Eric and Dylan Bullies

Did Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold engage in bullying/abusive behavior? Yes. Here is a list.

Eric and Dylan shot kids with BB guns

Randy Brown's son, Brooks, said Eric and Dylan shot kids with BB guns

In No Easy Answers, Brooks Brown says that Eric and Dylan sat on the roof and shot at little kids with their BB guns. From page 63:

"I think the story that got me the most was the one they told about Halloween of junior year. That night, the two of them went up on the roof with a BB gun and took shots at little kids who were trick-or-treating. They said the kids would look around, all confused at what had hit them, but because Eric and Dylan were concealed in the darkness of the roof, they never knew. They told us about this over lunch, laughing like it was the funniest joke in the world."

Eric and Dylan superglued locks shut

On a "Rebel Mission," Eric and Dylan superglued the locks to Nick Baumgart's house. Someone also superglued the locks to the school shut shortly before the shooting.

Eric and Dylan set off firecrackers on people's porches

During their "Rebel Missions," Eric, Dylan, and Zach Heckler set off firecrackers on people's porches. This happened to the Browns, and they believe Eric was responsible.

Eric and Dylan set off a firecracker bomb in a mailbox

After chasing some kids into the Wisher house for allegedly "robbing" Blackjack Pizza, people who fit the description of Eric and Dylan tried to get them to come out with no luck. Not long after that, a fireworks bomb was blown up in the Wisher's neighbor's mailbox. (11k, p.1012)

Eric and Dylan were suspended for breaking into lockers

Eric, Dylan, and Zach used Peggy Dodd's password to get access to the school's locker combinations. They were all suspended on October 2, 1997.

The dean observed Dylan's anger

In early 1998, Dylan got in trouble for vandalizing a locker by scratching the word 'fag' into the metal. The dan said he was pacing and cursing in the office.

Eric and Dylan heavily picked on freshmen

The dean at Columbine said Eric and Dylan picked on the freshmen.

Eric threatened his ex-girlfriend Sasha Jacobs

Sasha Jacobs reported getting threatening phone calls from someone who said, "I'm going to kill you" and "a bomb is coming." She thinks these calls came from Eric Harris. Eric also emailed Sasha telling her he was trying to fix all of his loose ends and she was one of those loose ends.

Zach put a threatening note in a classmate's locker

Although this was Zach Heckler's doing, it's worth noting because Zach participated in bullying behavior with Eric and Dylan. After the three of them had gotten all the locker combinations, Zach put a threatening letter in Kevin Starkey's locker warning him to stay away from his girlfriend, Devon Adams. Starkey was Adams' ex-boyfriend.

From Rich Long's interview:

"A note was put in a student's locker. The note was something to the effect of: If you bother my girlfriend again, I'm going to kill you." (11k, p.497)

From Kevin Starkey's interview:

"Starkey has had a number of altercations with Heckler, but not with Harris or Klebold. At one time Starkey's cousin, Devin Kathol, went to Heckler and told Heckler to leave Starkey alone. A short time after the warning from Kathol to Heckler the front picture window of Starkey's home was shot out. Starkey believes that Heckler is responsible for the shooting of the window." 2197

From Devin Kathol's interview:

Kathol stated that another student, Zach Heckler, had been harassing Kevin. At one point, Kathol got in Hecker's face and told him to leave Starkey alone. I asked Kathol why Heckler was harassing Starkey and he thought it was because Starkey's ex-girlfriend had become Heckler's girlfriend. This girl was identified as Devon Adams, a frien of Devin Kathol's sister, Kayla Kathol." 923

From Kayla Kathol's interview:

"Kayla said that Zach Heckler and her cousin, Kevin Starkey, didn't get along. She did recall an incident last year, when a history book was stolen from Starkey's locker and he had to pay for it. Kayla said she thought Starkey's ex-girlfriend, Devon Adams, had given the locker combination to Heckler and that Heckler stole the book. She thought that Adams and Heckler wer boyfriend, girlfriend. She said that Heckler got suspended over the incident." 926

Someone shot out the Browns' garage window with a paintball

Someone shot out a garage window at the Brown residence with a paintball. Eric and Dylan didn't own paintball guns, but Chris Morris did. According to Kevin Larson (5024), who was at the Brown's house at the time, Aaron Brown ran out the door and saw Eric's car speeding away.

