Columbine: Massacre and Contagion
How a School Shooting became a Foundational Myth
On the morning of April 20, 1999, seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School and murdered twelve students and one teacher before taking their own lives.
Columbine was not the first school massacre. On January 29, 1979, Brenda Spencer wounded eight children and killed two adults at the Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego …
