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ARAPAHOE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE6686 South Court Place

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Sgt. Hol.toin

Sgt. Li.rme

Sgt. Reilly

Ran tempollll'Y Commlllld pest, dqlIoyed the bomb squadand crimelab,was lWi!lmt incident commander forColwnbinc ~1=oriaL

Assisted inCOIlUllllIId PO$!, supervised the crime lab,supervised seeurily forColumbineMemorial.

Crime lab.upervisoronscene.

Reported to the hospital to interview victim.

Assistedin fOC, organJ,zed IIld sem team. to the hospital.(0 interview victims, assisted Umted States S"""", Servicewith digniW"f protection and security for <.he ColumbitleMemorial Service, conducted sweepsat area schools toensuresafety.

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Investigator. Fahlstedt

InvestigatorDicksoll

InvestigatorHodgkin

Investigator Goodman

InvestigatorBeichl

Investigator Isaacson

.Reporled to the hospital to ccnduct interviews, assist<:d atthe scene.s~!led areaschools to ensure their safety,provided security at the ColumbineMemorial Service.

Reported to the hospitalto conduct interviews. conductedfollow up inwviewswith associates of the suspects,providedsecurity at the Columbine Msmorial Service

Conducted all interview ever tho phone with. partywhoplaceda 911 call, seareaed area schools \0 ensure (bet,safely,provided ,ecurity at the Columbitle Memorial.

Gon<:iucted victim interviews at area hospitals and providedSecurity at tile Coluntbine Memorial Service

Conducted interviews with victims,assisted in thecollection of evidence, searchedarea scacols to ensure theirsafety,provided security at the ColumbineMemorialService,

Conducted "ictiminterviews. attempted to locatedassociates of the shooters. providedsecurity at theColumbine Memorial Service.

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InvestigatorMundorf

lnvtstiglllOr Mawllt

InvestigatorDavis

ltlve9tigator Mallos

Investigator Swint

InvesngaIQr Volz

InvestigatorMsrenkov

InvestigatorGee

Investigator Cover

Investigator Merenkov

Auisted with the sea:chwamnt at Kleibold's house. bombS'Weej)s anddelcnation. provided security at the mcmodalscrvi~e.

R.epotted to the hospital in an allempt to collduct interviewswiththeviez:ims.

Reported to the hospital in an attempt to interview victims.allempllld to conduct interview u the scene, providedsecurityalthe Columbine MemorulJ Service.

Bombtcolmician. pl'\\vided securityat theColumbineMemorial Serviee

AssiSted at the seeee, CDnduC1ed 1ntet'\'iews inall alUlmpllOlocate llSSQmates of the shooters,did inte!backgroundworkon the computer, eendueteda town hall meeting atArapahoe High Sehool reference the Trench Coal Matiaand thei""idcnt at Columbine.

Provideds=cllrity at ColumbineMemorial Service,didinter background work Oil possible associates.acted asSecret seMee liaison for PID team

Did inlelbackground workon possible associates. providedseeunty at the Columbine MemorialService,

Reported toareahOspitals to conduct interviewswithvictims.

C<)j1duC1ed intcrvi~'s and providedsecurity at theColumblne Memorial

Conducted interview! with possible assccrates andprovidedsecurity a\ theColumbineMemorialService.

Conducted interviews with pessible associate!.

Conduc~ interviews with victims at local hcspttals,providedsecurity at theColumbineMemorial,conductedsweeps ofareascbools to ensure they were safe.

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Invcstigalor Smith

C~ed interViews with victims at local hospitals,conduc:1ed sweepsat local. schook to =e they were safe,provided secUl'ity at the ColumbineMemorial Service.

Provided sccuriry at the Columbine Memorial Service

Victim Assistance supervisor Barb AlexanderWorked on a oneon one bas:is with the family ofRa.melSeou, 1llllde deal" noti.iicatiOl'l$, provided assistance atsevetll1 gatherings all well as the memorial service.

Victim As3istmce K.aten LongWorked on aone oncnebasis with the family ofIsiahShoels,eon-~ vict:ir<l$,~" <ieath notifications, waspresent toprovide asstsWlCe at scvetlli plherings .. Wenas the memorial service,

Brandi Hubbanl

Carol Levinson

Gloria Stimac

MazySchulz

KeriWemer

Al Sprigg

Laura Delong

Tom Adair

Tony Oallanlo

Assisted in the pll%llling for Coll.llUbin" Memorial Service

Manned thepooru:s on the day of the crisis

Mannedthephones on the day of the crisis

Attended lab organizational briefings,developed film andcopiedvideo tapes.

Work.ed on thelnside the crime scene teamsto include thelibraryandscience wing.

Worked on the imide crime scene teams to include the!ibm]' and scimce WIng

Workedonthe insidecrime "ene teal1l$ to include thelibrary andseieaee wing.

Worlced all theinside cnme sceae teams10 include thelibrary and scieace wing.

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Smith, A

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PROGRESS REPORTCASE # 99-16215ASSIST TO JEFFERSON COUNTYINY ANN SMITIi

On 042099 I W>Ul instructed by Sgr, Reilly to respond to Swedish Medical Center along withSgt. AI Holstein, Invs. Brice Moomaw, Jackie Gee, Chris Beichel, Don Mundorf and MikeDickson. When we arrived a member of Swedish Hospital Department ofPublic Affilirs,LindaCarey and Rob Worrall of Swedish Human Resources briefed us. She identified thevictims and their injuries as:

"H"J Anne Marie(last name and DOB unknown}single gunshot to right chest - very seriousIn surgery

Schrnurr, ValerieDOB: 0414809 gunshot wounds in chest and ann area - seriousin surgery - prognosis looks goodwill be in room 165

Grave, Sean15 yoasingle gunshot wound in the back - seriousprobable paml}"'isstill in surgery

Caslado, Richard17 yoa5 gunshot wounds in chest and arm area - serious

Investigator Dickson and I interviewed Valerie's parents. They further identified Valerie as:

Schnurr. Valerie Marie

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Mother Schnurr, Sherilyn KayDOB: 102060

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PROGRESS REPORT99-1621SlNV. ANN SMml

Father Schnurr, Mark A.DOB: 041556

GallegherEnterprisesw-595-7715

Mrs.Schnurr stated that her daughter did not have any enemies at school, and was part ofthe peer-counseling group. Valerie did tell her mother about a boy named, "McGrnfP' whowas kicked off the counseling group for a drinking episode, and he was not goIng to beallowed to graduate, She said that she also worked with a girl whose &ther had recentlycommitted suicide.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Schnurr stated that their daughter never spoke of any gangs, butmentioned that there were some dreggies at the school and some kids who wore the darkblack clothing; They said that prom was held last weekend, and that her daughter told themthat there were no problems. We read the names of the other kids at the hospital and theystated theydid not know any of them,

We then spoke with Carla Hochhalter, She came ro Swedish Hospital after hearing fromone of her daughter's friends thai she was shot in the ankle, She then heard on thetelevision that an unidentified female was at Swedish, she called the hospital and found outthe girl's name was Anne Marie. which is her daughter's name, She was further identified as:

Hochhalter, Carla........80123

She identified her daughter as:

Hochhalter, Anne MarieDaB; 121981

She also ",'lid she had a son, who was a student ar Columbine, she identified him as:

Hochhalter, Nathan JerroldDaB: 040584

She said she had not yetheard from her son, and was concerned that he was still in theschool. When we spoke with Mrs, Hochhalter, her daughter had not yet been positivelyidentified. She stared that her daughter is a Slnught A student, a member of the honor roll,bond, and other groups, She s;lid rhar she had no enemies at the school. She said thatNathan also had no problems in school, and stated that neither child talked about ""y kindofgang problems there. She did not know any of the other kids at the hospital.

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PROGRESS lUlPORT99-16215INV. ANN SMITHA physician from the surgery unit met with Mrs. Hochhalter, and showed her an earring andwatch wom by the unidentified patient. Mrs.Hochhalter identified the earring and WlU'ch ;1$

belonging 10 her daughter.

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ARVADA P.O.

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ARVADA POUCE DEPARn1ENT

CRL"n: REPORT 99-12067

L'VVESTIGATIVE REPORTS

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Commander Debra GraingerAn'ada Police Dcpartll1ellt

Detective Russ BoatrightArvada 'Police Depamneut

Deteetlve Jim Von~erohe

Arvada rotiee Department

Omeer KfviJl AnnstrongWheat Ridge Pollee Departmelllt

lnvestlgalOr Steve HolmesWest Metro Task Force

IlI\'esligator Jollll PickettWest Metro Task Force

Denver Police Department

Ser:eant .11.0)' BoorasArvada PaneeDepartment

Summary Report - Jeffco Crltil:allncident Team

Xefreo CriticlIl1.lleident Team InterviewInterview With DC]lul) Neil GardnerJefferson County Sheriff Dept. SRO

Jeff.o Critical Incident Team Intervicwts)Interview withOfficer HarryBlcodwcrth/DcnverPoliceDepartment SWAT

Iateriew with Officer James McnegharvDcnverPolice Department SWAT

JeUeo Critieal Iacident Team InterviewInterview "it\) Deputy Paul Smoker!JeffersonCcuntySheriffs Department

Jerrco Critical Incident Team Interviewts)Interview with Officer Greg Romero.Denver PoliceDepartment Gang Unit

Interview withLieutenant Tmy Manwaring/IeffcoRegional SWAT

Jeffco Critical Incident Team InterviewIntervtew with OfficerTom O'Neil/Denver PoliceDepartment SWAT11;:·9

Hand written statements from Denver SWATofficers entering Columbine High School whodid nof tlre weapons

Jeffco Critical Incident Team ReportReport detailing assistance on forensics team outperimeter search Columbine High School

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9, Investigator Johlll'ickettWest Metro Task Force

10, Detect!>'c Wayne BryantArvada Poli<:e Department

11. Officer Sue GaetanoArvada Police DepartInent

12. Detective Chueh Marshall

13. Detective Job.n DollArvada Police Department

14. Detective Walt ParsonsArvada Police Department

15. Detective Doug SybenArvada Police Department

16. Sergeant Gary HutchcraftArvada Police Deplll'tment

17. Arvada Police Department

Jeffco Crttlcal Inetdear Team Witness Reportfuterview(s] 4·20·99 with Columbine stuclelllS:Bryan GrandeMatthew DepewToddGamberInterviews conducted at Clements Parkwhileexiting school

Victim Interview University HospitalInterview withCHS victim Mark Taylor

Victim Interview. St. Antkony's HospitalIrxcrview and photographs ofcas victimKaceyRuegsegger at St. Anthony's ER

Victim Evidence Collection Reporr- UniversityHospitalReport of evidence collection and interviewwilhvictim Mark Taylot

Wttness Interview- ReportInterview with CBS student Deidra KuceraatClentent Pm 4.20·99

Witness Interview - ReportInterview withCHS SusanDeWittand Eric Krugerat Command Posv'C'olumbine High School

AssistSeareltWarrantAssistwith execution of search warrant, 10332 W,69"Ave.. Alvada, Co.

Assist- PhOllC InterviewReport on phone interview with KarenNicoolsregarding internet chat roominformation

Collectiull of Dames represenring me:lcul and laywitnesses eentacted at University and ST.Anthony's Hospital

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ARVADA POLICE DEPARTMENT

CRIME REPORT 99-12067

ASSIST TOJEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

CRI.l1E REPORT 99-7625

COLUMBlNE. BlGH SCHf)f}J. INCIDENT

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ARVADA POLICE DEPARThIENT

CRIME REPORT 99-121167

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS

SUPPLEl\IENT II

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Detective Jim VonderobeArvada Police Department

Investigator Steve HolmesWest Metro Task Force

Investigator Steve HolmesWest Metro Task Force

Lakewood Police Department

Detective Micheal.BarrWestminster Police Department

Cassette Tapes

Je.lfcoCritical Incident TeamSummaryreport and transcriptsofinterview withOfficerHarry Btoodworth/Denver Police SWATconducted4-20·99

Jeffco Critical Incident TeamTranscriptions of interviewwith Officer GregRomero/Denver Police SWAT conducted4-20-99.Summary report submitted 4-27-99 of sameinterview

Jeffco Critical Incident TeamTranscriptions of interviewwith LieutenantTerryManwaring/Jefferson County Sheriffs OfficeRegional SWAT conducted4-20-99. Summaryreportsubmitted 4-27-99.

SWAT Officer ReportsNarrative reports ofLakewoodSWAT officers nothaving fired weaponsduring their engagementandrescueeffort inside ofColumbineHigh School,

Jeffco Critical Incident TeamReportof Detective Barr's response and activityafter havingresponded to the CommandPost atColumbineHigh 5chool4-20-99.

Two cassettes tapes from interviewswithLieutenantTerry Manwaringand Officer HarryBloodworth completed by Investigator SteveHolmes as part of the Jeffco Critical Incident Teaminvestigation.

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BOATRIGIlT. RUSS

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Arlada Police/Court systemArvada Police Department

NAllRATIVE

Page 105/02/1999

Ref '* 99-12067Type ASSTOA

Location 5201 S PIERCE ST

Reported Date 04/20/1~99 Time 12,39,32Status RTF

DET20 04/27/1999 042499/BOATR1GHT/KK

JCSD 99-7625

On 04/20/99 at approximately 1145 hours, oetective Boatright(10l was advised of a shooting which had occurred at columbine HighSchool located at 6201 South Pierce Street in unincorporatedJefferson County. During the course of that incident, numerousjurisdictions had responded to include various metro area SWATteams. As the incidenc waa on-going, IO was advised officers onscene had exchange gunfi4e with suspects in the school. Inaddition, IO was told there had been explosions in and around theschool obviously related to this incident. At that time Commande~

Debra Grainger notified IO the First Judicial District LawEnforcement Critical Incident ~eam had been placed en call and wasrequested to regpon~ to Clement Park located in the area of BowlesAvenu~ and Pierce Street. 10 would note at this time it had notbeen confirmed as to whether or not the Critical Incident T~am wasgoing to be activated.

On the same date at approximately 1325 hours, 10 along withDetective Doll and Officer Brian Thompson, responded to ClementPark in the area of Bowles Avenue and Pierce Street where thecommand post had teen established. IQ would note additional A?Dofficers, as well a$ numerous other jurisdictions, had also beencalled co the same location. 10 remained at the command post untilit was determined the Critical Incident Team was in face going tobe activated. Co~~ander Grainger subsequently directed IO alongwith Officer Thompson to respond to Leawood Elementary Schoollocated at 6155 Leawood Drive, Littleton, Cclor~do. 10 along withOfficer Thompson subsequently arrived at that location atapproximately 1710 hours.

On the same date at approximately l735 hours, 10 was requestedto interview Jefferson County Deputy Neil Gardner #3010 inaccordance with the policies and procedures established through theCritical Incident Team protocol. IO subsequently conducted theabove interview witnes~ed by Officer Thompson. The aforementionedinterview was recorded and that reaording was transcribed. Inaddition, 10 prepared a summary report describing Deputy Gardner'sactions on 04/20/99. See the Critical Incident Team reportreferred to above for details of that interview.

As of 04/20/99, 10 did not conduct any additional interviewsrelated to this investigation. IO was requested to return to theeommand post on 04/21/99 at approximately 0600 hours to assist withfollow up investigation.

On 04/2l!99 at approximately 0600 hours, 10 along withDetective Doll and Officer Thompson I returned to the command postwhich had been established a short distance from Columbin~ HighSchool. Officers' on scene were subsequently briefed as to thestatus of the scene, specifically the need for bomb tachs to clearthe school prior to making entry. 10 was subsequently directed by

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PIRNAAR Arvada ~olice/Court SystemArvada Police Department

Nl\RRATIVE

Pege 205/02/1999

Ref # 99-120.7Type ASSTOA

Location 6201 S PIERCE 5T

Reported Date 04/20/1999 Time 12,39,32Status RTF

DET20 04/27/1999 042499/BOATRIGHT/KK

command personnel to assist in a visual inspection of all vehiclesparked in an east park~ng area of Clement Park. In addition, IOwas requested to assist, documenting all vehicles in terms oflicense plate and V!N numbers. Once that process was completed,10, assisted by Officer Thompson, photographed the west center rowof vehicles to include the weste~n moet row of vehicles in thateame parking lot.

Once that process was completed, IO was subsequently assignedto assist in a line search of Pierce Street beginning just south ofthe command POSt area. The aforementioned search continued southto the southern most boundary of the crime scene which was beingprotected by state troopers along with Jefferson County deputies.

On the same date at approximately l125 hours IO waS requestedto assist in a grid search of the north faculty parking lot ofColumbine High School. The aforementioned search was beingcoordinated by Sergeant Booras of the Arvada Police Department andthe team itself included officers from Arvada, Lakewood, Jeffersoncounty, Colorado Bureau of Investigacion and Alcohol, Tobacco &Firearm agen~s. Specifically, 10 was requested to search forbul1~t5r bullet casings, bomb fragments and any other item whichcould be considered as having eVidentiary value. It had beenpredetermined if any items were located, they were to beidentified, photographed and then collected by the Jefferson Countydeputy assigned to the search team. That deputy is identified asRick Reek.er.

At the completion of the above described grid search, IO againwas requested to photograph vehicles in the north faculty parkinglot. 10 would note the vehicles had already been logged in termsof license plates and VIN numbers Specifically IO was requestedto photograph the east center row along with the far eaSt row ofcars parked in that lot.

Once the processing of that parking lot was completed, thesame team was requested to continue a grid search in a counterclockwise manner in an effort to locate additional items ofevidence IO would note the aforementioned search team continuedsearching in the manner indicated until they reached an area tapedoff by the FBI which was located on the southwest section ofcolumbine High School. 10 was informed the FBI had beenspecifically assigned to conduct a search related to the southwestentrance area of the school.

IO alone with the same search team then conducted a similargrid search on the eastern portion of the school property leadingdown to the south side of the bUilding. Again th~t search wasconducted in a similar manner as previously described.

Once the above described grid search was completed, IOJC·001-008820

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PIRNARR Arvaaa Police/Court SystemArvada Police Department

NARRATIVll

page 305/02(1999

Ref # 99-12067Type ASSTOA

Location 6201 S PIERCE ST

Reportea Date 04/.0/1999 Time 12,39,32Status RTF

OET.C 04/27/1999 042499/BOATRIGKT/KK

assisted by Officer Thompson was requested to photograph allvehicles located in the south parking lot area of of the school.10 would note chere is a driveway area which separates the southernparking lot into distinct east and west sec~ions. IO initiallyphotographed all vehicles located in the east side of the southstudent parking area. IO next photographed all vehicles parked inthe west section of the south student parking area.

Once the abov6 task was completed, IO joined the same searchteam and continued a grid search of the west section of the southstudent parking area. IO did locate various items of evidence butwould peint OU~ pursuant to the collection proced~=e established,did not personally collect any evidence. Any items of evidencelocated during the various searches Were ultimately documented andcollected by Deputy Rick Reeker. IO did not conduct any additionalinvescigation that date. IO cleared the sc~ne at approximately1930 hours and returned to the Arvada Police Department. Uponreturning to the Arvada Police Department, all undevelope~ film wasstored in the CIB Investigations evidence locker awaitingdisposition from the Jefferson CQunty Sheriff's oepartment.

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Pl!lNARR Arvada Police/Court SystemArvada Police Department

NARRATIVE

Page 105/02/l999

Ref # 99-120.7Type ASSTOA

Location 6201 S PIERCE ST

Reported Date 04/20/l999 Time 12,39,32Status RTF

DET18 04/27/l999 042599/BOATRIGHT/SH --Connected to Jefferson County Sheriff's Office #99-7625.

On 04/25/99 at approximately 1115 bours, Det. Soatright (10Jwas contacted by Cmdr, Grainger and requested to respond to thecommand post which had been established at the Jefferson CountyCourthouse. Cmdr. Grainger indicated IO's assistance was beingrequested in terms of follow up investigation.

On tbe same date at approximately 1215 hours, 10 arrived atthe Jefferson County Courtnouse and subsequently responded to thecommand post. After arriving at the command post, IO was supplieda Information Control Sheet, requesting he conduct follow upinvestigation supplied by a Littleton Dispatcher. !n brief, theLittleton Dispatcher, identified as Laura Inzano, had beencontacted by Debby Rios (California resident) who advised her sonwas working on a school newspaper and was making contact withindividuals reporting to be Columbine High School students. Duringone of those oontacts J a student identifying himself as JimRoasdale gave some indication his death was immanent I however; itwas not exactly clear how Jim Rossdale planned to die,

On the same date at approximately 1250 hours, IO contactedLaura Inzano at the Littleton Police Department's Dispatch CenterIphone , 303-794-15511. upon contact with tbe forenamed, IOconfirmed she had received a call from Debby Rioa earlier thisdate, who indicated her son was a school reporter and had conductedan on-line {Internet) interview with a ColUmbine High Schoolstudent identifying himself as Jim Rosedale. According to LauraInzano, Debby Rioe' son was provided with details of the incidentoccurring on 04/20/99 1 and at some point during the interview,asked if he could use the subject's name in his article. LauraInzano reiterated the individual being interviewed had identifiedhimself as Jim aossdale and consented to allowing his name to bepublisned, however, pointed out ne was going to be dead bytomorrow, so it didn't matter. IO oonfirmed with Laura Inzano,Debby Rios could be contacted by phone at (415J-435-~6a7. IOsubsequently concluded his interview with Laura Inzano.

