Columbine High School Shooting Timeline
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Updated 17 Mar 2019
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Harris_and_Dylan_Klebold
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre
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Green events mean nothing horribly bad (Them walking during the massacre or before and after the massacre)
Orange events mean something bad happening during the massacre but with no injury or death
Red events mean events with injury and/or death
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Eric Harris was born in Wichita, Kansas.Dylan Klebold was born in Lakewood, ColoradoThe family moved from Plattsburgh, New York, to Littleton, Colorado, in July 1993, when Wayne Harris retired from military service.Somewhere in 1996, The Harris family purchased a house south of Columbine High School.Somewhere between 1993 to 1996, Eric met Dylan Klebold.Somewhere in August 1995, Eric and Dylan began attending Columbine High School along with mutual friends,
Brooks Brown and Nathan (Nate) Dykeman. Nate met Eric in Spanish class and then met Dylan at Eric's house.Harris and Klebold broke into a van that was parked near Littleton and stole tools and computer equipment.As early as November 1997, Klebold mentioned (in his journal) going on a killing spree.Klebold had been writing down his thoughts since March 1997.Harris and Klebold made Hitmen for HireHarris left a micro cassette labeled "Nixon" on the kitchen tableColumbine Prom NightThey both made a video doing target practice, in nearby foothills known as Rampart RangeDylan's 18-year-old friend Robyn K. Anderson purchased 2 shotguns and a rifle at a gun show for Eric and DylanEric Harris and Dylan Klebold made "Reb's Tape"
(The 3rd Basement Tape)
(Evidence item #298)Both Dylan and Eric make the 1st Basement Tape
(Evidence item #265)The 2nd Basement Tape was made
(Evidence item #333)April 20th, 1999 tape
(Evidence Item #333)Eric and Dylan made a video with friends Eric Jackson and Dustin Gorton.Eric Harris began keeping a journalEric Harris spoke with Staff Sergeant Mark Gonzales about joining the Marines.Staff Sergeant Gonzales met Eric at Blackjack Pizza to confirm his appointment for the home visit.Staff Sergeant Mark Gonzales met Eric Harris and his father at the Harris residence.Staff Sergeant Gonzales left a message on voicemail at the Harris residence for Eric Harris to call him but never received a call back.The whole Klebold family (Dylan, his brother Byron Klebold, and parents) drove to Tucson to visit the University of Arizona where they paid a deposit for what was supposed to have been Dylan's dorm room.Columbine student Peter Maher his friends had a negative encounter with Eric, Dylan and a few others at a convenience store.Eric and Dylan - "Reb" and "VoDkA" - arrived at Columbine High School.Eric and Dylan carried two duffle bags into the school's cafeteria, each containing a 20-pound (9 kg) propane bombThe Jefferson County Dispatch Center received a 911 call about a staged grass fire[1]Rachel Scott is killed by shots to the head, torso, and leg
[2]Richard Castaldo was shot in the arm, chest, back, and abdomen[3]Daniel Rohrbough was killed by shots to the abdomen, upper chest, and leg
[4]Sean Graves was shot in the back, foot, and abdomen
Klebold came up to Lance Kirklin, who was already wounded and lying on the ground, weakly calling for help.
Klebold said, "Sure. I'll help you," then shot Kirklin in the face with his shotgun
[5]Lance Kirklin was critically injured by shots to the leg, neck, and jawDave Sanders, a teacher and coach at the school, was in the cafeteria when he heard the gunfire and began warning students.A 911 call was made about a girl being doown outside the school (Rachel Scott)[6]Michael Johnson was hit in the face, leg, and arm, but ran and escaped
[7]Mark Taylor was shot in the chest, arms, and leg and fell to the ground, where he faked death.[8]Anne-Marie Hochhalter was shot in the chest, arm, abdomen, back, and left leg[9]Brian Anderson, 17. Injured near the west entrance by flying glass after Dylan and Eric had shot out the door windows
[10]Patti Nielson was hit in the shoulder by shrapnel near the west entrance.The custodian called Deputy Neil Gardner, the assigned resource officer to Columbine, on the school radio, requesting assistance in the senior parking lotNeil heard another call on the school radio, "Neil, there's a shooter in the school".
Eric, at the west entrance, immediately turned and fired ten shots from his carbine at Gardner, who was sixty yards away.Another gunfight broke out at 11:26 a.m,
as Harris returned to the double doors and again began shooting at Deputy Gardner,
who returned fire.Now, Harris and Klebold were inside the main hallway.
Sanders and another student were down at the end of the hallway, where he gestured for students in the library to stay.
They encountered Harris and Klebold, who were approaching from the corner of the North Hallway. Sanders and the student turned and ran in the opposite direction.[12]Harris and Klebold shot at them both, with Harris hitting Sanders twice in the back and neck but missing the student, Sanders would later die from this.Eric and Dylan entered the library.
Harris yelled, "Get up!" so loudly that he can be heard on the 9–1–1 recording.
Klebold then shouted "Everybody get up, now!"Harris fired his shotgun twice at a desk.
[13]Evan Todd sustained minor injuries from the splintering of a desk he was hiding under.[11]Stephanie Munson was shot in the ankle inside the North Hallway.Disabled student Kyle Velasquez was sitting at the north row, police later said he had not hidden underneath the desk when the shooters had first entered the library, but had curled up under the computer table.
