Facts about Dylan Bennet Klebold (I meant to do this awhile back. It was also requested by an anon.)
Dylan was born September 11, 1981 in Lakewood, Colorado.
Dylan was 6 ft. 2.5 in. tall.
He was born to Thomas Klebold and Susan (Yassenoff) Klebold. He was the younger brother of Bryon Klebold
Mr. Klebold was 52, Mrs. Klebold was 50, and Byron was 21 at the time the shooting occured.
Dylan attended Normandy Elementary School in 1st and 2nd grade.
He transferred to Governors Ranch Elementary School where he was part of a gifted program called CHIPS. CHIPS stood for challenging high intellectual potential students.
Dylan’s parents told investigators they believed Dylans transition from elementary school to Ken Caryl Middle school had been difficult because he was so quiet and shy. Changing from elementary school to high school is often difficult, so his parents weren’t overly concerned.
In earlier school years, Dylan played T-ball, baseball, and soccer.
He was in Cub Scouts with Brooks Brown. He had known Brown since the first grade.
Dylan met Eric Harris while attending Ken Caryl Middle in the 7th or 8th grade.
Dylan eventually introduced Brooks Brown and Nate Dykman to Eric Harris. All of the boys became good friends.
In 1995, all the boys moved up to Columbine when they went to the 9th grade. The school had just undergone a 15 million dollar makeover.
Dylans participated in school play productions as a light and sound coordinator, video productions, and the CHS Rebel’s news network.
Dylan helped out Rachel Scott when performing “Watch the Lamb.” When the music messed up, Dylan was able to provide a backup tape so the show could continue.
He was also a computer assistant at school and helped maintain the school computer server.
Dylan often played fantasy baseball. Other players said they heard him talking about the plays that would go on the week of 4-20. He had gave no hint he wouldn’t be around after that Tuesday.
He drove a black 1982 BMW.
Dylans parents claimed they had no idea there was anything wrong with him. Years later, Dylan’s parents admitted to looking over the facts of how unhappy he really was. They said they had not seen clues that were there the whole time.
Dylan had planned on going to the Universty of Arizona and studying computer science. On March 25, 1999 the whole family drove to Arizona to pick his dorm room.
Columbine had their prom on 4/17/199. Dylan went with his friend Robyn K. Anderson. Dylan and Robyn went to the event as friends and NOT love interested. It was reported by Nake Dykman there was no indication about what was to come and the night went “perfect.”
Robyn Anderson had been a “middleman” who had helped Eric and Dylan purchase the guns used in the shooting.
It was reported that Eric Harris had a strong influence on Dylan.
Others who knew Dylan described him as “painfully shy,” but not quick to anger. The memories of his shy manner were not reported by those who knew him best in the months before the shooting. He and Eric had got into trouble many times while working together at Blackjack Pizza. Dylan was once written up for bringing a pipebomb to work. He quit shortly after, but was rehired when Blackjack needed Employees.
After Nate Dykman had witnessed Dylan making a purchase behind Blackjack pizza, Dylan admitted to him he had bought a gun.
Weeks before the shooting, Dylan had wrote a graphically violent school report. The teacher refused to grade the paper until she talked to him about it. The teacher told his parents about the report. Eric’s explaination was “it’s just writing.” His explanation was accepted easily by his parents.
Dylans parents fully cooperated with the police following the shooting. At first they refused to release Dylans autopsy. It has been released since.
Other evidence confiscated by police includes 5 tapes the teens recorded in the basement of Eric’s home. In the video, we can see Dylan is no follower to Eric and clearly wants to hurt people on his own desire. He and Eric both rant about the “stuck up bitches” they go school with. They refer to two by name: Rachel and Jen.
There was controversy over Dylans death as he had shot himself in the left temple. At first, it was believed Dylan was right hand. Therefore, he would have shot himself in the right temple. Later it was confirmed by Dylans family he was left handed. As we see in the videos, Dylan does shoot the gun with his left hand.
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