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Sophomore Year
Eric and Dylan start to plan and make preperations for the shooting. -
Dylans Journal
Dylan begins writing in the journal that will provide the world with a look inside of his head. -
Junior Year
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Journal Writing
First time that Dylan mentions a massacre in his journal -
Pipe Bomb pt.2
Eric's father finds him with a pipe bomb in the spring of 1998 but the specific date is unknown. -
Arrest
Both Dylan and Eric are arrested for breaking into a van. -
Pipe Bomb
Deputies find a pipe bomb near Eric's house but don't suspect anything of Eric or Dylan. -
Eric
Eric starts seeing a psychiatrist and soon thereafter begins taking zoloft. -
Eric's Journal
Eric begins work on his personal journal that is much like Dylan's. -
Yearbooks
Eric and Dylan outline the attack, and both actually mention and write about it in eachothers yearbooks. -
Senior Year
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Arsenal
Eric begins pipe bomb production, and resumes journal writings. -
Guns
Eric and Dylan buy two shotguns and a rifle at the Tanner Gun Show -
More Guns
The boys buy the TEC-9 from Mark Manes. -
Basement Tapes
Eric and Dylan start filming their basement tapes which will eventually be destroyed so that the general public cannot view them. -
Columbine Massacre cont.
3.11:19-11:23 Eric and Dylan are spotted together on the top of the west exterior stairs. At around 11:19 a.m. a witness sees Dylan and Eric pull their shotguns out of their bags. The first gunshots are fired toward the west doors, and they kill Rachel Scott and injure Richard Castaldo who were sitting outside on the grass eating lunch. Next Daniel Rohrbough, Sean Graves, and Lance Kirklin, who are on their way to the “Smoker’s Pit” at Clement Park, are all hit by gunfire. -
Columbine Massacre cont.2
Some students sitting on the grass to the west of the stairs, are shot at as they begin to run. Michael Johnson takes gunshots but is able to reach the outdoor athletic storage shed where he takes cover with others. Mark Taylor suffers a debilitating gunshot wound and falls to the ground, unable to flee with the others. Next, Dylan shoots Daniel Rohrbough at close range, which kills him instantly. He also shoots Lance Kirklin again, also at close range, but Lance survives. -
The Columbine Massacre
1.On April 20, 1999 at 11:10am the boys arrive at Columbine High School; both Eric and Dylan park in the strategic locations they think all the students will run out of.
2.At roughly 11:14 both boys walk into the school carrying large duffle bags with propane bombs that were set to go off at 11:17. All the while the school custodian is changing out the surveillance tapes so Eric and Dylan weren't seen on film entering or exiting the school. -
Columbine Massacre cont. pt.3
11:24-11:26 Eric and Dylan have a small fire-fight with the police on scene
11:27 Eric and Dylan walk up and down the library hallway, randomly shooting but not injuring anyone. From the tape, the investigation shows that they spent almost three minutes in the library hallway randomly shooting their weapons and throwing pipe bombs. -
Columbine Massacre cont. pt.4
11:29-11:36 The boys walk through the library toward the west windows, killing one student on the way, before they shoot out the windows toward law enforcement and fleeing students. Law enforcement then returns the fire. The gunmen then kill four and injure four more in the west area of the library before moving back toward the library entrance to the east. Eric and Dylan shoot out the display cabinet near the front door before firing their guns injuring five and killing three. -
Columbine Massacre cont. pt.5
contained from pt.4: Two more students are killed and two more injured in the library’s center section before the boys leave the library. In 7 ½ minutes, 10 people are killed and 12 more wounded.
All in all at the end the SWAT teams after twelve student and one teacher were killed and they found Eric and Dylan both dead in the library after self inflicted gunshot wounds to the head. they had committed suicide 47mins after the attack at 12:08 and the SWAT team didn't find them until 3:15.
