm Parabellum caliber firearm, classified by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms as a handgun. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Miami redirects here. ... Baldwin is a village located in Randolph County, Illinois. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Thornton is a city located in Adams County, Colorado. ... Official language(s) English Demonym Coloradan Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area  Ranked 8th in the US  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ... Gun license redirects here. ... Federal Form 4473 is a US government form that must be filled out when a person buys a firearm from a Federal Firearm License Holder or gunshop. ... A semi or fully_automatic firearm which is said to fire from a closed bolt is one where, when ready to fire, a round is in the chamber and the bolt and working parts are forward. ... The Intratec TEC-9 is a blowback-operated, semi-automatic 9mm Parabellum caliber firearm, classified by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms as a handgun. ...

The bombs used by the pair varied and were crudely made from carbon dioxide canisters, galvanized pipe, and metal propane bottles. The bombs were primed with matches placed at one end of the bomb. Both had striker tips on their sleeves. When they rubbed against the bomb, the match head would instantly light the fuse. The weekend before the shootings, Harris and Klebold had purchased propane tanks and other supplies from a hardware store for a few hundred dollars. Several residents of the area claimed to have heard glass breaking and buzzing sounds from the Harris family's garage, which later was concluded to indicate they were constructing pipe bombs. Tony Fatre, a fifth-grader who lived next door to Harris, later told authorities that "Eric was always in there with the door closed."^{[citation needed]} Harris purchased more propane tanks on the morning of the attack. Carbon dioxide (chemical formula: ) is a chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom. ... Propane is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a liquid that is transportable. ...

More complex bombs, such as the one that detonated on the corner of South Wadsworth Boulevard and Ken Caryl Avenue, had timers. The two largest bombs built were found in the school cafeteria and were made from small propane tanks. Only one of these bombs went off, and that only partially detonated. It was estimated that had any of the bombs placed in the cafeteria actually detonated properly, the blast could have caused extensive structural damage to the school and resulted in casualties in the hundreds.^[14] Time Bomb Time Bomb is Buckcherrys second album. ...

Aftermath

Motivations

The two perpetrators, captured on Columbine High School's security cameras.

Harris and Klebold wrote much about how they would carry out the massacre but far less about why. A journal found in Harris' bedroom contained almost every detail that the boys planned to follow after 5:00 a.m. on April 20, 1999.^[15] In journal entries, the pair often wrote about events such as the Oklahoma City bombing, Waco, and other similar events, including blurbs and notes on how they wished to "outdo" these events, focusing especially on what Timothy McVeigh did in Oklahoma City. They mentioned how they would like to leave a lasting impression on the world with this kind of violence. That the shooters initially planned and failed to blow up the high school, and not just shoot students, is an indication of how they instead wished to overshadow the events that had occurred, respectively, four and six years earlier. Much speculation occurred over the date chosen for their attack. It is speculated that the original intended date of the attack may have been April 19, the preceding Monday, but due to problems with the creation of one of the bombs, lack of ammunition, or perhaps to avoid involving a close friend who was planning on being absent April 20, the date was changed. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 780 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (834 × 641 pixel, file size: 82 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) From left to right: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold (Columbine massacre) the killers This image is taken from the Columbine security cameras. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 780 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (834 × 641 pixel, file size: 82 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) From left to right: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold (Columbine massacre) the killers This image is taken from the Columbine security cameras. ... Columbine High School is a secondary school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado. ... is the 110th day of the year (111th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist attack on April 19, 1995 aimed at the U.S. government in which the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was bombed in an office complex in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ... Combatants ATF, FBI, U.S. Army Branch Davidians Commanders Assault: Phil Chojnacki Siege: Many David Koresh† Strength Assault: 75 ATF agents Siege: Hundreds of federal agents and soldiers 50+ men, 75+ women and children Casualties 4 dead, 21 wounded in assault 6 dead and 3+ wounded in assault, 79 dead... McVeigh redirects here. ... Nickname: Location in Oklahoma County and the state of Oklahoma. ...

Some people, such as Robyn Anderson, who knew the perpetrators, initially stated that the pair were not obsessed with Nazism nor did they worship or admire Adolf Hitler in any way, although the attack occurred on Hitler's birthday, as was speculated early on by the media. Anderson stated that in retrospect, there were many things the pair didn't tell friends.^[13] In his journal, Harris mentioned his admiration of what he imagined to be Darwinian natural selection. He wrote that he would like to put everyone in a super Doom game and see to it that the weak die and the strong live. On the day of the massacre, Harris wore a white t-shirt with the words "NATURAL SELECTION" printed in black. Nazism in history Nazi ideology Nazism and race Outside Germany Related subjects Lists Politics Portal         Nazism or National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), refers primarily to the ideology and practices of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers Party, German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) under Adolf Hitler. ... Hitler redirects here. ... For other uses, see Natural selection (disambiguation). ...

