Columbine school shooting victim's 2025 death ruled a homicide; toll rises to 14 | Fox News
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Columbine victim's 2025 death ruled a homicide after injuries from school shooting contributed to sepsis
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Anne Marie Hochhalter, who died at 43 years old last month, has been named the 14th victim of the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School
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Published March 14, 2025 5:57am EDT

     



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Darrell Scott, founder of Rachel’s Challenge, joins ‘Fox &amp; Friends Weekend’ on the anniversary of the Columbine shooting to discuss his organization’s ongoing efforts to prevent future shootings.

A woman who was partially paralyzed during the 1999  died last month, and her death has now been ruled a homicide.

Anne Marie Hochhalter died of sepsis on Feb. 16 at 43 years old. Complications from her paralysis contributed significantly to her death, according to an autopsy report from the Jefferson County Coroner's Office obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday.

Hochhalter was one of 23 people who were injured in the shooting at the  high school, but survived.

Including her death, the Columbine shooting claimed 14 victims as 12 students and one teacher were killed the day of the April 20, 1999, attack. Both of the shooters, who were students, took their own lives.





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Hochhalter's own mother died by suicide six months after Columbine. She said her mother struggled with depression and did not believe the shootings were directly to blame for the tragedy.

After her mother's death, she became very close to the Townsend family, whose daughter, Lauren, was killed in the Columbine shooting.

"She brought a light to our lives that will shine for a long time," said Sue Townsend, the stepmother of Lauren.



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Following a vigil last year marking the 25th  Hochhalter said she was flooded with happy memories from her childhood and she wanted the victims to be remembered for how they lived, not how they died.

"I’ve truly been able to heal my soul since that awful day in 1999," she wrote in a social media post.

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