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Littleton Sheriff: Columbine Students Out to Destroy School

HeadlineApr 23, 1999

The two students who launched a murderous rampage on Tuesday were out to destroy the school, this according to the local sheriff of Littleton, a conclusion he reached after investigators found a large homemade bomb fashioned from two propane tanks and a gasoline canister in the kitchen at Columbine High School. The discovery also heightens a growing belief that the two young men had help from others in planning for their attack.

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