On December 12, 1997, 19-year-old American punk musician Brian Theodore Deneke was killed in a deliberate hit and run attack in Amarillo, Texas, by 17-year-old Dustin Camp.
Deneke in a parade on Halloween
On April 20, 1999, high school senior students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered 13 students and one teacher in a school shooting and attempted bombing at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colo
Killing of Brian Deneke
…and punks in Amarillo has been compared to the widespread social divisions in Columbine High School which have been said to have contributed to the Columbine High School massacre. The Deneke case has also been referred to briefly in an academic article arguing the case for expanding the definitions of bias crime beyond the usual…
Harris (left) and Klebold (right) in the cafeteria at 11:57 a.m.
Sanders guiding more than 100 students out of the cafeteria.
An FBI diagram of the library, with locations of fatalities. Harris' and Klebold's bodies were found in the bottom left corner.
Still image of Ireland shortly before he falls from the library window