Journals and investigation

Harris began keeping a journal in April 1998, a short time after the pair was convicted of breaking into a van, for which each received ten months of juvenile intervention counseling and community service in January 1998. The plan began to formulate then, as reflected in their journals.^[16] They were released early from the program due to good behavior, a fact about which they later gloated in memoirs they taped before the shootings. The journals contained notes on "good hiding places" and areas with poor lighting that could be utilized. The attack was to start at exactly 11:17 a.m., when Harris had calculated the largest possible number of students would be located in the cafeteria.

Harris wanted to join the United States Marine Corps, but his application was rejected shortly before the shootings because he was taking the drug Luvox (Fluvoxamine), an SSRI antidepressant, which he was required to take as part of anger management therapy. According to the recruiting officer, Harris did not know about this rejection. Though some friends of Harris suggested that he had stopped taking the drug beforehand, the autopsy reports showed that he had at least some Luvox in his system at the time of death.^[17] Abrupt cessation of SSRI antidepressants has been found to interfere with normal social functioning in some patients. The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for providing force projection from the sea,[1] using the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces and is one of seven uniformed services. ... Fluvoxamine (brand name as Luvox®, Faverin®, Fevarin® and Dumyrox®) is an antidepressant which functions pharmacologically as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. ... SSRI redirects here; for other uses, see SSRI (disambiguation). ... Prozac, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, Venlafaxine An antidepressant is a psychiatric medication or other substance (nutrient or herb) used for alleviating depression or dysthymia (milder depression). ... A British Army etc. ... SSRI discontinuation syndrome, also known as SSRI withdrawal syndrome or SSRI cessation syndrome, is a condition that can occur during or following the interruption, lowering of dose or discontinuation of regular SSRI or SNRI antidepressant drug usage. ...

A personality profile of Eric Harris, based on journal entries and personal communication, suggested behavior patterns consistent with a "malignant narcissism...(with) pathological narcissism, antisocial features, paranoid traits, and unconstrained aggression."^[18] The report notes that such a profile should not be construed as a direct psychiatric diagnosis, which is based on face-to-face interviews, formal psychological testing, and collection of collateral information. This article is about the personality disorder. ... Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), is a personality disorder defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV-R), the diagnostic classification system used in the United States, as a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and a lack of empathy. ... Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a mental disorder defined by the American Psychiatric Associations Diagnostic and Statistical Manual: The essential feature for the diagnosis is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. ... For other senses of this word, see paranoia (disambiguation). ... In psychology and other social and behavioral sciences, aggression refers to behavior that is intended to cause harm or pain. ... Psychological testing is a field characterized by the use of samples of behavior in order to infer generalizations about a given individual. ...

Dylan Klebold's role in the shooting had him surrounded in mystery for some time. In his journal, Klebold wrote about his view that he and Harris were god-like and more highly evolved than every other human being. His secret journal, however, records self-loathing and suicidal intentions. Although both had difficulty controlling their anger, Klebold's anger had led to his being more prone to serious trouble than Harris. Klebold was well known to swear at teachers and fight with his boss at Blackjack Pizza. After their arrest, which both recorded as the most traumatic thing the two had ever experienced, Klebold wrote a letter to Harris, saying how they would have so much fun getting revenge and killing cops, and how his wrath from the January arrest would be god-like. On the day of the massacre, Klebold wore a black t-shirt which had the word "WRATH" printed in red. It was speculated that revenge for the arrest was another possible motive for the attack, and that the pair planned on having a massive gun battle with police during the shooting. Klebold also wrote that life was no fun without a little death, and that he would like to spend the last moments of his life in nerve-wracking twists of murder and bloodshed. He concluded by saying that he would kill himself afterward in order to leave the world which he hated and go to a better place.

One official report suggested that Harris was a clinical psychopath and Klebold was a depressive. Investigators believe that their mental illnesses may have been the underlying cause for their rampage. This report suggested that all of the reasons the boys gave for the shooting were justifications in order to present themselves as killers with a cause.^[6]

Some of the home recorded videos, called "The Basement Tapes", have been withheld from the public by the police. Harris and Klebold reportedly discussed their motives for the attacks in these videos as well as give instruction in bomb making. Police cite the reason for withholding these tapes as an effort to prevent them from becoming "call-to-arms" and "how-to" videos which could inspire copycat killers.

