APRIL 20, 1999 - LITTLETON, COLO.
Suspensions, arrests across country
Associated Press
Dozens of students around the country have been suspended and arrested since the Columbine High massacre for making what were regarded as threats to carry out copycat attacks.
Schools have been evacuated, locked down and closed as a result of the incidents, which have taken place in big cities and small towns alike since the attack in Littleton on Tuesday.
In Jackson, Wyo., about 60 percent of Jackson High School's 650 students were absent Friday after one was arrested on suspicion of bringing a bomb to school Thursday.
Police said they found a small metal device with a fuse in the backpack of a 17-year-old boy, whose identity was withheld.
Two similar devices were removed without incident from the student's residence, authorities said.
A Princess Anne, Md., high school senior was arrested Friday after students told the principal the 19-year-old had repeatedly threatened to "blow up" the school, state police said.
In the teen-ager's house, investigators found a six-inch piece of bamboo that authorities said had been fashioned into an explosive device as well as a large box of fireworks. They planned a more thorough search.
In Tripoli, Iowa, students, parents and teachers in this small northeast Iowa town were angry and upset a day after two teen-age boys wore trenchcoats to school and made threats against teachers.
The boys, both juniors, were suspended pending a school board hearing next week, which could lead to their expulsion, said Randy Stanek, principal at Tripoli Community School.
In Oklahoma, the pace of telephone calls has picked up dramatically to a school safety hotline Oklahoma educators introduced last summer.
Shelly Hickman, a spokeswoman for the state Education Department, said Friday that 70 calls had been made to the hotline since Tuesday. Thirty of those calls came in Friday.
That figure compares with 560-570 calls overall in the eight months since the system went on line in August.
In Jefferson County, Ala., joking about what happened at Columbine High School got a kid suspended at McAdory High School. Two students were suspended from Daphne High School in south Alabama for taunting classmates with threats that referred to the Colorado killings.
Students at two Florida high schools showed up wearing trench coats. A sixth-grader was charged with threatening to blow up her school. Dozens of parents pulled their children out of classes after a threatening note was found in a restroom.
In Oak Creek, Wis., where two 16-year-old boys were arrested for allegedly threatening a study hall supervisor. One youth mentioned the Colorado shootings; the other one held his hand in the shape of a gun and yelled, "Pow!"
In Greenville, S.C., an 18-year-old student was put under house arrest and forbidden to go near his school Thursday after allegedly telling a teacher that he would "pull a Colorado on all of you." Police said he called the shootings "the funniest thing he'd ever heard of."
In Cherry Hill, N.J., three teen-agers were suspended after witnesses said they wore black trench coats and pantomimed shooting guns and throwing bombs in a school hallway.
April 25, 1999
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BACKGROUND
Full index of the shooting Reconstruction of the shooting Timeline Location the school Floorplan Weapons used
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AUDIO
'Friend of Mine' Listen to the Columbine Memorial song sung by Columbine students Jonathan and Stephen Cohen.
911 tapes
Interview with Arun Ghandi |
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PHOTOS
A Daily Camera photo essay detailed the tragedy of April 20 and the recovery and remembrance in the following weeks: photo essay
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INTERACT
In light of the shooting on April 20, should the state legislature allow people to carry concealed weapons? vote here
With the recent rise in school violence, do you feel schools are still safe? vote here
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THE INVESTIGATION
Gunmen paid for weapons, teenager claims CHS investigators focus on computers Investigators try to disprove third CHS shooter Man charged with selling handgun to child FBI investigator's son linked to case Agents creating models of Columbine Teen targeted by sheriff denies involvement in school attack Arrest in Columbine shooting Killer reportedly took Luvox antidepressant Officials no closer to arresting suspects Detectives question shooter's girlfriend Security videotapes at school may show whether gunmen had help Bombs found in cafeteria Portraits of the killers Killer's diary describes plot of hate |
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SCHOOL VIOLENCE
Violence in Georgia School violence stuns nation Teen wounds six fellow students Teens charged in alleged school attack plot Michigan teenagers charged in plot Other school shootings 1927 school bombing killed nearly 40 children Suspensions, arrests across country La. school site of another shooting Facts: Death in schools 'Blood in the School Yard', from the Cincinnati Post full series |
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REACTION
High schools' 'cult of the athlete' under scrutiny Parents of Columbine shooters sued Suit planned against parents of Columbine High shooters Columbine spurs interest in home schools Columbine healing fund raises $2.3 million Safe Night aims to curb youth violence CU frat shows support for Columbine 'Healing bear' arrives to help in Littleton Doctors: Guilt a normal reaction for survivors School security business surges Media the message? Broomfield couple campaigns to 'Erase the Hate' Clint Talbott - BVSD rejects dress code What now? Video of Clinton's Wednesday morning speech Video of Clinton's Tuesday speech
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GUNS AND LAW
GOP tinkers further with gun legislation Columbine dad lobbies Washington Group forms to back gun control Poll says two-thirds in U.S. support tougher restrictions on guns Senate passes more gun controls Columbine killers also wounded the NRA Senate rejects any new restrictions on gun-show sales Dems want special session Gun control strife House won't debate gun bill New gun laws on table Leaders scrap gun bills Guns and legislatures |
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HOW TO HELP
- The Denver Rocky Mountain News has established a drive to raise money for a memorial to the victims of the Columbine High School tragedy. Contributions may be mailed to the Columbine Memorial Fund, c/o The Jefferson Foundation, 809 Quail St., Building 1, Lakewood, CO 80215.
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