Columbine crime scene report

Body # 11

Dylan Klebold, a white male, was on his back with his head pointing East. His legs were bent at the hip with his knees towards the North and his lower legs pointing West. His left arm was across his stomach with a fingerless black glove on his left hand. His right arm was extended by his side and his right hand was around the grip of the TEC - 9 pistol. Grey tape, holding two match strikes to the inside of his forearm, was around his right wrist. He was wearing a black t - shirt with the word “WRATH ” in red on the front, black cargo - type pants, black boots and white socks. A large knife was on the left side of his belt. His face was blood-stained and a pool of blood was on the carpet under his head. Ammunition on his body included 14 rounds of 2 3/4 Federal Shotgun shells in an ammunition belt around his waist; in a bandoleer were 19 rounds of Federal 00 buckshells; and numerous live shotgun shells in a pants pocket. Klebold had a near contact wound to his left temple with a corresponding exit wound through his right temple. He also aspirated blood. He could have been capable of some involuntary movement.

Body # 12

Eric Harris, a white male, was to the North of Klebold. The upper back was leaning against the bottom shelf of the West side of Row 6 with his head pointed South. His skull was open at the top and the shelves behind him and the ceiling above him and the carpet below his head were blood-stained. His arms were by his chest with this forearms and hand angled up towards his face. He had a fingerless glove on his right hand, which was next to a green pouch with Shotgun shells. He was wearing a white t - shirt with the words “NATURAL SELECTION ” on the front, black pants with a green ammunition belt, black boots and a knife strapped to his right leg. He had an ammunition pouch in his left cargo pants pocket. The pouch contained 10 rounds of Winchester 12 Gauge Shotgun shells, each shell labels as containing 15 pellets of 00 buck. Two single - column magazines with 9mm rounds were in his pants pocket. A black ball cap with the letter ’ B ’ was between HARRIS’s leg and KLEBOLD’s head. Harris had a shotgun wound to his head with the muzzle in his mouth. Bleeding was observed through his nose. The left knee of his pant leg was blood - soaked and a piece of skull was found to the North of his left calf. The stains on the ceiling and shelves were consistent with HARRIS receiving the gunshot wound to his head while in a seated position.

Dimebag Darrell Murder

Darrell Lance Abbott AKA ”Dimebag Darrell” the founding member of the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan was murdered onstage on December 8 2004. Abbott was shot onstage while performing with Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio by 25 year old former marine Nathan Gale. Minutes into the band’s set, Dimebag Darrell’s bodyguard exited the stage, at which moment Gale ran onto the stage from the wing and began shooting, hitting Dimebag’s torso and head eight times, killing him instantly. Gale then continued shooting, killing four others and wounding a further seven. Gale fired a total of fifteen shots, stopping to reload once and remaining silent throughout the shooting.

• Jeff “Mayhem” Thompson, the band’s head of security, was killed while engaging in hand-to-hand combat with Gale after chasing him onto the stage as he shot Dimebag.
• Audience member Nathan Bray was shot and killed while trying to perform CPR on Dimebag and Mayhem.
• Erin Halk, an Alrosa Villa employee, attempted to charge Gale when he ran out of bullets. However, Gale was able to reload faster than anticipated and killed Halk.
• Damageplan drum technician, John “Kat” Brooks, was shot three times as he attempted to get the gun away from Gale, but was overpowered and taken hostage in a headlock position.

• Tour manager Chris Paluska and Damageplan singer Pat Lachman was also shot and injured.

Seven police officers came in the front entrance, and Officer James D. Niggemeyer came in through the back door, behind the stage. Gale only saw the officers in front of the stage; he never saw Officer Niggemeyer, who shot Gale in the face and killed him. Gale was found to have had 35 rounds of ammunition remaining.

Early theories of motive suggested that Gale might have turned to violence in response to the breakup of Pantera, or the public dispute between Dimebag and Pantera singer Phil Anselmo, but these were later ruled out by investigators. Another theory was that Gale believed Dimebag had stolen a song that he had written.

Gale had in fact been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2003 and apparently believed that the band could read his mind, and that they were “stealing” his thoughts and laughing at him.

Dimebag was buried with Eddie Van Halen’s black and yellow-striped Charvel electric guitar. Edward Van Halen originally agreed to make Darrell a copy of the guitar, but upon hearing of Abbott’s death, offered to place the actual guitar in his casket. Dimebag was buried in a KISS Kasket. Kiss frontman Gene Simmons said, “There were a limited number made and I sent mine to the family of ‘Dimebag’ Darrell. He requested in his will to be buried in a Kiss Kasket.”