05-19-2019, 10:58 PM
A survivor of the Columbine High School shooting who later became a prominent advocate for fighting addiction has been found dead at his Colorado home.
Austin Eubanks, 37, was shot in the hand and knee in the 1999 Columbine attack, in which 12 of his classmates and a teacher were killed.
He became addicted to drugs after taking pain medication while recovering from his injuries.
Officials say there were no signs of foul play in his death.
Eubanks's body was discovered on Saturday at his home in Steamboats Springs, Colorado, Routt County Coroner Robert Ryg said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48330318
Gun violence killed someone twenty years after the shooting.
Austin Eubanks, 37, was shot in the hand and knee in the 1999 Columbine attack, in which 12 of his classmates and a teacher were killed.
He became addicted to drugs after taking pain medication while recovering from his injuries.
Officials say there were no signs of foul play in his death.
Eubanks's body was discovered on Saturday at his home in Steamboats Springs, Colorado, Routt County Coroner Robert Ryg said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48330318
Gun violence killed someone twenty years after the shooting.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.