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Nearly five years after 15 died at Columbine High School, the Jefferson County, Colo., Sheriff's office Thursday put on public display evidence collected after the shootings. More than 10,000 items were on view, including guns used by the killers and 13 body bags.
Videos made by the killers were also released. According to an Associated Press report, "the two are seen stalking through the hallways of Columbine just five months before the attack, portraying hitmen offering their services to students victimized by bullies. At one point, the two roar obscenities into the lens and promise a brutal death for their targets."
Families of the victims were given a private tour of the display Wednesday, before it was opened to the press and public Thursday.
"Many of the people who filed past the cordoned-off tables were overwhelmed," writes
Kirk Johnson in The New York Times. "Tissue boxes were placed on table ends for those in tears."
Johnson quotes Dawn Anna, whose daughter, Lauren Dawn Townsend, was killed at the school: "Is it hard to see? Yes. Will there be people who want to just look for curiosity's sake? Yes. Does it give all the answers? No."
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