Columbine

      The Columbine massacre was a high school shooting that took place in April, 1999 at Columbine High School. While the plan was executed as just a school shooting, the planned attack involved bombs and propane tanks in order to achieve as much damage as possible. However, while the perpetrators, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were executing their plan, the bombs and propane tanks failed to ignigte, so they went through with just shooting their peers and teachers.
    While some people believe that this attack was a spur of the moment thing, the reality was that the two killers had done a lot of planning and preparation. The morning of the attack, Klebold and Harris placed a small bomb about 3 miles away from Columbine as a way to divert the attention away from the school, and toward the bomb. Right as those bombs were set to go off, the two boys arrived at their high school, they set their car bombs to go off at noon and gathered their propane bombs before entering the cafeteria. They went out to set up the propane tanks, hidden in duffel bags and begin their mission. However, when the bombs failed to explode, the two boys walked into school and began throwing pipe bombs. After they threw the bombs, the boys took out their guns and began shooting in the hallway and made their way to the cafeteria. The shooting continued until the police arrived about 5 minutes later. However, the police were not able to stop the boys as they continued shooting into the library. After Harris and Klebold left the library, they threw a pipe bomb into the science area of the school and attempted to detonate one of the propane tanks. After a failed attempt to ignite the tanks, the two boys committed suicide by gunshot later. After the boys died, there was an abundance of bomb squad, police officers and swat team members aiding the investigation. Despite popular belief, this shooting was not the first major school shooting in our American history. It was one of many in this case. However, it is important that all of these shootings are remembered and learned from, especially in our current day society as there has been a large increase in gun violence.