Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Eric David Harris Dylan Bennet Klebold: Mass Murderers Columbine High School
Eric David Harris Dylan Bennet Klebold: Mass Murderers Columbine High School
Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold were two American mass murderers who killed 13
people and wounded 24 others armed with firearms and knives on April 20, 1999, at Columbine
High School. Harris and Klebold committed suicide in the library, where they had killed 10 of
their victims.
Brown, who was a friend of Eric, scolded him for skipping the morning class, because
Harris was always serious about schoolwork and being on time. Harris reportedly said,
"It doesn't matter anymore" and also said, "Brooks, I like you now. Get out of here. Go
home."[26] Brown quickly left the school grounds. After that, he heard the first gunshots
after he had walked some distance away from the school, and he informed the police via
a neighbor's cell phone.
By that time, Dylan Klebold had already arrived at the school in a separate car, and the
two boys left two gym bags, each containing a 20-pound propane bomb, inside the
school cafeteria. When these devices failed to detonate, Harris and Klebold launched a
shooting attack against their classmates. Harris was responsible for eight of the thirteen
confirmed deaths, while Klebold was responsible for the remaining five. There were 24
wounded, most in critical condition.
Eric and Dylan were students from that college. So, they could enter there successfully. They
had gotten into the school with firearms. The security staff at Columbine didnt observe the
bombs being placed in the cafeteria, since a custodian was replacing the school security
video tape as it happened. The criminals were in the library when the police arrived.
THINK ABOUT SOLUTIONS TO AVOID THE SAME TYPE OF CRIME IN THE FUTURE
Id assign specialists to help the students. Theyll be able to study the students behavior. I should
probably put more guards at college. Maybe I should propose some rules.