Editing Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold (section)

===Dylan Klebold===
{{redirect|Klebold|his mother|Sue Klebold}}
'''Dylan Bennet Klebold''' was born on September 11, 1981, in [[Lakewood, Colorado]], to Thomas and [[Sue Klebold]].<ref name="Suspects">{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/SUSPECTS_TEXT.htm |title=Suspects Text |publisher=CNN |access-date=September 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726055023/http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/SUSPECTS_TEXT.htm |archive-date=July 26, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On the day after the shooting, Klebold's mother remembered that shortly after Klebold's birth, she described what felt like a shadow cast over her, warning her that this child would bring her great sorrow. "I think I still make of it what I did at that time. It was a passing feeling that went over very quickly, like a shadow." Sue said in an interview with [[Colorado Public Radio]]. Klebold was soon diagnosed with pyloric stenosis, a condition in which the opening between the stomach and small intestines thickens, causing severe vomiting during the first few months of life.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cpr.org/show-segment/ill-never-know-if-i-could-have-prevented-it-says-mother-of-columbine-shooter/|title='I'll Never Know If I Could Have Prevented It,' Says Mother Of Columbine Shooter|first=Andrea|last=Dukakis|date=February 16, 2016 |publisher=[[Colorado Public Radio]]|access-date=July 25, 2020|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805114756/https://www.cpr.org/show-segment/ill-never-know-if-i-could-have-prevented-it-says-mother-of-columbine-shooter/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Klebold's parents had met when they were both studying art at [[Ohio State University]]. After they both graduated, they married in 1971, with their first child, Byron, being born in 1978. Thomas had initially worked as a sculptor, but then moved over to [[engineering]] to be more financially stable.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0502c.htm |title=Life and death of a follower |access-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-date=June 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616045644/http://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0502c.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Sue had worked in assistance services with [[Disability|disabled]] children. Furthermore, Klebold's parents were [[pacifists]] and attended a [[Lutheran]] church with their children. Both Klebold and his older brother attended [[confirmation]] classes in accordance with the [[Confirmation (Lutheran Church)|Lutheran tradition]].<ref name="mult1">{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Leppek |title=Dylan Klebold led life of religious contradictions |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/11140/edition_id/213/format/html/displaystory.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329233932/http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/11140/edition_id/213/format/html/displaystory.html |date=April 30, 1999 |archive-date=March 29, 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 19, 2018}}</ref> As had been the case with his older brother, Klebold was named after a renowned poet, [[Dylan Thomas]].<ref>''A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of the Columbine Tragedy'' p. 84</ref>
Klebold attended Normandy Elementary School for first and second grade and then transferred to Governor's Ranch Elementary School where he was part of the Challenging High Intellectual Potential Students program for gifted children. According to reports, Klebold was exceptionally bright as a young child, although he appeared somewhat sheltered in elementary school.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/dylan-klebold |title=Dylan Klebold – Columbine School Shooting, Parents & Journal |website=www.biography.com |date=June 18, 2020 |access-date=December 20, 2020 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201081743/https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/dylan-klebold |url-status=live }}</ref> When he transitioned to Ken Caryl Middle School, he found it difficult. Fellow classmates recalled Klebold being painfully shy and quiet, often to an uncomfortable degree.<ref name="acolumbinesite.com">{{cite web |author=C Shepard |url=http://www.acolumbinesite.com/dylan.php |title=^^ Dylan Bennet Klebold ^^ |publisher=Acolumbinesite.com |date= |accessdate=2022-02-19 |archive-date=July 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723095423/http://www.acolumbinesite.com/dylan.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Klebold's parents were unconcerned with the fact that Klebold found the changing of schools uneasy, as they assumed it was just regular behavior among young adolescents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acolumbinesite.com/dylan.php |title=^^ Dylan Bennet Klebold ^^ |access-date=August 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723095423/http://www.acolumbinesite.com/dylan.php |archive-date=July 23, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> At the family home, the Klebolds also observed some rituals in keeping with Klebold's maternal great-grandfather's Jewish heritage.<ref name="mult1"/><ref>Culver, Virginia (April 28, 1999). [http://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0428d.htm "Klebolds 'loneliest people on the planet'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055334/http://extras.denverpost.com/news/shot0428d.htm |date=September 21, 2013 }}. ''[[The Denver Post]]''.</ref>

During his earlier school years, Klebold played baseball, soccer and [[Tee-ball|T-ball]]. Klebold was in Cub Scouts with friend Brooks Brown, whom he was friends with since first grade. Brown lived near the house Harris' parents had bought when they finally settled in Littleton, and rode the same bus as Harris. Shortly after, Klebold had met Harris and the pair quickly became best friends. Later, Harris introduced Klebold to his friend Nathan Dykeman, who also attended their middle school, and they all became a tight-knit group of friends.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/SUSPECTS_TEXT.htm |title=Suspects_Text |website=[[CNN]] |access-date=September 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508103216/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/SUSPECTS_TEXT.htm |archive-date=May 8, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>