Mother of Columbine shooter hoped he would take his life

The mother of Columbine shooter Dylan Klebold prayed for him to commit suicide when she was told he was a suspect during the shooting spree at a Colorado school that killed 13 people, the woman said in a new book.

Mother of Columbine shooter hoped he would take his life

Klebold, 17, and classmate Eric Harris, 18, went on a rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, near Denver, in Apr 1999. They were heavily armed and took the lives of 12 students and a teacher, before turning their guns on themselves.

Sue and Tom Klebold — who have rarely commented publicly about their son Dylan — were interviewed extensively for a book being released this week, Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity.

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