Mass murder at Columbine High School, Columbine, Colorado, United States, 1999
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were two American teenagers who together carried out one of the most devastating and widely covered acts of mass violence in United States history. Eric David Harris was born on April 9, 1981, in Wichita, Kansas. Dylan Bennet Klebold was born on September 11, 1981; his specific birthplace is not confirmed in available sources. Both were students at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, at the time of the attack. No criminal aliases have been identified for either perpetrator.
The two are categorized as a mass murderer duo, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999. No broader active criminal period preceding that date is identified in the available research.
On April 20, 1999, Harris and Klebold carried out a premeditated attack on Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States. The attack involved a school shooting as its primary method of violence. The perpetrators had also planned a bomb in the cafeteria, which failed to detonate as intended — a detail that underscores the scale of violence that was originally planned and potentially averted.
Eric Harris fødes
Eric David Harris fødes i Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Dylan Klebold fødes
Dylan Bennet Klebold fødes i Lakewood, Colorado, USA.
Columbine-massakren
Harris og Klebold begiver sig til Columbine High School i Littleton, Colorado, bevæbnet med skydevåben og hjemmelavede bomber. 13 personer dræbes og et større antal såres.
Bomber detonerer ikke som planlagt
Propanbomberne, som Harris og Klebold havde placeret i skolens cafeteria, detonerer ikke som planlagt. De påbegynder i stedet skyderi inde i skolebygningen.
The attack unfolded on the school premises and resulted in the deaths of 13 students and 1 teacher, for a total of 14 confirmed fatalities. An additional 23 people were wounded during the attack. The event has since been described as one of the most heavily covered emergent news stories of the 1990s.
Both Harris and Klebold died by suicide by gunshot wound at the scene on the same day the attack took place — April 20, 1999. Their deaths meant that no arrest was ever made, no charges were ever filed, and no trial or sentencing ever occurred. There is no relevant statute or charge disposition on record for either perpetrator.
The victims of the Columbine massacre were members of the school community — students and one teacher — who were present at Columbine High School on the morning of April 20, 1999. Fourteen people lost their lives in total: 13 students and 1 teacher. A further 23 individuals were wounded during the attack. The sources used in this profile do not provide the individual names or further biographical details of the victims beyond these confirmed figures.
Because both Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold died by suicide at the scene of the attack, there was
Begge gerningsmænd dør ved selvmord
Eric Harris og Dylan Klebold tager begge deres eget liv på gerningsstedet samme dag som angrebet. Ingen anholdelse eller retsforfølgning finder sted.
Bowling for Columbine udkommer
Michael Moores dokumentarfilm Bowling for Columbine sætter fokus på våbenkultur og Columbine-massakren og når et stort internationalt publikum.
Elephant udkommer
Gus Van Sants spillefilm Elephant, en fiktiv skildring af en skolemassakre baseret på elementer fra Columbine-sagen, vises i biograferne.
Dave Cullens Columbine udgives
Journalisten Dave Cullen udgiver bogen Columbine på Twelve/Hachette Book Group — en af de mest indflydelsesrige journalistiske undersøgelser af sagen.
Sue Klebolds erindringsbog udgives
Dylan Klebolds mor, Sue Klebold, udgiver A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy på Broadway Books/Crown Publishing.
The absence of a trial has meant that much of the factual record about the planning and motivation behind the attack has been reconstructed through physical evidence, journals, video recordings, and investigative reporting rather than through courtroom testimony or legal proceedings.
The Columbine massacre has generated an extensive body of media coverage across multiple formats in the decades since 1999.
In the documentary space, the 2002 film [Bowling for Columbine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_for_Columbine) — produced by MGM/United Artists — remains the most prominent theatrical documentary related to the event. The film is a documentary, not a dramatization. A 2018 episode of the series Inside Serial Killers, titled "Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris", is available on Apple TV. The series Murderous Minds features a dedicated episode on the two perpetrators, available on Tubi. Additionally, the series Zero Hour includes an episode titled "The Untold Story of Columbine's Tragic Day", available on YouTube. A standalone documentary video titled Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold | Columbine Massacre is also accessible on YouTube.
In the podcast format, a podcast episode titled "What No One Told You About America's Most Infamous Shooting" is identified as available on YouTube Music, though its production year is not confirmed in the available research.
No specific book titles or feature films directly dramatizing the event could be verified from the sources available for this profile.