Editing Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold (section)

===Eric Harris===
'''Eric David Harris''' was born on April 9, 1981, in [[Wichita, Kansas]]. Harris's parents were both born and raised in Colorado. His mother, Katherine Ann Poole, was a [[Homemaking|homemaker]]. His father, Wayne Harris, was working in the [[United States Air Force]] as a transport pilot. In 1983, the family moved to [[Dayton, Ohio]], when Harris was two years old. Six years later, the family relocated to [[Oscoda, Michigan]]. Michigan pastor William Stone lived across the street from the Harris family while they were located in Oscoda. Stone recalled them as "great neighbors" and often saw Wayne very engaged with his sons.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1999/04/23/Mich-pastor-recalls-Harris-family/2665924840000/ |title=Mich. pastor recalls Harris family |website=[[UPI]] Archives |date=1999-04-23 |access-date=2022-02-19 |archive-date=September 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929223549/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1999/04/23/Mich-pastor-recalls-Harris-family/2665924840000/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Harris family then moved to [[Plattsburgh, New York]], in 1991. During his time at Stafford Middle School, Harris played [[Little League Baseball]], regularly went to birthday parties and was "part of the crowd". Kyle Ross, a former classmate of Harris, said, "He was just a typical kid."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/1999/04/22/lethal-geeks-were-made-for-each-other/ |title=Lethal Geeks Were Made for Each Other |date=April 22, 1999 |access-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604083237/https://nypost.com/1999/04/22/lethal-geeks-were-made-for-each-other/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Harris family finally settled back in [[Littleton, Colorado]] the next year when Wayne retired from the military.<ref name="Suspects" />

On a 1997 English class assignment, Harris wrote about how difficult the move was from [[New York (state)|New York]] to Colorado. "It was the hardest moving from Plattsburgh. I have the most memories from there", Harris continued. "When I left (his friends) I felt alone, lost and even agitated that I had spent so much time with them and now I have to go because of something I can't stop."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y-y9CgAAQBAJ&q=%22It+was+the+hardest+moving+from+Plattsburgh.+I+have+the+most+memories+from+there,%22&pg=PT65|title=Columbine: A True Crime Story|first=Jeff|last=Kass|date=February 18, 2014|publisher=Conundrum Press|isbn=9781938633270|via=Google Books|access-date=November 10, 2020|archive-date=September 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921102312/https://books.google.com/books?id=y-y9CgAAQBAJ&q=%22It+was+the+hardest+moving+from+Plattsburgh.+I+have+the+most+memories+from+there%2C%22&pg=PT65|url-status=live}}</ref> Harris, in a basement tape, blamed his father for moving the family around, forcing Harris to "start out at the bottom of the ladder."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Li |first1=David K. |title=Lethal Geeks Were Made For Each Other |url=https://nypost.com/1999/04/22/lethal-geeks-were-made-for-each-other/ |access-date=July 10, 2020 |work=[[New York Post]] |date=April 22, 1999 |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604083237/https://nypost.com/1999/04/22/lethal-geeks-were-made-for-each-other/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Harris had a chest deformity known as [[pectus excavatum]], in which the breastbone sinks into the chest. This made Harris reluctant to take his shirt off in gym class as other students ridiculed him. Harris had two [[Plastic surgery|cosmetic surgeries]] at age 12 and 13 to repair the deformity. The sunken chest was still mildly observable during his [[autopsy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://schoolshooters.info/eric-harriss-autopsy-report#:~:text=The%20report%20also%20notes%20that,pectus%20excavatum%20was%20still%20observable |title=Eric Harris's Autopsy Report |publisher=School Shooters .info |date= |accessdate=2022-08-04 |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205113338/https://schoolshooters.info/eric-harriss-autopsy-report#:~:text=The%20report%20also%20notes%20that,pectus%20excavatum%20was%20still%20observable |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2016/04/20/damaged-masculinity-may-help-explain-columbine-and-other-mass-shootings/ |title='Damaged masculinity' may help explain Columbine and other mass shootings |date=2021-10-23 |orig-date=2016-04-20 |author1=Michael S. Rosenwald |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409 |access-date=August 4, 2022 |archive-date=September 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906165415/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2016/04/20/damaged-masculinity-may-help-explain-columbine-and-other-mass-shootings/ |url-status=live }}{{WaPoCheckDates}}</ref>