On the same date at approximately 1300 bours, IO phoned (415)­435-9687 and contacted Debby Rios, (address: 16 Bayview Ave" inBelvedere, CA 949201. Debby Rioe confirmed the informationpreviously supplied by Laura tnzano. Debby aios identified he sonas Jason Rios, age 15, DOB: 05/10/83. Debby Rios furtherclarified her son works for a school newspaper at Redwood HighSchool and was conducting Internet interviews with individuals hebelieved were Columbine High Scnool students.

Pursuant to questioning. Debby Rio6 confirmed her son, JasonRios, was in fact home and would be allowed to speak with IO. IOsubsequently spoke with Jason Rios, who provided the followinginformation. Jason Rioe stated over the 1l1ase couple of nights" hehas been contacting individuals zepresenting themselves as

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PIRNARll. Arvada Police/court SystemArvada Police Department

NARRATIVE

Page 205/02/1999

Ref 11 99-120~7

Type ASSTOALocation .201 S PIERCE ST

Reported Date 04/20/1999 Time 12:39:32Status RTF

DET1B 04/27/1999 042599/S0ATRIGHT/SK --Columbine High School students through the America On Line Interneeservice. Jason Rios stated he was able to make contact with thoseindividuals by going into the lIMemberlt Directory and than accessinga specific profile. Jason Rioa stated the profile he solicited wasColumbine High Scheol or Littleton, Colorado. When using those keyphrases to identify a profile, he subsequently receivedapproximaeely 100 responses. Jason Rios told IO he then wouldclick on the individuals represented. with a -xed dot;" whichconfirmed to him they were presently on line and he could. speakwith them immediately. 10 did verify with Jason RioB I thesubscriber info~~eion used for America On Line is his father l

identified as Israel Rioa.

IO next confirmed with Jason Rios, he recalled communicatingwith an individual identifying himself as Jim Rossdalel a ColumbineHigh School student. Jason Rioa etaeed he recalled theaforementioned communication occurring on 04/24/99 at approximately1500 hours, Calitornia time. Jason Rioe seated he believed theinterJiew with Jim Rossdale took approximately five to ten minutes.

When aSKea what was discussed during that interview, Jason~ios stated he remembered Jim Rossdale providing time estimates anddetails in terms of the events occurring on 04{20!99. Jason Rioeclarified it was his understanding when communicating ~ith JimRossdale r the forenamed was present when the events occurred.Jason Rioe went on to state at the end of the interview, JimRossdale made suicidal threaes, after which he (Jim Rossdale)terminated the on-line connection.

IO subsequently confirmed with Jason Rioa, he had printed theinter/iew conducted with Jim ~ossdale. IO then requested JasonRioa to FAX that information to the Command Post established at theJefferson county Courthouse. Jason Rios was requested to FAX theinformation to (303)-271-8220, Ja$Qn Rios stated as soon as hecompleted his contact with rOt he would FAX the inforrnati~~ asrequested.

Prior to terminating contact with Jason RioB, IO asked if hehad other communications with students claiming to attendCol~mbine High school. Jason Rios responded in the affirmative.When asked to identify those individuals, Jason Rioe provided IOwith the folloWing list of names, The names were identified as11 Li z r Stacy, L.V. (female.), Natalie, Vanessa, and ChrisMcCanistar. 1l Through additional questioning, Jason Rics statednone of the forenamed individual~ claimed to have in any wayparticipated in the incident or had knowledge of any future eventswhich might poesibly occur. 10 subsequently concluded his contactwith Jason }('ios.

On the same date at approximately 1350 hours I IO returned tothe command post and checked the master school roster whichincluded student, staff and faculty information. upon review of

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DETlS 04/27/1999 042S99!BOATRIGHT/SH --those documents, IO was unable to identify any student, staff orfaculty member by the na'me of Jim Rosedale, In addition, 10 wasunable to locate any student, staff or faculty member by the nameof Chris McCanistor, In addieion, IO was unable to identify anstudent, staff or faculty with the initials L.V,

On the same date at approximately 1352 hours, to received aFAX from Jason Riol. IO subsequently reviewed the FAX, whichappeared to be consistent with the information supplied to IO byJason Rios. See the aforementioned three~page FAX for completedetails. IO would note upon reviewing the FAX, it appears asthough Jason Rios uses the designation MCFROBESlO as his identifierwhen on-line, while the person identifying himself as Jim Rossdale,uses the on-line name SHORTBLISS, IO did complete a InformationControl Sheet requesting follow up by a computer specialist inorder to identify the true idefitiey of the person previouslyreferred to as Jim Rossdale/on-screen name SHORTBLISS.

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~/2!/1999 Ba:17 4157695261 ISRAEL RIOS--- .F'AGE B1

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10'1 k1\ ~1UJ .ftrt: ~~A1tKJ blf7",eF~"'l.: HI, my neme ill JaIon and 1am tom san FllInCisco catibnia and Igo to RCwood HgIl Sohool. I lim ali. 117';1;joIa'r. •1llfourschlXll newspaper, the RedwoCIcleark and 1_~"lll if I CClIlId Uk you acmequeallona V'll r!J8IIotnlloS: OK /MCl'IlQIlEItO: thank yoo ;ery mueh. do yllll mind if! queleyou. this~ mean tnl! yOlJl" _ and grade IIlllIlber WllllkIbe in mysc:llllol PllllIlI7-.TIllIS: OK-.nij;,a: JIM 1ZT1·f

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Me_tO: thanl< you.wl\llI1I_ youwhen the shooting haPPenedSII~ t WAS IN MUSU: THoeRY Q.ASSi. WHeN WE FtA5i HEARl) THe aINSHOTS.MC_1O: _ did it s"und flke andwhIIl did youthink It _

lIlIotT_1: IOI.IllCIed II.M -.p1osMu tku straight pf flrlns.

!lIlotnlloa: It staped tku WlIft'l' 011 fer .. mini S'trlghtMCI'llIl_tlI: _ yoouplItalnl

lIlIo.TlIIiol: straight

_TlllsSl .,. dOWII 1tl& hall fI"OIlI 1tl& IIbaryMe_1O: s" did you hearthe ftrlng when it _ In the CIIl'eterial1li, .1••: "'" 111m .... It sl\a,tec:l"a.Tlllae: tku they CClIllC UfISl'aIr'S

IIC_1O: where did you goIII....TllIoI.I< well we stai*lln the .- litenlns at flm '"' dll:f1lt undei .twld what _ going•.....111108: tku we hCGl'd~ SCI_ling and dMrs alaming."....111..8: af1v tIbout 5 maN nIlns thats when they _ In 0I.It _ GSIdng quatIolls

MCl'IIlIlIII10: so you saw them

....TII ..a: '/lISIIC_,O: w11el _ that like. wllllt _ yeu thinking.....,..108; I 111OU)9ht I _ going to die __ I dIdnt kMw who these people .m­....'11I1l1a: 1tllllY dldnt hUl"t anyaII& in th. _ thauygh bllt told us not to IecMIIt....T.i.S: they .... ",lin but rat -'ou•

..otTlItcs: 10 milia <lfter 1tIat we trled to IiIcM and 4 shlelillb .... at tNI dOCll" when It opallldClll 'lit _ hccrt GIld bumlllI '.......T...s: my fNinds __ Vet"f bad off, GIld at 1fIat polnt I fl'llGicR 0I.It GIld shrtcd cl'yln

$It....11I1$$, I felt 'Iapped and I _ blading. IIGthillg bad but little cuhIJC- 001-008826

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llIIor 'ta: theft we Just went 0lI1' tM h4Il to tM eofQterla_, : _ 3 dud _ AIlw with pcapl<I an:uld 1hcm111(; '11: yourlllll/lds .... _ bad elfandyou~ out. howdidall this happen

_fT.... I thlftk they buggId the dOlIl"S with llIllOl'~_taa: IlCI'thInJ big ju&t -.gh to RIICI rap metalIlIIoItDe: lIlY fl'ilncllolIt h__... - -.. • - _111_, soyau lIIlIltin itt tile lOOm_tal.. 110 In the ccrftvIa. the. .. lIeard .... fthIns upa:rtaril'll In the IlbGry theft It ellided-.nIIISt~ .. just laolclng llI"OUI'Id lostc~_~S: put _ In tM JlIIPIr bec'''_ iII'l lII'Idlng up IcII1InJ~II_,ll: so you _ in the cafll!BIlB?

_lWsII; ,.sIIIC--,O: wblat do yoo m8811 "yOll'n! ending up killing youlSlllt'7 Ia this all a joke

_1'IIlI1: 110IIIC....111: .0 WI1Y lid you slf'f 'Yc:ou're enclin; lIPkilling yoIIIIeIt'

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NAAAA'!IVE

Page l04/26/l999

Ref i! 99-12067Type ASSTCA

Location 5201 S PIERCE ST

Reported Date 04/20/1999 Time 12:39:32Stat;.us RTF

DETS 04/22/1959 042299/aoORAS/SH A-.?PS'702

At approximately 1200 hours en 04/:0/99, I was advised thatthe A~vada Police Depa=~menc was r~ce~,in9 reports a Shooting hadtaken place at CQLumbine High Sc~ool, locatec in south JeffersonCOuntYf near the int~rsec~ion of S. 2i~rce St. and Sowles Ave. Theshooting vas caing rept:::n:tad as .i.nvoIv tnc st:udent.s and there werer~?orts c~ac t~ere were manj victims currently being evac~ated fromthe sChool andio~ transported to loca: hospicals. Shortly afterthis, r ~as info=med by Cmdr. Grai~ge= at che Ar/ada PoliceDepa=tment that the Je£~e~son C~unty C=itical Incident Team hadbeen puc on standby based upon inf~~at~on indicating local SWAITea~s were pr~paring to enter t~e school i~ order to take thetwo gunmen i~to custoc'l.

Apprcx:ma:ely t~e~cy mi~u:es lace~, ! was advised tha~ theC=itical I"cide~t team ~ad been re~~es~ed to respond to the commandpost set u? in the vicini:: of t~e sc~ool and stand by to see i:c~e team would be needed later in t~e af:er~oon.

I responded to nanny Clemments ?ark which is locat~d atW Bowles Ave, and S. Pierce St., in Jef:erson County. This parkis located directly to the norch of Columbi~e High School. Upon myar~ival, ! met with ot~e~ inve$ciga~ors and found police officersfrom va~~ous jur~sdic~ions wa:~ing i~ t~e vicinicy of ~he commandpost co be gi'le~ aasisnments, As t~e nex: :ew m~nu~es progre~$ed,

! was i~s~=~c~ed that t~e me~~e=$ ot che Jeffe~$on Councy Cri~ical

Inciden~ Team would be held in re$e~re, waiting ~o see if officersand/or members of t~e S~A~ Teams currently i~side the school becameinvol,ed in a shoocout with the sus;eccs. Many ot~er investigatorswere bei~g asked to he~p in~er7iew ~~;~e$ses from t~e school.

For the next sever~l hours, we waited ac the pa~k whileSWAT ~eamg checked the scheol :or the sU$pec~s. Lacer in thea::erncon, we were advised th~e che school had bee~ cleared and itappeared, at this ti~e, as if two of the indiViduals involved inthe shoeting had been found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

Based ucon ~hi3 i~fo~mation, we learned the C~~:ica~ IncidentTeam wou:d be utilized to assisc w~=~ inter7~ews or SWAT personneland possibly help process the crime scene, We learned that aSchool Resou~ce Office~ ~d exchanged gunfire with the two gunmen,as the scenario begin to play out earl£er in the day. AddicionallYfwe lear~ed the~e had been ac leas~ t~c Denver SWAT ream members whohad exchanged gunfire with the suspe~~s in the library of the2chocl. The of~icers involved In ex:hanging ~~nfire were beingtaken co an elementary school in ~he area and half the Cxitical!nciden~ Team was goinS to be utilizect to interview these peopleand the ocher half were going co be uti:ized to assisc with theinve9tiga~ion in the school.

While other investigators interviewed officers involved in theincident at the elementarj school, I stood by ehroughout theremainder of the afternoon and into the evening hours, until

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ap?rox~~ately 2100 hours, when! was released for the nioht andrequested to r~t~~ ac 0600 hou~s on the rno~nin9 of 04/21199

I a~rived ac the park at approximately 0530 hours, wait~ng tobe given my assignment for the day. A~ approximately 0700 hours,myself and o~her inveatigacors were =aquested to assist the FSI inchecki~g vehicles in a parking let ac the northeast corne= of thepark, We were requested to do a visual check of each of thevecicles to se~ if there were any unusual packages or devices to befo~~di presumably packages or devices whic~ eould eontain or bebombs. We were also re~~ested to obtain the license plate numbersand V:Nfs from all t~e vehicles oark~d in the lot and arspr~sene~c:ve of the Colorado B~reau of !~vestigation would becheck~~g t~ese VIN's and license plates to see if anyone owningt~ese vehlcles we~e ~~cwn associaces of the suspects,

The sweep of the parking lot began at approximately 0700 hoursand was comp:e~ed at 0735 hours At the completion of the sweep,I reques~ed Investigators Boatright, Greubel, Doll and Ofc. BrianThompson photograph the parking_ The fil~ was retained by us andwill be tur~ed over co the Jefferson County Sheriff's Departmen~ ata later tl.me.

We t~en =emained at ~he park unt~l apP~oximately 0900 hours,whe~ we were =equested to do a search of c~e street and thepark di=ec~~y in f~onc of the schoel. As a result of this search,I~v. K. Reker of the Jef~er$on County Sheriff's Offica identifia~

and narked few pieces of evidence to be picked up by lab personnela"::- a late: timeT

I~ wasn'c until approximat=ly 1200 hOU~6, ~hat we were adv:sedthe bomb c:ews had completed their sea~ch and removal of bombs fromthe bui:ding and forensic people wa=e prepari~g to begin the c~ime

sc~ne i~7estigacion, r was assigned to on* of two teams who weret~ assist :he FBI and ATF with the investigation of the crimesce~es cu=side che school The FS: was assigned the c~i~e scene~~7olv~~g twe students who had been k~lled at the southweSt cornerof t~e scheel and the AT: perscnne: were going to investi9at~ thecrime scene involving the gunfire exchange by che School ResourceOfficer and explosive devices which had been detonated in theparking lot co the south of th$ school

A:: ao'O!"-ox.imatel"; 1145 hours, we were briefed and at 1225hcurs r ~h~- search began with our respcnsibility being to conductg:ld searches of ~he scheel parking lots and property surroundingthe school, excluding the crime scene involving the two studentswhich t~e FB! was investigating ~,d the c=ime scene in70lving theexchange of gunfire and detonation of two explosive devices ATF wasLnves c igacing.

The search began with us working the ease parking lot of theschool. We went through it on foot, checking for evidence on the

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Reporte~ Date 04/20/1~99 Time 12,39:32Stat.us RTF

DETS 04/22/1999 042299!BOCRAS!SH AP"PSi02

ground and, as we loca~ed this evi~ence, we marked ic so it couldbe picked up by FBI lab personnel at a later time. We completedthe searc~ and moved on to the north parking lots ~~d landscapedareas of the sc~ool at approx~ma~ely 1345 hours, where we did thesame ~hing, ident~fying and mark~ng potential evidence in thoselocations, We completed this job at approximately lSOS hour~ and,as we maved to the west siae, where we completed a sweep of somegrassy areas and parking lots there.

At approximately 1510 hours t I ~as contacted ~y Agent Ron~~ighc of the FB!. He in~ormed me h~5 investigation was takingmuch longer than he had anticipa=ed and requested we assiscATF ¥~~h the irtvestigaticn in ~~e sou~h parking loc Af:e= meetinqwi~h ATF personnel, our respons:bil:~y was agai~ ~~ do a gridsear::h of the parking lot. to help ident.ify physical evidence that.they had not yet identified and marked. They also requestedassiscance in picki~g up the ev~clence, at which time I assigned:nv Rick Re9ke= of the Jefferson Ccuncy Sheri!~'5 Department forthat p4rpcse. With the assis~ance of the A~F personnel, thepark~ns lccs we=e searched. evidence was iden~ified, collected andrecorded and photographs were taken of ~he parkin9 lot areas anda~l of the vehicles in~olved, Acditionally, we identified thelicense places and V1N's of all the vehicles present and turnedthis infor~~~ion over to the Colorado Bureau of Investigationpersonnel who would check it against the lise of known associatesof che suspects and provide the info~at~on to the Je£ferson CountyShe~i=f's Depar~ment.

Ou~ invescigation concluded at approximately 1830 hours en tr~

eve~~ng of D4/2:!99, At the compl~tion of our aS$ignedres90ns~bil~ties, : brieeed S9t. Randy West and Lt John Kiekbuschof the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department wha~ we hadaccomplished fer the day and le~ chern know all physical evid~nce

recovered by t.his team had been tu=~ed over to the Jef=e~$on CountySheriff's Department via Inv. Rick Keker,

This completed my involvement i~ t~e iave~t~gaticn of theinc~dent at Coluro~ine Righ Scheol,

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NAR.RATIvE

Pas" 104/26/1999

Ref ~ 99-1.2067'!':rpe ASSTOA

Location 6201 S PIERCE ST

Repor~ed Date 04/20/199, Time 12:39:32Status RTF

'DE'!2 04/21/1999 042199/BRYANT/SH /1604

On 04/20/99 at 1245 hours, IO received information that 10Bryant and Oet, Chuck Marshall would be responding to UniversityHospital at 4209 E. 9th St , in De~ver to assist in interviewingvict~ms, witnesses, and collect ins evidence in regards to chisinvestigation. 10 5r/anc received informacion there had be~n ashoeting at Columbine High School in Jefferson County and numerousvictims were being sent co area ncspicals.

On 04/20/99 at 1324 hours, 10 Briant and Det. Marshall ar=ivedat Universi~! Hospital Emergency ~oom. We contacted UniversityHospital Police and ente=ed the eme~gencl room, receivinginformation Uni7e=s~:! Hospital had received one viccirn as of thistime. Univers~ty Hospital Police Sge. Steve Smidt was contactedand infQr~ed IO 8rya~t tne v~cti~ was a Mark Taylor, ageapproximacely 17, who was c~rrent:y ~n cae operating room. De~

Marshall and IO Sryant then we~e cor.:acted by university ?oliceOfc. Ch~is Evenson who had collec:ec t~e clccn~ng from Mark Taylorand handed ic to De~. Marshall.

!O Bryant received informa~icn that a Dr, Sender was involvedin the initial assessments and procedures with the patienc, but wasnot c~xrently available. At 1~30 heurs, 10 received informationfrom ~r C~ristine F~nlayson t~at tnere were at least two gunshotinjuries and pcss~bly three. A eew minutes later at 143S hours, !OBryant and Det. Marshall r~ceived i~:crmacion from Emergency RoomOr. Paul Ee~de~, who stated t~ere ~e=e t~o wounds from one gunshotthat may have entered unce= t~e le:t armpit and exited the rightarmpit, causing a wound to ehe r~g~~ arm. Dr, Bender stated he wasunable to tell which was ent=y and which was ~he exit wound andthat there was a sepa:ate injury w~~~ c~e wound in the left upperthigh and in the but~~cks Dr ge~ce= s~ated it was probably anentry wound 40 the lett upper thigh with an ~,ic wound to thebuc~ocks. Dr Be~de= answered there were no spent rounds observedin the x-rays of the patient, but there was a possibility therecould be a round in the right a~, which had not been x-rayedvet, IO received in~ormation the natient had been in critical~cndicicn and was c~r=ently in rad~o:ogy, awaiting anotherprocedu~e in the operaci~9 rcom. :0 8rya~c and Det. Marshall werecontacted by numerous hospi:al sca== and administrators who wereassisti:l.g in at:tempting to prepare to recei're more patients. IOreceived information ac 1344 hours from Re9ist~acion Clerk MichelleHover, tha~ she had been at~empci~g t~ page the pa:ienc's fatherwithout success, Mi~helle Hove~ seaced she had received the nameof Mar~ Taylc= for the father and a pager number of 303-213~25l8.

Michelle Hover s~ated that number had been called several timeswichout success. Michelle Hover seated the patient had beenconscious and able co provide t~e p~one number when he arrived atthe hospital, IO Bryant addiciona:ly received information twoR,N.'s in the psych department we=e available to provideinformacion and counseLing assistance to the parents andrelatives of the v~c~irns, IO and Det. Marshall were concacced byNurse Karen Holen-Lyda and Nurse Sandra Feren, who escorted 10

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sryaL~ and Oec, Marshall to a near~y of;ice with an availableinterview room to use during ~his investigation, Another numberfer c~e patient's parents was determined to be 303-948-1441. Anurse named Ch~isti~e attempced to call that number at 1355 hours,stated she wag getting a =ecording.

Det. Marshall chen repackaged the clothing in separate bags.IO observed one of the items was a blocdy t~6hirt with the label ofTOp Dawg, that appeared blood soaked and appeared to have been cutin order to remove it f~cm the ?atien~.

10 Bryant then received information from ~.N. Susan Haldol(clinical nurse) chat she had let~ a message for the ?a=e~:$ entheir business te:ephoce number and also at Leawcod E:emer.cary asparents of students at columbi~e were being directed co LeawoodElementarl. Ac 1415 hou=s, IO received info~tion attemcts werealso made' to contaC~ =~e grar.cimcc~e= at :-71S-~76-2647, withnegative resul:s.

