Columbine shooters | Weapons
This section deals with the
gear and weapons the Columbine High School shooters had. This also includes the Columbine bomb count and information about the 20-pound propane bombs and diversionary devices Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold used.
What the Columbine High shooters wore:
(according to the autopsies)
Dylan Klebold clothing -- Black battle dress uniform (BDU) cargo pants, a black T-shirt that said
Wrath in red across the front, black Boston Red Sox baseball cap (worn backwards), and a black trench coat (technically an oiled leather duster). Klebold also wore a black fingerless glove on his left hand and black combat boots. He had a red medallion on his left boot bearing a sickle and hammer. Black suspenders were found close to his body.
Eric Harris clothing -- Black fatigue-style BDU pants, a white T-shirt with the words
Natural Selection in black on the front, black baseball cap with the letters "KMFDM" on it (worn backwards), and a black trenchcoat (duster). Wore a black fingerless glove on his right hand and black combat boots. Had a web ammo vest on over the T-shirt.
Both wore BAR utility belts which held pouches filled with shotgun shells and they carried CO
2 cartridge bombs ("crickets") and clips of 9 mm bullets in their pants. Both also had match strikers taped to their forearms to easily light their bombs, many of which had clusters of matches around the fuses.
GUNS CARRIED BY THE SHOOTERS
What the Columbine gunmen carried:
(according to CNN's coverage of the Columbine Report)
Dylan Klebold guns: Intratec TEC-DC9 (9-mm semi-automatic handgun) attached to a strap slung over his shoulder (under coat), Savage Arms Stevens 311-D 12-gauge side-by-side double-barrel shotgun. Barrel sawed down to approximately 23 inches, initially half-hidden and carried in Dylan's cargo pants.
Eric Harris guns: 10-shot Hi-Point model 995 carbine rifle on a strap (under coat), Savage-Springfield 67H 12-gauge single-barrel pump action shotgun he called 'Arlene', named after a
Doom character. He carried it in one of the duffel bags the shooters took to the top of the grassy knoll outside Columbine's west entrance. Stock and barrel sawed off, reducing the entire gun to 26 inches.
The sawed-off shotguns, each around 30 years old, were so short that firing them repeatedly caused the hands of the gunmen to bleed when used on the practice range. Both shooters also carried several knives with them, but didn't use them. They named their pipe bombs. Four bombs are mentioned on
Eric's website, along with their specs. 'Vengeance' (pictured at bottom) and 'Atlanta' were found at the Klebold residence when police searched the house.
ERIC HARRIS WEAPONS
DYLAN KLEBOLD WEAPONS
Hi-Point model 995 carbine rifle
Sawed-off pump-action Savage-Springfield 67H shotgun
TEC-DC9 9-mm semi-automatic handgun
Double-barrel Savage Stevens 311-D sawed-off shotgun
CARRIED BY BOTH HARRIS AND KLEBOLD
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold both carried lots of homemade bombs of various types and sizes. Harris' journal describes their making 25 pipe bombs. Klebold even brought one Blackjack Pizza where he worked, trying to impress coworkers. His manager, former friend Chris Morris, made him take it out of the restaurant for fear that it would go off.
The weekend preceding the shooting, Klebold and Harris purchased two 20-pound propane tanks. On the morning of April 20th, they bought six smaller ones. The two duffel bag bombs they left in the cafeteria commons were each constructed from a 20-pound propane tank, pipe bombs, and containers of gasoline. The diversionary backpack bombs left in the field behind Columbine were smaller propane tanks rigged with pipe bombs, gasoline containers, and spray paint cans. They rigged each of their cars with a 20-pound propane bomb constructed from a propane tank, pipe bombs, and gasoline containers. Eight pipe bombs were found in Klebold's car and one in Harris'.
Both gunmen carried knives as well. Klebold wore a Cobra knife on his belt on the left side and had a switchblade knife in his pocket. Harris wore a boot knife on his belt and had a Khyber Pass machete Bowie knife taped to the back of his leg. Both of those knives had an "R" carved into their handles.
KNIVES
Knives carried by the Columbine shooters
BOMBS
Bombs and bomb components from the Jefferson County evidence vault, shown at the
2004 exhibit.
Info from
CNN:
Only two shots can be fired from a double-barreled shotgun before the shooter must reload by breaking the barrel open, manually inserting two new rounds, and closing the gun. A pump shotgun can be fired as fast as the gunman can pump and shoot. It shoots much faster than the double-barreled type because spent shells are ejected and a live shell manually slides into place. A gunman can shoot five rounds with the pump shotgun before the weapon must be reloaded.
Shots fired at Columbine High School:
(according to CNN's coverage of the Columbine Report)
Dylan Klebold --
9mm rounds fired:
outside the school: 3, inside the school: 31, library: 21
(total 55)
Shotgun rounds fired:
outside the school: 2, inside the school: 4, library: 6
(total 12)
Total rounds fired: 67
Eric Harris --
9mm rounds fired:
outside the school: 47, inside the school: 36, library: 13
(total 96)
Shotgun rounds fired:
inside the school: 4, Library: 21
(total 25)
Total rounds fired: 121
Columbine bomb tally:
48 -- Carbon Dioxide bombs
27 -- Pipe bombs
11 -- 1.5 gallon propane bombs
7 -- gas or napalm bombs
2 -- 20 pound propane bombs
Bombs used:
Half-detonated propane bomb that took
out the cafeteria windows when it blew
Cafeteria propane bomb that didn't go off
One of several pipe bombs
found at Columbine High by
the bomb squad
Another photo of the cafeteria duffel bag bomb
A pipe bomb imbedded in the wall
next to Columbine's library doors
VoDkA's 'Vengeance' pipe bomb
A time bomb set in Dylan's car detonated at 11PM when the bomb
squad accidentally set it off while trying to dismantle it.