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On 05/04/99 J Det, Eoatright {IOJ was assigned lead #DN320a,reques~ing he contact and interview Nicole Nowlen. Within thenarrative of the lead, 10 was informed property belonging to NicoleNowlen had been found in a librarJ subsequent to the incidentoccurring on 04/20/99. It was determined IO would conduct aninterview with Nicole Nowlen to confirm her whereabouts during thefncident and any information she had relevant to the investigation.

On 05/06/99 at approximately 1230 hours, 10 met with NicoleNowlen and her father, Kent Nowlen at",~~!!~~~~~~~~~Ii~~~'

n 7 uo~" contact with Nicole Nowlan,IO confirmed her full name is Nicole~Marie Nowlen, aoe 16, DOB:12/04/82. Nicole Nowlen verified she does, in fact,-reside withher father at the above listed address. Nicole Nowlen indicatedshe is presently a sophomore at COlumbine Bigh school, however, hadonly been attending school at Columbine for approximakely sevenweeks prior to the incident. Prior to that, Nicole Nowlenindicated she lived with her mother in South Dakota. As a point ofclarifica~ion, Kent Nowlen remained for the interview.

10 subsequently requested Nicole Nowlen pro~ide an account ofhe~ activlties on 04/20/99 1 beginning at the time she arrived atschool, Nicole Nowlen told IO she normally receives a ride toschool from her father, as was the case this dace. Nicole Nowlenstated she believed her facher dropped her eff at school atapproximately 0630 hours Nicole Nowlen seated she was dropped offby her rather near the east main entrance to the school. NicoleNowlen stated when she arrived at school on 04/20/99, she did notmake any unusual observations. Nicole Nowlen did explain ~t washer routine to be dropped off at school around 0630 hours, in orderto facilitate her father getting to work on time.

Nicole Nowlen exolained when she arrived at school eachmorning (which included 04!20/991, she wene to her first periodclass, which she identified as "Peed Experience, II which was taughtby "Mrs Zerr. Of According to Nicole Ncwken , her "rood Experience "class was located on the north side 0: the high school. NicoleNow~en pointed oUt, even though her first period class did notstar~ till 0730 hours, she would almost always go to Mrs. Zerr'sclass, where the two of them normally spent time iltalking,j untilschool started. 10 confirmed with Nicole Nowlen, she rememberedhaving a miscellaneous conversation with Mrs. Zarr on 04/20/99/when she arrived at school 10 further verified with NicoleMowlen, she remained in her first pe=lod class until it started a~

0730 hours Nicole Nowlen $ta~ed that class ended at approximacely0820 hours.

Nicole Nowlen i~dicated she then ~ent to her second pe~iod

class, WhlCh she identified as "American :Llt. lf Nicole Nowlen

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stated her second period class begins at approximately 0825 hoursand concludes at approximately 0915 hours. Nicole Nowlenaderrt.Lf Led her "American tit" instructor as "Nr a . Nykanen.·1

According to Nicole Nowlan, her <AmexLcan Lit." class is located inthe center section/main level of the high schoel,

Nicole Nowlen related she then wen~ to her third period class.which she i.denc i.r t ed as ~. Student nes i sr.enc.. Ii Nicole NowLan statedshe was the St.udent Assistant for the Attendance Office duringthird period Nicole Nowlen related her third period class beginsat 0920 hours and concludes at approximately 1015 hours. NicoleNowlen explained her Student Assistant duties primarily consist ofpicking up atcendance sheets, as well as delivering messagesAccording to Nicole Nowlen r she did engage in those activities onQ4/20/99 and specifically, recalled staying on the east side of thebuilding. N~cole Nowlen clarified there were other StudentAsilstants who would have gone to other locations in the schoolduring the course of performing thelr duties. When asked if shenoticed anything unusual when performing her student aS51stan~

functions during third period, Nicole Nowlen responded in thenegative.

Nicole Nowlen reported she then attended her fourth periodclass, which started at approxlmately 1020 hours and concluded atapproximately 1110 hours. Nicole Nowlen identified her fourthperiod class as "Geome t.z-y' whfch is taught by "Nz . Df.rnanna , 1r

Nicole Nowlen stated her "Geome t.z-y" class is located on the mainlevel of the school in the math area.

Nicole Nowlen reported after her fourth period class ended,she then went to her locker which was located between the"gymnasium hall and office, 11 Nicole Newlen was unable to recallher specific locker ~umber. Nicole Nowlen stated after going toher locker, she thought she possibly stopped at the restrocm<Nicole N'owlen confirmed she is assigned '1A lunch" and normally use:stha~ time ~o go to the library or some other empty classroom whereshe can do homework. Nicole Nowlan stated on 04/20/99, she haddecided to go the library in order to complete her math homework~hrough additional questioning, Nicole Nowlen acknowledged shenc.rmaLl y went to the library during her 'lA lunch" break,

Nicole Nowlen continued with her explanation by stating, afte=stopping at the restroom, she then walked directly to the library.Nicole No,·den estimated she arrived at the library "a.bout; the time'.:-he bell rang" IO verified wit.h Nicole Nowle:n she was referringto the 11:15 bell. Pursuant to questioni5g. Nicole Nowlen statedae the time she arrived to the library, she was carrying a darkgreer.. backpack with a "Ni.ke key chain" attached to the zipper,Ni~ole Ncwlen indica4ed she did not nocice ~nything unusual priorto arriving at the library,

N'icoLe Now.Len stated when she entered the library .. she 'flooked

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around for an open table." Nicole Nowlen stated she subsequentlywalked back to what is identified as table #5. Nicole Nowlanconfirmed no one else was located at that table when she arrived.Nicole Nowlen was provided with a diagram of the library andsubsequently placed an HX 1t on table #5, indicating the location shewent to when she initially arr~ved. Nicole Nowlan furtherindicated she initially sat at the southwest corner of table #5.

