Columbine High School massacre

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The Columbine High School massacre was a 1999 school shooting in Littleton, Colorado, in which two students murdered 13 people and wounded many others before killing themselves, becoming a defining event in debates over gun violence and school safety in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf attack on a school ⓘ
high school shooting ⓘ
mass murder ⓘ
mass shooting ⓘ
school shooting ⓘ
terrorist incident ⓘ
aftermath creation of memorials for victims ⓘ
lawsuits against school and law enforcement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Columbine High School shooting ⓘ
Columbine massacre ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1999-04-20 ⓘ
impact became cultural reference point for school violence ⓘ
increased focus on bullying and school climate ⓘ
influenced law enforcement active shooter protocols ⓘ
influenced school safety policies in the United States ⓘ
sparked national debate on gun control in the United States ⓘ
inPopularCulture inspiration for fictional works about school shootings ⓘ
subject of documentaries ⓘ
subject of numerous books ⓘ
legalReform changes to juvenile justice and threat assessment practices ⓘ
location Columbine High School ⓘ
Jefferson County, Colorado ⓘ
Littleton, Colorado ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national media coverage in the United States ⓘ
international media attention ⓘ
memorial Columbine Memorial in Clement Park ⓘ
motive desire for notoriety ⓘ
personal grievances ⓘ
revenge against school community ⓘ
notablePhrase “Columbine” as shorthand for school shootings in the U.S. ⓘ
notableVictim Cassie Bernall ⓘ
Rachel Scott ⓘ
numberOfDeaths 15 ⓘ
numberOfGunshotWoundsVictims 20+ ⓘ
numberOfInjured 20+ ⓘ
numberOfNonPerpetratorDeaths 13 ⓘ
numberOfPerpetrators 2 ⓘ
numberOfPerpetratorsKilled 2 ⓘ
numberOfVictimsKilled 13 ⓘ
perpetrator Dylan Klebold ⓘ
Eric Harris ⓘ
perpetratorStatus died by suicide ⓘ
plannedDuration several months of planning ⓘ
policeResponse Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office ⓘ
relatedTopic copycat school shootings ⓘ
gun control debate in the United States ⓘ
media violence debate ⓘ
zero-tolerance school discipline policies ⓘ
school Columbine High School ⓘ
schoolDistrict Jefferson County Public Schools (Colorado) ⓘ
state Colorado ⓘ
target staff at Columbine High School ⓘ
students at Columbine High School ⓘ
timePeriod late 1990s ⓘ
weaponUsed Hi-Point 995 carbine ⓘ
Intratec TEC-9 semi-automatic pistol ⓘ
Savage-Springfield 67H shotgun ⓘ
Stevens 311D double-barreled shotgun ⓘ
improvised explosive devices ⓘ
year 1999 ⓘ

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Bowling for Columbine → mainSubject → Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
Columbine High School massacre → alsoKnownAs → Columbine High School shooting ⓘ
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Columbine High School massacre → alsoKnownAs → Columbine massacre ⓘ
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Columbine High School massacre → notablePhrase → “Columbine” as shorthand for school shootings in the U.S. ⓘ
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Elephant (2003 film) → inspiredBy → Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
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Stevens 311D → usedIn → Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
Columbine High School → knownFor → Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
Columbine High School → notableEvent → Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
Columbine High School → hasSecurityChangesAfter → Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
Dylan Klebold → notableFor → Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
Dylan Klebold → perpetratorOf → Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
Dylan Klebold → coPerpetratorOf → Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
Dylan Klebold → attendedEvent → Columbine High School prom 1999 ⓘ
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Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) → associatedEvent → Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
The Nobodies → associatedEvent → Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
Eric Harris → notableFor → Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
Eric Harris → perpetratorOf → Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
Cassie Bernall → hasRoleIn → Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
Columbine Memorial in Clement Park → commemorates → Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
Intratec TEC-9 → usedInEvent → 1999 Columbine High School massacre ⓘ
linked to: Columbine High School massacre