@mindful Two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, shot up the school around noon on April 20, 1999. They killed 12 students, 1 teacher, and wounded 21 others. They started in the cafeteria and worked their way towards the library. They placed bombs and Molotov cocktails throughout the school in addition to their guns (including semi-automatics). They eventually shot themselves in the library.
They were reportedly racist, anti-semitic, homophobic skinhead fucks who worshiped Nazis and were reportedly (but actually not) part of the Trenchcoat Mafia (which is why teachers freak the fuck out if you wear a trench coat to school, even if you just happen to like classic attire, Audrey Hepburn, and Humphrey Bogart.) They played violent video games, which is believed by some to have contributed to their mental state. They also listened to heavy metal/industrial music (KMFDM, Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein), which then made much of the blame fall on Marilyn Manson (despite neither boy being an actual fan of his work).
Eric is believed to have been depressive, and was on Luvox (an SSRI) at the time, which he was required to take as part of his court-ordered anger management. He was described by one as having “malignant narcissism… (with) pathological narcissism, antisocial features, paranoid traits, and unconstrained aggression” based on his diary entries. A police officer who arrested the two several years previously described him as “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.” In his journal, Klebold wrote about his view that he and Harris were god-like and more highly evolved than every other human being, but his secret journal 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.
Five years after the attack, the FBI argued Harris was a clinical psychopath and Klebold was depressive. They believed the plan was masterminded by Harris, who they thought had a messianic-level superiority complex, probably due to bullying and hoped to illustrate his massive superiority to the world.
Columbine High School’s atmosphere is your typical jocks/cheerleaders picking on the outcasts type. It is horrendously bad (much more so than your average high school), and it reverted back to the way it was after an entire 6 months of peace. I went to school about 2 miles from there, albeit a few years behind.
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