When asked it she observed any other individuals in thelibrary when she arrived, Nicole Nowlen responded in theaffirmative. Nicole Nowlen clarified she did not actually know anyof these individuals by name/ but remembered seeing various peopleseated at tables in the far east section of the library. NicoleNowlen was subsequently asked to identify the location of thoseindividuals she recalled seeing when she arrived at the library

Nic:)le Nowlen initially placed an "x." on table #1, indicat.ingshe believed there was one male student seated at that location.Nicole Nowlen next placed an "X" an table #-2, stating she believedthere were at least six females seated at that table. When lookingat cable #3, Nicole Nowlen stated, based on her recollection ofthat date, she did not remewher seeing anyone seated at that ~able,

Nicole Nowlen then placed an 11::<" cn t.able #4, indicating that wasthe location of ,rKelly Fleming." 10 verified with Nicole Now'len ,she learned the name of Kelly Fleming after the incident, via amedia sourCe. Nicole Nowlen next placed an lIXli on table #6,stating that was the original location of John ~omlin, Again,Nicole Nowlen stated she did not know John Tomlin by name at thattime and, subsequently, identified that individual throush a mediasource.

Nicole Nowlen estimated she had been in the libraryapproximately five to ten minutes, when she started hearing a'Ibanging nc i se" which she: believed was coming from somewhereoverhead, Nicole Nowlen stated she initially thought it waspossible the librarians were the source of that noise due to thefact there had been some work done in the library the past "coupleof days. 1\ According to Nicole Now l en , she was not overly concernedabout the noise, reiterating she simply assumed the librarians weredc.ing "work in the 1 ibrary , "

Nicole Nowlan st~t:ed, within rf a couple of minutes" hearing theinitial "banging noises, 11 she observed a female l!st\.ldent ll in herlate teens, with dark brow~ shoulder length hair enter the library,Nic~le Nowlen stated it seemed ~s though the female student waslookinc for the librarian and even recalled the aforementionedasking""for HMrs. Keating 11 Nicole Nowlen stated t.he female studentasked for Mrs, Keating loud enough that it attracted the attentionof several people. Nicole Nowlen s4aced she next noticed thefe~ale studen~ was in the company of a male student. Nicole Nowlen:t:elated she next heard the female s cudenx state, "he's been shot, Ir

re£er=ing to the male student in her company,

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Nicole Nowlan related she initially thought this was some typeof '1 senior p reuk» and was basically unconcerned. Nicole NowLenstated she then lost sight of where ~he female and male s~udent

went and her attent.ion was then directed to a "different lady,"Nicole Nowlen stated she did not specifically recognize the lilady,nbut knew she had light colored hair. When asked what the lady wasdoing, Nicole Nowlcn stated when she first observed her , she wasusing the phone. Nicole Nowlen reported the reason her attentionwas drawn to the I'ladyn was due to the fact she was fl screaming atus to get under the tables, j1 Nicole Nowlen stated the "Lady"repeated those requests several times,

When asked what occurred at that point, NicOle Nowlan stated,"No one was freaking out yet, but people were starting to set undertablss," Nicole Nowlen confirmed it was at that point, she tooattempeed to conceal herself underneath table #5, Nicole Nowlenindicated to IO it was her bellef by this point, everyone in thelibrary had gotten underneath their tables, but painted out she wasbasing tha~ belief on the fact everyone on the far east side of thelibrary had gotten underneath their cables. Nicole Nowlan pointedout she could not ac~tially see into the center or far west sectionof the l~brary, thus, she was uncertain as to other individuals'specific actions.

EO confirmed with Nicole Nowlen when she pOSitioned herselfunder~eath table #Sr she was on the far west side o~ the table,facing north. Nicole Nowlen indicated she remained in chatposi~ion for approximately one to two minutes, during which time,she began to hear what she could id.entify as "gunshots. 11 NicoleNowlen stated the gunshots appeared to be coming from somewhere inthe hall, outside of the library. Nicole Nowlen related she alsoheard what she believed were -aceasraa- which were coming from!ldownstairs ll (referring to the commons area). N'icQle Nowlenrelated around the time she began to hear the gunshots and thescreaming, she then heard what she believed were at least tWQexplosions. Nicole Nowlen stated she believed the e~~losions werecoming from the commons area, due to the facti she rememberedfeelinq the .\ floot' sheke . It Na.ccLe NowLen stated it was around thi;isame time frame, she believed the school fire alarm was activaced.Nicole Nowlen added she also remembered the library was Mstartingto get' smokey, .•

