Columbine High School massacre Columbine High School massacre The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting that occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County (Jeffco), Colorado, United States, near Littleton in the Denver metropolitan area. The perpetrators, twelfth grade (senior) students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered 12 students and one teacher. Ten students were murdered in the library, where the pair subsequently committed suicide. At the time, it was the deadliest school shooting ever. The crime has inspired several copycats, and "Columbine" has become a euphemism for a school shooting. They injured
Columbine (book) feverish response to the alleged "martyrdom" issue is also chronicled. "Columbine" begins four days before the massacre, at a school assembly hosted by Principal DeAngelis just before Prom weekend. Scenes from the massacre are graphically depicted in the early chapters, and later through flashbacks. Published by Twelve (Hachette Book Group) on April 6, 2009, "Columbine" debuted at number seven on the bestseller list for "The New York Times" in the United States. It peaked at number three, and spent eight weeks on the list. The book was very well received by critics, and by news media, which focused heavily on