At 1417 hours, Unive=si~y nospital vice President ofOperations Antonio Ruiz informed !O Sriant and Dec Marshall thepatient, Mark Taylor, would be available for interviews inapprox~ma~ely 20 minutes and ~hat ~~ecutive Vice President JoyceCashman would be e$ccr~ing IO Br/a~t and Oet, Marshall to thepa~ient's location Eor an inea~~iew. On 04/20/99 at 1424 hours, 10received informacion fr=m Joycs Cashma~ that she would be escortingIO Bryant and Dec. Marshall for i~terviews and photographs in aboutten minutes. A few minutes after that, Joyce Cashman stated thepatient would nat be available =or inte~views at this timet as theywe~e doing a~o:~er prccedu=e, prepa=i~g ~or surgery,

On 04/20/99 at 1432 hours, IO Brfan~ and Oet Marshall werecontacted at Universi~y Hospital by Denver Police Department Det,David Schultz (#85007). Dec. Schult~ info~ed IO Bryant anct Det.Marshall he had been dispatched to University Hospital to assist inthis i~!estigation. Dec. Schultz stated he was aware there hadbeen chree confirmed dead at the school and that i: involved agr;;;;up of:: suspects known as "Tzerrch Coat Hafia n IO Bryant ana Det..Marshall then conferred with Pe~ Schultz about this group and thesicuation at school which is located in the unincorporated area ofJefferson County in Li:cleton, De~. Schultz stated he hadadditionally recei~ed information ~here were two suspects who wereus~ng a shotgun and assault rifles, as we~l as pipe bombs whichr~por~edly had time~s and were motion sensitive.

At 1444 hours, Joyce Cashman informed 10 Bryant the patientwas not stable wich I,V,'s inse=:ed in his ches~ and was still insurgerJ' At ~509 hours, IO received another report from JoyceCashman the patient, Mark Taylor, was being moved from radiology eosurgery. 10 Bryant and Det. Schultz discussed insuring theUniversity olace and hospital sta~f were aware of security concernsin order to~insure no visitors would arrive with weapons or

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Repartee Date O~/20/1999 Time ~2:39:32

Status R::::'F

DEn o4/21i2999 042:99!3RYANT/SH /;604

explos~ves This ~nfo~aticn was ?assed on to hospi~al andsec~ri:y pe~sonnel,

10 E~!artt ~he~ rec~i7ed inEc~at~on the moche= of the patienthad been on c~e phone w~;h hospi:a: scaff and did not havetransportation co Uni~ersi:'l Hcspi~a: HC$p~tal staft then madearrangements for a hospi:al 7ehicle t~ respond to the area of themcthe~'s locat~on ~ea= Leawood Z~eme~~ar! CO transport ne~ toun.iver-s Lcy gcspital. to late!' rece:'~!i=d infor:nati.on SOmeone f:::omthe press repor~edly ~as e~anspcr~~~S ~be mot~er to Univers~~y

Hospital. Jcyca cashman was ~cti:is6 ~o cancel t~e transpor~ thathad a:ready le~t Uni~e:::sicy Eospi:a:

On 04/2:';;/99 ac ':3~3 hcu.rs , ::C 3:::-/an:: a::.d De t . Schulc~

ccr.:acced Vic~im Advcca~e f~cm S~e~~da~ pc:ice Department, Aucu~~Slack (30J-80S-331~}, O~ cne ch:~~ ~:ocr, outside tne'OR wa~ting

area, Autu~~ Slack i~:=rmed 10 E~fa~: s~e had been ik ccr-tac~ ~it~

t~e mccher ac che $C~co: and also, had me~ with her at chehospi~a:. Aucurrn slack acditiona::l stated there was anotherArapahoe councy ni5cric~ At~or~ey Vic:im Advocate available onanot~er f100r of the hos9~:a:. At :548 hours, IO Bryant and DenverDet, Sc~ultz met wi~h Dop~a Tay~o~ ~~ the operati~g rocm waiti~s

area. Donna Taylor provided ide~c::y:~g name, address andin!o~~a:ion for he=se:f and her scr., Mark Allen Taylor, Dor.naTay:or answe~ed Mark's dace of b:=~~ ~as 01/27/81, that he was 16years old and a sophomore i~ the lOc~ grace ac Col~~~ine High. tolater re~eived Mark's cc=~ect dace c: bi~~~ as 01/27/83. OonnaTay:~r answe=ed she was aware t~a: Mark was ~n stable condic~on andin surgery at chis t~me, Do~na Tay:cr was infor~ec why ro Bryantand Ca'lid Scbultz needed ~o talk to r.er ar.c t~a= ot~e= pa=encs ofoche~ chlld~en we~e s~mi:a~~y bei~g :~te~;~ewed in an ac~empt tocbtai~ additional in=ormatlOn t~a= ~ay be able to help theinvestigators at the school. Donna 7aylor answe=ed her sen hadcnly be~n going to che school for a s~ort time, was not i~vQlved inany extra-cu~ricular ac~ivicies Qr sports, bu~ did 91ay pasketball,but net for t~e scheel team, Do~~a 7aylor sta~ed :hey went to theChur~~ ot Che Highlands and she k~GWS 0: ~c p~oblems t~ac would beocc~~=~ng at t~e schoo:

At 1552 hours, su=gecn, Cr Hah:er, e~te=eci the ORwa~ti~g =~am to provide t~e moc~er w:~h intormation on theconc~::on cf he::: son D~. ~ahle~ 8:a~ed chere hac been a gunshotwound to the c~e5t, t~ac her sorw was still in the ope~ating reomand add~~iona~ tests wou:ci be ccnc~c~ecl. Dr Nah:er acd~~ t~ac herson was ~=ela~ive stabie Dr, Nah:~= added there had been anaddicional i~ju=y Co che left leg, w~th a shot to the th~sh andt~a~ there hac =ee~ some spasms ar.c c~at ~OW, nor~al cir~ulaticn

had bee~ ~es~ored. Dr Nah:er es~i~a~ed for t~e mc~her, her sonwould be in the bospital fo= approx~~ately five days and that,considering the inju::es, her son was ve~y lucky.

Ie Brya~~ and De~. Sc~ultz tben cQnti~ued the interview with

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Ref ~ 99-12067Type A£STO.ZJ,.

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Donna Taylor ac 1556 hours ac t~e table in the OR waiting area,Donna Taylor answe~ed her husband's name was a1sc Mark Taylor ~~d

eha: he was en route to the hO$pi~a:_ ~onna Taylor stated her sonhad oeen a new student co Colutr~i~e cnly being there about five Cosix weeks Donna kaylor scaced she hac never heard of the TrenchCoat Maf~a gans. Donna Tay:cr an5wer~d she wasn't aware of her sonkncwing any sanS members or hav~~g a~y i~formacion like that.Donna Taylo~ answered that her 6C~ d~d not have any othe~ brotherand s~$te~s at t~ac scheol, as they ~ent to private schools.

Donna Taylor then added that he~ sen was ~cw going to publicschool because of his lea~i~s ci~abi_itie$ and that he was inSpecial Ed classes. Don~a ~ay~cr ~~en s~at~ci :ha~ a week or t~o

~go, c~at she did remember ~er 5C~ ~a~~~g some statemencs ~bout

kids dc~ng d~ugs at the schoel a~d ~c~de~i~g why they were s~ill atsc~ocl Donna Taylor stat~d her sec previous:y had been i~ apr i.ve t e school named Si:'vsr sce c e 3a:;::c.'..st School and t:.hey hadreceived i~forma~~on he woul~ ~c~ oe se~:ins a diploma at thatschool, so they decided t~ e~=ol: :'i~ :n Columbine in order forMark to be able to get a high sc~ool d:ploma. Donna Taylor seatedtne prev~o~s sc~col was ~~ the 7000 block of S. Sheridan Blvd.Donna Taylor seated t~e reason he~ so~ was a Special Ed student wasbecause he was a slew learner a~d was abcut twe years behind.

Donna ~aylor answe~ed t~a: ~er son is taken to school in themor~ir.g by herself and t~at r.e ~culd be given a ride home fromschool by her niece, Jenni=e~ Ha=~on ~age 18} who ~s in the 12thgrade DOhna Tavlor a~swe=ed he~ sec dees net drive a~d does nothave a d=:ver's iice~se IO 3r:a~~ a~d Det. Schultz then left the~~i~d ::ocr OR waiti~g area t~ re:~~= to the Eme~sency Room, Enr~~ta to the tme~gency Room, :0 3r7a~~ a~d Cec Schultz rece~ved

inf~r~at~~n, other w~t~esseg f~cm Co:~~ine High including Je~ni:er

Harmo~, COU$i~ of the victim, were i~ the hospltal. Aftercontacti=g net Marshall and hospi:a: sca£E on ~he first f:corEme=ge~cy Room, 10 Bryant anc Dec Schul~2 responded back to thet~i~d f:cor and contacced t~e ot~e= w~:~es$es, who stated ~hey hadbee~ ~ear Columbine High sc~col #~e~ t~e shooting occu~~ed. IeBrya~c a~d Cet. Sch~l~z bega~ a~ i~~e~7i~w of Jenr.~£er Harmon (DCB:12/23/80) ac 1629 hc~~s, ir. a near~y =~cm on the third floor.Je~~i:er Ha~mOn provided he= date o~ b~~~~, address and phone~umbe= ~o IO Bryant and ~et Sch~:tz. Je~nifer Harmon answered shewas Mark Taylor·s fi~$c cousin a~d ~ha: she nor~ally gives Mark ar~de home af~er sc~ool. Je~~~~e= a~s~e~ed, ~od~y she had beenhavi~g lunc~ w:t~ he= bcy:=i~r.d a~ he= home at 6347 S SaulsburySt., and was retu=~i~S to schco~ at about 11:40 a m Jenn~:er

stated she $aw t~e fire trucks down ~he sereet a~d kids sayingthere ~ere terror~sts and teac~e=s r~h~ing,

Jennlfer answered she didn'~ see the actual suspec~ shootinganyone, but she k~ew all of the geop~e ~nvolved Jennifer seatedshe has classes with taem and that she knew the leader of thegroup, named "Rebert Craig," was plar:ning on get":.ing back at

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everjcne =enniter sta~ed :he group was called the Trench CoatMafia. Je~ifer staced t~at the leader, Roberc Crais, had earlierkil:ed himself a=ter k~l~ing h~s 5tep-:at~er.

~enn~fer Ea~on staced if she had a yearbook, she would beable co :"der~ti:y all of the kids l.:,..vcLved in the Trench Coat Mafia,Jennifer added thac t~ey were actual:: listed in the yearbook asTrer.c~ Coat Mafia Jennifer Harmcn s~aced she had a videopr~duction ~lass with two or three of the members of the TrenchCoat. Mafia, Jen:::.i::er seated t.ha t; she had classe$ wtch the "Dy l ankid'i and also wi.ch ~r:"c and N'ace i¥he!'. asked for t:'16 las:: name,Jen~ifer a~swered And~ea~o. 0e~n~=e= answe=ed ~hac o~e of chenames might have been somethi~s ::~e ~cck aAd that one of them waslike 3a=~is Cenn~:er chen was asked i: she herse~=, had heardthac a~y~~i~g l~ke t~is was goi~g ~c ha9gen. Jenn~;er ans~ered shehad heard bl<:;cd and guc stories, bu~ t::at ":lone of t:'1em '''''ere inclass to-day at ::hird hau::: or four:h hour II Jenn':'=e.:- added chat;ncne of t~ei= cars we~e there eicie=

Jer..nifer Harmon then stated, "A gi:rl, Pauline, knew t.hat t:'1eywere going to gec back at people;! fer the way they were bei~g

treatec Je~=~fe~ s~ated that i: was someching p~anned on 04/20and she though~ it was somethi~g about a POt drug code, When askedwhat the 4/20 code ~ean~ , Jenn~=~r s~aced she did~'t know.

Je~n~=e= a~swered she had been at Columbine all four years ofhe= hig~ schooL year and bel:"eved c~ac Dylan was t~e~e for che lastt'-NO Jenni:er again stated tha~ the group '....as "Lis r.ed in theyearbook as ~~e~ch Cvat Ma:ia. ~e~~i:er stated the group was3uspec~~d a~ t~e $c~ccl for a :ct 0: vanda:~sm, bu~ the scheol hadno p=":,icf

Jenr.i:er s~ated that she and ter boy:=iend wasn't at scheolwhen th:s sta=ted Jenni=er $~aced her boyf=iend, John Ref=el,and her g~r:friend, Tia Pergol, were new at Un~versity Hospi~al

Jennifer $ca~ed her gi=:friend, T~a, sradua:~d lase year and sheca::ed ~~a Co ?lck her up to corne C~ the hospital

Jenn~fer stated :hat ~er boyf=~end, Soh~, knows scme of cheguys :ha: may be invclved.

Whe~ asked if she had hea~d a~y i~=crmatior. d~rectly fr~m thegroup about whac they we=e going ~o dc, Jen~if~= answered no andstated she had just hedrd they tal~ed abcut: b200d a4d guts. Whenasked about ~eaoons, Jec~ife= answe=~d no, bu: thac she had heardone of t~eir dad's owned a gun shop, but she doesn't know whichane Je~ni:er s~a~e~ t~a: Erin Ar.d=e~~o had a bad temper.

When asked about if they calked about suicide, Jenni:eranswer ed no, but t.hat one of their friends, "Becke," was: waiting for"the dev i ; to take over the saul." When asked about any games likeDu~geans acd Dragons, Jennifer answered that she knew Eric Harris

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was talking about thac game one day When asked how she felt aboutthis, Jennifer stat:ed she fe!':: weird "that tb.is happened. at ourac.acoL. " When asked if she knew about anybody else besides theTrench Coat Mafia thac had calked about problems or these types oft~i~gs, Jennife= answe~ed nc and added she really hadn't heardanyboc, 3ayi~g anything.

Je~~i:er added that a S~:l, ?aul~ne> was an ex-member of theTrench Coat Mafia and she had heard he: call one of the ~~ radiostations today Jenr.iEer s~ated t~ac Pauline was a member of Decawith herself, bue she cicesn'c ~~o~ he~ last name,

When asked abcut t~e gr~up's use of d~gs and alcohol,Jenn~~er answered ctey ~alked abc~c := and talked abcut get~i~g

drunk. Jennizer sca~ed one of the k~ds, Bria~, drives a whiteHonda Accord and :alked about gec~i~s drunk

Wher. asked about how they dr~ssf Jennl:er began talking aboutthe type of m~$~C the T~e~ch Coat Maf:a would listen to and thatthey wou:d wear shirts wit~ t~e names of t~e m~sic groups, such asRamseein, KMFTN and tha~ they would ~ear black .~y boots and blackpan~s a~d came pan~s. Jennifer s:aced ~he panes would be tuckedinto their boots Je~~ifer statac they wcu~d have long hair I

exce?c for E~ic and c~ey were a:ways weari~g b~ack.

Jen~ife= t~en added her car had be~~ keyed five times in theparki~g lo~ ac school this year anc she had heard they keyed carsJenni:er added that her boyf~~end's antennae was broken off in theparking lot and they suspecced the ~~enc~ Coat Mafia d~d it.

When asked about cacocs cr p~~r~~~s, Jennifer answered thatnor.e have facial pier=ing and she had never seen any tatoos. Whenasked if they colQred taeir ha~rj ~ennifer answered no.

Je~nifer ~a=mon stated that ot~e= kids said something wouldhappen on O~/2a. Jennifer then added ~~a~ she was wac ching chenews when she went heme and saw B=~a~'5 whi~e Honda pa~ked int~e parkihg l~t. Jenrti~er state~ :~ had net been there earlier.Jennife= $~ated she saw teache~$ and k:ds by t~e creek and the ca~

was ~n the parking lot and his car m~st have been moved d~ring

Lunch

;enni:er then was asked if s~e could ~ame the members of the!r~nch Coa~ Mafia Jennife~ s~ated t~ey were Eric Harris, Eric~~dreanoj Dyla~ (~as: ~ame unk~ow~), Br:a~ (last name un~~ownl I

pauline (ex-member;, and Rebecca H~~es. Jennifer added a gir:named Ni~ole Dickey was with them a:: the time and thac a kid namedTad 6ow:es had bee~ a me~~erf but may not now be a studenc atColuw~ine" Jennifer Mar~on added that the Trench Coat Mafia hadassociates at Chacfield High School a~d that a senior named RickyRoth was associaced wi~h them

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Pag" 704/26/1999

Ref # 99-12067Type ASSTCA

Location 5201 S PISRCE ST

aepor~"d Date 04/20/1999 Time ~2,39,22

Status RTF

DE':'2 04/2~/:999 642:99/3RYAh~ISH /7604

When asked if she had any othe: informat~on to pxovide aboutt~i$ inc:'dent, Jennifer answered t.b.at :.he'l always talked aboutdeat~ and t~ey had JOllr~als in creative w~iting-about. desch.Jennifer stated her teacher'S name was Judy Kelly. 3ep~ifer addedcha:. she saw one of t~em at sc~ool and saw his car in the parkinglot. Je~nifer added she parks i~ the senior lot and ~hat theirbt.:.rnper s c i c kezs have tl1'HN'l burnpe.:- sti::kers on them. Jennifer addedthe bumpe r sticker, "M:W' s t anda for ni.ae inc~ nails, Jenniferstated they would have other hea~/ metal bands' bumger sticke~$ andwould talk about deat~ and blood and guts Jennifer added that invideo class, they would leave, Which ~~ey were allowed to do Whenasked it duri~g her access c:ass, she ~as any !re~ch Coat Mafia int~at c~ass, Jennifer answered yeah =e~~ifer 5~ated S=ic has ~hat

ho~rJ ~U~ she does~'~ k~ow ~hat he does duri~a that time, IOBryant a~d De~ Schultz completed t~e :nt$~~iew at 11Cl hours,

On 04/20/99 at 1705 hours, Det Sc~ul~z escorted Jotn ReE:elto the ~hird floor a~ ~niversi~y aospi~al Jc~~ Reffe: prOVidedidentifying information, including name and date of bi~~h andsta~ed his address is 6821 W. iriend ?:ace in Li=tleeon.

John Reffel $ta~ed he is Lnvolved in baseball ~nd football atcolumbine. John Re=£e: referred co h~s gi=lfriend, Jennifer, asue~~y :~ this ~nt~rview, ~o~~ Ref=el staced he was in che hallwayac 1110 hours at 4th period, waici~g tor Jenny co go to her heusefer l~nch John Reffel stated that a~ about 1136 hours, they weregeine back to school from Jer~v's house ~hen he saw f~re t~~cks ar.dpoli~a, John 2effel stated they det.oured on Woodmar and he sawteache~$ run~in9 and police officers Jor~ ~ef:el stated there was~~~~~re and he asked what was goi~g en and a g~=l said t~e ~=ench

Coa~ Mafia was shcoci~g, JO~~l Reifel scaced he doesn't know t:'egirl'S name, but himself and Jenny were in ~~e car and they gotf~ur other gi=ls i~ the car and ~hey took them heme John statedt~at one of their names was Veronica and one was named Tara, Johnsta~ed they were watching T.V en 9News and watching what was goingen Jclli~ Reffel s:ated all he heard was they were weari~g t.rer.chc~ats, John ~ef:e: sta~ed ~~ey dress i~ :=ench coats and ~ha~

wh~:e chey we=~ at ve~~y's house, a=~e~ t~ey left scheol, he ca:led9:: to gee names of the students tha: were there and okay

John Reffel stated he knew the kid named Dylan (last nameu~k~own) was i~ the viceo class with ~en. John Reffel answered hisf~~sc c:asses are A? S~anish, tten he has an off ~our, and then hehas a video class in w~~ch Dyla~ is a~so a scudenc,

John Reifel answe~~d t~at only one of their ca~s was int~e pa=king lot Jc~n Raffel ar.swered ic was a metalli= lighc blueNi$sa~ or Mazda, 5Q:~ of like a Honda car, ~uc he doesn't know thename of the dz-Lve'r John ar.e.ced , "1 eew him t.his morning" andadded tha~ he doesn't dress like the ether Trench Coat Ma!ia.

'::oh..-: answered that: Dylan. d.c i.ves a "black be ame.r" and t:hat he

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did noe se~ :he b:ack EMW in che parking lot. Jor~ added c~at

chere ~as a~other kid whose las: name was Harris that had dr~pped

out of ~he second semes~er and has ac~e and a black hat and wearsa trenc~ coat. Jonn sta~ed he had heard he was part of the TrenchCoat Mail-a.

John added that Ve~cnica said see washeard gunshots and gOt down on the E:cor.they got up and ra~ aut of the school,

in the schoel when sheVeronica then sta~ed

John answe~ed he does not have any Trench Coat Mafia in his APSp~~~sh Class, Joron added i~ h~s :~~~d pe=iod video class,entitled Advanced Video, Dylan is i~ t~at class, but he was ~ot

~here today, Jehn desc~~bed ~y~an as a quiet kid and that he didno~ see him In chac class ~oday Jc~~ added ~hat his four~h per~od

class is a Oover~~ent Economics Class and th~re are no Trench CoatMafia in ~~ac class John sca~ed ttac normally, he sees t~em inthe hallway at four~h hou=, wh~~~ he wa:ts Eor Jen, John addedtha~ moac of t~em are tall and wear ~re~ch coats, John stated hegets ~ one hal: hour lunch break and t~en has fifth and sixch hourback at school John stated the one half hour lunch break is from11::5 CO 1:;45 a.m and thac Jen's house is only about t~o m~nutes

away from the scheel,

When asked if he had heard arry~h~~g bad was soing to happentoday, Jchr. answered no Job~ s~a~ed ~~a~ the 4/20 thing he waschinking of was a marijuana pol~ce coce for narcotic$ about smok~ns

weed.

