Many makeshift memorials were created after the massacre, including victims Rachel Scott's car and John Tomlin's truck. goths), outcasts, and school bullying, as well as teenage use of pharmaceutical antidepressants, the internet, and violence in video games and movies. Debates and moral panic were sparked over American gun culture and gun control laws, high school cliques, subcultures (e.g. Columbine also resulted in an increased emphasis on school security with zero tolerance policies. The incident resulted in the introduction of the IARD tactic, which is used in active shooter situations. The police were slow to enter the school and were heavily criticized for not intervening during the shooting. The motive remains inconclusive however, they had planned the attack for at least a year and hoped to have a large number of victims. Two bombs were set up as diversions at another location away from the school, one of which partially detonated. Harris and Klebold had intended for the attack to primarily be a bombing and secondarily a shooting, but the failed detonation of the several homemade bombs they planted in the school caused the pair to launch a shooting attack. The word "Columbine" has become a byword for school shootings. The shooting has inspired dozens of copycat killings, dubbed the Columbine effect, including many deadlier shootings across the world. At the time, it was the deadliest high school shooting in U.S.
Another three people were injured trying to escape. 21 additional people were injured by gunshots, and gunfire was also exchanged with the police. 10 students were killed in the school library, where Harris and Klebold subsequently committed suicide.
The perpetrators, 12th grade students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered 12 students and one teacher. On April 20, 1999, a school shooting and attempted bombing occurred at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States.
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