Columbine High School Shootings Fast Facts
Here is some background information about the deaths of 13 people at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999.
Facts
Twelve students and one teacher were killed by students Dylan Klebold, 17, and Eric Harris, 18.
The pair made home videos prior to the attack making references to what they were going to do and apologizing to their parents for it.
Harris and Klebold killed themselves with gunshot wounds to the head in the school’s library at approximately 12:08 p.m. on the day of the shootings.
SWAT teams entered the school 47 minutes after the shootings started. Five hours passed before law enforcement declared the school under control.
Pilot identified in plane crash in southwestern Jefferson County
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The Jefferson County Sheriffâs Office confirmed Sunday afternoon the male pilot of the plane was found deceased in the crash west of Deckers.
and last updated 2021-04-05 16:22:28-04
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. â The pilot who died in a plane crash in southwestern Jefferson County on Saturday evening has been identified as 66-year-old Lelon Lewis, of Lakewood, officials said Monday.
The crash happened about 8:15 p.m., about 7 miles west of Deckers.
Civil Air Patrol, the sheriffâs office, and other law enforcement agencies were on the ground and in the air Sunday morning searching for the wreckage in rough terrain near the Wigwam Creek Trail northwest of Cheesman Lake and west of Sugarloaf Peak.
What happens to fire & police training facilities on now-closed prison property?
WWNY What happens to fire & police training facilities on now-closed prison property? By John Pirsos | April 5, 2021 at 4:29 PM EDT - Updated April 5 at 8:44 PM
TOWN OF WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - The now-closed Watertown Correctional Facility not only housed inmates and employed hundreds of workers, its property also had training facilities for local police officers and firefighters. So, what happens to the training?
The state owns around 90 acres of land off Swan Road in the town of Watertown. The state prison sits on a big part of it, but some of that land is where local firefighters and police officers get crucial training
I think his intended victim was the police officer, that is my assessment, but that is not what he told us, special agent Day testified. He intended to harm someone that night through his actions, by loading up the firearm, his direct travel to Lamar is what he recalls, Day said in court.
Prior to Smith s arrest at Lamar, Nederland police went to his house twice in March, each time for a welfare check.
In court Monday, Nederland officers recalled Smith being suicidal and making verbal threats toward them.
Nederland Police Officer Todd Guidry testified that he told officers Take me back to that shed and I will show my gun and kill you (expletive).
From The Tribune staff reports
SYLVAN SPRINGS The Jefferson County Coroner/Medical Examiner’s Office is working to identify a person killed in a single-vehicle crash in the Sylvan Springs area.
The crash happened on Monday, April 5, 2021, on Highway 269, near William Howton Road. The driver’s SUV ran off the road, struck a tree and caught fire.
The crash is being investigated by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.