Nicole Nowlen reported it wag her belief the suspects had not,as yec, entered the library, due to the fact she saw one of them"out in the hall." When asked to e':abora.te, Nicole Nowlen statedbased on where she was positioned tunder table #5)f she could looknorth through che library to a window which save her a view outinto the hall. Nicole Nawlen repor~ed it was at that poine, shesaw a male subject walking north in the hall. When asked codescribe that individual, Nicole Ncwlen stated the aforementionedwas a white male, with long wavy lighcer colored hair. Nicole

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Nowlen clarified the above statement by indicating the hair came toa length below the individual's ears. Nicole Nowlen stated it didnot appear as though the subject's hair was well kept, NicoleNowlen went on to state the aforementioned individual was wearinga black hat, which she thought was possibly a "beret,ll due to thefact she did ~ot remember seeing the bill of the cap, When askedif she was positive it was a I!beret,U Nicole Nowlen responded inthe negative, pointing out the reason she used the term llberet tl wassimply because she could not readily idencify a bill for the cap.Nicole Nowlen went on to state that same individual was wearingwhat appeared to be a "b Lack coat. I< Nicole Nowken stated sheassumed it was a lftrench coatt ,"" however, only saw the suspect fromapproximately the mid-torso up, thus, she could not be positive asto the length of the coat. When asked what the subject in the hallwas doing, Nicole NowLen re i ee rat ed he was "walking," indicatl,ngthe individual was traveling in a northerly direction. When askedif she made any ather observations about the individual, NicoleNowlen stated the individual in the hall seemed to be "lookingaround" Nicole Nowlen then told IO she believed the person shesaw standing in the hall was one of the suspects, due to the factthe person did not seem to be in any hurry and, knowing that therehad been gunshots in the area, did not seem to be taking anyprecautions, such as crouching do~~ or moving qu~ckly. NicoleNowlan went on to state, after ~he incident, she had an opportunityto see media coverage of the incident and was relatively certainthe person she saw in the hallway was Dylan Klebold" IO verifiedwith Nicole Nowlen, she did not know Dylan Klebold prior to thisincident.

Nicole Nowlan informed IO about the time she made theobservation of the individual in the hall, she remembered lookingup cowards what is identified as table #2. Nicole Nowlen statedall of the girls at that ~able were now under the table and seemedto be 11crying ," Nicole Nowlen related she had periodically heardSome of the girls under that cable screaming, but again, stated shedid not believe ~he suspects had entered the library. NicoleNcwlen Clarified to IO I based on her positioning under table #5,she had a clear view up co the entrance of the library and had notseen anyone enter or leave after getting under the table.

Nicole Nowlen seated based on the events wh~ch were occurring,she was very co~cerned if the suspects Came into the library, shewould be readily visible. Nicole Nowlen stated at that point: shelooked over towards cable #6 and made eye contact with John Tomlin.Nicole Nowlen pointed out she had preViously had a brief verbalcontact with John Tomlin at the point she saw the suspect in thehall. Nicole Nowlan stated she simply informed John Toml~n she hadseen someone walking in the hall, but did ~ot elaborate. NicoleNowlen explained when making contact with Jo~~ Tomlin the secondc~me, she then asked if she CQuld come ave~ and get under~eath histable, Ni~ole Nowlen stated, based on the position of table #6,she ~elt she could better conceal herself from anyone entering ~he

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library. IO would note table #5 was open on the north and southside respectively, while table #6 was open on the east and westside respectively.

Nicole Nowlen stated after making contact with John Tomlin andrequesting she be allowed to corne to his table, the forenamedremained silent, but looked out from underneath his table(northerly direction) to make sure it would be safe to move to thatlocation. Nicole Nowlan stated after John Tomlin had looked up tothe north for a moment, he then "waved me over _'1 According toNicole Nowlen, she then crawled on her hands and knees over totable ~6, positioning herself on the north end of the table.Nicole Nowlen clarified her back was up against the north end ofthe table {facing south} with her knees bent and pulled up to herchest. Pursuant to questioning, Nicole Nowlen stated John Tomlinwas in a similar position, however, his back was up against thesouth end of the table, facing north Nicole Nowlen stated onceshe arrived under table #6, both "puLl ed the chairs in" around themto better conceal their position.

Nicole Nowlen seated it was around this time, she began tohear additional g~nshots, which she believed we~e very close to thelibrary Nicole Ncwlen stated she star~ed to speak to John Tomlinas it related to her concerns, at which time, he motioned to her tobe quiet. Nicole Nowlan seated she assumed John Tomlin did noewant to attract any attention back to their table. Nicole Nowlentold IO she had no idea whether or not the suspects had entered thelibrary

Nicole Nowlen stated as her fears began to increase, JohnTomlin held her hand in an effort to proVide some comfort. NicoleNowlen stated she again tried to speak in order to tell John Tomlinshe could not actually believe what was occ~rrin9 According toNicole Nowlen, again John Tomlin motioned for her co he quiet,

Nicole Nowlen told ro it was at this poine she confir~ed thesuspects had entered the library. When asked to elaborate, NicoleNowlen stated she heard a male voice shout, I'everybody get up."Nicole Nowlen stated she believed that demand was repeated. NicoleNowlen stated she could not be positive concerning that point, dueto che facti the voice appeared to be moving west through thelibrary and became difficult to hear. Nicole Nowlen added I to herknowledge no one responded to the suspect's demand.

