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"The attack was likely to renew the debate on gun control. The Colorado
legislature has been debating whether to allow more concealed weapons
permits, arousing criticism from gun control advocates. The legislature
adjourned Wednesday after holding a moment of silence. "
Wednesday April 21 3:19 PM ET
Police Comb Through Colorado School After Rampage
By Judith Crosson
LITTLETON, Colo. (Reuters) - Police bomb experts Wednesday
discovered 30 incendiary devices planted in or near a high school where
two teenage gunmen mowed down 13 people before killing themselves in
the worst school massacre in U.S. history.
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office spokesman Steve Davis said SWAT
teams found the 30 devices mostly in Columbine High School, but also in
two cars parked outside the school and at the gunmen's homes.
By morning, authorities lowered their estimated number of dead in
Tuesday's bloody rampage from about 25 to a firm 15, although the death
toll could rise as several of the 28 injured in the attack were in critical
condition.
Davis said of the 15 dead, 11 were males and four females and there was
one adult among them, probably a teacher.
Some of the victims' bodies were found under desks and cubicles,
indicating they may have been trying to hide or run for their lives.
The sheriff's office said 12 bodies -- nine boys and three girls -- were in the
library, one adult male body was outside the library and two or three bodies
were outside the school.
During the siege students dropped their backpacks as they ran out of the
building to safety, leaving police with the task of searching any belongings
left in the library where most of the shooting took place.
Students said the gunmen targeted athletes and minorities.
Davis said police had still not been able to determine the motive and that
the two gunmen -- both high school seniors -- did not leave a suicide note.
But acquaintances of the two suspects, identified as Dylan Klebold and
Eric Harris, both 18, said they were members of an outcast group called
the ``Trench Coat Mafia,'' whose members paraded around the school
dressed in long black coats.
The acquaintances said the two were ``smart'' but liked to talk a lot about
guns and violence and shared a hatred of athletes who made fun of them
Researchers at the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center said
they downloaded an Internet file belonging to Harris in which he talked
about how easy it was to make pipe bombs, saying, ``Pipes are about as
easy to purchase as a CD.'' The file went into elaborate details on how to
make the bombs and what kind of powder to use.
Police searched the two youths' homes and were reported to have found
bomb-making materials at one. Police were seen carrying out bags of
computer equipment and books from Harris' home.
The attack was by far the worst in a spate of school shootings that have
shocked Americans over the past 18 months. It was also one of the
bloodiest mass shootings of any kind in a country where gun control efforts
have been hotly debated.
Before Tuesday, the worst school shooting in the United States took place
in March 1998 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, when two boys, aged 11 and 13,
shot and killed a teacher and four girls. That was one of a series of
incidents at U.S. schools in which at least 14 people were killed and more
than 40 wounded in less than two years.
Students who lived through the nightmare found it difficult to sleep last night
amid memories of the attack. Josh Lapp said he was afraid to be alone in
the dark. ``I was like a little kid again,'' he said.
Littleton, a quiet, middle and upper middle class community of 65,000,
south of Denver, remained in shock. A resident, Dorian Richards, pinned a
note to a tree that summed up the feelings of many.
``I grew up around Columbine High School and I can say back then the
biggest scare was getting bit by a prairie dog. Times have changed.''
The shooting scene remained one of chaos. Officials were unable to enter
the school because of fears that bombs would detonate. Robots with
cameras were used to search the building and the bodies of the dead
remained inside for part of the day until the planted bombs were removed
from the school.
``Right now, safety is the big concern,'' Davis said.
The danger of the booby traps was brought home when one previously
undiscovered device exploded late Tuesday -- hours after the slayings.
The homemade devices included highly lethal pipe bombs, propane-fueled
shrapnel explosives and plastic containers filled with gasoline and soap,
the sheriff said. Some were found near the bodies of the two suspects and
others elsewhere in the school and in cars in its parking lot.
The attack was likely to renew the debate on gun control. The Colorado
legislature has been debating whether to allow more concealed weapons
permits, arousing criticism from gun control advocates. The legislature
adjourned Wednesday after holding a moment of silence.
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno said Wednesday that stricter gun control
laws were only part of the solution to school violence.
Speaking on ABC's Good Morning America, Reno said schools, churches,
parents and community groups must work together to respond sooner to
signs of troubled teenagers and help them resolve their anger before they
resort to deadly force.
All schools in Jefferson County were closed Wednesday, while all public
high schools in Denver closed for security reasons and memorial services
were scheduled through the day.
Copyright � 1999 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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