When asked if ne had hea~d ~C~= ar.yo~s :alki~g aboucscmec~~ng bad happe~i~SI John answerec ~o. Jch~ stat~d that a guynamed Nace is affilia~ed wich t~e T=e~ch Coat Mafia_ John staceciMace was in school, but he was dr~'ling away when they were leavinga=~er ~hey returned from lur.ch. John stated that Nate was in theb~S =uo-door Ford with a lift kit abc~t two or th~ee cars a~ead o~

~hem; as they were leaving the parki~g lot with the othersir:z John seated he's net sure i= r.e's a member, but he ~~ows het~:ks to them and wea~s a black le~t~e~ jacket.

John sta~ec there ~ere otner kids who walk around with t~em,

but he doesn'~ know the~= names. Jor~ Reffel added t~ey wear allblack clothes. Jc~~ st~ced he doe5~'t talk to them and chat Dylanwears black a~d has a b:ack hac ~hac he wears backward that has a"Bc s ccn 3" placed en the back pa:::.. '''hich he wears on the f~o:r:.t oeh:s head. John described the Trench Coat Ma=ia as sk~~ny a~d talland wearing trench coat jackets and dark clo~hin9' John s~a=ed

somet:mes they wea~ fa=i~~es tha~ wo~:d be camo green i~ cclor.

When asked about hea~ing any talk about weapons I John Reffelanswered no, When asked about cl.r..:.gs and alcohol, John stat.ed, "I'msure t:"'l.ey do Chat." and added that in the front ent::::y way at thebeg:::'n.::i=1S of the school, he saw the Trench Coat: Mafia 'lbeating the

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crap out of each o'Che~,'1 Jor..n added he has not seen them do drugs f

but sees them .be.ing "wild e yed" and "c~azy '1

Jo~_~ Ref~el seated :~c one ti~e he was going to footballpractice and parked his car in che lot near chern when he was goingto prac~ice last fall. John ~tatec ~~a~ one of the Trench CoatMafia said ecme c hdag to hi':!\. like 11fuck you, get the hell Que ofthat space. 11 .rchn Raff'lll seated that the guy also said somethingli.k.e Hyou stupid jock." John answe::'ed tha-c his car was a white a1Lebaron and had a broken ancennae when he came out of practice.John Ref~el stated this was his f1:sc year at Columbine High Schooland tha~ he came co c~lumbi~e f~om t~e Develon Charter School inGolden. John answered he would be g~aduat~ng May 22nd, Johns~ated he cou:~"c oe:~eve t~is hatpe~ec Jehn Reff$l was noe ableco provide any add~~:onal informacic~ ~n regards to thisinvestigacion Jo~ ReEfel stated t~e other person with them atthe hospital was an ex~st~dent and ~as net present when they wereleav~ng the parking lot with t~e ot~er :olumbine High studencs.The inte=view was concluded with Je~~ Re!~el on 04/20/99 at 1730hours,

10 3ryant and Dec. Schultz t~e~ contac~ed the Chaplain andChaplain Incern outside ~he ~ait:n~ ar~a wi~h the family. ChaplainIncern Vanessa Do~~el and Reverer.d Kac~leen 3aylay were assistingthe family and their friend. IO p=~v~ded ~he Chaplain IO's card toprov~de ~~ the father, Mark Taylor, :f he had any questions. 10received ~~!ormat~on the v~ctim's :ac~er, Mark Taylor, had arrivedat the hospital and was c~r=en~ly a: the pharmacy,

10 Sr/ant and Dee. Schultz then contac~ed De~. Marshall nearthe fi=st floor e~e=gency room. Det. Marsha:l stated he hadreceived infor~ation Universi:y ~o~p~=al would not be receivin9 anymore victims in regards ~o this lnves~:gation. 10 Bryant and Det.Marshall were able co clear from un~versi~y Hospital. Det. Schultzscaeed he would be waicing at the hospital and attempt to interviewthe victim, Mark Allen Taylor, whe~ Mark was available for ani~cer7iew IO Bryant and Oet" Marsna:l clea~ed from UniversityEcs~l~al at 1754 hours. Refe: to De~, Marshall's supplementalre90r~ for details en evidence secu~~d from O~iversity Hospita~.Refe= =0 Dec Schul~z' repor:s fer de~ails 0: his i~vestiga~ion.

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Pase l04/.6/1999

:==;==================================~=========================================

Ref # 99-12067Type ASS1'OA

Location 6201 S PIERCE 57

Reported Date 04/20/1999 Time 12,39,3~

Status RTF

DET9 04/23/1999 042299/DOLL/sH

(This narrative ~ill be connected to Jefferson county CR#99*762S.}

At approximately 2145 hours On 04/20/99, it was determined bvJefferson County Sheriff's Officer personnel and bomb technician ~personnel that there were still too many unexploded bomb devicesthroughout Columbine High School and the surrounding parking letato allow crime lab and investigative personnel to enter the schooland school property safely to look for evidence and process thecrime Bcene. IO was advised by command post personnel to securefor the evening and return at 0500 hours on 04/21/99, to assist inthe processing of the crime scene.

On 04/21/99, IO {Det. Doll) arrived at Columbine High Schoolwith Det. Boatright and Ofc. Brian Thompson at approximately 0600hours, Also present from the Arvada Police Department at this timewas Det. Mark Greubel. Afcer a short briefing! IO was informedthat there were still a number of unexploded explosive dev~ces

within the school and immediately entr1 into the schoel would notbe possible at this time. As IO and the above mentioned Arvadaofficers waited for the school to be cleared, we were advised tovisually check and log all vehicles parke~ in the east pa~kin9 locof Clement Park. IO and Det, Greubel examined all vehicles in onerow of vehicles and marked any suspicious looking vehicles withyellow evidence tape on the antennae. Other officers conductedsimilar examinations of other vehicles within this parking lot. IOturned his list of vehicl~s which indicated the color ~~d make ofthe vehicle, as well as license number and VIN, over to ColoradoBureau of Investigation personnel to be listed for thedetermination of ownership. After this, IO and Det, Greubelphotographed the eastern most row of vehicles in the parking lot,as well as the east center row of vehicles. Pet. Boatright andOfc Thompson phOtographed Lhe wes~ center row of vehicles, as wellas the western most row of vehicles within this lot.

IO was also assigned to assist in a line search of Pierce St.,southbound in front of (east sidel CQlurr~ine High Scnool. Asevidence was found in this manner, it was marked for lacerdocumentation and recrieval.

By approximately 1125 hours, IO was told to respond to theeastern parking lot of Columbine High School for a briefing and toget an assignment. IO was assigned along with other off~cers ofArvada, Lakewood, Jefferson County, the Colorado Bureau ofInvestigation, and Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearm personnel to searchall parking lots surrounding the school to attempt to locatebullets, bullet casings, bomb f~agments, and anything else ofevidentiary value. IO spent the remainder of this day with theabove mentioned officers looking for. photographing, and collectingevidence. IO and these officers also photographed and logged eheremaining vehicles in the parking lot surrounding the school, Thistask was completed by approximately 1930 hours, after which time IOcleared the axea along with Dec. Boatright and Ofc. Thompson,

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10 would note that he per$onally collected no evidence but,rather, as evidence items were found. IO would mark them for futuredocumentation and collec4ion by members of the Jefferson County,Colorado Bureau of Investigation, and Alcohol, ~obacco « ~irearms.

IO did photograph several vehicles on the north and northwest sideof the school per instructions of Sgt. Booras.

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JCSD 97-7625CONTROL ~1124, ~14S4 aud #1490

On April 26, 1999 InvesLigator Duane Eaten of the ArvadaPolice Department was assigned investigative lead sheet bearingcontrol #1124 The source for the information was a JenniferFletcher, whose affiliation was listed as a CBS parent. This ledInvestigator Eaton to believe that Fletcher was the parent of aColumbine High School student. The narrative information was thatFletcher advised that her child was told by a Ryan Shaddock thatsomething was about to occur and that he Y~ew about the sheotingand bombing at Columbine High School. Investigator Eaton wasassigned the task of locat~ng, contac~ing and interviewing Shaddockabcu~ any prior knowledge of che at~aQk at Columbine High Schooltr~t he may have had.

On this same date at approximately 1432 hours !nvestigatorEaton was able co make telephone contact with Pletcher. Fletcheradvised Investigator Eaton that her daughter Valerie Fletcher didnot have direct knowledge of the statements made by Shaddock.Fleccher advised that her daughter had been made aware of thestatements supposedly made by Shaddock by another friend identifiedas Brie surd. Fletcher described Surd as a very reliable child.Fletcher also advised that she didn't believe that this informationneeded to be fol~owed up due to the fact that she had informationtha~ a principal of the school had contacted Shaddock, confrontedhim with the information and allowed ShaddoCk to make a denial tha~

the information was tr~e. Investigator Eaton was then allowed tospeak with Fletcher's daughter Vale~ie FletCher. valerle Fletchergave Investigator Eaton the same ~nformation as that given by hermother. Valer~e Fletcher adVised t~at her friend Brie Surd hadtold her confiden~ial1y that Shaddock had made Statements at schoolthat he knew the gunmen at Columbine H~gh School, that he did notfeel bad for the gunmen nor for the victims due to the fact thatthe vict.ims deserved co be killed for teasing the gunmen. Valer1.eFletcher also advised Investigator Eaton that she and Brie Surdwere students at Mandalay Middle School in Westminster, Colorado,valerie Fletcher was reluctant to give Investigator Eaton ErieSurd's address and/or telephone numbe~ bue eventually did givernvestigacor Eaton Brie Burd's telephone number 463-8516.

On this same date at anproximacely 1450 hours" InvestigatorEaton made celephone contact with Brie Surd's sister Meagan Burd,Meagan Surd agreed to have her parents contact Investigator Eatonabout an interview with Brie Burd upon their arrival home.

On the same date at approximately 1630 hours, I~veStlgator

Eaton received a telephone call from the father of Brie Eurd.Investigator €aton advised Mr. Surd of the reason for the contactwith Brie and he advised Investigator Eaton that he was aware ofthe ~~formation that his daughter might have. Mr, Burd agreed to

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allow rnves~igator Eaton to intervie~ his daughter via thetelephone.

3rie Burd advised !nves~i9atQr Eaton that she was in fact astuqent at Mandalay Middle School in Westminster, Colorado, Sheadvised that another person in her class, a male known as RyanShaddock, had told her and other students that he had known the twogunmen at Columbine High School, Brie Surd further advised thatShaddock had told other students that he didn't feel sorrv for thegunmen dying nor did he feel sorry for ~he victim student~ due tothe fact they had teased the gunmen. Surd advised InvestigatorEaten that Shaddock was an eighth grade student at Mandalay MiddleSchool and described him as kind of a ~punker,R

On May 4, 1999 at approximately 083Q hours, Investigator Eatonresponded to Mandalay Middle School in Westminster, Colorado.rnvestigaror Eaton was able to make cor.~ac~ with an assistantprincipal who in turn made contact ~:~h Shaddock's father viatelephone in order to get the father'S permission to have his soninterviewed. Also at this time Invesclgator Eaton learned thatRyan'S full name was ~yan Erik Shaddox (DOB 11/03/84), with anaddress of 9748 W 97th Place, Westminster, Colorado, telephone421-5911 Shaddox' father granted Investigator Eacon and theschool permission to interview his son but requested contact bytelephone immediately following the interview The assiscantprincipal for Mandalay Middle SChool left the office, locatedShaddox and escorted him to the school offices for the interview

Investigator Eaton confronted Shaddox wlch the information hehad rece~ved from others and Shaddox aq=eed to an interview wi~h

investigator Eaton about those stacemen~s, Shaddox advisedInve9cigator Eaton that he believed the information InvescigatorEacon had receLved came about from his fi=st period class onThursday, April 22, 1999. Shaddox advised that he is in first hourfrom approximately 0720 hours to 081S hours He advlsed that hehad ~old other students about his day off following the incident atCo14mbine High School This day would have been Wednesday, April21, 1999. He advised that he was at fr~end arid fellow student'shouse, Holly Benore, and also visiting was Stephanie True. Headvised that he believed Stephanie was 15 years of age and attendedschool in the Northglenn area, Shaddox advised that en thatWednesday at approximately 1635 hours, while at Eenore's heuse,Stephanie was telling he and Benore tha~ she knew Che shooters fromColumbine High School Shaddox advised that True cold him ~~d

Benore that she had met Eric Harri9 and Oylan Klebold approxlmatelyone month previous co the ~ncident o~ Tuesday, April 20, 1999,Shaddox advised that Txue stated that Har:::'is and Klebold said, "Wehate jocks and wish they would die." Shaddox added that True toldthem that she had spoken w~th Harris and Klebold in the smokers picat Columbine High Schoel but had not believed what they had saidabout the jacka. Shaddox advised Investigator Eaten that thac's

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all True really said about knowing the suspects Shaddox advisedthat he wasn't sure whether to believe ~hat True had actually 90neto Columbine High School and knew ~he suspects or if she was makingup a story.

On May 5, 1999 at approximately 1900 hours Investigator Eatonwas able to make contact with Stephanie True (DOB 11/26/83) .Investigator Eaton received verbal permission from True's mothervia the telephone to interview her daughter. Investigator Eatonconfronted True with the information he had about statements shehad made in reference knowing the suspects from Columbine HighSchool. True advised Investigato~ Eaton that she did notpersonally know Eric Harris or Dylan Klebold. She advisedInvestigator Eaton that she had once seen them at the Southwestplaza Mall. True advised Investigator Eaton that she had noticedthe suspects due to the fact that they were "hot" j nve s t Iga.ccrEa~on asked True to elaborate on that statement and she advisedInvestigator Eacon that the suspects were dressed in baggy pantsand baggy shirt, looked like "bad boys'' and were the kind of guysthat turned her on and that she thought was hot

Investigator Eaton asked True if she had spoken with or hadbeen introduced to either Harris or Klebcld. True advisedInvestigator Eaton thac she had been at the Southwest Plaza Mallwith f=iends and had observed the two wandering the mall. Sheadvised that due to the fact that they were kind of a crosS betweenpunks and freaks, they caught her attention. She advised that shewalked by the ewe of them and said, "Hey baby, 11 True advisedInvestigator Eaton that the twO males then whistled at her butcon~inued on their way and did not stop and speak with her.

Investigator Eaton asked True why she was positive that thetwo males she had seen at Southwest Plaza Mall were in fact EricHarris and Dylan Klebold. True advised Investigator Eaton thatafter seeing ~he suspects' pictures on :he television news, she wasaware that that was the male she had observed at the SouthwestPlaza Mall,

Investigator Eaton concluded the telephone interview with Trueat approximately 1910 hours

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JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S QEPARTMENT CR#99-7625

CONTROL #6

On Monday, 05/:7/99, Inv. Duane £aton of the Arvada PoliceDepartment responded to University Hospital in ~, attempt tocontact faculty physician Christine Finlayson, Dr. Finlayson wasone of the physicians at University Hospital who had assisted withthe initial medical care fer Mark Allen Taylor, Taylor was one ofthe victims shot by a firearm at Columbine High S~hool on April 20,1999 Inv Eaton was accempting to contact Dr Finlayson In orderto leave a Sericus Eodily Injury ferro with h@r office. !nv. Eatenhad requested Dr. F~nlayson fill out the Serious Bodily Injury formand return it ~o !nv ~aton so that it could oe placed in JeffersonCounty's Case File.

Inv. Eaton =esponded to room #5407 ac University Hospital andleft said form with a secretary cf Dr, Finlayson.

On Wednesday. May 19, 1999, Inv. Eacon discovered that he hadreceived mail at the Ar:ada Police Department from UniversityHos~ital Said mail had come from campus box C311. Inv. Eaton waSaware that ch~s campus box was the mailing address for Dr.~inlayson at University Hospital Inside the envelope, Inv. Eatondiscovered the Physician's Statemenc form or Serious Bodily Injuryform which had been filled aut by Dr. Finlayson. Said for~ reads,nt, Dr, Finlayson, having read the proceeding definition, do Statethat the injuries of Mark Allen Taylor fit within the definitionand the patient suffe~ed se~ious bodily injury. The injuriesccnac Ltuz ed a gunshot: wound to chest. Date cf exam, 04/20/99. rr

Also en this form is a list of ~~ju=~e$ involved with check-offboxes; The statement checked off on this form is "A break orr eaceua-e . t! The bottom portion of the form reads t "My reasons forthis op i n Lcn a r e : fracture of T9i:O."

A copy of the Physician's Sta~ement!Seriou5 Bodily Inju~/ formwill be included wit~ the origi~al report and turned over to theJefferson County Sheriff's Office as part of this case file,

It should be noted that or. ~~ursdaYt May 20, 1999, Inv. Eatenlea~~ed that Mark A~len Taylor was once again in the hcspital,Inv Eaton learned that Taylor is in a hospital in Lictleton,ColQrado, for a staph infection related to his gunshot wounds,Inv. Eacon is sti:l attempting cc~~act with Taylor's mecher, DennaTaylor, in an a~tempt to have a Medical Release ferm signed

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On Monday, April 26, 1999, while assiscing with the columbineHigh School homicide task force, Inv, Eaton was assigned aninvestigation lead, Control #1117. Said lead listed theinformation source as Windy Shephard, ~ith an unknown telephonenumber. The information had been received on Thursday, April 22,1999 at approximately 1706 hours, by Jefferson County SherifflsOffice Deputy Brian Crooks. The event narrative read, llJUl was at.AlberCson's on 04-09-99, located at Kipling and Bowles. Two youngmen purchasing large number of propane tanks. May still be onsecurity t ape ." In the lead portion of the Information ControlSheet, the inscructions were "retrieve tapes from Albertson'S,"Said lead was assigned to !nv Eaton.

On the same date at approximately 1320 hours, Inv. Eatonresponded to the Albertson's at Kipling and Bowles and made contactwith Assistant Manager Mike Goodwin (DOE; 01/28/75), !nv. Eatonadvised Goodwin that he was assisting the investigation of theColumbine High School homicides and wished to retrieve anyVideotapes from their store surveillance cameras that were datedApril 3, 1999, Inv. Eaton advised Goodwin that he needed all thetapes from that date l due to the fact that Inv. Eaton had not beengiven a time Inv, Eaton advised that Windy Shephard was thesource of information and asked Goodwin to confirm if she was anemployee of the store, Goodwin advised Inv. Eaton that he had noWindy Shephardfs employed at the store and he checked with the mainDenver office and learned that Chere were no Windy Shephardsemployed at any of the Albertson's in the Denver Metro area.

Goodwin escorted Inv. EacOn to the office area of the storeand assisted Inv, Eaton in examining all of the videotapes in orderto locate and seize the appropriate videotapes. The tapes locatedby Inv. Eaton and Goodwin were videotape #16, dated April 9, 1999at 7;45 am. ; videotape #17, dated April 9, 1999 for 10:00 pm, i andvideocape ~46, dated April 9, 1999 at 11 lS a.m, Inv. EatonadvLsed Goodwin that he would take the tapes with him and reviewthem at a later time in order to determine if they were of anyevidentiary value.

It should be noted that upon tnv. Eaton'S arrival at theAlbertson'S store, he noted that in front of the store is a white,metal str~cture with metal meshing surrounding it. Inside of thisstructure is numerous 20 lb. propane tanks. All of the tanks arewhite in color and are marked with the initials PBX. Goodwinadvised Inv. Eaton that is the supplier of the propane sold at thatAlbertson's location. It should be noted that the labels on thewhite 20 lb. propane tanks are red and blue in color. Said labelsare affixed to the tanks with blue. Goodwin advised Inv. Eatonthat in order to purchase a 20 lb. propane tank, the customer must

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come co one of the fronc counters or the Customer Service booth.He advised that the eustoroer must first provide identification toconfirm that they are 18 years of age or older. He advised the~ustomer then pays for the tank and is escorted outside of thestore and allowed to retrieve the tank from the locked metalcabinet,

Due to the fact that it was unknown if the reporting party hadobserved the 6ubjects purchasing 20 lb, tanka or small hand heldpropane tanks, Inv. Eaton requested that Goodwin explain to him theprocess for purchasing the smaller propane ta~~s. Goodwin advised!nv. Eaton that the small propane tanks sold in the stores are soldon the shelves with general merchandise. He advised that thosetanks are Coleman brand and green in color. Goodwin spoke to astore employee and advised Inv. Eaton ehat it was not easy torecord the number of small Coleman propane tanks sold. He advisedthat they show up on receipts as general merchandise and not aspropane He advised that the employee advlsed him that during thepast several weeks I she did not recall any small propane tanksbeing sold from the store.

Goodwin advised Inv. Eaton that the 20 lb, propane tanks sellfor approximately $39.99. He advised that when a cu~tomer returnsan empty ta~~, they get an exchange rate of $13 99, Goodwin alaoretrieved propane invoices for Inv. satcn and noted that they wereonly missing one propane tank. Goodwin advised Inv. Eaton thatthis meant that only one tank had not been returned to exchange fora new tank. Goodwin did locate an inventory in the store'scomputer system, showing that one 20 lb. tank had been sold onApril 9, 1999. Goodwin advised Inv. Eaton that none of theemployees working on the evening of April 9th were currently at thestore for an interview to confirm if they had, in fact, sold a tankto any persons matching the description of the suspects in thehomicide at Columbine High School.