Nicole Nowlen told IO her belief that the suspects had gone tothe west side of the library was confirmed moments after she heardone of them state the above demand, Nicole Nowlen stated it was atthat point, she could hear ac least two voices l both of which were"whoop Lnq and hollering." Nicole NowLen stated ahe a Lao verifiedher suspicions, due to the fact there were multiple gunshots and atleast what she believed was one explosion chat came from the farwest side of the l~brary Nicole Nowlen told IO she could not

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identify the number of gunshots she heard, but remembered hearingboth multiple and single gunshots, after which the "whoop i.nq andhollering" would beqfn . Nicole Now.Len stated in conjunction withthe gunshots, she also heard, "laughing" which she beLdeve d wascoming from the suspects. Nicole NQwlen told 10, based on what shewaS hearing,. it was obvious the suspects were "really having fun."Nicole Nowlen told IO ~t was somewhat strange! in that the suspectsseemed to be enjoying themselves and, up to that point~ she had notheard them express any anger. When asked if she heard any otherspeclfic statements made by either of the suspects, Nicole Nowlenresponded in che affirmative. Nicole Nowlen related again, aftereicher a series of gunshots or a single gunshot, she would thenhear one of the suspects comment, "alright."

Nicole Nowlen told IO she could net estimate the number o!gunshots she heard coming from the far west side of the library,but reiterated she believed there was at least one explas~on.

Nicole Ncwlen then went on to State she next heard the suspects uptowards the front of the far east section. When asked specificallywhat she heard, Nicole NowLen stated, "lots of shooting." NicoleNowlen told ro she was too frightened to look back to see what wasoccurring, but knew that the shots were being directed up towardstables #: and 2 Nicole Nowlen went on to state she also heard the"girls" at table #2, begin to "really scream, they were reallyfreaking out," Nicole Nawlen told IO she was pcsitive the suspectswere now just north of where she was located on che far eastsection of the llbrary,

Nicole Nowlan stated, after a long series of gunshots hadstopped, she then heard a male suspect state, I'Do you believe inGod? 'I Nicole NowLen indicated she then heard a female voice(dlZ'ectly north of he r location) respond by stating, "no, fl and cnenstating, 'I y e s . " Nicole Nowlen related it was possible the femalemay have vacillated back and forth multiple times between yes andno Nicole Nowlen told IO it was her impression the female wassimply try~ng to answer the suspect in a manner which would notprovoke additional gunshots.

Nicole Nowlen stated a shore time after hearing the femaleresponding to the male, she again heard gunshots, which shebel~eved were being directed at tables #1, #2, or #4, NicoleNow:en was certain the suspects were not shoocing at table #3, dueto t~e fact, she could see that ~aDle from her pOsition underneathtable #6. When asked if she could see anyone under table #3,N~cole Nowlen responded in the negative. Nicole Nowlen stated theother reason she assumed the suspects were shoeting at tables #1,#2, or 1*4, was due CQ che fact, "-John seemed to be watching."Nicole Nowlen stated John Tomlin's foc~s seemed to be up at the~ables f~r~hest north, rather than towards table #3, which waslocated in a more westerly direction, Nicale Nowlen clarified John7om:i~ was leaning to the east and" to tne west, looking up in anort.herlj' direction during that time frame, When asked if she

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could identify the number of gunshots she heard which she believedwere directed up towards tables #1, ~2j or #4, Nicole Nowlenresponded in the negative. Nicole Nowlen did indicate she knew itwas more than one shot, but could not be any mere specific, NicoleNowlen did clarify she was certain the init~al shooting wh~ch

occurred when the suspects came to the east side of the library wasintense! in that numerous shots were fired.

Nicole Nowlen told IO, prior to hearing any additional shots,she then saw one set of black boots which she described as "combat ll

style. Nicole Nowlen stated she thought the toes on the boots wereaomewha t; shiny and remembered seeing II a lot of laces. II NicoleNowlen stated she believed cne pants were dark in color, but wasunable to be more specific, In respect co where she initially sawthe black. boots, Nicole No\den stated they were to her "right., 'I

meaning the suspect was standing on the west side of table #6faci~9 east. TO confirmed with Nicole Nowlan the toes of the bootswere facing east,

Nicole Nowlan stated almost as soOn as she made theobservation concerning the black boots, she then saw a «gun pointedunder our table. 1l Nicole Nowlen described the gun as having "onebig barrel," referring to che diameter. Nicole Ncwlen added .shebelieved the gun looked "long," but was unable to be more specific.when asked if the weapon she saw at that time resembled anythinglike a p~stol, Nicole Nowlen immediately responded in the negacive.Nicole Nowlen went on to clarify ~he barrel end of the weapon waspointed directly under the ta:ble, "more towards the middle,"

Nicole Nowlan stated after making chat observation. the weaponfired, Nicole Nowlen stated for a brief instant, she believed shesaw If wood from t he chair flying." Nicole New.Len clarified the woodwas fly~ng in her direction. Nicole Nowlen stated at the time thegun fired, she was uncertain if she had actually been hit l butremembered somehow being forced out from under the table (in aeasterly direction). Nicole Ncwlen added as she continued toreflec~~on chat point, she remembered the wood from the chairactual Ly "epr-ayed" in her direction. Nicole Now.l en then pointed tothe upper portion of her right back and stated there were woodsplinters imbedded in her back that had to be removed after she wastaken to the hospital.

