Columbine school shooting survivor found dead in home

Source: Associated Press

Updated 9:23 pm CDT, Saturday, May 18, 2019



Photo: Bebeto Matthews, AP
FILE - In this April 25, 1999 file photo, shooting victim Austin Eubanks hugs his girlfriend
during a community wide memorial service in Littleton, Colo., for the victims of the
shooting rampage at Columbine High School the previous week. Eubanks, who survived the
1999 Columbine school shooting and later became an advocate for fighting addiction has
died. Routt County Coroner Robert Ryg said Saturday, May 18, 2019, that 37-year-old
Eubanks died overnight at his Steamboat Springs home. A Monday autopsy was planned to
determine the cause of death.


STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man who survived the 1999 Columbine school shooting and later became an advocate for fighting addiction has died.

Routt County Coroner Robert Ryg said Saturday that 37-year-old Austin Eubanks died overnight at his Steamboat Springs home.

There were no signs of foul play. A Monday autopsy was planned to determine the cause of death.

Eubanks was shot in the hand and knee in the Columbine attack that killed 12 classmates and a teacher, including Eubanks' best friend.

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