Complications from Anne Marie Hochhalter's paralysis were a "significant contributing factor" in her death, according to a forensic pathologist.

The Columbine High School massacre has officially claimed another life - nearly 26 years after the US mass shooting.

The death last month of Anne Marie Hochhalter, who was left partially paralysed by two gunshot wounds in the attack, has been ruled a homicide by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office.

On 16 February this year, the 43-year-old woman died in her Denver home of sepsis - a reaction to infection.

And complications from the paralysis were a “significant contributing factor” in her death, forensic pathologist Dr Dawn B Holmes wrote in a 13-page post-mortem report.

Dr Holmes ruled that “the manner of death is best classified as homicide”.

  • Blue@lemmy.world
    81·
    4 days ago

    26 years later and how successful have they been at preventing school shootings and gun violence?

      • Billiam@lemmy.world
        412·
        4 days ago

        Or starve, or get measles, or raped, or pregnant, or molested by clergy, or worked to death, or are housed, or…

          • jumjummy@lemmy.world
            163·
            4 days ago

            Tell me again when the Democrats had all 3 branches of government again? Oh yeah, a couple months during Obama’s first term.

            Go 🌻🌻🌻

              • kescusay@lemmy.world
                201·
                4 days ago

                It’s true that the political system is sick, but blaming Obama for it is 100% bullshit. How the fuck would he have “secured the Supreme Court?” How would that have worked?

              • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
                92·
                4 days ago

                You’re going to accuse him of deflecting when you’re trying to blame Democrats for the actions of Republicans?

                Yeah, fuck off with that.

          • GreyAlien@lemm.eeEnglish
            59·
            4 days ago

            When republicans are in charge

            F*ck school shooting, republicans don’t care about children, weapons are harmful for our society, we should be harder on weapons permits and shit

            When democrats are in charge (or near election time)

            Let’s not talk about the 2nd amendment it’s divisive and not productive we need to find workaround in the hypothetical future maybe we can “ban” military grade weapons to shut up the inconvenients (+ lots of blabla about non existent things)

            keep on the good joke rather than acting and doing anything productive… Ah my bad, I’m too harsh, you guys atleast succeeded at securing abortion or trans rights… oh… wait…

            Stop deflecting, own your culture and what it stands for, it’s the only way forward.

  • CPMSP@midwest.social
    13·
    4 days ago

    There is no analogue that is more true than the effect of that shooting still being felt today.

    And how far have we come…? That’s a rhetorical question.