Nicole Nowlen continued with her explanation by relatingafter she had ~een somehow forced out from under the table, shethen re2_ized it felt as though she had been struck. Nicole Nowlenstated at that point, she could ~ot be certa~n as to whether or notshe had been shot or somehow struck I which ulcimately caused her tobe forced out from underneath the table, Nicole Ncwlen told IOafcer reflecting on this incident, she believed she had been shotin the abdominal area ac that time. 10 clarified with NicoleNowlen the reason she was forced out from underneath the table wasdue to the fact she had been s~ruck with some type of projectile in

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the abdominal area. Nicole Nowlen clarified she still had fiveprojectiles in her stomach, noting that three had entered andexited (path of travel west to east) ,

When asked what occurred after she was forced out fromunderneath the table, Nicole Nowlen seated it was possible therewas a second gunshot which immediately followed. Nicole Nowlanrelated she thought Jor..n Tomlin had tried to vj ump out II in order toavoid being shot by the second gunshot and, subsequently, landed onhis stomach, Nicole Nowlen stated she then watched the feet of theindividual who waS standing just to the west of her table beginwalking south. Nicole Nowlen then described that same individualwalking around towards the south end of table #6; and standing"over rt John Tomlin. According to Uicole Nowlen, the suspect thenfired the weapon at least one more time, striking John Tomlin inthe head. When asked if she could see anymore of the suspect atthat point, Nicole Nowlen responded in the negative, Nicole Nowlenstated at that point, she could not actually see the suspect'sfeet, but could see he had walked around the SQuth end of the tableand appeared to be moving in the d~rection of John Tomlin. IO thenverified with Nicole Nowlen, John Tomlin was lying on his stomachon the east side of the table. Nicol~ Nowlen stated John Tomlin'Shead and shoulders were past the south end of the table. NicoleNcwlen went on to state her legs were touching John Tomlin'S legsat the time he was shot.

Pursuant ~o questioning, Nicole Nowlen reiterated she }illSW

John Tomlin had been shot at least one time; while lying on hisstomach. Nicole Nowlen went on to state she believed the suspecthad shot John Tomlin in the head. Nicole Nowlan stated she did notrecall hearing any additional gunshots, but did remembered feelingJohn Tomlin':5 II legs starr; shaking" after he had been shot. NicoleNowlen stated it was at though John Tomlin began to have"ccnvuLs i.ons '' after being shot in the head. Nicole Nowlenreported, after a br~ef moment, John Tornlinls body went still.

Nicole Nowlen stated after John Tomlin became motionless, shethen saw the suspect's feet walking back north on the west side oftable PO, Nicole Nowlen stated she believed the suspect stopped inalmost the same location he was at when he first began firing undertheir table. Nicole Ncwlen then told 10 she next heard the suspeccse ace;' "Aze you still br-ea t.h.i ng v " Nico Le Nowlen told IO she wasnc~ sure who the suspect was speaking to and could not even verifythe suspect could see her at that point, Nicole Nowlen describedher position at that poin~ as lying on her left side, facingtowards the east wall, Nicole Nowlan told 10 after hearing thesuspect's question, she did not respond and pretended to be dead.Nicole Mowlen Clarified her eyes were also closed, Nicole Nowlenstated at that point she believes she lost consciousnes$ and"black.ed out,"

Nicole Nowlen told IO when she ul~imately regai~ed

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consciousness, her first realization was that she could hear the"fire alarm. II Nicole Nowlen then stated when looking down towardsher abdominal area, she could see she was bleeding. Nicole Nowlentold IO she was not hearing any explosions or gunshots at thatpo~nt. Nicole Nowlan added approximately fifteen seconds after sheawakened, she then began to hear gunshots, however, identified themas coming from ~~other part of the building. 10 clarified withNicole Nowleu, she was indicating she was certain the gunshots werenot coming from the library.

Nicole Nowlen related at that point, she was uncerta~n interms of what she should do next, Nicole Nowlen clarified she hadbegun to hear people "moving," but she was not sure if they wereleaving the library or just moving to another location. NicoleNowlen explained it soon became evident that people were trying toleave the library, at. wh-lch time she began to yell out, "help me,"According to Nicole Nowlen, she repeated her plea several times,however no one came to her aid. Nicole Nowlen stated shesub!Sequently I1pulled myself up by the table" in an effort to get toher feet. Nicole Nowlen stated as she was pulling herself up ontothe cable, she saw a female student standing by the bookahelf nearcable ~3, Nicola Nowlen stated she then requested that personprovide her assistance, Nicole Nowlan seated the female studentdid not move, however, she did not leave, Nicole Nowlan told IOshe believed the female student remained at that location "waitingfor me, ,I Nicole Nowlen stated she eventually was able to pullherself up and stand on her own. Nicole Nowlen told IO it was atchat poine, she began to observe shotgun shells just to the east oftable #4, near the booKshelf area. When asked how many shotgunshells she observed, Nicole Nowlen was uncertain, but knew it wasmore than one. Nicole Nowlen was unable to be more specificconcerning that point.

