Deer Creek Middle School
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Deer Creek Middle School (DCMS) is a public middle school located in Littleton, Colorado
. The school is notable for two school shootings that having taken place, the first in 1982 and the second in 2010. Littleton is also home to Columbine High School, the scene of the Columbine school schooting by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
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on February 23, 2010, when 32 year old Bruco Eastwood entered Deer Creek Middle School and checked in for an appointment, and then left. He took a single shot high-powered hunting rifle from the trunk of his car and returned to the school, and then opened fire, wounding one female seventh grade student and one male eighth grade student. The eighth grader was taken to the hospital and was in critical condition for about 4 days. The seventh grader was released from the hospital later on that night after the shooting happened. Eastwood was taken down by Deer Creek Middle School math teacher David Benke and was taken into custody by the police.
Littleton, Colorado
Littleton is a Home Rule Municipality contained in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Littleton is a suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and the 20th most populous city in the state of...
. The school is notable for two school shootings that having taken place, the first in 1982 and the second in 2010. Littleton is also home to Columbine High School, the scene of the Columbine school schooting by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold were American high school seniors who committed the Columbine High School massacre. They killed 13 people—including teacher Dave Sanders—and injured 24 others, three of whom were injured as they escaped the attack...
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1982 shootings
The 2010 shooting took place at around 3:15PM MSTMountain Time Zone
The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time, also known as Greenwich Mean Time, during the shortest days of autumn and winter , and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time in the spring, summer, and early autumn...
on February 23, 2010, when 32 year old Bruco Eastwood entered Deer Creek Middle School and checked in for an appointment, and then left. He took a single shot high-powered hunting rifle from the trunk of his car and returned to the school, and then opened fire, wounding one female seventh grade student and one male eighth grade student. The eighth grader was taken to the hospital and was in critical condition for about 4 days. The seventh grader was released from the hospital later on that night after the shooting happened. Eastwood was taken down by Deer Creek Middle School math teacher David Benke and was taken into custody by the police.