On this same date at approximately 1125 hours, Inv, Saton wasable to make telephone contact with the RP, Wendy Sue Shephard(008: 04!11!6S1. Inv. Eaton had also located an address forShephard of 10922 W. Oregon Place, Lakewood, CO 80232,303-985-7851. Inv. Eaton had developed this infcrmation thro~gh

use of the CCIC/NCIC computer system, !nv. Eaton also used theCole's Directory to locate a telephone number for Shephard. InvEaton called the telephone number he had located in the Cole'sOirectory and spoke to a woman who identified herself as Wendy SueShephard. Shephard advised Inv. Eaton that she was I in fact, theperson who had called in the tip in reference the Albertson's storein Littleton, CO, Shephard advised Inv. Eaton that she had made amistake on ~he dace when she called in the tip. She advised thatshe had, in fact, been at the store on April a, 1999 atapproximately 1755 hours. She advised that ahe had dropped thedaughter off at a dance class and had been driving through theparking lot at the Albertson'S store, She advised that she

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observed two young men, who she believed to be 19 to 20 years ofage, near the propane cabinet with an Albertson's employee.Shephard described che employee as a large juvenile male l

approximately high school age. She advised that he appearedathletic. Shephard advised that she was aware that the person wasan employee, due to the fact that he was wearing Albertson'semployee clothing_ She advised that it appeared that the employeehad opened the cabinet for the two males and that there were four20 lb. propane tanks on the ground next to the cabinet. Sheadvised that she observed the two males pick up the four tanks asthe employee was locking the cabinet. Shephard described subjectnl as a white male, wearing gray camouflage panea. Shepharddescribed the second subject only as a white male, Shephard advisedInv. EatOn that she never observed the faces of these subjects andhad only observed them from the back.

On Tuesday, April 27, 1999 at approximately 1800 hours, Inv,Eaton returned to the Albertson's store, Inv, Eaton returned thevideos he had earlier seized, to their original location on a shelfin the management office, At this time, Inv. Eaton searchedthrough the videos and located video #14, dated April a, 1999 at4;00 p.m. !nv, Eaton seized only the one tape at this time, due tothe fact that it appeared this tape would cover the time inques;:~on.

On this same date, during the evening hours, !nv, Eatonreturned to the Arvada Police Department and retrieved a writtenphone memo from his mailbox. Said memo was dated April 27th at0815 hours. The phone memo noted that it was from Wendy Shephardwith a phone number of 440-8565 and a home telephone number of 985-7$51 The message pcxc Lon of the memo read, -caee she saw kidsbuying propane was Tuesday, seh , not Thursday, 5th," Said memo hadbeen written by Arvada Police Department Investigations DivisionSecretary Karen Kerr.

With the information from the phone memo in mind, Inv. Eatonreturned to the Albertson's store on Wednesday, April 2S, 1999 atapproximately 1530 hours, Inv. Eaton returned video #14 to MikeGoodwin, the store assistant manager. Inv. Eaton advised Goodwinof the new informacion and Goodwin searched through the videos,attempting to locate one fer Tuesday, April 6, 1999, Goodwin wasunable to locate a video with the April 6, 1999 date affixed to it.Inv. Eaton described to Goodwin the de&cripcion of the Albertson'semployee, that Wendy Shephard believes she observed assisting thesubjects at the propane cabinet. Goodwin checked the schedule forthat date and believed that the person who matched that descriptionand who would have been working that date, was a Jason aden,Goodwin advised Inv. Eaton that Oden was currently not working atthe store, but would be in the following morning. Inv. Eatonadvised Goodwin he would attempt to make telephone contact withOden On the following date.

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At the request of Inv, Eaton, Goodwin/ once again checked theAlbertson's store computer in an attempt to determine how many 20lb. tanks of propane bad been sold on Tuesday, April 6, 1999.Goodwin checked the computer system and advised Inv. Eaton that hewas unable to locate any electronic receipt regarding the sale of20 lb. propane tanks. Goodwin advised Inv. Eaton that the storeand the clerks keep good records involving the sale of the propanetanks and believes that if there was no record within the system ofany propane tanks being sold that date, ~hen in facti he wasconfident no 20 lb. propane tanks had been seld.

On Thursday, April 29, 1999 at approximately 1030 hours, Inv,Eaton was able to make telephone contact with Jason Oden (DOB:04/23/79} at the Albertson's store in Littleton, CO. Inv. Eatonasked Oden if he could recall working during the evening hours ofTuesday, April 6, 1999. Oden advised Inv. Eaton that he was unsureif he had worked that date or not. Inv. Eaton advised Oden thathis assistant store manager advised he had worked on that date andOden advised Inv. Eaton that he did not recall anything about date,Inv. Eaton asked Oden if he recalled selling any 20 lb. propanetanks to any persons during the m~~th of April, especially aroundthe previously mentioned date. Oden advised Inv. Eaton that herecalled selling propane tanks, though he could not recall any ofthe persons he had sold them to. He advised that he helps so manypeople with those tanks that he could not specifically recall anyspecific persons. Inv. Eaton asked Oden if he recalled selling anytanks to two young adult males and, more specifically, one of themwearing camouflage fatigue style pants. Oden advised Inv, Eatonthat he did not recall selling any propane canks to anyone matchingthat description.

Inv. Eaton asked eden if he was from the area and if he hadbeen a student or graduate of Columbine High School. Oden advised!nv. Eaton that he had ju~t moved to Colorado in February with hisfiance', He advised that his fiance' was pregnant and they hadmoved here to Colorado to be with the fiance's mother and that hedid not know any persona who had attended or graduated fromColumbine High School. Inv. Eaton asked Oden if he was familiarwith or acquainted with Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Odenadvised !nv, Eaton that he did not know either one of the subjectsand had never been acquainted with them,

Inv, Eaton concluded the interview with Oden at approximately1040 hours,

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CONTRO~ #1 037

On April 21, 1999, !nv. Duane Eaton of the Arvada PoliceOeparcment was assigned investigative lead #1097. The source ofiuformation was Duncan Page, whose affiliation was listed as~sycho-~herapist, Denver. Also listed was a telephone number of303-756-1693. The narrative portion of the info~ation controlsheet advised that the caller. Duncan ?age, had a client, who L,turn has a eeen daughter 'gho goes to l\.rvada High School. Thenarrative portion advised that the clien~'s daughter couldsupposedly identify two of the males in the 7CM picture as studentsat Arvada High School, The client supposedly advised Page that thet.vo males from Arvada High School who are "Trench Coat. Mafia l !

members had been at Columbine High School on the morning of April20, 1999, !nv. eaton was assigned the task of contacting DuncanPage for anymore information on the client and possibly I toidentify the two males who attend Arrada Sigh School, who weresupposedly at Colu~~tne ~igh School on Aprtl 20, 1999.

On April 30, 19~9 a~ approximately 1600 hours, Inv, Eaton wasable to make telephone contact with Page. Page advised Inv. Eatonthat he is a psycho-therapist in the Denver area. He advised thata client whom he refused to identify has a daughter whom he refusedto identify who attends Arrada senior High School, He advised thatehe daughter was once involved in the Gothic movement in the DenverMetro area. Page advised that the client advised that her daughterhad obserred pictures in one of the local newspapers of persons shebelieved to be fellow students at Arvada Senior High School,

Page advised that his client's daughcer refuses to call thepoliee with the information she has in the belief that it isnothing significant and will not assist in the investigation atColumbine High School. Pase advised Inv. Eaton that he wouldattempt to have his client convince he~ daughter to come forwardand speak with the police through Inv. eaton,

AS of ~~esday, May 11, 1999, Inv, Eaton has not been contactedby Page or the client's daughter, with any information. Inv, Eatondid contact Arvada Police Officer Barry Malloy who is the SchoolResource Off~cer at Arvada Senior High School, in Arvada/ co. Inv,Eaton advised Officer Malloy of the information included in thisinvestigative lead. Officer Malloy advised Inv, Eaton that he didnot recognize any of the persons in any newspaper photographs asthose of students attending Arvada Senior High School, OfficerMalloy also advised that he has not been contacted by any currentor former students or any school staff as having recognized anypersons in the newspaper photographs as scudents at Arvada ~enior

High School.

Ie is Inv. Satcn's opinion that Pagels client's daughter may

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have viewed photographs of the three male subjects contacted inClement Park near Columbine High School. Said subjects werecontacted during the initial invest~sationj decained and laterreleased, ~nv. Eacon has idantified ~hose subjects as MatthewAkard, James Brunetti, and Matthew Nalty, The daughcer'sstatements to ber mother may have become confused a~ they werepassed cn to Page and Inv. Saton believes that the daugnter mayvery well have been talking about Nalty, Akard, and Brunecti andaware of them as ~tudents in the Arvada areal though they had notattended Az"/acta Senior High School. Akard. Brunetti and Nalty.though not attending Arvada Senior High School l have numerousfriends at Arvada Senior High School and often socialize in thearea of A.~ada Senior ~igh School and may have been confused asstudents at Arvada Senior High School.

!nv. Eaton will not be conducting any more investigationsconcerning this ~nvestigative lead unless he otherwise hears backfrom Page or the client's daughter.

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During che month of April, 1999, Investigator Duane Eaton ofthe Arvada police Department made contact with Matthew Akard, JamesBrunetti and Matthew Nalty in order to request that they submit topolygraph cests. Investigator Eaton was requesting that the threesubmit to polygraph tests in order to determine their truthfulnessabout their involvement, if any, in the homicides and othercriminal activity at Columbine High School on April 20, ~999. Allthree subjects advised that they would take the request intoconeioeraeion. On a later date Investigator Eaton spoke with bothMaechew Akard and his mother about this request. Matthew and hismother advised Investigator Eaton chat Matthew Akard would not besubmitt~ng to a polygraph test about this incident. MatthewAkard's mother advised that she believed her son was not involvedand that ahe had heard on the news that the three boya have beencleared of any wrong doing and she therefore believed that apolygraph test was not necessary,

Investigator Eaton was able to make Gontact once again withBrunetti and Nalty and ask abo~t their d~ci5ions reference thepolygraph tests. Both advised Investigator Eaton they still werenot sure but thought they might like to speak with an attorneybefore making a dec~sion. Investigator Eaton asked them torecontact him when they had made a decision.

During the last week of April. Investigator Eaton once againspoke with Brunetti and Nalty. BOth advised Investigator Eatonthat they had made contact with·the producers of the Sally JesseRaphael Show due to the fact that they had already been on the showon one occasion. Both advised Investigator Eaton that theprOdUCe4$ of the Sally Jesse Raphael television show had flown themto New York City to be polygraphed there, Nalty advisedInvestigator Eaton that he and Brunetti had been polygraphed byMichael Martin of Priority Investigations~ Nalty gave InvestigatorEaton Martin's telephone number and advised Investigator Eaton thathe could contact Martin for the results of their polygraph tests.

On Mav 4, 1999, Investigator Zaton was able to make telephonecontact wich Michael Martin of Priority Investigations inStroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Martin's full address is 553 MainStreet Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 16360, telephone l~aoo S4S 1112.Investigator Eaton advised Martin that this investigator wasassisting the Columbine High School investigation in JeffersonCounty, Colorado rnvestigator Eaton requested results of Martin'spolygraphs in order to present those to the Jefferson Ccun~y

Sheriff's Office detectives in charge of the investigacion, Martinagreed to fax Investigacor Eaton the results of the polygraphs ofboth Matthew Nalty and James Brunetti.

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On May 5,1999 Investigator Eaton received a fax at the ArvadaPolice Department from Michael Martin and Priority Investigations.Said fax contained five pages with the first page being the eoversheet. Said page was dated April 5, 1999 and reads, U Per yourrequest, to follow please find my reports pertaining to thesuspected involvement of Matt Nalty and James Brunetti in theColumbine High School incident. These exams were scored using theBacKster NUmerical Scoring Technique. Individual scores areavailable. Please feel free to eall me with any questions at (570)223-2$171. 11 The form was signed by R. Michael Martin, who listedhimself as a certified polygraph examiner.

Page two of this fax had d heading from PriorityInvestigations, Inc. and lisced itself as a report of interview andpolygraph examination for Matt Nalty ~ith the examiner as R.Michael Martin with a date of May 3, 1999. 'the form advised, liTheabove named subject was interviewed and voluntarily took apolygraph examination on the date indicated The examinationutilized equipment which indicated and recorded on a moving chartrelative changes in blood presSUre, rate and strength of pulseheac, galvanic skin response and respiratory patterns. The subjectreported nO disabilities which could adversely affect the resultsof this examination. H The next paragraph of the report. was titledThe Purpose of Examination and reads, "To determine truthfulness ofsubject's statements regarding whether subject was in any wayinvolved in the planning or execution of the shooting incident atcolumbine High School in Litcleton, Colorado on April 20, 1999, andwhether subject had any prior knowledge of the incident. The knownperpet.rators, now deceased, were Dylan Klebolt and Erik Harris. IIThe third paragraph of the report was titled "Question Format ll andreads, lIThe below indicated questions were among those asked of thesubject during the overall examination. The subject responded toeach of these relevant questions with a IInoll unless otherwiseindicated, II

The fourth paragraph of the report is listed as the formatused: Backster Direct Involvement Examination. The questions arelisted Po. ~ E. Question A reads, "Prior to the shooting atColumbine High School on April 20, did you transport any guns orexplosives into that school?" Quest.ion 8 reads, uDid you yourselftransport any guns or explosives into Columbine High school priorto the shootings on April 20?~ Question C reads, llPrior to April20, did you evex visit the WEB site of Harris and Klebolt?"Question Dreads, "prior to April 20, were you personallyacquainted with either Oylan Klebolt or Erik Harris?" Question Ereads, "Prior to April 20, did you know that the shootings atColumbine High School were going to take place?"

Paragraph #5 is titled llSubject's Statements and Admis'sions. 1t

The paragraph reads, "Subject stated that he, Jim Brun~tti and MattAkard were at Jim's apartment when they hearo about the shootingfrom Jim's s~ster and ~hey decided to go to Columbine High School

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to determine if their friends who attend the school may have beeninjured. Upon arrival in the school vicinity, the 6ubjece and hi$two companions were accosted by police, questioned and laterreleased. The subject denied all involvement and knowledge of theshooting incident,~

The sixth and final paragraph is titled, "ltesult andConclusion." The paragraph reads, )IIn the cpiri'i.cn of the examiner,after careful analysis of the subject's polygraph charts, it isfelt that the subject's individual response to the above listedquestions resulted in the following dete~.inations. Explanatlonsof each response are contained in an addendum to this report."

T!HITHFllL TO QUESTIONS, (a) (bl (d) lei.DECEPTIVE TO QUESTIONS: NON:;;INCONCLUSIVE TO QUESTIONS: (cl

Said report is concluded with a signature by R'. MichaelMartin, Certified Polygraph Examiner.

The next report in the packet is also a report of interviewand polygraph examination for James Brunetti, also by R, MichaelMartin on May 3, 1999. The report on Brunetti reads the same astbe report for Nalty until the fifth paragraph. The fifthparagraph of this report is titled "Subject f s Statement.s andAdmissions" and reads llThe subject stated that he, Matt Nalty andMatt Akard were at subject's apartment when they heard about theshooting from subject'e sister and they decided to go to ColumbineHigh SGhool to determine if their friends who attend the school mayhave been injured. upon arrival on the school's vicinity, subjectand his two companions were accosted by police, questioned andlater released. The subject denied all involvement and knowledgeof the shooting incident.!!

The last paragraph titled "Result and Conclusion'; reads, 'IInthe opinion of the examiner, after careful analysis of thesubject's polygraph charts, it is felt that the subject'sindividual responses to the above listed quescions resulted in thefollowing determinations. Explanations of each response arecontained in an addendum to this report."

TRUTHFUL TO QUESTIONS, (al (01 (c l (dl (e)DECE?TIVE TO QUESTIONS, NONEINCONCLUSIVE TO QUESTIONS: NONE

This report was also signed on the bottom portion of &.Michael Martin,

A copy of th~s memorandum from ~rioricy Investigations wasforwarded to Detective James Vonderohe of the Arvada PoliceDepartment, who was also assisting on the Columbine High Schoolinvestigat~on. Detective vonderohe ~eviewed the memorandum andrequested that Investigaeor Eaton recontact Martin and request moreinformation. Detective Vonderohe requested that Investigator Eaton

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obtain a list of all the questions asked by Martin, copies of allthe charts of all the tests given by Martin and the total time ofthe examinacion given by Martin.

On May 10, 1999 at approximately 1130 hours. InvestigatorEaton was able to make telephone contact with Martin. InvestigatorEaton requested the previously mentioned items and Martin agreed tosaid request. Ma~tin advised lnvestigator Eaton that he would mailthe items ~o Investigator Eaten at the Arvada Police Department assoon as possible.

On May 20, 19~9 Investigator Eaton located the requestedinformacion at the Arvada Police Department. !nvestigator Eatonlocated a sealed envelope in his Investigations tr~ilbox. Thereturn address listed on the gray paper envelope was PriorityInvestigations, Inc" 553 Main Street, Stroudsburg, PA, 18360, Theenvelope bore certified mail crackins number Z sas 611 599, Thepostage paid sticker from the United StateS postal service affixedto the envelope in the upper right hand corner showed that the itemhad been mailed on May 18, 1999, at a cost of $4.74. Said envelopewas addressed to Detective Duane Eaton, Arvada Police Department,8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, CO, 80002.

The lower left hand corner was stamped in red ink. llReturnReceipt Requested, 11

Investigator Eaton unsealed the package and located a coverletter from R. Michael Martin of Priority Investigations, Inc.said letter was dated May 14, 1999 and was addressed to DetectiveDuane Eaton. The lectet was in refexance Matt Malty polygraph andJames Brunetti polygraph. The letter reads, "Enclosed herewithplease find copies of all charts in cor~ection with the polygraphexaminations conducted by myself on May 3. 1999, in connection withthe Columbine High School incident. " The next paragraph of theletter reads, II Each examination lasted 90 minutes and included (1;acquaintance test (2) specific you phase exam IS) exploratory exam.A lise of specific questions is attached hereto. 1 The thirdparagraph of the letter reads, "I am an associate member of theAmerican polygraph Association and completed training at the MewYork School of Lie Oe-tection in 1984 {certified in 1985). Sincethis time I have condue~ed approximately 5.000 polygraph exams ofall types, 'I Said letter is signed by R. Michael Martin.

Also inside che envelope were stapled packets of paperincluding questions asked and the polygraph charts for both JamesBrunetti and Matt Nalty. Investigator Eaton is not a polygrapherand is not familiar with the scoring of polygraph exams.Therefore. Investigator Eaton did not do an in depth examination ofthe material mailed by Martin to Investigator Eaton. On Tuesday,May 25, Investigator Eaton turned the entire package from Martinover to Detective vonderohe for his review and scoring in order toverify Martin's results. Detective vonderohe adVised that he will

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also be submitting a report at the end of his review.

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Through interviews with subjects Matthew Akard, James Brunettiand Matthew Nalty, Investigator Eaton was aware that the threes~bjects were to be on the Sally Jesse Raphael Show atapproximately 1300 hours on April 30, 1999. Investigator Eaton hadbeen made aware by Nalty that he and the other twO s~jects hadtaped the snow on Tuesday, Apr~l 27, 179~J while in New York Cityat Sally Jesse Raphael's studios. Nalty adVised Investigator Eatonthat they had been asked to be on sally Jesse Raphael's show due tothe fact that they had made national news when arrested in ClementPark near Columbine High School on Tuesday, April 20, 1999.

lnvestigaeor Eaton had done several interviews with the threesubjects and had an interest in viewing this show in order eodetermine if they made any statements contradictory to thestatements made to police.

tederal Eureau of Investigation Special Agent Gary Gomezrecorded the show at the FaI Offices at the request of InvestigatorEaton and turned the VHS tape of the show over to InvestigatorEaton on April ~Of 1999 at approximately lSOO hours.

Investigato~·Eaton has reviewed the tape of the entire SallyJesse Raphael Show from Friday, April 30, 1999 on severaloccasions. Investigator Eaton paid particular attention to theinterviews with Akard. Br~etti and Nalty. It should be noted thatthe first person ineerviewed on the show this date was ColumbineHigh School student Brian Anderson. Following Anderson were Akard,Brunetti and Nalty. Following the three sUbjects 0: InvestigatorEaton's interest was anothe~ Columbine High School student JO~~

Ungerland. The final guests on the show this date were a male andfemale who dressed in gothic type clothing and discussed the gothicmovement in the Denver, Colorado area.

Akard, Brunetti and Naley discussed what had taken place onTuesday, April 20, 1999. All three discussed their reasonS forgoing to the area of Columbine High School and theirarre~tJdetention which followed and theit Contact with the police,Investigator Eaton noted that there were no stacements made by thethree which were contradictory to the statements made to police.The three discussed their reason for going to the area of columbineHigh School and their reasons for dressing the way they did, Itshould be noted that the three were dressed in some of their Rpunk~

style clothing worn the date ef their arrest and worn on the SallyJesse Raphael Show.

Investigator Eaton will turn over the video cas.aete copy ofthe April 30, 1999 Sally Jesse Raphael Shew over to the JeffersonCounty Sheriff's Office detectives in charge of this investi9ation.