Nicole Nowlen stated she eventually made it to the locationwhere the female student had been waiting, Through additionaldiscussion, it was determined the female student referred to abovewas patty Blair. Nicole Nowlen indicated when she arrived at thatlocation, ahe began to follow Patty Blair and possibly others, west~hrough the library and then north to the exit.

Nicole Nowlen stated when she arrived at the north exit to thelihra::y, she found the door 11propped open. Nicole Nowlen statedthe door was propped open by Some type of 'Imachine," Nicole Nowlenwas unable to be more specific concerning that point. NicoleNowlen stated once she exited the noyth door, she was able co seea marked police vehicle parked northwest of her location. NicoleNawlen told 10 she then remembered a police officer yelling to her l

requesting that she come to where he was located, IO clarifiedwith N~cole Nowlen, she was referring to a police officer who waSpO$itioned behind the marked patrol vehicle, Nicole Nowlen told10, based on her recollection of t~e incident, she believed she wasei=her the last, or one of the last, students to leave the library,

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Nicole Nowlen clarified she did not see anyone following behind heras she left the library,"

Nicole Nowlen stated she eventually made it to a position ofcover behind the patrol vehicle, where she remained forapproximately five ffilnutes. Nicole Nowlen stated at that point $neremembered laying on the ground and being talked to by otherstudents. Nicole Nowlen stated during that same time frame I shebel~eved she observed someone on the roof of the school, but ahecould not provide a description of that individual, Nicole Nowlenstated her observation was later confirmed when she heard othersnear where she was located, making similar co~~ents.

Nicole Nowlen stated after approximately five minutes, she wasthen moved to a shed area further west from the patrol vehicle.Nicole Nawlen explained she, along with the other students {bothinjured and non-injuredi were then shuttled out by police vehicles.Nicole Now.Len recalled being driven through the "pazk " and taken toa "cuLvde ee.ac v " Nicole Nowlan stated she was then transported viaambulance to Lutheran Hospital where she treated. Nicole Nowlenindicated she was unable to recall any additional detailsconcerning this lncident

Prior to concluding contact with Nicole Nowlen 1 IO requestedand received a medical release signed by Kent Nowlen. Afterreceiving the release, IO subsequently concluded his contact withthe Nowlen's. See the diagram prerpared by Nicole Nowlen forcomplete details,

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On 05-28-99, I escorted the Park family through the libraryat Columbine High School. Jenna Park. who had been Injured in

the Columbine shooting on 4-20-99 waspresent. I asked her a fewquestions to clarity informationgiven on a earlier report

to Investigator John Healy of the lCSO.

Park stated that while she as in the library she heard the suspects on the west side. She could not discern who was saying

different things. but she recalls hearing statements about them blowing up the library and the school. She also heard a racial

comment. Shecould hear themjoke aboutalways wanting todo thisandcould hearthemyellingand hollering. She couldhear

the book shelves On the west side of the librarybeingshot. Shebelievedpeoplewerealso being shot, but she did not witness

any shooting occurring on the west side.

AlthoughPark recalled seeing Dylan Kleboldrun by the librarywindow carryinga big gunpriorto the shootingin the library

starting.she did not see or hear himon the east side of the library. Parkstated that she didnot personallysee anyoneshooting

a weapon. Park was under table #1 whenshe hearda malevoiceask Val Schurr if she believedin God. Schurrreplied."No,"

then immediately said, "Yes." The malevoice then askedSchurrwhy she believedIn God. Schurr repliedthat it was because

of the wayher family believes. Parkstaled she Is familiar withDylanKlebold's voicebecauseshe has takena classwith him

before, She does not believe it was Klebold talkingto Schnurr

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Park stated there was a brief silence, Schurr then started to go underneath the table # i again where she had previously been.

Shooting then irrupted and Park was shot from behind. She was shot in the shoulder and fell onto her right side, She stated

she was facing north. Park never saw the individual that shot her from behind.

Parkstated she remained under the table until such timeas she observedsomepeople weregetting up and movingtowards the

west of the library, She then got up and walked towardsthe northwestexit. She stated she checkedunder the computertable

for her sister,but didn't flnd her. She then left the library. Parkstated she was the lastone to leaveand that she was by herself

when she left.

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JEFFERSON COUNTY CASE 99-7625Kacey Ruegsegger, DOB/o32982 St. Anthony Hospital Central

On 042099, 10 Gaetano spoke with sgt. Gary Hutchcraft whorequested assistance with a mUlti-agency investigation regardingmultiple shootings at columbine High School in unincorporatedJefferson County.

IQ and Det. James Nelson went to St. Anthony Central Hospitalwhere two victims, Kacey Lynne Ruegsegger IDoa/032982), and MichaelJohnson (DOe/unkl were being treaced for gunshot wounds. Twoadditional victims, Makai Hall and a male with the surname Irelandwere later transported to the hospital"

After arriving at approximately IO gathered informationregarding victim Kacey Ruegsegger while Det, Nelson worked withMakai Hall and Lakewood Detective Quinn Wilhelm was with MichaelJohnson. Denver Detective Joel Humphries accompanied the fourthvictim, a male with the last name of Ireland, to the hospital. Heremained with him at St Anthony Central.