Eric cracked Brooks Brown's windshield

On February 27, 1997, Eric Harris was at a bus stop having a snowball fight with someone else when Brooks Brown drove up. Eric threw a snowball at Brooks' car that apparently contained a chunk of ice and this cracked his windshield. Brooks told Eric he needed to pay to repair the damage and Eric responded, "kiss my ass Brooks, I ain't paying for shit!"

Dylan hit his supervisor, Michelle Hartsough

"Hartsough described Dylan Klebold as a difficult person who was often rude. She said that he hit her once because she had counseled him on an infraction at work." (11k, p.10150)

Dylan pushed people in gym class and called a girl a bitch

Tara Zobjeck recalls Dylan pushing people in gym class.

According to the Washington Post, "Last year, she said, she and Klebold were in a coed gym class. She said Klebold had a habit of shoving girls to the ground, even tackling them, during flag-football games. Finally, she yelled at him to knock it off, and he turned on her."

"He was like a loner in that class," she said. "Nobody liked him. And he hated me, because I yelled at him. And then he started bothering me, calling me a bitch and basically yelling at me and stuff."

From Tara Zobjeck's interview:

"Klebold was in her first semester gym class and they did not get along. Klebold was always cheating at the games in class and was always pushing people." (11k, p.7416)

"She told me that Dylan had been calling her a bitch on campus because of a dispute that occurred in gym class. She told her boyfriend, Wills, about her being called a bitch. Wills then told Dylan he would kick his ass. The name calling stopped." (11k, p.7380)

According to Lacy Koch's boyfriend, he intervened in this incident. His name has been redacted from reports and he was on Eric's "shit list."

"The last semester of 1998 he had Dylan Klebold in his Gym class. One day they were playing flag football with girls and Dylan called a girl a bitch. Not wanting a physical fight to start, [REDACTED] intervened and told Dylan to back off from the girl."(11k, p.10286)

Dylan bullied Adam Kyler

In November 1998, Dylan Klebold started telling Adam Kyler not to go to class or he'd kill him. (Source needed)

Dylan called Peggy Dodd a bitch

When Peggy Dodd told Dylan he needed to pay for using the library's printer, he called her a bitch.

Richard Long called Dylan into his office to ask what happened. "Well that bitch...," Dylan started. That was all Long needed to know. He stopped Dylan mid-sentence. "You can't talk like that," Long said. "You're never going to be allowed on the computers again." "Well, you know, it doesn't matter," Dylan said. "It doesn't matter.

Dylan intimidated his English teacher, Tommie Nykanen

About a week before the massacre, an English teacher (Tommie Nykanen) said Dylan laughed inappropriately in defiance at her in the hallway and made her feel scared.

Dylan got angry in French class and threw things around

Sara Martin told investigators about their junior year in French class: "She said Dylan would get very angry in class with the teacher (Cathy Lutz) and the other students, and would start throwing things around. Sara said she got frustrated by these distracting actions of Dylan Klebold and his inability to get along with others." (11k, p.5036)

Makai Hall recalls Dylan being angry and disrespectful to his French teacher.

"He went on to say that he had a very bad temper and couldn't control it. He further stated that he had an extreme dislike for the French teacher and constantly made comments that were either derogatory or critical of her." (11k, p.8888)

"Hall told me that Mrs. Lutz was the French teacher and he went on to say that Dylan, throughout the course of the class, was very openly 'disrespectful' to her and quite often times swore in the class openly. I asked him what Mrs. Lutz' response was to this and he said she primarily just ignored it." (11k, p.8892)

Laura Steward recalls Dylan being kicked out of French class often.

"Dylan was in her French class last year. She said that Dylan and another student named Zach Heckler got kicked out of that class all the time. They were disruptive." (11k, pp.7214-7215)

Dylan slammed the door to his chemistry class when he exited class

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Devon Adams told the school administration she was fearful of Eric

In early 1999, a sophomore accidentally bumped into Eric in the hallway. Eric became angry and the two got into a shoving match. Before going their separate ways, Eric told the boy to “watch [his] back.” (Evan Mcclaughtery)

About three months before the massacre, a girl accidentally ran into Dylan’s car in Columbine’s parking lot. They all got out of their cars (Eric was with Dylan), and Eric yelled at the girl, saying she was a stupid bitch who wasn’t paying attention to where she was going. Amanda Semm. It was her passenger (boyfriend) who ended up on Eric's hit list?