Marilyn Manson–Columbine High School massacre controversy Manson's controversial behavior, such as committing a sexual act with another male live on stage. In response, Manson claimed that this was not planned and was entertaining at the time. O'Reilly also challenged Manson by stating that never before in the United States had there been more corrupting influences on the nation's youth at one time, and that while Manson claims that his messages are not meant to be taken a certain way, young people can misinterpret his lyrics. Two years after Columbine, Manson was expected to perform in Denver, Colorado at the Ozzfest at Mile High Stadium. As a
Columbine High School massacre in the shooting. The Columbine shootings influenced subsequent school shootings. Many school shooting plots mention it. Shortly after, a rash of copycat threats led to the closing of entire districts. One arrested student boasted he could "outdo" its number of casualties. The first copycat may have been the W. R. Myers High School shooting, just 8 days later, when a 14-year old Canadian student went into his school at lunchtime, with a sawed-off .22 rifle under his dark blue trench coat, and opened fire, killing one student. A month after the massacre, Heritage High School in Conyers, Georgia had a