According to staff physician Dr. Drury, Ruegsegger sufferedwhat appeared to be a gunshot wound to the right shoulder, enteringthrough the front jU5t above the collar bone, travelling throughthe shoulder joint and exiting through the back of the shoulder.She had an addi t ional 'I through and through" inj ury to her righthand, entering near the base of her thumb and exiting through theback. In this wound was an object, later identified as a metalwasher. She also had bruising or a gunshot graze en her neck. Atthe time of IO's arrival, she had been taken for an angiogram.Denver Officer D, A. Awe #92~74 was present in the emergency rOomand had been given, by Dr. Drury, what appears to be a shotgun wad.Dr, Drury had removed it from the entrance wound in the girl'sshoulder, The wad was wrapped in a plastic hag/ and IO tookcontrolof it at approximacely 1322 hours, 10 placed it into another/labeled, bag and locked it in the trunk of C-155 1 which was parkedin the emergency vehicle pa.rking area o1J.tside the emergency roomdoor, ER nurse Jane Cole save IO and Det. Nelson clothing andpersonal belongings taken from victim Michael Johngon. Those itemswere already in two bags, and they were labeled and locked in thevehicle tr~nk by 10 Gaetano. Since Lakewood Det, Wilhelminterviewed Michael Johnson, he was subaeq~ently given the bagscontaining his property, After each time that XO Gaetano accessedthe trunk of C~15S, the keys were obtained from and returned toDec. Nelson,

When Ruegsegger had been returned to the emergenoy room atapproximately 1445 hours, she was conscious. 10 was able tocomplete a very basic interview with her, although she wasuncomfortable talking and had numerous friends and relatives inaccendance Ruegsegger had been given at least two doses ofmorphine and seemed to be in a great deal of pain. She advisedthat she had been in the school library reading a book when sheheard what she now believes were gunshots, but at the time she did

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not know the cause of the noise but thought it came from thecafeteria. Ruegsegger estimated that there were 30-50 people inthe library, but she was not accompanied by anyone known to her.About five minutes after the noise, the librarian yelled ateveryone, telling them to get down, under tables and that someonehad a gun. Ruegsegger hid under a small table, pUlling a chair infront of herself. She heard the voices of the two gunmen. bothmale, talking, She recalls hearing one gunman talk to someone,saying something like MOh, a nigger, you're a dead black boyn. Amale student, who was next to Ruegsegger under a table, was shot.Ruegsegger screamed, and the gunman told her to stop her"bitching". She could only see the gunman's legs and thought hemay have been wearing black pants. She was unable to recall hisfootwear. The gunman leaned down and shot her from an estimateddistance of five or six feet, She still was only able to see thelegs of the shooter. she never saw the second gunman and could notdistinguish any accents or identifiable features, including race,from the voices. Ruegsegger used her hands to cover her ears, andthe injury to her right hand was believed to be sustained after shehad been shot in the shoulder. She was unclear as to whether shehad been shot a second time , in the hand.

Ruegsegger remained hldden under the table, continuing to hearr'bangs~11 at. least some of which she believes were bombs exploding.She does not know what made the gunmen leave the library. Afterthe gunmen left the room, the students who were able to do so ranfrom the room. Two people, including one possibly named Sarah,tried to help her get out. She was unable to move quickly and wastrampled by other victims in the rush to leave the area. Sheremembers being outside the school and in or near a police carbefore she was given medical treatment.

10 spoke with parents Darcey and Greg Ruegsegger at thehospital Darcey advised that an unidentitied man had phoned her,at her daughter's request, to advise her of the situation. Itappears as though this man was a neig~~or or bystander who was withthe girl in a nearby yard, Shortly after the first phone call, shewas contacted by medical personnel who advised that she was beingtransported to the hospital. Darcey and Greg Ruegsegger remainedwith their daughter until she was taken to surgery. Greg advised10 that his daughter told him she recalled the gun used to shoather as having two barrels.

IQ obtained a medical records release signed by DarceyRuegsegger.

10 Gaetano was allowed to accompany the surgical team,inclUding Drs. Wolf, Wong and Desai, into the operating room duringthe surgery. When the backboard was removed from under Ruegsegger,her clothing was access~ble. IO packaged and labeled it during theoperation, at approximately 1725 hours. Among the items were apair of Blues Sxpress jeans, size 3/4 L, with a brown belt still inthe loops; a white pa~r of Victoria's Secret panties, size small;and what appeared to be one sectlon of a white sleeveless t-shirt.The other section of the shirt had been retrieved by IO while thegirl was in the emergency room at approximately 1620 hours. The

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front section, retrieved first, had a HHard Rock Cafe" logo and theword Maui printed on the front. 10 showed Darcey Ruegsegger theportion of the shirt with the word "Maui tl

, and she did notrecognize it as belonging to her daughter. No shoes, socks or brawere among the items under the girl. It is unknown whether the t~

shirt was actually from another victim and could have been used forpadding or bandaging.