[14]Klebold used his shotgun to kill Velasquez, hitting him in the head and back.Klebold shouted "Everybody get up! We're gonna blow this library up!"
One of the gunmen stated "This is our revenge" and "This is for all you 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 or a sports emblem on it is dead".Noticing that the police were 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; no one was injured.
Klebold then removed his trench coat.
He shouted: "Everyone with a white cap, stand up!" When no one stood up in response, he said, "Fine, I'll just start shooting!"Klebold fired his shotgun at a nearby table, injuring three students:
[15]Patrick Ireland,
[16]Daniel Steepleton,
[17]and Makai Hall.[18]Harris hit 14-year-old Steven Curnow with a mortal wound to the neck.[19]Harris then walked closer, got on one knee, and shot under the adjacent computer desk,
injuring 17-year-old Kacey Ruegsegger with a shot which passed completely through her right shoulder and hand,
also grazing her neck and severing a major artery.
When she started gasping in pain, Harris tersely stated, "Quit your bitching."[20]Harris walked over to the table across from the lower computer row, slapped the surface twice and knelt,
saying "Peek-a-boo" to 17-year-old Cassie Bernall before shooting her once in the head, killing her.Klebold walked toward another table,
where he discovered 18-year-old Isaiah Shoels,
16-year-old Matthew Kechter and 16-year-old Craig Scott (Rachel's younger brother),
hiding underneath.
Klebold called to Harris,
"There's a nigger over here!" and tried to pull Shoels out from under the table.They taunted Shoels for a few seconds,
making derogatory racial comments.
The gunmen both fired under the table; Harris shot
[21]Isaiah Shoels once in the chest, killing him, and Klebold shot and killed
[22]Matthew Kechter.Klebold walked to the east area of the library.
Harris walked from the bookcase,
past the central area to meet Klebold.
The latter shot at a display case next to the door,
then turned and shot toward the closest table,
[23]hitting and injuring 17-year-old Mark Kintgen in the head and shoulder.
He then turned toward the table to his left and fired,
[24]injuring 18-year-olds Lisa Kreutz,
Lauren Townsend and
[25]Valeen Schnurr with the same shotgun blast.Klebold then moved toward the same table and fired several shots with the TEC-9,
[26]killing 18-year-old Lauren Townsend.Harris approached another table where two girls were hiding. He bent down to look at them and dismissed them as "pathetic".
Harris then moved to another table where he [27]fired twice, injuring 16-year-olds Nicole Nowlen and John Tomlin.
[28]Tomlin moved out from under the table. Klebold then shot him repeatedly, killing him.Harris then walked back over to the other side of the table where Townsend lay dead.
Behind the table, a 16-year-old girl named Kelly Fleming had, like Bree Pasquale, sat next to the table rather than beneath it due to a lack of space.
[29]Harris shot Fleming with his shotgun, hitting her in the back and killing her.
He shot at the table behind Fleming, hitting Townsend, who was already dead, and Kreutz again, and wounding 18-year-old
[30] Jeanna Park.The shooters moved to the center of the library, Harris then pointed his carbine under a table, but the student he was aiming at moved out of the way.
Harris turned his gun back on the student and told him to identify himself.
It was John Savage, an acquaintance of Klebold's.
He asked Klebold what they were doing, to which he shrugged and answered, "killing people."
Savage asked if they were going to kill him. Klebold said no, and told him to run. Savage fled, going through the library's main entrance.Harris turned and fired his carbine at the table directly north of where they had been, hitting the ear and hand of 15-year-old Daniel Mauser.
Mauser reacted by either shoving a chair at Harris or grabbing at his leg; Harris fired again and hit
[31]Mauser in the center of the face at close range, killing him.Both shooters moved south and fired randomly under another table, critically injuring two 17-year-olds,
[32] Jennifer Doyle and
[33]Austin Eubanks, and fatally wounding 17-year-old Corey DePooter.
[34]DePooter was later credited with having kept his friends calm during the ordeal. He was the last to die in the massacre, at 11:35 a.m.The two walked out of the library, ending the hostage situation there.Eric and Dylan were captured on the school security cameras as they re-entered the cafeteria.
The recording shows Harris kneeling on the landing and firing a single shot toward one of the propane bombs left in the cafeteria,
in an unsuccessful attempt to detonate it.They left the cafeteria, several seconds after the Molotov cocktail exploded.The gallon of fuel attached to the bomb ignited, causing a fire that was extinguished by the fire sprinklers.After leaving the cafeteria, they returned to the main north and south hallways of the school, shooting aimlessly.
They walked through the south hallway into the main office before returning to the north hallway.
On several occasions, they looked through the windows of classroom doors, making eye contact with students hidden inside, but they never tried to enter any of the rooms.They returned to the cafeteria, and briefly entered the school kitchen.They returned up the staircase and into the south hallway.They reentered the library, perhaps to watch their car bombs detonate, which had been set to explode at noon, but which failed.
The library was empty of surviving students except for the unconscious Patrick Ireland and the injured Lisa Kreutz.
Once inside, they shot through the west windows at police, who returned fire. Nobody was injured in the exchange.Harris sat down with his back to a bookshelf and they both shouted "One! Two! Three!" in unison, just before a loud boom.
Harris fired his shotgun through the roof of his mouth;
Klebold went down on his knees and shot himself in the left temple with his TEC-9.
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