Columbine High School massacre

Summary

Columbine High School massacre is a school shooting^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of school_shooting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50,865 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Columbine High School massacre is located in Colorado^[3].
• Columbine High School massacre is located in Jefferson County^[4].
• Columbine High School massacre is in the country of United States^[5].
• Columbine High School massacre's instance of is recorded as school shooting^[6].
• Columbine High School massacre's instance of is recorded as mass shooting^[7].
• Columbine High School massacre's instance of is recorded as murder–suicide^[8].
• Columbine High School massacre's instance of is recorded as mass murder^[9].
• Columbine High School massacre took place at Columbine High School^[10].
• Columbine High School massacre took place at Columbine^[11].
• Columbine High School massacre's Commons category is recorded as Columbine High School massacre^[12].
• Columbine High School massacre's located in time zone is recorded as Mountain Time Zone^[13].
• Columbine High School massacre's armament is recorded as TEC-9^[14].
• Columbine High School massacre's armament is recorded as Hi-Point Carbine^[15].
• Columbine High School massacre's armament is recorded as sawn-off shotgun^[16].
• Columbine High School massacre's armament is recorded as sawn-off shotgun^[17].
• Columbine High School massacre occurred on April 20, 1999^[18].
• Columbine High School massacre's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.60333333333333, 'lon': -105.07472222222222}^[19].
• Columbine High School massacre's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Columbine High School massacre^[20].
• Columbine High School massacre resulted in {'amount': '+16'} deaths^[21].
• Columbine High School massacre caused {'amount': '+23'} injuries^[22].
• Columbine High School massacre's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Columbine High School massacre'}^[23].
• Columbine High School massacre's number of perpetrators is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[24].
• Columbine High School massacre's medical evacuation to is recorded as Swedish Medical Center^[25].
• Columbine High School massacre's medical evacuation to is recorded as Lutheran Medical Center heliport^[26].
• Columbine High School massacre's medical evacuation to is recorded as University of Colorado Hospital^[27].

Body

When and Where

Columbine High School massacre took place on April 20, 1999^[18]. Recorded location include Columbine High School^[10] and Columbine^[11]. It is in the country of United States^[5].

Context

Recorded instance of include school shooting^[6], mass shooting^[7], murder–suicide^[8], and mass murder^[9].

Outcome and Impact

Columbine High School massacre resulted in {'amount': '+16'} deaths^[21]. It caused {'amount': '+23'} injuries^[22].

Why It Matters

Columbine High School massacre ranks in the top 2% of school_shooting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50,865 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]