To deter shootings, Americans shun naming suspects, weigh demolishing sites

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2019 02:48:03 +0000

LITTLETON, CO - APRIL 20: Miniature crosses are displayed to commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings at Clement Park April 20, 2009 in Littleton, Colorado. Columbine was the site of the then deadliest school shooting in modern United States history when, on April 20, 1999, 2 students killed 12 of their schoolmates and one teacher, and wounded 23 others, before taking their own lives. Marc Piscotty/Getty Images/AFP

The site of the one of the first — and still among the deadliest — school shootings in the country, Columbine has proved an enduring headache for the school district ever since two students killed 12 of their classmates, a teacher and themselves in 1999.

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