Subsequent investigations determined Harris and Klebold chose their victims randomly, and the two teens originally had intended to bomb their school, potentially killing hundreds of people. There was speculation that Harris and Klebold committed the killings because they were members of a group of social outcasts called the Trenchcoat Mafia that was fascinated by Goth culture.
It also was speculated that Harris and Klebold had carried out the shootings as retaliation for being bullied. Additionally, violent video games and music were blamed for influencing the killers. However, none of these theories was ever proven.
Through journals left behind by Harris and Klebold, investigators eventually discovered the teens had been planning for a year to bomb the school in an attack similar to the Oklahoma City bombing.
Columbine High School reopened in the fall of , but the massacre left a scar on the Littleton community. Mark Manes, the man who sold a gun to Harris and bought him rounds of ammunition the day before the murders, was sentenced to six years in prison. Another man, Philip Duran, who introduced Harris and Klebold to Manes, also was sentenced to prison time. Some victims and families of people killed or injured filed suit against the school and the police; most of these suits were later dismissed in court.
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The tragedy was a watershed moment for a nation divided by the conflict in Southeast Asia. The Oklahoma City bombing occurred when a truck packed with explosives was detonated on April 19, , outside the Alfred P.
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Harris and Klebold killed themselves with gunshot wounds to the head in the school's library at approximately p. Read More. SWAT teams entered the school 47 minutes after the shootings started. Five hours passed before law enforcement declared the school under control. The Columbine shootings rank as one of the worst mass shootings in US history as well as one of the deadliest episodes of school violence.
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