CinemaOSMovie · 2000 · 0h 56m · NR

The Killer at Thurston High

Documentary

In May 1998, a year before the massacre at Columbine High, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his mother and father, and then opened fire at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, killing two fellow students and wounding 25 others. In this first in-depth television examination of a school shooter, FRONTLINE reveals the intimate inside story of how the “shy and likeable” Kip Kinkel from a solid middle-class family became the boy police call “a cold-hearted killer.”

Directed byMichael Kirk

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 56m
Language
EN
Released
January 18, 2000
Studios
PBS

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring

Peter J. Boyer

Self - Correspondent

Kip Kinkel

Self

Creative team
Directed by
Michael Kirk
Michael Kirk
Written by
Peter J. Boyer
Michael Kirk
Michael Kirk
Produced by
Sam Bailey
Sharon Tiller

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