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Control #3575

On May 18, 1999, Investigator Duane Eaton of the Arvada PoliceDepartment was assigned investisative lead bearing control #3575.The source of the information listed on the information control wasJake Cram, a Columblne High School student, with a phone number of303-973-9~07. The information on the information control sheet wastaken by Investigator Gallagher of the Jefferson County DistrictAttorney's Office. The narrative portion of the informationcontrol sheet advised that Cram stated that fellow student KellyDixon told him about after prom posters posted in the school whichhad been altered by unknown persons 'the posters stated, "It'scoming 4/17/99 '. This was in reference to the after prom partyunknown persons crossed out 4/17/39 and wxote in 4/20/99. Thissupposedly happened on several different occasions and thatstudents had to replace the posters ~ith new ones. InvestigatorEaton was assigned the task of locating and interviewing KellyDixon about any information she may have had about this occurrence,

In checking the school computers, :nvestigator Eaton learnedthat the student being referred to was Kelly M. Dickson (dob:04/05/81) with an address of 5388 So Garrison Street, Littleton,CO, Tel, 93,-3621.

On May la, 1999 at approximate~y 1330 hours, Investigator£aton was able to make contact with Jefferson County Sheriff'sDepartment evidence technician Chris Andrist, Investigator Ea~on

asked Andrist if he or any of his othe~ evidence technicians hadQ~served or located any posters matching that previously describedby Investlgator Eaton. Andrist advised Investigator Eaton that hehad not located any such posters but would check the school in anattempt to locate chem. it should be noted that on Monday, May 24,1993 Investigator Eaton received a message from Andrist. Andristadvised he had not located any such posters inside Columbine HighSchool

On May 21, 1999 at approx~ma~ely 1105 hours, InvestigatorEaton was able to make contact with Dickson, Investigator Eatonadvised Dickson that he wished to speak with her about the afterprom party po~ters and Dickson agreed to an interview.Investigator Eaton conducted said interview telephonically

Dickson advised Investigator Eaton she is a senior atColumbine High School and is on the student sena~e. She advisedthat the juniors are in charge of planning the prom and after promparty Dickson advised that juniors had placed posters throu9hcuCthe school on small pieces of papers as teaserS in an attempc toget persons interested in the after prom party. She advised thepesters read, "It'S coming 4/17/99.'~ She advised the date referred

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to the date of the after p~om party. She advised the crypticmessage was to be subliminal In order co attract students,Dickson advised Investigator Ea~on she learned that on at least oneoccasion someone rAd crossed out the lion the small posters andput a number 20 in its place. Dickson advised Eaton ahe never sawan altered poster personally but had only heard rumors through thestudent senate this had occur~ed. Dickson advised InvestigatorEaton he should attempt contact with Seth Klepper. Dickson advisedthat Klepper is a junior at Columbine High School and is on thestudent senate and would have been one of the persons hangingposters.

On Monday, May 24, 1999 at approximately 0930 hours,Investigator Eaton was able to make :elephona contact with BethKlepper (dob: 05/20/82) wich an adciress of 5835 W, Plymouth DriverLittleton, CO 80l28, Tel. 979~3627. InvestiGator Eaton advisedKlepper for the reason of his call and requested that she speakwith Investigator Eaton about the af:er prom party posters.Klepper agreed to an interview with :nvestigatcr Eaton.

Klepper advised Investigator Eaton the posters in questionhad been put up throughout the schoel wich very little informacionupon them as a subliminal message to remind students of the promand after prom party. She advised Investigator Eaton the firstposters she and others placed up were placed approximately threeweeks before the prom. She advised the first posters had writtenupon them. ":04/17/99 II She advised that none of. those had beenaltered. Klepper advised that a9prox~ma~ely one week before theprom she and ot.hers began hanging s::.milar posters which read, IIIt'scoming 4/17/99." Klepper advised on at least ewe co threeoc~a5ions she obse~ted some of these posters altered. She advisedshe found them wieh the new dace of 4/20/99 written beneath theprevious date Klepper advised ~hese posters were taken down andthrown away or just changed back to the original dace and leftwhere they were.

Klepper advised Investigator Eaton she had no ideas as to whomay have changed the posters, Klepper advised Investigator Eatonshe had not heard from any o~he= students that any of them hadknowledge as to who altered the posters. Klepper advisedInvestigator Eaton that though chey discussed the altered postersin student senate nobody in student senate had knowledge as to whoaltered the poscers K:epper d~d advise InVestigator Eaton shebelieves there may be one of the poseers still left in Mr.Manuello's class She advised Mr, Manuello teaches physics and shebelieves she observed one of those posters in his room.

Investigator Eaton asked Klepper if she was acquainted with orever socialized with Dylan Klebold or Eric Harris. Klepper advisedInvestigator Eaton she did not know either Dylan Klebold nor EricHarris, She advised she was net acq~ainted with them in anyway.

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Investigator Eaton asked Klepper to describe to him where shehad been dur~ng Sth hour when the problems started on April 20,1999. Klepper advised Investigator Eaton she had Chemistry for 5thperiod which begins at approximately 1115 hours_ She advised thatMr. Crans is the teacher of the class. Klepper advisedInvestigator Eaton she arrived at class a little bit late due toche fact she had been in the cafeteria talking to friends and dueto the fact that Mr Crans never started class on time. Klepperadvised she believed ahe arrived at clasa at approximately 1116 toll17 hours.

Klepper advised that 4th hour is her lunch. Klepper advisedshe left the school for her 4thhour and went to the SouthwestPlaza. Klepper advised when she sot back to ColUmbine Hi9h Schoolshe entered the school via the cafeteria area She advised she satin the cafeteria for approx~mately five minutes talking withfriends, Klepper advised she did not observe anything suspiciousor out of the ordinary taking place inside the cafeteria. Klepperalso advised Investigator Eaton she did not observe any strangepackages, backpacks or duffle bags.

Klepper advised Lnvescigator Eaten that after leaving thecafeteria ahe went to her Chemistry class. Klepper advised shecould net recall what room her chemistry class was but that theteacher was Mr. Crans. She advised that approximately five minutesafter the class had started she heard people running down thehallway and screaming Klepper advised one of the students in herclass stood up and locked out the window in the door to see whatwas taking place but Mr. Crans had her sit back down. Klepperadvised that shortly thereafter students from the next doorclassroom, Mr. Manuello's classroom, began running inco herclassroom via an offic~ area divldi~g the classrooms. Klepperadvised rnvestigator Eaton that the look on the students' facesmade her reali~e there was a problem.

Klepper advised !nveatlgator Eaton that before Mr. Manuello'sstudents ran into her classroom she heard the fire alarm activate.She advised that as che students were running into her classroomshe heard a very loud explosion Klepper advised InvestigatorEaton she believed the explosion may have come from one of thechemis~ry classrocms She advised t~e explosion sounded close.She advised she does not recall if it shOOk the walls or floor butother studencs said it did KlepFer advised at this point Mr.Crans had her and the other st~dent$ e~iC the classroom andevacuate the school She advised she and other students exiteddown a hallway, through the Tech Lab and from there out of theschool near the band area and into Clement Park.

Klepper advised Investigator Eaton when she was outs~da shemet up w~th a friend who had his vehicle parked in Clement Park.She advised after a short time she and some other friends left theClement Park area and went to a friend's house in an attempt to

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contact their parents.

Klepper advised Investigator Eaton she did not see anysuspects wich firea~ms or explosives nor did she observe any of theexploa~ons tak~ng place inside the school. Klepper advisedlnvestigator Eaten she had no other information about che incidenton April 20, 1999.

Investigator Eaton ended the interview with Klepper atapproximately 0950 hours.

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On May 12, 1999 Investigator Duane Eaton of the Arvada PoliceDepartment was assigned investigative lead #3474. The sourcelisted on the information control sheet was Cheryl (last nameunknown). Cheryl was listed as a citi~en with a refused telephonenumber The narrative portion of the information control sheetprepared by Sergeant Ken Ester of the Jefferson County Sheriff'sOffice advised that the source claimed to be an ex-employee ofLaredo's, a bar in Arvada, Colorado, which burned dow~ in Octoberof 1998. The narracive listed that arson was suspected and thatDetective Mark Greubel of the ArJada Police Department was assignedthe case. The SQurce aavised tha~ she had observed a news storyabout a search warrant being executed at Video City in Lakewood andwas aware that one of the employees a~ Video City,~ (last nameua~nownl had been a suspect in the arson at Laredo's The sourceadvised that she had been interviewed by Detective Greubel inreference the arson and had become aware through third handinformation thac~ was under investigation for making bombs andarson. The source advised ~hat since Barris and Klebold haveconnections to Video City, she feels that I may be involvedwith them in making bo~b$. The sQurce also advised that she hadbeen threatened by friends of'" t.qhen it was learned that shehad been talking to the police abOUt the arson investigation andshe was therefore reluctant to provide information to the police.

On Monday, May 17, 1999 at approximately 1700 hours,Investigator Eaton met with Detective Greubel at the Arvada PoliceDepartment. Investigator Eaton briefed Detective Greubel on theinformation included in this investigative lead. Detective Greubeladvised Investigator Eaton that he believed he had knowledge as cowho Cher/l and James both were. Investigator Eaton will not beliscing Cheryl's full name in thkS report, due to the fact that shehad called in anon}~oualy. Detective Greubel adVised that hebelieved would be _ E (DOB OS/26/SSl ,Detective Greubel advised th~r~n9 his investigation of thearson at the Laredo Bar and Grill, he became aware that .....~had in fact manufactured explosive devices. Detective~ turned over a phocograph of one of the explosive devices.Said photograph will be included with this report. The explosivedevice depicted in the photograph appears to be a cardboard papertube of some type with the ends capped and a green and white fuseextending from the cardboard tube. Said device appears to besimilar to fireworks type explosive devices known as MK80's orlarge firecrackers, Investigator Eaton believes that this ,devicedoes not match any of those explosive devices used by suspects EricHarris and Oylan Klebold in the homicides at ColUmbine High Schoel,

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On Tuesday, May 18, 1999 at approximately 1050 hours,Investigator Eaton became aware that Jefferson County Sheriff'sOffice Detec~ive aohn Healey had assisted in executing the searchwarrant at Video City at 11098 West Jewell Avenue, Lakewood,Colorado! during the previous week. Investigator Eaton was madeaware that Healey had seized a schedule and phone list of employeesat said Video City. Investigator Eaton made personal contact withJefferson county Sheriff's Office Sergeant Randy West and requesteda eopy of that sChedule in order to determine if did infact work at the Video City in question. Randy West advisedInvestigator Eaton that he would locaee a copy of said schedule andfor~ard it to Investigator EatOn. Later this same dateInvestigator Eaton received a copy of the Kipling and Jewell VideoCity weekly schedule for the week of April 19~25. The employeesl~sted on this schedule are Jeff, ShaY, Chuck, Rachel, Justin and3arb There is no. a or~ listed on this schedule.Also given to Investigator Eaton was a copy of ehe video City phOnelist. • ill was not listed on the list of employees atstore #1 or the Jewell Video City. Investigator Eaton located onlyone James on the phone l~st and he was listed as an employee atstore #3, br 20th Avenue. Investigator Eaton checked the U S, Westwhite pages bU$iness section and determined that there was a V~deo

Cicy Store at 2099 Wadsworth Boulevard. The~e was no last namel~sted for ..... on this phone list but the home telephone numberwas listed as,- I Investigator Eaton checked the ArvadaPolice Department's Records Managemenc System and learned ~hat

• last known heme telephone numbe= wa~ ~n

Each t This led Investigator Eaton to believe that- ......,: d ; G "" "A' d Wh~ t· adsuspect. in/h~ a~son ale L~redo~,ax an r~ _ In ~ifa a, 0 ora 0, was ~n ac t e _ kste as

employee at Video City at 20th and Wadsworth.

On this date at approximately 1120 hours, Investigator Eatonwas able to make telephone contact with bat the Video Citystore at 2099 Wadsworth Boulevard, Lakewood, Colorado.Investigator Eacon idencified himself to and advised thathe wished to speak with him about the explosives he had made in thepast and how thac possibly related to the Columbine High School

9homicides. __ agreed to an interview with Investigator Eatonover the telephone.

Investigator ~aton asked • to confirm which Video Citystore he worked for. 7 advised Investigator Eaton that heworked for Video City at 20th and Wadsworth in Lakewood I Colorado.Investigator Eatoo asked if he had ever worked at any ofthe other stores and advised Investigator Eaton that he hadworked once at one of the other Video C~ty Stores. advisedInvestigator Eaton that on one occasion during 1998, he had workedat the Video City store located in the area of West Alameda andSheridan Boulevard in Lakewood, Colorado.

Investigator Eaton asked ......ltif he was acquainted with or

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Page 3OS/20/1999

Ref # 99-120.7Type ASSTOA

Location 6201 S PIERCE ST

Reported Date 04/20/1999 Time 12,39:32Status RTF

DET77 05/19/1999 OSlB9S/EATON/KK

socialized with Eric Ha~ris, Dylan Klebold Qr ~~II~II~~....I ....~advised Investigator Eaton that he did not know nor was heacquainted with any of the three subjects named by InvestigatorBacon, Investigator Eaten asked an QI if he had ever caughtpersons from Columbine High School and mora specifically EricHarris, Dylan Klebol~and/or their associates, to manufactureexplosive devices. PI advised Investigator Eaton that henever taught those persons nor anyone else to manufacture explosivedevices.

!t should be noted chat asked once again howInvestigator Eaton came to the point of contacting him about~t~hleil~Columbine High School incident. Inves4igator Eaton advi6ed~

that an anonymous person had called in the information and thatInvestigator Eaton was assigned the follow up. Investigator Eatonadvlsed IIIIIIItthat he was not a suspect in the incident atColumbin~Schooland was only speaking with him as a witnessin a~ ~_!O confirm or deny the validity of the investigativelead, ........ advised Investigator Eaton that he understood why hewas being inte~iewed.

41 advise~ I~vesti~ator Eaton th~t he had nothing else tosay in reference th~s lnterv~ew and Invest~gator Eaton concludedthe in~e~riew at approximately 1130 hours.

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Status RTF

OET11 04/26/1999 042599/GRAINGEa/MO

99-1$25/Jefferson County Sbe~if='s Dept.

On 04/20/99 at approx~mately 1250 hcu=s ! received a call fromLieutenant Clarene Shelley of the Lakewood Police Department.~i~ut~nan~ Shelley advised t~at Lieu~enant John Kiekbusch of theJefferson County She=iff'$ De~ar~me~t requested the assis~ance ofthe Jefferson C~unty Cri~ical !~cide~t 7~am for which I am a"CoordinatQr." Lieutenant Shelley s::a.ted t!1e purpose of rnobi~izlng

the team was to a$$i$~ the Jef;erson CQUn~y Sherif:'s Oe9ar~ment

wie~ the ~cidenta unfolding ac Colu~i~e High School, 5201 So.Pie:~e sere~e, Information! had r~ceived regarding the s~:uacicn

a~ Columbi~e Kigh School was shoes ~ad been fired and ther~ wers anu~er ot s~udents and e~ache~5 inj~=ed or dec~a5ed as a rz$ult ofgunshot w~~nd$. ! was =ur~~er acv:sed thac SWA~ t:ams wer~

mobil~zi~9 to make ene~'l in~c ~he scheal. The purpose of theJef:e=son COU.~t7 Critical r~cide~c !~am is eo investigate allofficer~invol~ed shoct~ns s~:~ations ~here of~i=9rs had e~;aged infi:e w~th ~~cwn s~sgeees a~c c~ncac~ had ce~n made as a res~l~ ofthe gunfire.

I subsequenely assembled a team of multi-jurisdic~ional

represen~a~ivas f:om the Jef=erson County Cr~t~cal Incident Teamwho =a5pon~ed ~o Clements Park as a resu:t of e~is request. Aeapproximacely l4JO hours an O~/2o/~9 I ~aa advised by LieutenantJohn Kiekbusch the Je~~ersc~ CC~~t1 Cr~~ical !~cident ~eam would beresponding eo Leawood Elemeeea~! School, 6600 e. Leawood Driver forthe pu~ose of inter/iewing of~:eers whQ had be~n involved in theincidenc at Columbi~e Sigh School, i responded to LeawoodElementart Scheol with a team of te~ i~ves~igator$ f=om variousde9ar~men~s Once a: the sc~oo:, ~~e ~~f:erson County Cr~=ical

Incidenc Team members p~esent, disc~ssed how we would procg~d wi~h

the interriews. Due co e~e multiele numbers of SWAT L~d otherof=icers who had been in Columbine Sigh School as a result of the5i:~ation chere we determi~ecl t~e best course o! action was tointerf~ew only those officers who ~ad ac:~al11 :i~ed their weaponsi~side of t~e school. 1 adviaed t~e membe=s present the onlywea?ons eha: were to be seized as a ~esqlt of t~eir intarriews we~.

f~om of:icers who did net k~ow i~ the shces ~hey had f~r.d we=~ ~n

direc~ contace with suspe~~s"

From approximately 1450 hours to 2030 hours, the teninvestigators from the Jef:erson County Critical Incident Teaminterviewed twelve (~2l pc:ice of:icers, These invest~ga~ors andthe individuals they inte~riewed a:e as follows:

1. Detec~ive Jim Vonderohe of the Arlada poliee Departmentinterifiewed Henri Bloodwor~h with the Denver police DepartmentSWAT team.

2. Officer Kevin Armstrong wi~h the Wheat Ridge Police Departmentinterviewed offi~.r Paul Smoker with the Jefferson CountySheriff's oeparement. During the course of this interview,

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NARllATIVE

pall''' 204/26/1999

Ref # 99-120.7Type i\SS'IOlI

Location 6Z0l S PIERCE ST

R"por~ed Dace 04/20/1999 Time 12,39,32Status RTF

OtTll 04/25/1999 042S99/GaA!NGER/MC

Officer Armstrong dict secure Office~ Paul Smoker's weapon intoJef=erson Coun~y Evidence fo~ fureher processing.

~. Invescigacor P.J. Doyle int~r~iewed Sergeant Dan O'Shea l

Denver Police Department SWA~ ta4m.

4. Oetective Steve Holmes with t~e Golden Police Oe~artmenc/West

Metro Orus Task Force in~a~Tiewed Officer Q~eg RomerQ with theOenver police Dapar~mene.

$. Oetective Crei9hton Bates with the Lakewood P~lice Depar~men~

inearviewed Officer George Grey ~ith the Denver PoliceDepar~ment SWAT team.

~. Investigator SoAn ?icket~ wi:h che ~heat ~idge PoliceOep4r~~ent/west Mee:o Drug Task ?Qre~ i~te~fiewed Officer ~om

O'Neil wte~ t~e Den~er Po:iee nenar~ment SWA~ ~eam. Of=ic~r

O'Neil's weaQon ~as sec~r~d bv C~:ice= John Pickee~ intoJefferson County evidence ear· furt~er processing.

i. Detecei~a Russ aoat::ighc and Of:icer Brian Thompson with theArvad~ Police Oeparemene ineer~iew.d Of:.cer Neil Gardne: withthe Jef~er30n County Sheriff's Department. OetectiveBoatright did se~~re Of:icer Gardner's weapon inco JeffersonCoun~y Evidence for further proeessin9,

s. !nvest~qator John Lauck wit~ the Jef!erson Count1 DistrictAttorney's Office inter~iawed o:eicer Don Krammer wi~h theLakewood Police De~ar~m.nt.

9. Invest~gator Greg Na~l wi~h the Jef~erson Count, DistrictAcco~e¥'$ Office in:e~/iewed Deput1 Kevin walker with theJefferson Cour~c¥ Sheriff's Depa:t~ent.

10. Investigator P. Vondenkemp wieh the Jefferson county OistrictAc:orney's Of~ice inte~liewed Officer Mark Drajem with t~e

Ce~ve~ Police Oepar~~ent's SWA~ team.

~l. Investigator Steve Holmes with the Wheat Ridge PoliceDepartment/West Metxo Drug Task Force in~erriewed LieutenancTerry Manwaring wieh the Jeffe:scn C~unty Sheriff·sDepartment. ~s a res~l~ Qf th~6 i~terview, Investiga~or

Holmes did sec~re Lieueenan: ML~wa:icg'$ weapon in~o J~eferson

County Evide~ce for fureher processins.

Deteeti~e Jim Vonderohe with the Arvada Police Oenartmeneinterviewed Officer James Monegnan with che Denver PoliceDepartment SWAT team.

~ll interviews were concluded by 2200 hour. on 04/20/99. Theresults of these incerviews would be given to Commander OebraGrainger at ~he Arvada Police Oepartment by 04/26/99. lit

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Reported Oate 04/20/1999 Time 12:39,32stat". RTF

DET11 04/.6/1999 042S'9/GRl\1NG~/MO

approximately 1930 hour. Criminalist Vicky Spelman with theJefferson Councy Sheriff'a Departmenc aZTived on scane at LeawoodBlementa~f School to take possession of the four weapons that hadbeen secured. Those weapons were packaged by deputies with eheJef~er.on County Sheriff's Department whose name appear on thosepieces of evidence. Criminalist Spelman did remove the weaponsfrom Leawood Elementary School.

