Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold committed suicide at the end of the Columbine shooting.
Posted by Philip Teresi, Checked
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Philip TeresiOct 16, 2026
Multiple independent sources confirm that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold died by suicide in the Columbine High School library, which ended the April 20, 1999 shooting. The post's 'Clebold' is a misspelling of Klebold, and the claim matches the passage's content and the post's referents.
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… And here, I think, is an exception and an opportunity to defuse some of this perverse interest in these animals. Um, there are pictures now, ah, if you know where to look, of Clebold and Harris after they committed their crime. Clebold and Harris committed suicide. Ah, that was the end of the Columbine shooting. They took their own lives with the firearms they used to take the lives of their classmates. Ah, the pictures are not pleasant. …
Philip Teresi · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. CBS News reports that Harris and Klebold committed suicide in the school's library after killing students and a teacher.[3]
Supports. Britannica states that the violence ended when Harris and Klebold died by suicide, and that the two shooters died by suicide.[4]
Supports. Biography.com reports that Harris and Klebold committed suicide by shooting themselves in the head in the school library.[5]
Supports. AP coverage of the 10-year anniversary states that both gunmen killed themselves later in the school library.[6]
Context. The 2010 AP and Reuters reports concern a separate Australian twin suicide pact that referenced the Columbine shooters' magazine photo, and do not bear on whether Harris and Klebold died by suicide.[1][2]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1Police: Twins in suicide pact had Columbine imageapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Twins in suicide pact had photo of Columbine killersreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3A Time To Remember - CBS Newscbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Columbine High School shooting | Date, Shooters, History ...britannica.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Eric Harris - Columbine School Shooting, Parents & Websitebiography.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 610 years later, Columbine's hold remains strong - The Mercurypottsmerc.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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