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The Independent UK
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Columbine victim's death from health problems related to 1999 school shooting ruled a homicide

Columbine School Shooting Hochhalter - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The death of a woman who was partially paralyzed in the Columbine High School shooting has been ruled a homicide, raising the death toll of the 1999 attack to 14.

Anne Marie Hochhalter died Feb. 16 of sepsis — a reaction to infection — and complications from her paralysis were a “significant contributing factor” in her death, the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said in an autopsy report obtained Thursday. She was 43.

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