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NARRATIVE

Pag" 104/26/1999

R"f # 99-12067Type ASSTOA

Location $201 S PIERCE ST

Reported Date 04/20/1999 Time 12,39,32Statu. RTF

OET3 04/21/1999 042199/MARSKALL/KK/7706

JCSO 99-7625

On April 20 r 1999 at approximately 12:30 p.m. ! was contactedby Sergeant Hutc~craft and ins~ructed to attend a briefing inCommander Grainger's office, Myself and Detective Bryant wereassigned to respond to University Hospital located at 4400 East 9thStreet in Denver, where a victim of the shooting at Columbine HighSchool had been transporeeo.

upon arrival, myself and Detective Bryant learned the victim!who had tentatively been identified as Mark Taylor (17 years old),was currently in the radiology department, It was anticipated hewould be taken directly to Burgeri as he had suffered at least twogunshot wounds and his condition was critical.

I subsequently contacted Officer C. Evenson (#98-9;, aColorado University police officer, who advised he had collectedthe victim'S clothing upon his arrival, He turned over a brownpaper bag which contained three items, the victim's pants, shirtand boxer shorts.

Detective Bryant and myself spoke briefly with Dr, PaulBender, che emergency room physician who treated the victim uponhis arrival. Dr. Bender stated the victim had what appeared to bean entry wound under his left arm. The bullet traveled across histhoracic chest and exited the right side of his body. He statedthe vlctim also has a wound on the inside of his right upper armand that injury could very well have been caused by the samebullet. Dr, Bende~ advised that the victim also had a bullet woundin his upper l$f~ thigh which appeared to have exited his leftbuttock, The doctor advised ~-rays of the victimls body did notreveal any foreign bodies. He also advised the victim's arm hadnot been x-rayed as yet and did not rule out the possibility afragment may be found in hi. right arm.

At 1~S2 p.m. ! repackaged the clothing items seized from thevictim and placed each item into a separace paper bag, The threei~emg consisted of a pair of blue pants, size 36 x 32, with"Dickies" name brand, a pair of red boxer shorts, size XLI withuTulex ll name brand and a gt'ay short sleeve shirt, size L, with uTOpDawg" name brand, These items wet'e locked in the trunk of ArvadaPolice Department unit C148 until they wer$ removed at the ArvadaPolice Department hy myself,

Prior to leaving the hospital, Detective Bryant and Denverpolice Department Oetective Shultz #85007 interviewed the victirn l $

mother and two ocher persons who had responded to universityHospital. (See Detective Bryant's report.} Myself and DetectiveBryant cleared University Hospital at 5:54 p,m. Detective·Shultzremained in order to interview the victim, who wag still in surgerywhen we left.

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llARAATIVE

Page 204/26/l999

Ref # 99-12067Type ASSTOA

Location 6201 S PIERCE ST

Reported Date 04/20/1999 Time 12,39,32St.atus RTF

DET3 04/21/1999 042199/MARSEALL/KK/7706

Upon returning to the Ar\iada Police Department, Ibloody clothing, placing the items in the laboratory.each item with my initials and i~entification number.left in the secured lab overnight to dry.

removed t.heI markedThey were

On April 21, 1~99 at 10:00 a.m. r photographed the items andre~ackaged che, initialing ehe eeals on each bag.

No further action was taken by this officer.

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Refer to Jefferson county Sheriff's Deparement, Case #99-7625.

On 04/20{99, IO along with Ofc, Gaet~~o were assigned by Cmdr,Grainger to respond to St. Anchony's Central Hospital to assiitJefferson County Sheriff's Oepartment in the shooting incident thatoccurred at columbine High S~hool. 10 and Ofe. Gaetano'sassignment was to make contact with the victims, obtain ~~y

evidentiary item~, as well as statements from the victims, ifpoaai~le. Upon our arrival (approximately 1:30 p.m.) at thehospital, we met with uniformed Denver Police Ofc. D. A. Awe, #92­74, He advised that he had been standins by ana that there weretwo patients that had come into the hospital, due to gunshot woundsfrom the Columbine gigh School incident. We then met w~th Dr.DUry, seaff emergency Physician at St. Anthony'S Central, alongwith a Dr, Winston Tripp, also of the Emergency Room, St. Anthony'sHospital, At thiS time, it was learned that two subjects had comein, one identified as Kacey Ruegsegger, a white, 17 year oldfemale, DOB, 03{29/S2, patient I.D. iOOl56022S. Dr. Dury advisedthat she was going for an arterial g~am tea~ing and that she wassuffering from two gunshot wounds. He described one as to theright shoulder and the other as a more minor injury in the righthand. It was his belief thac the wound in the righc shoulder wascaused by a large caliber or hig~ velocity weapon. Re stated hisopinion of her condition was that she waS not critical and would beclassif~ed as serious condition. We then spoke with Or. Tripp, whowas caring for a paciene idencified as Michael Johnson, DOB:unknown, white male S~lect patient 1.0. ItOQl.50226. Pro Trippadvised that he had six gunshot: wounds. They consisted of two inthe neck, one being in the right cheek, the other in the neck. Hebelieved these to be possibly caused by shrapnel of some sort andhe had two holes in the left upper thigh and was suffering fromparalysis of the leg at this cime. He also had one minor injury inthe hand, as well as one in ehe upper right ar.M on the backside ofthe arm, which appeared to be a through and ehrou9h wound, SubjectJohnson was in the process of being transferred to the operatingsuite wichin the hospital for surgery, relative eo the wounds,

In the intervening time period', Oet. Wilhelm, I.O. #l437, fromLakewood poliee Oepartment arrived at the emergency room andoffered to assist with the processing of ehe patienes, Based uponthe informat~on provided to us by the charge nurse in the emergencyroom at St. Anthony's Central Hospital, it was believed at thistime that they would be receiving approximately two to threecritical care patients. as well as an unknown number of lesserinjury patients at their facility.

At approximately 2:00 p.m., IO received the clothing from ~ane

Cole, emergency room R.N., for victim, Mike Johnson. Due to thedoctors attending to Mike Johnson, no attempt at this time was madeto interview or talk with him relative to the incident. Uponreceipt of the clothing, IO took the two grocery bage that all hi.clothing items had been placed 1ntoj along wieh the copy of the

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form from St. Anthony emergency room that: I had signed to receivethe clothing and placed it within the trunk of my police vehicle,wh~ch was identified as Unit #C155. The trunk was locked and theclothing left in there at this point. It should be noted at thistime that Nurse Cole advieea 10 that there was a wallet within thebags and was laying on top and ehe had examined ehe content a andfound it contained no currency.

SutHaequently, we were advised by the charge nurse aga.in thatthere was a patient who was being transferred to St. Anthony'SCentral by helicopter from the Littleton Hospital, due to a gunshotwounct to the right leg. This patient was transferrect for thepurpose of doing an arterial gram relative to the vessels in theleg to determine the extent of the injUry, as the Littleconfacility was not capable of conducting this testing. This subjectarrived and was identified as Makai Hall, also a white male, nofurther description at this time, patient t.D. # 001.60291. Thesubject was brought into the emergency room and prepared to go tothe lab for the testing as preViously mentioned. At this time, Iasked medical personnel if there was any clothing that had beentransferred with him and they advised that they did not believe anyhad been transported.

A fourth victim was ultimately brou9h~ to St. Anthony'semergency room. He waS accompanied by Dee. Joel Humphrey, DenverPolice Department, Intel Bureau. He arrived via ambulance, Oet,Humphrey had already obeained his clothing, as well as a statementfrom him. This subject was suffering from several gunshot wounds,most notable being one to the head, the arm and the fooe. At ~his

time, he was unable to move his right side and was described asbeing very slow in his mentation. D~t. Humphrey advised to thatth ct was Pa DOB, 05/12/81, and he resideda~ This subject was attended toby

At this timet we were informed by the hospital, they didnttknow when or if they would get any additional patients, that theywere still uncertain whether any more were coming. Based upon thefact that there were four viceims in the hospital and fourofficers, which consisted of IO, Ofc. Gaetano, Det. Wilhelm f~om

Lakewood, and Det. Humphrey from Denver, we agreed to split thepatients up with the responsibility as follOWS. Ofc, Gaatano wasresponsible for patient, Kacey Ruegsegger; Det. Wilhelm wasresponsible for patient, Michael Johnson; Dec. Humphrey wasresponsible for patient, Patrick Ireland; and 10 would beresponsible for Makai gall. F~r any additional informationrelative to the other patients, please see the reports generated bythe officers,

Based upon the above mentioned division of responsibilities atapproximately 1600 hours, the clothing that IO had locked in thetrunk of Unit #C255 for patient. Michael J~hnson was eranster4ed to

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Det. Wilhelm of the Lakewood Police DepaLtment. Again, it shouldbe noted that this clothing had not been inventoried at this poine,that there were two large grooery bags and Det, Wilhelm will followup with the responsibility for those items,

IO then contacted Makai Hall in the emergeney room, as he hadbeen returned from the lab testing: as previously mentioned in this~eport. It should be noted that Hall was somewhat 9~o99Yt butappeared throughout the cours~ of my interview to be very cognizantof his surroundings and quiee responsive to the questions that rhad posed to him, however, if there was a lapse in ~onversation

while I made notes! he quite readily appeared to doze off, due eothe pain medication that had been administered.

Makai Hall'S statement was; I begin the inte~iew by askinghim to tell me where he was and what he recalled of the sequence ofevents and who was with him, and what had happened. Makai toldyour to that he was in the library at Columbine High School withfriends, whom he identified as Pat Ireland, Daniel Stepleecn, CoryOePooter, and Austin Eubanks. He went on to say that to the bestof his knowledge, both Austin and Dan had been shot in the knee andhi9 f~iend, Pat, had been shce in ~he head. He was uncertain as towhat Pat's condition was or where he wa~. At this time, he told IOthat he knew who shot him and went on to say thae it was Oylan, whohe believed was a senior at Columbine H1gh School, but he possiblymay have dropped out. He went on to advise that last year, meaningthe prior school year, he had taken a French class and that he andDylan had been partners in that cla.s. He said that Dylan shot himwith a shotgun. Nhen aSked how he knew wno had shot him, herecognized him as he had seen h1$ face. He went on eo describe himas wearing a lon9! black trench coat and a dark baseball cap, whichhe wore with the hill over the back of his neck. He said hethought at this time he recognized the voice of the other subjectana he was sure he was acquainted with him, but he could not put aname with it. !n response to how many persons had been doingshooting, he advised thae he had only se~n two people l one again,was Dylan and the other one, which he said he was sure he knew thesubject from school, but he could not place a name on him.

In response to my question regarding known associates of Dylanor persons in the ~Trench Coat Mafia," he replied that Oylan had avery close friend by the name of Zack and he was uneercain on thelast name, bue thought ic was Taylor. Moving back to his seaeementthat Oylan had shot him with a shocgun, I made inquiry as to hisfamiliarity with firearms and why he was certain it was a shotgun.He said that he was reasonably familiar with firearms as he hadbeen both big game hunting and bird hunting with his fsther onprevious occasions and did know the difference between a rifle anda shotgun. He sai~ he was certain that the gun ehat Dylan shot himwith was a shotgun.

I then asked him to explain how the situation had presented

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itself to him, He saiq he was not aware of anything/ other thanthat there was some loud explosions or bangs and, at this time, aar~ teacher by the name of M~s" Neilson came into the library andtold the ~tudents to get down. Shortly thereafter/ the twosubjects he previously ideneified as nylan and the unknown .econdperson, came into the library and began shooting there. Makai thentold 10 and repeated the fact that subject, Dylan, had a shotgunand he also had, what he described as a hand held assault gunsimilar to an Uzi, which he believed was possibly fUlly automatic,but he wasn't certain. He said Oylan began firing with the handheld assault gun and fired off several rounds in a very rapidfashion. ! again queried him relative to semi-automatic versusautomatic. He said he couldn't be certain, Due he felt that therounds were so fast that it made him believ~ it was a auto handgun.He went on to state that at this time, he then fired the shoegun athimself and the othe4S previously mentioned as being with him,they were hiding unae~ a eable in the library, He said he thenknew ~hat he had been hit in the leSt as well as Patrick had beenhit as we.ll.

At chi. time, he said Oylan proceeded to throw a bomb downnext to them, where they lay on the floor. I asked him to describethis bomb and he said he believed it was a homemade type bomb witha wick in the end, which he lit. He described it as beingapp~oximately 3/4 inch in diameter ana wrapped with duct tape. Hethen reiterated that Dylan had shot them previously with theshotgun and than threw a bomb next to them. Mal<ai qrabbed the bomband threw it acrosS the library, he estimated some 20 to 30 feet,at which time it exploded, making a very loud noise. I then askedhim for some additional background material that he might have onthe subject. Oylan. He said that he had shared the French classwith him during the last school year and that during that time,Dylan had spoken to him about how he made pipe bombs at home. Hewent on to say that he had a very bad temper and couldn'e controlit. He further stated that he had an extreme dislike for theFrench teacher and constantly made comments that were eitherderogatory or critical of her.

At the conclusion of the interview with Makai gall, !Oobtained specific information on the subject, including full name,address, date of birth, etc., etc. IO also obtained a MedicalConsent to Release information from David W. Hall, who isidentified as the father of Makai Hall. This release authorizesAxvada Police Depa~tment ana Jefferson County Sheriffls Departmentor 4n¥ other law enforcement agency to obtain medical recordspertinent to this incident from St. Anthony's Central Hospital, aswell as Littleton Kospita~, where the Subject was firsttransported.

At this time, subject Makai Hall w"s be~omin9 quite drowsy andwas haVing difficulty in remaining aw~ke and the inte~iew wasterminated while he awaited his turn in surgery.

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While waiting outside the surgical suite, IO was contacted bymedical personnel and asked who was going to receive the bulletthat the doctor was going to rem~ from the leg of Makai Hall. 10informed him that I was there for that purpose. At this time, Iwas issued surgical sown, cap, boots, and mask and escorted intothe surgery sUite. The subjece was being operated on at ~hie eimeDY Or. Cbarles Rowland. IO watched him as he proDed the wound withan orthoscope and removed the projectile, giving it to the scrubassistant who cleaned it up, then placed it in a plastic containerand handed it to me. My examination at this point was visual andit wQula appea~ that it was a lead projectile and was spherical insnape and would be compazabLe with the "00'· buck size. 10 thenasked Dr. aowland about the other projeceile ehae was showing inthe x-rays that were hanging on the wall, He advised thatprojectile was imbedded in the bone and that he would not beremoving it as there was no medical necessity to do so and Hallwould be better off to have it left there, .mDedded in the Done.

After exiting the surgical suite and removing the surgicalclothing, IO and Ofo. Gaetano returned to the Arvada PoliceDepartment, where ehe clothing that she had obtained from victim t

Kacey Ruegsesger, was spread Qut to dry in the lab. IO alsoprepared the property sheets for the items, as well as the oneprojectile preViously mentioned in my report, which was removedfrom Makai Hall. It should be noted here that during the course ofmy interview Makai Hall, I made further inquiry of him relative toitems of clothing that he was wearing. He advised that they badbeen removed at the Littleton KO$pital and he had no idea where hisclothing was.

Eased upon a prior phone conversation that 10 had with Sgt,Hutchcraft, IO as well as Ofe. Gaetano were advised that once wehad ~etu~ned to headquarters and completed the paperwork relativeto the evidence we could secure for the day, and we should respondat the usual B:OO a.m. the next morning,

At approximately 0815 hours on 04/21/99, 10 responded to theArvada Police Department Lab and assisted Ofc. Gaetano and LabTechnician Graham in the packasing of the evidence previouslyreferred to here. IO prepared a small cardboard box andappropriate labels and exterior packaging for the projectile thathad been removed from Makai Hall.

At approximately 1100 hours. IO was contaeted by Sgt.Hutchcraft and asked to respond to St. Anthony's Central for a re­interview of Makai Hall. I was informed that there had beenspeculation that a potential third or fourth subject might havebeen involved in ~he shooting and asked to explore that areafurtherw~l. :IO was also direct.ed eo inquire a.houtthename_

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On 04/21/99, IO responded to St. Anthony's Central to re­interview Makai Hall. It was determined that subject, Hall, was inroom 4J5 west, in the St. Anthony's Central Hospital. IO went tothe room and mee with the subject( Hall. as well as other me~ers

of his family. I asked him if he felt like he oould talk to mesome more, at this time. He responded yes, that he COUld. I dida brief review of the facts as he had previously given me on theday prior and in clarification, h~ advised that while in theliDrary, the suDjects, Cory DePooter and Austin EuDanks, had movedfrom his location to another area in the liDrary prior to theshooting,. He was uncertain specifically as where they were whenthe shooting began in the library. Sieting with him at this eime,specifically, was Pat !reland, Dan Stepleeon, as well as an unknownAaian girl. Makai confirmed his statement of the prior days, inehat he said there were only ~wo shooters to the best of hi$knowledge, one being Dylan and he advised chac the las, name ne had9iven me yesterday, whicn he believed to be McDermott, wasincorrect, that his last name was the same as whae he had observedin his hospital room on the ealevision. He again, reiterated thefact that he believed he ~ec09nized the second shooter from hisobservations of his face, saying he did not know him personally,but he did state that the subject who had heen shown on televisionwas the same person who he had observed with Dylan and wasresponsible for the shooting. In clarification, Hall was referringto Oylan Klebold and E~ic Harris. He went oe to reaffirm that theonly known associate that he cou14 give me by name was the zack/ ashe had previously mentioned, who was a very good friend of nylan's.

I then asked him if there had been any talk or r~mora aboutschool among his friends or anyone else, "that he knew of, regardingt.his incident occurring in the hours or days proceeding the e-venton 04/20. He said that he had not heard anything of it until tnetime that it act.ually oe=urred. I then asked how he had managea toget out of the library. He advised that: after firing severalrounds, Dylan kept yellin9 words to the effece that he was out ofammunition or needed additional clips, at which time it was hisbelief chat he left the liD.ary and that Makai Hall and others tookthis opportunity to run Que of the school And made contact with ehepolice. He also stated, at this eime Dan Stapleton had ~n outwith him, but Patrick Ireland was not able to leave.

It should be noted at this time that ehere was a considerableamount of activity in his room, with the associated family membersand friends from achool dropping by co see him, as well as themedical Itaff checking up on him. At this point in the interview/he was still somewhat groggy, although more alert thAn he was onthe p.evious day. 'rhe nu.sing staff came in and advised that therewas going to be a chapel service as a memorial to che 9tude~ts atColumQine High at this time and as~eQ him if he wanted ,0 attend.He responded yes, that he did. 10 tnen spoke with Doth David andSusan Hall, his parent•• and learned that the Lt~ Governor Joe

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Rogers was scheduled to V~S1t him later in the afee~oon andarrangements were made to continue this interview in late afternoonor the following morning on 04/22. At this time, no furtherinformacion was able to be developed from th.. subject.

On 04/22/99 at approximat..ly 8,30 to 8,4$ a.m., 10 returned toSt.. Anthony'S Centra.l Hospital too conclude the interview with MakaiHall. At this time¥ I again reviewed the prior statements he hadmade relative to the questions that I nad pceed , 10 not"d nosignificant diff"rence. in g"neral terms. He elaborated somewhaton th.. fact that wh..n be and Dan Stepleton ran out, there were~~ite a numb"r of otbers that ..1.0 ran out with him. I aeked himto explain how tbia had occurr..<i. He said that an unknown p..rsonhad apparently oome up the back stairs or a back entranCe to thelibrar/ and y"ll"d to all of th" students to get out of eh.. libraryand they all ran to th.. exit. It was Hall's b ..lief that thissubject was a police officer, probably a SWAT offic..r, although henever saw him specifically, He again reiterated that he andapproximat.ely 20 others then ran out the back door and wereescorted to a hiding location behind $om$ police units and theywere then transported two or three at a time, cased upon severityof injury to a more distant location for triage and transport tothe hospital. He said after a. short period of time, he was able tomake it to the hospital. I then asked him, r&lative tb his injury!that being the gunshot wound in his leg. how he was able to getQue. He said he just was able to do it and h. ran with che othersas best he could.

At this time, Hall reports seeing an unknown subject on tneroof area of the school. He was unable to identify for me if thisperson was a police officer or a suspect.

I then asked him if he could provide me with any additionalnames of SUbjects that might be closely associated with Dylan andthe other shooter. He said if he had his high school yearbook. hecould poine out those individuals, but he did not know tnem bynam... IO requ..st..<i that when he was released from the hospieal,which was presumed will he 04/23/99 that he look through hisy....rbook and oall me with the names that he develops from theyearbook.

t chen asked him for further descriptions ~elative to thebomb. He descriDed it more clearly than he had on the daypreVious. He believed it was about 5~ long and somewhere in theneighbornood of 3/4" t.o 1" in diameter. He said it did not feelheavy enough to be incased in a metal pipe. but the object waScylindrical in shape and wrapped in duc~ tape with a fuseQ wicklike you would see in a firecracker sticking oue of one end of theobject.

At this point, I asked him if the name ~meant anythingto him. He immediately responded. wyeah. ff that 1t was probably

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~ He went. on to say t.hat when the shooting began in t.he~'heard one of the shooters callout, oIWho is that? Isthae John Savage?fl John Savage responded in the affirmative andone of the shooters. which he believes to be Dylan, told Savage toget out of there and Savage ran from the library at this time.

