Rachel Scott

Rachel Joy Scott was the first person killed in the Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999.

Shooting
Rachel was eating lunch on the grass with her friend Richard Castaldo when the shooters opened fire on the west entrance near where she was seated on the grass. Sshe was hit and fell to the ground where, moments later, one of the shooters came down the hill and shot her at point-blank range when she tried to get up. She died from gunshot wounds to the head, chest, arm and leg.