Columbine%20Shooting

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Columbine Shooting

• The Beginning of Mass school shootings

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Preliminary Activities

• Eric Harris (age 18) and Dylan Klebold (age
  17)were bullied in school to the point of
  torment.
• Harris had a website on which they recorded the
  guns they stored as well as their feelings
  towards their school and society.
• In 1998, both boys were arrested for thievery and
  sent to juvenile diversion.
• Harris was on a psychiatric drug called Luvox,
  which is now known to increase violence.

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The Planned Shooting

• Harris and Klebold planned to denonate explosives
  in the cafeteria, picking off students with guns
  as they fled from the scene.
• They planned on setting explosives in cars in the
  parking lot to detonate when police and new crews
  arrived.

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The Shooting

• The main explosives set in the cafeteria failed
  to detonate and Harris and Klebold did not set
  bombs in the parking lot.
• They took position on a staircase and shot at
  students.
• They then went into the library and shot at
  students and police officers through a window.

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• Harris and Klebold killed 12 students and 1
  teacher.
• They injured 21 students directly
• 3 more were injured while trying to escape
• The two boys then committed suicide with a bullet
  to the head.

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Aftermath

• The massacre provoked debate in
• Gun control
• Violent video games
• Bullying
• The nature of high school cliques
• The use of antidepressants in teenagers
• Music
• Do you feel the above provoke students to commit
  crimes or behave differently?
• Research and Write 3 paragraphs. Include
  statistics to back up your answers.

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