Based upon a comment that. Hall made to me in the emergencyroom, that being he didn't believe that Dylan would have shoe himhad he known it was him. but since he was Sitting with the joe.k./he assumed that he was probably lumped into that group by Dylan.I asked him. at this point, which of the individuals he was sittingwith. were involved in athletics at the high school? ae respondedthat Pat Ireland had been involved in basketball the year prior andDan Stepleeon was on the wrestling team. In res~onse eo myquestions :egardins the character and makeup of Dylan, he said thathe knew last year ne was in a diversion program, as well as someanger management cherapy. I asked him to delineate his commentsmore thoroughly aDOQt the Frencb class ehat he shared with Dylan.and specifically, Dylan'S actions towards the teacher. Ha+l tol~

me that Mrs. Lu.tz was the French teacher and he went on to say thatDylan, throughout the course of the class, was very openlylfdisreapeccful ll to her a.nd quite often times swore in the elassopenly. I asked him wnat Mrs. Lutz' response was to this and hesaid sbe primarily just ignored it. He also went on to say thatzack. the close friend of Oylan that: he had 1Mlntioned in theprevious interview, alsQ acted towards Mrs. Lutz in the samemanner, When questioned relative to the shooting in the librarywhere he was/ if there had been anything ~hat occurred prior tothat, he responded that there were some bombs which he described asvery large and very loud and furth.er. that they shook tne buildingthen went off about four to five minutes prior to the two suspectscoming into the library. He described these bombs as much largerin explosive force than the one that be had previously described asbeing dropped Dy himself and the others which Hall pic~ed up andthrew aerOs9 the room. He said there was a very loud bang andquite a concussion with it. but it did not shake the building inthe manner in which the bombs that he heard in the cafeteria priorto them entering the library,

At this time/ IO concluded the interview and advised him thatI believed we had concluded the questioning that was necessary atthis time, but there might be a need for further follow up at alater time and requested his continuous assistance, At this time,I thanked M•. Hall. as well as the victim. Makai Hall, for theircooperation in this matter and wished them both well.

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On Tuesday. 04/20/99 at approximately 1133 hOur., IO receiveda p&ge from Jefferson county Sheriff's Dispatch with instructionsto respond eo ~he sheritf ' s headquarters, pursuant ~o thedeployment of the SWAT Team and SWAT Support Unit. IO learned viadispatCh ehaf: an unknown number: of gunmen bad entered Columbine!ligb. Scb.oel and opened. tire on students and tuche",s. As moreinformation was received. IO learned that numerous txplosivedevio.... both eletonated and un-detonated ....."" lOCated in theSChool. IO also leameel that at le.... t two bodies of what ..ppeareelto be studen:ts We2:"e seen outside of the school. Also, current.lygunshot.. and bombs oould be b.e..rel exploding from within tb.e sohool.Via radio t.raffic, it was determined that while chis IO was enroute to the seene with Sgt. Dan Sittner Of the Jefferson CountySheriff's Department, part of the JCSO 9WA~ Team had begun to encerehe school.

While en route to the schOOl. to received info~~tiQn via ~cso

Dispaccher Grote chat a person identi~/in9 himself as John Savageb.sd telephoned their dispaech sesting th..t b.e had informationconcerning the inoident. He provided a phone number of 303-948­948~ and an address ~here he was currently lo~ated at 6805 W. PolkAve. It should be noeea that this IO aeeempted numerous timeswhile en route tQ the scene to contact John Savage via thetelephone unsucoessfully.

Upon arrival into the area, at approximately 1230 hOU~3, theoommand pose was located. It ..hould he noteel eh..t the JeffersonCounty Sheriff's command bus was p..rked in the _lOO block of S.Pierce St., and set up as a command post. It should he noteel thatnumerous police jurisdictions were represented in the staging areaand comm..nd post area. Specifically, the Littleton PoliceOepartmenc, the Arapahoe co~~cy Sherif~'s Qff~ee, the Oenver PoliceDepartment. FBI. CBI. Jefferson County District Attorney's Offiee,Golden Police D.par~ment and Wheat Ridge Police Department. Forpurposes of this report, this 10 will address IO'a role in thisineidene and summari%s conversations with ocher officers and detailan inte~view that was conducted with a wi~~ess to the inciden~,

identified as Peggy W. Dodd

Initially, it wa$ the function of this 10 as a crisisnegotiator w'th the JefferSon County Sheriff'S Reg.onal SWAT re..mto obt ..in intelligence information regarding the incident,specifically, the loc..tion of the suspeot .. and statu. and number ofreported victims. 10 noted that numerous offieers and parents ofstudents were milling around the command post on cellular phones.Reportedly, numerous conversatiou$ were occurring with studentsfrom inside of ~he building. As a result of those conversacions,

\ significant quantities of information began emerging conoerningpossible suspects and the location ana st.atu$ of numerous v_1c:timsand. wit.nesses.

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IO spoke witn an officer identified as Oapnne Sacca from the~ittletQn 20110e Department. D. Bacca had arrived on scene priorto this IO and Sgt. Sittner and ned begun the gathering ofintelligence information concerning the incident. Specifically, O.Sacca told IO that their intelligenoe information was thatcurrently. at approximately l3lS hours, they believed that tberewere an unknown number of people inside the commons area ofColumbine High School. Many of those people appeared to beinjured, two of Which appeared to be critical injuries. IO alsolearned tnet there Were approximately 40 people in the music areaand approximately nine people in the English room. Concerning thebusiness room of the school, D. Sacca stated that it was herunderstanding ~hat seven students and C'~ ceachers were there. D.Sacca al$Q informed IO that two cuscodians had soushe asylum in chelars_ walk in freezers and were in por~able radio coneact with RlSecuri~y. ~~1 of this informacion was t~ansferred to large chartsthat Nere posced on che wall of the Arapahoe County mobile commandpost. It should also De noted that Daphne Bacoa had listed fournames of possible suspects. Those names included ~ric Harris,Dylan Klebold, Chris Morris I and Rober~ Perri_ It is un~~own tothis 10 how Daphne Saoca hed gleaned that informaticn. tocont~nued to assise by 4¢eum.nt~n9 information that was coming in~o

the command post on to tne papers on the wall: for quick referenee.

Thi$ IO then spoke with Agent Chuck Davis of the Coloradoiur.au of Investigation. C. Cavis told IO that he had completed aninter;iew with a teacher, via ~he cellular telephone. The teachar,who was later identified as Eric Thiessen was currently inside ofthe SChool. specifically, E. Thie$sen was in the EnSlish wing, ~he

far east wing of the school on the upper level. In summa~/, C.Davis told to that E. Thiessen told him that he did not personallyknow :he suspects, but he had heard ~ha~ they were students. Healso reported that he has heard of the g~oup calling themselves theTrench Coat Mafia. E. Thiessen told C. Davis of a $tud~n~~

identified as Tim Kastle, telling him that the people shooting weret~O white males wearing long black trench CQats. E. Thiessenproviaed C. Oavis with e phone number to the English office forpo.s!~le future use. JC.DD1.D08895

C. Davis told IO that he also interviewed a teacher I

identified as Joyce Gecco, (unknown spelling) after she had escapedfrom the schOOl. She reported that she and twe other teachers andthree students hAd hidden in a bathroom near the faculty loungewhen they heard the shots. IO inquired 4S ~o whether or not sheprOVided the names of the students that were hiding with her. C.Oavis told IO that Joyce knew two of the three students. The twonames provided were Seen Nosseman {unknown spelling) and eieherNick or Adam Foss. The uncertainty of the Foss brothers wes due tothe fact that Nick and Adam are twina. The teaohers with JoyceGecco were identified as Sue Carrueher$j Amy Burnett, and Syd!Cuting {ell unknown spelling). There was also sketchy information

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that an ~iaentified woman who works in the cafeteria was p~esent

wi~h them in the bathroom. That woman was identified as havingblond hair and wearing red shirt or red sweat pants. C. Daviscontinued by telling IO that Joyee Gecco provided him with asequence of evencs. J. Geeeo told him thae she took her lunch at1125 in the faculty lounge and she recalls hearing the 1145 bellwhil.. hiding in the faculty bathrcom. While in the bathroom. shereported to C. Cavis that she heard two male voices. She reportedthat ahe oouldn't make out the words, but she ehousht it waspossihly palice office~s because the voices sounded so calm and incontrol. Pursuant to the conversation. again she seated that tnewords were unintelligible. but the voices were calm and clear andarticulate. Joyce sta~ed ~hat she heard eight eQ nine loud noisesthat she believed to be shotguns or grenades, She also ~epor~ad

ehat there was approximately five to ten min~tes in between theahoes. C. Davis stated that Joyoe also told him that she believe~

she neard approximately four pistol shoes and then smelled gas and~ard a loud hiss cominq from the kiechen area, adjacent to thebathroom, Joyce also told C. Davis that ahe heard tables andfurniture being moved inside t~e cafeteria. She also r&coun~e~ anat~empe to escape the area by being boosced up into the falseceiling. IO then asked C~uck navis eo cQnfirm with IO that he hadstated cha~ the first time Joyce Gecco nopieed something amiss wasae approximately 1125, the shoes, etc., coming from the cafeteria,and Chuck stated that ~as cor.ect. Chuck also told IO that TimKastle told Joyce Gecco that he had seen an unidentified boy getshot in the face, With the above lis~ed information, IO madeseveral notations and updates en the charts, do~~menting thesituation that were being kept in the Arapahoe County mobilecommand post. Per~inen~ information was ~assed to the Jef~erson

County SWAT Team as appropriate.

traci subsequently summar1zentar~iew of Chris f04 e ~5 IO. She r~po4ted that Chris came eo

school this morning, but left after third period and went to afriend's home The friend was identified as Cory Friezman (unknownspelling). Reportedly. corl's mother calls home and advised Coryto turn the television on, At thae time l ~~ri$ stated he became~ware of what was happening at school. Also at that time, herepor~edly came to the realization that the suspect were hisfriends. Chris Morris identified h~s ~riends as Dylan Klebold andEric Harris. Chris stated. that Oylan uses the moniker, "Vqdka, 11

and E.x:ic uses the moniker, lIReb." T. Dow-Wyatt continued. bytelling IO tbat she learned via Chris Morris. that Eric Harris wasinto Nazi memorabilia. Chris told T, Oow*Wyatt that Eric Harrishad showed him books concerning the Nazi culture, chr~$ also told

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T. Dow-wyatt that be has a bowling class early in the !!lomings aadOn some oceasions, eric Harris shows up. Chr1s recalled for T.Dow-Wyatt that on one of the oc~aaicns a few weeks agos eric cameto bowling and commented tnat "wouldn't it he neat if w6 killed illlthe jccks.~ Eric wen~ so far as to su9iest that they eQuld set uptrip wires and take over the generaeors. T. DOw·Wyatt concluded bystating that ahe as~ed Chris where Eric Sarris and Oylan KlebQl~

got the weapons. Chris reported that Eric Harris and Dylan Kleboldbought the shotguns from a friend of a friend and got the pistolfrom Eric's parents. T, Dow-wyatt stated that Chris mencicned thatit was possible that another person by the name of Robert PerrI mayhave mora info~tion because the four of them used to hang outtogether. C~is told T. Dow·Wyae~ that he used to be pare of eheTrench Coat Mafia, but fell into disfavor. He reportedly fell intodisfavor because E~ic would reportedl? start fishes wi~h the jocksand Chris wouldn't back him up. This:o has no :ur~her informacionin reference to the details concerning ~~ris' relationship withEric Harris and oylan Klebold. Specifically, if and when therelacionship was $evered and the extant tnae relationship. Pleasesee Agent Dow~Wyatt's report for further details and theci:cumstances surroundins h&r interriew with Chris Mor~is.

At ap~roximately 1540 hours, to be~ame aware that a wi~ness

who was subsequently iaentified as Peggy W. Dodd had been rescuedfrom the school by an unidentif~ed SWAT Team and she had pertinentinformation. Ie observed pe991 Dodd b~i~q escor~ed co the commandpost by an unidentified SWAT Team membe:, and dets~ined ehatques:~cnin9 was app~opriace. It should ~e noted that Peggy Doddwas extremely upset and visibly shaking. The state of her physicalhealth was inquired about and she complained only about a headache.Paramedics briefly examined Peggy and determined that she had noinjuries. Pursuanc to queseiens ;rom e~~s IO, ie was determinedthat Pe~/ was noe taking any medication of any kind. Even thoughPSSSY Dodd was phySically shaking, she stated that she couldprovide 10 with a statement, all she needed was a drink of waterand use of the ~athroom. Peggy commented that she had hidden intM "magazine" room of the librar! for lffour hours>l until the SWATTeam found her. IQ allowed Peggy Dodd several ~inutes eo composeherself in the ambulance and the paramedic determined that nomedical attention was necessarf· At that point, Pe9GY Dodd wastaken to the Jefferson county Sheriff's command post bus. There,she became more oomfortable ana was given something to drink. Atthis point, this ~O spoke wi~h her regarding her observations. Itshould be noted that Peggy was extremely arti~~late and coherentfor this interview. It should also be noted that due to thecircumstances and the locations of this interJiew, it was notrecorded.

IO began by asking her for identifying information. PeggyDodd stated that her date of birth is 02/04/43. and she resides at6327 Benton Way, Littleton, CO 80123: with her husband, William"lilill" Dodd. She provided this to with her phone number of 303-

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795-9071, ner nus=and's pager number as 303-750-0012, and her workphone of 303-982-4514.

Pursuant to the events of the day, it should be noted thatPeggy Dodd was extremely forthcoming with informaeion, blurting outto tni. IO that she hsd hidden in the librar/" magazine roombecween two magazine racks. Peggy described the fact that themagaZine room is approxi~tely Mtwo doo~s~ into the liQrary. IOasked Pe99Y if she is a teaoher at the School and she stated thatshe is, in fae~. a teacher and she works in Che Tech Lab, alsoknown as the Compueer Lab, 10 asked her what ahe waS doing in thelibrary at the time and she stated that she had simply happened tobe in the library, estimating ~he time eo be llJO hours, Sherecalled chat she was planning on going co the second lunch and hads~opped into the library to speak with ~i~h Long, anoeher teaeher,about a software question, IO asked Peggy how she knew thacsomething was '~ong. Peggy stated that she was standing in thelibrary wh~n sne heard gunshots and bombs going off. She recalledthat a CeaGhar by che name of Carol Weld, curned around and askedRich Long, lIRich, is this real?" Peg'gy stated that. she recalledthere was one Itude~t, identified as Brian Ande~$on, lying on ~he

floor of ehe librar/, bleeding, Pursuant eo more details, Peggytold IO ehat Brian was bleeding from nis chest and lying on thefloor moanins. Peggy staeed khac she krielc down beside him, inhopes of ad.ministering first aid.. when Brian blurted Que, "E:ricHar~is shot me." IO asked Peggy if she h.ad seen Eric Harris shot:Sr~an and she stAted no, Peggy stQced that was che first thingthat Srian said to her, as soon as she ~~elt down neXC to him.~eg9'Y recalled that she asked Brian where he had been shot and thenshe obserJed wnat she described as a small burn wound an his cheat.Peggy stated that because it looke~ like a burn, ~he asked Brianwhere the bullet ~as. Pe~i told !O that Brian'S response to he4regarding the bullet: was, "J: pulled ie out." to asked her i: sheaaw blood anywhere else on Brian and she $tat~d that she saw bloodon his face and his che$t. She also recalled that Brian yelled toher that he wanted to go home and again, told her that Eric Harrishad shot him. Pursuant to quescions abOUt where they were, shesta~ed ~hat Brian had cOme inco the liDrary from the main hallwayand immediately collapssQ on to th~ floor in f=ont of the mainlibrary counter.

IO tnen asked Peg9'Y about the .~~ence of event.. Peggy hadpreviously told IO that prior to Brian entering the library andcollapsing in front of the main desk axea. she had been standing inehe library and had heard the gunshots and the =ombs going off.Peggy Stated that all she reoalls specifically, was asking CarolWeld and Rich Long, "Is this real?" She recalled that. R.ich lookedout the windows of the librar/ that faced into the hallway and toldeveryone to gee down. Peggy stated thac as Rioh yelled that thiswas, in fact, real and yelled to them eo see down, she looked o~t

one of th~ windows that faced the soutnwest side of the buildingoutdoors. IO asked Peggy what she saw and she stated, ~I saw Dylan

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standing on the hill, just shooting.' !t should be noted that as~eggy relates that information, she is demonstrating holding awei-pont -using: both of her hands and moving her body in whatappeared to be a sweeping motion. IO asked Peggy if that's, infact, what she saw Dylan doing and she seated yes, In reference eothe gun that she saw, Peggy 9taced that it was a ~long~ gun."definitely not a pistol." Peggy also told to toha.e. she now can'tremember if she was looking out the back e$it door of the librarjor the window near the door when she saw Dylan shooting. Peggystated there are windows directly nexe to the exit door, facing thesmall hill where she observed. Dylan shooting, IO asked her ,...hereshe saw nylan shoot~n9 the gun towa~ds ar~ she stated ~hat he wasshooting towards the parking lot. Peggy then stated that she nowrecalls it was when she ran back ineo ebe main area of the librar/tha~ she saw Brian come in from the interior hallway and eollapse~in front of the main desk, after she saw Oylan shooting.

IO asked Peggy if she could describe what Dylan looked likewhen she saw him shooting outside of the school On the hill towardsche parking lot. Pegsy described Dylan as "tall" and "not veryclean II She stat-ad that he was wearing je~lls with "high top Naziboocs l

' and a "long black coat. I~ She :ecalled ehat Oylan's jeanswere faded and he was wearing an unknown color cap on ~ackwar~s.

Specifically, she estimaeed that Dylan Klebold is approximately612" tall and very thin. She stated that his ha.ir was sandy blond.and ~lcns and scraggly,q adding that it hung out the back of hiscap that she again reporced was backwards, IO asked Peggy how sheknew for sure this was Dylan Klebold, and she stated chat she knowsOylan from lase year in camputer/~ech lab. She stated that theyhad trouble wich Oylan in that class because he was "hacking U intocomcuters and causing trouble. She also reported that he ~as avideo production :student and ahe "recognized him right away"" Sheagain focused her attention to the "tall Nazi boots," stating ehaehe would wear them last yea: and also WQt'1! the: "overcoats."

Peggy then eold IO thac afCer cbserring Oylan .hoocing on Cheh~ll outside of the library, she turned around and that was whenshe saw Brian Anderson come back into the libra~1 and collapse atthe main desk. She told IO that she believes Dylan came back intothe school then. When asked why she thought chat, she stated thatshe heard shooting and explosions inside the school. Peggy seatedthat she only hea~d those things, because she had, hy that time,ran into che maaazine room with three other students. She recalledthat the students who had come with her in~o the masazine room ofthe library were unknown to her, however. she descrihed them as aboy and a girl. She also stated that Srian Ande.son had orawledinto the magazine roOm wich them and she co~~nted that again, shelooked at Brian's wound and it looked mor. like a burn, bue. it was1>leeding snd ic didn't look ""...1.' Peggy describ"s the fact thetwhile sne was hiding in the magazine room, she would peek Qut thewindow in the door and hear shots and explosions. She .tated itfelc like an hour in between shocs. Peggy scated that ehe .hets

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she heard were very fast, as if they had come from a "machine gun."She seated that she ~emembers thinking that these guys had machine$'lJ.o."'i1 and t;.h.inking 'that this was all a "prank. r, In l:"efe:r:ence towhere she was hiding, she seaeed that she was hiding behind am&ga:ine rack and stayed there until the SWAT Team rescued her.She stated that che other kids, to include Brian Anderson, ran Outof the magazine room when ehey heard feet "seomping'· out. the backdoor" 10 asked her what;;. back door abe llias l:Jpeaking al':Iout and shestated that it waS the back door. leadins outdoors, southwest fromthe library. She recalls, at that point, Sr.an susseseed that theyall leave, however, she ~emained while the three kids left themagazine room. At this point, it was determined that P.9~1 Doddwould speak with ~oe~ie ~latter. a cnerapist with Nic~lecti &Flatter, Inc. IO subsequene~y ~rovided peg9Y with a business cardin case she had any further infOrmation or questions,

On Friday, 04/23/99, IO ae~ended a briefing of all of theinvestigators that had done incerJiews eoncerning the incident.Ou:~n9 ~hat briefing l the lead investigator, Kate Bat:an, andDeputy District Attorney Mark Pautler, listened to IO recount theinterview that had been conducted with Peggy Dodd. At that point,boeh Batton and Mark Pautler asked IO if Peggy had eold IO aboutthe 911 call that .he made. IO reporeed that PeSgy Dodd had noementioned making the 911 call to Jeffe~,on Coun~y Sheriff'sDepartment regarding the situat~on. Mark Pautler told IO that itwas nis understanding that Peggy Dodd had been one Of, the callersco 911 from ene librarJ. I~ was de~e~ined thac IC would contac~

Peggy Oodd far clarification. ~t approximately 1600 hours, thatlame afeer~QQn, to spoke wi~h Pe~9Y Dodd in reference to the 911call. At that time, Peggy stated that she had noe dialed 911, dueto the fact that another teaeher who had been in the library; PattyNeilsen, had been on the phone with 911 in the library already.Pursuant to the previous inte~Jiew, IO asked Peg~/ if she had beenable to recall any further deea;ls of the incident that we had no~

talked about. 10 seaeed that there were several other questionstha~ she would like clarifieation on and she would like to speakwi~h PeS~i concerning information that she had now recalled. Anappointment was made eo meec with Peggy Dodd on Monday afeernoon.04/26/99, concerning fureher information.

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