Twelve students and a teacher were killed in what was, at the time, the worst school shooting in the nation's history.
Will Beck, a survivor of the 1999 shooting, and his family place roses at the memorial the victims of the massacre during a vigil Friday.
Twenty years ago today, 13 people were killed in a mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, a tragedy that marked the beginning of an era in which the US has repeatedly had to grapple with gun violence in schools. On April 20, 1999, two high school seniors carried out a planned attack on their school in Littleton, fatally shooting 12 classmates and a teacher before turning their weapons on themselves.
It was, at the time, the deadliest school shooting in the nation's history. The massacre led to a wave of modern school security measures and a heightened awareness of threats of violence.Jason Connolly / AFP / Getty Images Spencer Greenlee, a senior a Columbine High School, prays at the Columbine Memorial during a vigil Friday at Clement Park in Littleton, Colorado.
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