Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold Eric David Harris (April 9, 1981 – April 20, 1999) and Dylan Bennet Klebold (; September 11, 1981 – April 20, 1999) were two American mass murderers who killed 13 people and wounded 24 others armed with firearms, explosives and knives on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado. They were twelfth grade (senior) students at the high school. The shooting rampage came to be known as the Columbine High School massacre. Harris and Klebold committed suicide in the library, where they had killed 10 of their victims. Harris was born in
Columbine High School massacre put us through this last year." Klebold shouted "All jocks stand up!" When nobody stood up, Harris said to "get the guys in white hats." One of them said "Anybody with a white hat on is dead". Wearing a white baseball cap at Columbine was a tradition among sports team members. Several students tried to hide their white hats. Noticing police evacuating students outside the school, Klebold said "Pigs are here" and Harris said: "Let's go kill some cops." They shot out the windows in the direction of the police. Officers returned fire, and the gunmen retreated from the windows;