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
Marilyn Manson–Columbine High School massacre controversy what they wanted. During his appearance on "The O'Reilly Factor," Manson also said that his lyrics do not promote suicidal thoughts but that they encourage getting through feelings like that. Two months after the Columbine shooting, "Rolling Stone" published an article by Marilyn Manson entitled, "Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?" In the article, he wrote that his lyrics are often misinterpreted, and that people believe that he is promoting things that he is actually trying to decry. In the "Rolling Stones" article, Manson also wrote that society's in-depth coverage of the Columbine tragedy was more gruesome than typical entertainment. In