Columbine High School Shootings Fast Facts

Here is some background information about the deaths of 13 people at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999.

Twelve students and one teacher were killed by students Dylan Klebold, 17, and Eric Harris, 18.

The pair made home videos prior to the attack making references to what they were going to do and apologizing to their parents for it.

Harris and Klebold killed themselves with gunshot wounds to the head in the school's library at approximately 12:08 p.m. on the day of the shootings.

SWAT teams entered the school 47 minutes after the shootings started. Five hours passed before law enforcement declared the school under control.

Cassie Bernall, 17Steven Curnow, 14Corey DePooter, 17Kelly Fleming, 16Matthew Kechter, 16Daniel Mauser, 15Daniel Rohrbough, 15William "Dave" Sanders, 47Rachel Scott, 17Isaiah Shoels, 18John Tomlin, 16Lauren Townsend, 18Kyle Velasquez, 16

January 1998 - Klebold and Harris are arrested after stealing items from a van. After pleading guilty, they are sent to a juvenile diversion program.