LEXINGTON, Ky. _ Two Adair County, Ky., High School students have been punished after coming to school on Halloween dressed as the Columbine school shooters, according to media reports.
A photo shared on social media shows the girls laying on the floor of the school's library, recreating the image of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris after they killed themselves following a shooting spree, according to WKYT, the Herald-Leader's reporting partner. Additional photos show them wearing outfits resembling those worn by Klebold and Davis on the day of the shooting.
Klebold and Davis killed 13 people and wounded 24 others when they opened fire at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colo., in 1999.
According to LEX 18, the girls were suspended three days.
"We take the situation very seriously and our personnel are continuing to investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding this matter," Adair County Schools Superintendent Pamela Stephens said in a statement to WHAS.
A parent of a senior at the school, Amy Tarter, told WHAS she was outraged at the costumes. "It's ridiculous," she said. "I think any child that does that should be expelled and any parents who (support) their child (doing that) should have charges brought against them."
The father of one of the girls told LEX 18 the girls have received death threats and they acknowledge their mistake. However, he told the news station the school blew the situation out of proportion.