The Harris family lived in rented accommodations for the first three years that they lived in the Littleton area. While Harris was in 7th&nbsp;grade, he met Klebold. In 1996, the Harris family purchased and settled at a house south of Columbine High School. Harris's older brother, Kevin, attended college at the [[University of Colorado Boulder|University of Colorado]].<ref name="sides">{{cite news |author1=Briggs, Bill |author2=Blevins, Jason |url=http://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0502b.htm |title=A Boy With Many Sides |date=May 2, 1999 |newspaper=[[Denver Post]] |access-date=September 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027201910/http://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0502b.htm |archive-date=October 27, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/12/05/columbine.diary/ |title=Columbine killer envisioned crashing plane in NYC |date=December 6, 2001 |publisher=CNN |access-date=September 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006163130/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/12/05/columbine.diary/ |archive-date=October 6, 2011 }}</ref> Harris's father took a job with Flight Safety Services Corporation and Harris's mother became a [[Catering|caterer]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Santiago |first1=Ellyn |title=Eric Harris' Parents & Brother, Wayne, Kathy & Kevin Harris: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know |url=https://heavy.com/news/2019/04/eric-harris-parents-brother-wayne-kathy-kevin-harris/ |access-date=November 8, 2020 |work=[[Heavy.com]] |date=April 17, 2019 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112013847/https://heavy.com/news/2019/04/eric-harris-parents-brother-wayne-kathy-kevin-harris/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=SHATTERED>{{cite news |last1=Belluck |first1=Pam |last2=Wilgoren |first2=Jodi |title=Shattered Lives – A special report.; Caring Parents, No Answers, In Columbine Killers' Pasts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/29/us/shattered-lives-special-report-caring-parents-no-answers-columbine-killers-pasts.html |access-date=November 7, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 29, 1999 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126072351/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/29/us/shattered-lives-special-report-caring-parents-no-answers-columbine-killers-pasts.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Harris entered Columbine High School in 1995 as a [[freshman]]. Columbine had just gone through a major renovation and expansion.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/SWAT_MOVE_TEXT.htm |title=SWAT_MOVE_TEXT |website=[[CNN]] |access-date=July 12, 2020 |archive-date=January 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124105430/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/SWAT_MOVE_TEXT.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> From all accounts, he had many friends and was left forward and mid-field on the Columbine soccer team for his freshman and [[sophomore]] year. Josh Swanson, one of his teammates, said that Harris was a "solid" soccer player who enjoyed the sport a lot.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1999/0503/p3s1.html |title=Portrait of two teens reveals a lot of gray |date=May 3, 1999 |newspaper=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |access-date=June 11, 2020 |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611004225/https://www.csmonitor.com/1999/0503/p3s1.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/eric-harris |title=Eric Harris |website=www.biography.com |access-date=July 12, 2020 |archive-date=April 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414015833/https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/eric-harris |url-status=live}}</ref> During his freshman year, Harris met Tiffany Typher. They had German class together.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0423d.htm|title=The Denver Post Online – Columbine – Tragedy and Recovery|website=extras.denverpost.com|access-date=July 12, 2020|archive-date=February 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225081800/http://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0423d.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Typher later recounted that Harris quickly wooed her. Harris asked her to [[homecoming]] and she accepted. After the event, it appeared that Typher was no longer interested in seeing Harris anymore, for reasons never disclosed. When Typher refused to socialize with Harris again, Harris staged a fake suicide, sprawling on the ground with fake blood splashed all over him. When Typher saw him on the ground, she began to scream for help, at which point Harris and his friends began laughing, prompting Typher to storm off, shouting at Harris to get psychological help.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.acolumbinesite.com/eric.php |title=^^ Eric David Harris ^^ |access-date=August 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723095423/http://www.acolumbinesite.com/eric.php |archive-date=July 23, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>