{"id":840833,"date":"2025-04-12T18:12:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T23:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/columbine-victims-death-from-health-problems-related-to-1999-school-shooting-ruled-a-homicide\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T18:12:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T23:12:06","slug":"columbine-victims-death-from-health-problems-related-to-1999-school-shooting-ruled-a-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/columbine-victims-death-from-health-problems-related-to-1999-school-shooting-ruled-a-homicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbine victim\u2019s death from health problems related to 1999 school shooting ruled a homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<article aria-labelledby=\"articleTitle\" data-wcm-id=\"fcfe9632-32d6-4ff3-b706-691ef1fbf329\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Author of the article:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Associated Press\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a78256cb32a2d8681dc2df9afa609931?s=70&#038;d=mp\"  aria-labelledby=\"wire-company-name\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Published Mar 13, 2025<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span>1 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure data-aqa=\"featured-image\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CP174297811.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=564&#038;h=423&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=f99KFEiV6Zl1Kry-6RLHcA, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CP174297811.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1128&#038;h=846&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=D4NLxL9c7uvFGDTrChTXzA 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CP174297811.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=472&#038;h=354&#038;type=jpg&#038;sig=4R3syN9pYSvFaBr7L7mMQA, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CP174297811.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=944&#038;h=708&#038;type=jpg&#038;sig=rOtxDDoHqu-MgjojD0QRjA 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CP174297811.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=XbA_9d1RPHeZlqBfWW2WQQ, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CP174297811.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=576&#038;h=432&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=ewLbHsjHaMy0zaXRTVmJwQ 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Columbine School Shooting Hochhalter\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CP174297811.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=e1l-YSqv7w4MfBG5ubPzPA\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CP174297811.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=e1l-YSqv7w4MfBG5ubPzPA,\n                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CP174297811.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=576&#038;h=432&#038;sig=ms7vIfugjfp1JdgcVhEqkg 2x\" height=\"750\" width=\"1000\"><\/picture><figcaption><span>Columbine High School shooting survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter attends a vigil for the 25th anniversary of the mass shooting, April 19, 2024, in Denver. <\/span> <span>Photo by Jack Dempsey, File<\/span> \/<span>AP Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<p>DENVER (AP) \u2014 The death of a woman who was partially paralyzed in the Columbine High School shooting has been ruled a homicide, raising the death toll of the 1999 attack to 14.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-aqa=\"identity-sign-in\" data-async id=\"article-block\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Toronto Sun\" height=\"37\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/18.4.2\/websites\/images\/identity\/logo-identity-tsun.svg\" width=\"280\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account.<\/li>\n<li>Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists.<\/li>\n<li>Support local journalists and the next generation of 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She was 43.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, her family and friends suspected her death was due to natural causes related to her injuries in the shooting, which immediately led to the deaths of 12 students and a teacher. The two student gunmen killed themselves. Due to the role her paralysis was suspected of playing in her death, the investigation was transferred to the office that also reviewed the deaths in the school shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Hochhalter struggled with intense pain from her gunshot wounds in the years following the shooting, but fought hard to to overcome the complications of her injuries and remain positive, family and friends said. She was tireless in her drive to help others, including people with disabilities and members of her family, and she loved dogs, they said.<\/p>\n<p>Hochhalter chose to forgive the mother of one of the gunmen, writing in a 2016 letter to Sue Klebold: \u201c\u2018A good friend once told me, \u2018Bitterness is like swallowing a poison pill and expecting the other person to die.\u2019 It only harms yourself. I have forgiven you and only wish you the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/news\/world\/columbine-victims-death-from-health-problems-related-to-1999-school-shooting-ruled-a-homicide\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author of the article: Published Mar 13, 2025 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 1 minute read Columbine High School shooting survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter attends a vigil for the 25th anniversary of the mass shooting, April 19, 2024, in Denver. 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