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Columbine Massacre Shooters
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Harris, Eric:
(April 9, 1981 - April 20,
1999): Eric was born in
Wichita. Kansas, and had
traveled many times during his
youth as his father was a
transport pilot with the Air
Force. Eric and his family moved
to Littleton, Colorado in 1993
and shortly thereafter, in 1995,
he
started attending Columbine High
School. From most accounts,
Eric was a "normal guy" when he
lived in New York. Many
individuals were shocked when
they learned that Eric was one
of the shooters associated with
the Columbine High School
massacre. Eric met Dylan during
high school. They also worked
together at Blackjack Pizza in
their free time. While working
in Blackjack Pizza, Philip
Duran,
who was a graduate of Columbine
who worked at Blackjack Pizza
with Dylan and Eric, introduced
the shooters to Mark Manes, who
sold Eric and Dylan a TEC-DC9
semi-automatic handgun.
View Eric
Harris's Websites
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Klebold, Dylan:
(September 11, 1981 - April 20,
1999): Dylan was a smart individual who
was up for any challenge. By the three
grade he was
part of the CHIPS (Challenging High
Intellectual Potential Students) program
for gifted and talented children.
Dylan met Eric Harris during his Middle
School years. While he was at Columbine,
Dylan was active in the school
play productions as a light and sound
coordinator as well as being involved in
video productions at Columbine High
School.
During Rachel Scott's performance "Watch
the Lamb,"
he actually saved the
performance when there was audio
difficulty with the music by providing a
backup tape. He was also a
computer assistant at the school where
he maintained the computer servers.
Unfortunately, there were signs that
Eric and Dylan were troubled. Both Dylan and Eric
had made a
'Hitmen for Hire'
video that they made about hit-men
killing bullies to avenge the weak at
Columbine. Both Dylan and Eric were
unpopular at school and were often the
target of bullying. They themselves
started to bully younger students. They
prided themselves as being part of a
Columbine clique called the "Trenchcoat
Mafia," who were self-styled outcasts
who wore heavy black trench coats. The
Trenchcoat Mafia had an entry in the
school's 1998 yearbook - is variously
described as being obsessed with guns,
Nazis, the military, the Internet,
gaming, rock singer Marilyn Manson and
Goth-rock culture.
Klebold and Harris were
also obsessed with Doom and Quake games
and had personal websites with gaming
information and other information about
making threat at certain individuals.
Klebold had attended the
Columbine prom three days prior to the
shootings with another student and
friend, Robyn Anderson. She is
the individual who purchased the two
shotguns and Hi-Point carbine for the
pair. Klebold sawed off his Savage 311-D
12-gauge double-barrel shotgun,
shortening the overall length to
approximately 23 inches, while Harris's
Savage–Springfield 12-gauge pump shotgun
was sawn off to around 26 inches.
Anderson was of legal age to purchase
the weapons whereas Harris and Klebold
were not. She was not charged for her
part in the straw purchase in exchange
for her cooperation with the
investigation that followed the
shootings.
Harris and Klebold also started
to keep journals about
shootings and a plan
began to formulate then, as reflected in
their journals. 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.; which Harris had
estimated to be the time when the
largest possible number of students
would be located in the cafeteria. Also,
prior to the massacre, Harris and
Klebold made homemade videos dubbed "The
Basement Tapes," which depicted
their
motives for the attacks in these videos
and gave instructions in bomb making.
These videos were never released to the
public at the time given they could
spark other copycat events.
On April 20, 1999,
Harris and Klebold drove separately to
school and met in the school parking
lot. At 11:17AM, the Harris and Klebold
set off propane bombs outside the school
before making their way to the West Entrance of the school.
View Dylan
Klebold's websites
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