Media confusion

Initially, the shooters were believed to be members of a clique that called themselves the "Trenchcoat Mafia," a small group of Columbine's "outcasts" who wore heavy black trench coats. The Trenchcoat Mafia was originally a group of gamers who hung out together and started wearing trenchcoats after one of the members received a cowboy duster for Christmas. They adopted the name "Trenchcoat Mafia" after jocks began to call them that. Investigation revealed that Harris and Klebold were only friends with one member of the group, Chris Morris, and that most of the primary members of the Trenchcoat Mafia had left the school by the time that Harris and Klebold committed the massacre. Most did not know the shooters, apart from their association with Morris, and none were considered suspects in the shootings or were charged with any involvement in the incident. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... World War I example For the film, see Trenchcoat (film). ... This article is about gamers - people who play games. ... For other uses, see Cowboy (disambiguation). ... In My Merry Oldsmobile songbook featuring intrepid automobilists wearing dusters A duster is a light, loose-fitting coat. ... Look up Jock, jock in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Sociological investigation into the high school subculture was conducted in response to the killings, with the goal to determine what factors led to the event and whether or not future massacres in other schools could be successfully prevented. In the aftermath of the attacks, some North American high school students attended compulsory seminars that encouraged tolerance and condemned bullying. The effectiveness of this on bullying prevention wasn't clear, as investigation indicated that bullying wasn't the sole cause of the shootings. Sociology (from Latin: socius, companion; and the suffix -ology, the study of, from Greek λόγος, lógos, knowledge [1]) is the scientific or systematic study of society, including patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture[2]. Areas studied in sociology can range from the analysis of brief contacts between anonymous... A Youth subculture is youth-based subculture with distinct styles, behaviors and interests. ...

Harris and Klebold affected U.S. culture in tangible ways. Marilyn Manson dubbed them "The Nobodies" in his song of that name from his 2000 album Holy Wood. Manson echoed the reasons the pair gave for their spree with lines such as "We are the nobodies, We wanna be somebodies, When we're dead, They'll know just who we are." Manson, who was blamed in the wake of the Columbine massacre by the media, criticized their coverage of the event with the lines "Some children died the other day, We fed machines and then we prayed, Puked up and down in morbid faith, You should have seen the ratings that day." This article is about the person. ... Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) is a Rock & Roll album by Marilyn Manson. ...

There was controversy over whether the perpetrators should be memorialized. Some were opposed, claiming that it glorified murderers, while others argued that the perpetrators themselves were victims, too. Crosses were erected for Harris and Klebold,^[19] but the father of victim Daniel Rohrbough cut them down, saying that murderers should not be memorialized in the same place as victims.^[20] This is a list of victims of the Columbine High School massacre. ...

Video games

The pair created levels for the computer game Doom. Some of the Harris level packs have simple and crude graphical modifications that 'enhance' the violent content of the game. Generous supplies of monsters, ammunition, and weapons are some of the other features of the levels created by Eric Harris.^[21] In computer and video games, a level (sometimes called a stage, course, episode, round, world, map, wave, board, phase, or landscape) is a separate area in a games virtual world, in modern games typically representing a specific location such as a building or a city. ... Doom (or DOOM)[1] is a 1993 computer game by id Software that is a landmark title in the first-person shooter genre. ...

However, the game is classified as a shooter, and their designs while violent, are not considered to be highly irregular amongst most other level editors for the game. Video games were never considered to have played a large part in the motivations or inspiration for their actions.^{[citation needed]}

Film connections

Harris mentioned the murder-themed film Natural Born Killers in his journal, referring to the "holy April morning of NBK." NBK was used as a codename for the attack by both, who were great fans of the work. For the song, see Natural Born Killaz. ...

Harris and Klebold were portrayed as Alex and Eric in the film Elephant by Gus Van Sant, as Cal and Andre in Zero Day by Ben Coccio, as Derwent and Derrick in Duck! The Carbine High Massacre by William Hellfire and Joey Smack, as Chance and Will in American Yearbook by Brian Ging, and an unnamed shooter in Home Room. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Gus Green Van Sant, Jr. ... Ben Coccio is an American filmmaker from Niskayuna, NY. He is best known for directing the feature film Zero Day. ... Duck! The Carbine High Massacre is a 2000 black comedy film about a fictional school shooting. ... American Yearbook is an award winning film written and directed by Brian Ging. ... Home Room is a 2002 independent film produced by Myriad Productions. ...

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Sources and external links

• A Columbine Site - Comprehensive, frequently updated information on the school shooting
• Crimelibrary feature
• The Columbine Report - 11,000 page report on investigative findings
• Makers of Luvox sued by victims' families
• The Smoking Gun feature - Essay by Harris on keeping guns out of schools