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The [[Kerch Polytechnic College massacre]] appears to be a copycat crime. The shooter wore a white shirt which said "Hatred" (in Russian), one fingerless glove, planted bombs, and committed suicide with a shotgun in the library, all very similar to Harris' outfit and suicide.<ref>{{cite news|last=Zhilin| first= Ivan |url= https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2018/10/17/78234-kerchenskiy-kolumbayn | title=Керченский колумбайн? |trans-title=Kerch Columbine?|work=[[Novaya Gazeta]]|date= 17 October 2018|access-date=17 October 2018|language=ru}}</ref>

In September 2021, two teens were arrested in [[Lee County, Florida]], and were accused of plotting a school shooting. A search conducted of the teen's homes showed a map of the school with security cameras labeled. Several knives and a gun were also found. The Sheriff Department said the teens had a "particular interest in Columbine" and that they had been ordered to undergo mental evaluation before possible charges being filed.<ref>{{cite news|date=9 September 2021|title=Teens charged with conspiracy to commit a mass shooting|agency=Fox4Now|url=https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/teens-charged-with-conspiracy-to-commit-a-mass-shooting|access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref> Additionally four teenagers were charged in Pennsylvania, after a police investigation found detailed evidence of a plan to target [[Dunmore High School]] outside of [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]], on April 20, 2024, the 25rd25th anniversary of the attack. Text messages between the students planning the attack, claiming "dibs" on certain potential victims, and that they wanted "everything to go down like Columbine".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Colarossi|first=Natalie|date=2021-09-25|title=Teenagers charged in plot to attack PA high school on anniversary of Columbine shooting|url=https://www.newsweek.com/teenagers-charged-plot-attack-pa-high-school-anniversary-columbine-shooting-1632719|access-date=2021-09-28|website=Newsweek|language=en|quote=Fifteen-year-old students Zavier Lewis and Alyssa Kucharski are being charged as adults after police found detailed evidence of their plan to "shoot up" Dunmore High School outside Scranton, Pennsylvania, on April 20, 2024.}}</ref>

In August 2022, the perpetrator of the [[2022 Bend, Oregon shooting]] wrote in an online manifesto he was partially influenced by the Columbine massacre.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nypost.com/2022/08/30/oregon-safeway-shooter-ethan-millers-disturbing-manifesto | title=Oregon Safeway shooter Ethan Blair Miller wrote disturbing manifesto planning 'national tragedy' | date=August 30, 2022 }}</ref>