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Re:Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ by Rebelgecko on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @05:52PM (#16749686)
Theres a book called Columbine by Dave Cullen that came out a few years ago. He also has some articles you can find online about the shooting, all very well researched as far as I can tell.

The narrative right after the shooting was that 2 loner goth kids did a horrible thing to get revenge on their bullies.

However they had a circle of friends, and were more focused on becoming infamous than killing anyone in particular. It wasn't an impulsive attack; they planned for a very long time and wanted to outdo Timothy McVeigh

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Re:Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ by nerdwaller on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @12:55AM (#16752061)
This aligns with what I recall of the post-Columbine fallout - having grown up some of my childhood within a couple miles of Columbine. Thanks for the book reference, admittedly I’ve not followed up much on the event given the area impact, but it definitely seems like a worthwhile read all this time later.
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