Title: The Deadliest School Massacres In American History - WorldAtlas
Headings: The Deadliest School Massacres In American History
The Deadliest School Massacres In American History
Bath School Disaster
Columbine High School Massacre
Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting
University of Texas Tower Shooting
Virginia Tech Shooting
The Deadliest School Massacres In American History

Content: The Bath School Disaster is the worst school bombing in American history. Columbine High School Massacre
The Columbine High School Memorial, located in Clement Park in Littleton, Colorado. Image credit: Seraphimblade/Wikimedia.org
On the morning of April 20, 1999, Eric Harris (18) and Dylan Klebold (17) entered Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Sporting trench coats, they opened fire, killing twelve students and one teacher. 24 were injured. Most of the bloodshed occurred in the school’s library where, shortly after noon, Harris and Klebold turned the guns on themselves. Following the massacre, it was reported that they had also planted a bomb that failed to detonate. It was initially thought that the gunmen were purposefully targeting athletes, minorities, and Christians, but it was later determined that they chose their victims at random. In terms of motive, one theory suggests that Harris and Klebold were bullied and had committed the attack as an act of revenge;