During the surgery, Or. Wong took two Polaroid photos of theshoulder wound, one entrance and one exit, for to Gaetano. Dr.Wolf retrieved what appears to be a small metal washer from theinjury to the girlis right hand. It was placed into a plastic bagheld by 10 at approximately 1745 hours. After surgery, IO spokewith Dr. Wolf and learned that the wound to Ruegsegger'g right handmay have been due to shrapnel rather than a gunshot. The wound wascurved, in somewhat of a "ell shape and jagged. Some ofRuegsegger's hair was immeshed in the wound to her right hand. Theextent of the surgery was to stabilize and clean the girl'sinjuries. Dr. Desai's plan for surgery was to clean the shoulderarea and place pins inside with an external plate. Future surgerywould be needed to repair the shoulder. IO did not remain in theoperating room for the entire operation. !O left the hospital atapproximately 2023 hra

All items related to Ruegsegger were placed in the APD lab fordrying and for security. The items were left inside the lockeddrying room which is contained within the locked lab. On 042l99 f

the items were photographed by !O Gaetano and packaged by IO andfrom Tech. John Graham. The two Polaroid photos were loggedon the evidence sheets but were made part of the case file to begiven to the Jefferson County authorities. In looking at thephotos, it appears that the gunshot may have grazed her neck beforegoing through her shoulder.

On 042199, at approximately 1405 hours, IO Gaetano attemptedto re-interview Ruegsegger in the Progressive Care Unit of St.Anthony Hospital Central. She was able to answer only a fewquestiDns and frequently dozed off while speaking with IO. Sheadvised that she was sitting in a c~ir in the school libraryreading a magazine at about 11:15, She heard some "bangs" thatsounded like they were coming from the top of the stairs by thelibrary door. The people in the library (she estimates that therewere 30 or more) were calking about the noises and asking oneanother what it was, The bangs stopped for a time, and she heardmore noises that seemed to be coming from do~mstairs. Thelibrarian yelled at everyone to get down, saying ~hat a kLd had agun. The dQors to the library remained open. RueSsegger got offthe chair she was using and hid under a computer booth/table,pulling a chair in front of her. She estimates that she was hidingfar five or ten minutes before the gunmen came into the library andfired a shot. She was unable to see what was happening but thinkSthat someone had been shot at this time, One of the gunmen stoodin front of Ruegsegger and said something that Ruegsegger could notmake sense of. Sbe thought he commanded everyone with a white hatto get up so he could shoot them. The gunman shot an acquaintance

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of hers. Dan Steepleton (uncertain spelling). apparently strikinghim in the leg. Steepleton was across the room from Ruegsegger,and within his field of vision. She recalls that she heard ~he

voices of two gunmen and is not certain whether she saw both oronly one. She recalls them speaking to each other, making commentslike l1This is so much fun" j and "Isn't this the peat time of yourlife7 11 One gunman mentioned something like llHere, we have anigger, letts kill himI', That statement was followed by Ii gunshot,but she could not see the person to whom the comment was directed,One gunman bent down and shot a girl in the stomach across the roomfrom Ruegsegger, One gunman shot the male student nex~ toRuegsegger. She put her head down and covered her ears just beforeshe was shot in the shoulder. After she moaned, the gunman told herto stop her Hbitchin'", so she fell and pretended to be dead. Theunidentified girl to her left was not shot by the gunmen.

Bomb began going off( but Ruegsegger was unable to see them orknow how they were being detonated. She is not able to estimatethe amount of time that the gunmen where inside the library.People in the room said that the gunmen left, so those who wereable to do so fled. One of the two people trying to help her wasa student named Sarah Hooey {uncerta~n spelling) .

Ruegsegger said that she remembered seeing several gune on theperson of one of the gunmen. She said she thought he took histrenchcoat eff, but she was unable to say whether this was theperson who shot her, He may have been wearing black pants, shecannot recall any information regarding his other clothing. Shebelieves she was shot by either a shotgun or rifle as opposed to ahandgun.

At the request of Lakewood Sgt. Don Grishon, IO askedRuegsegger whether she knows someone named en I a whitemale with cruly hair. She advised that the name sounds familiar,but she did not recall knowing him.

IO ended the interview when it became appar~nt that the victimwas toe tired to continue, Dr. Desai was present and completed aphysicians statement (SBI) form.

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INFORMATION CONTAlNED:Two Polaroid photos ofgunshot wound to shoulder

Computer-generated copies of sameQuick Start form (Copy)Medical Records Release signed by motherPhysician's Statement of SBILab contact sheet ofphotos of clothing, shotgun wad

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Racey Ruegsegger, date of birth March 29, 1.982,= 4

& g wa.s interviewed at he; 2h:me in tbe·presence of her parents, Greg and Darcey Ruegsegger. After beingadvised of the identity of the interviewing Agent and DianeObbema, Investigator, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office,Ruegsegger furnished the following information:

Ruegsegger has been on pain medication for the injuriesshe sustained in the Columbine High School shootings. Ruegseggerhad taken pain medication prior to the interview but felt fineand clear headed.

Ruegsegger is a Junior at Columbine High School. Herfirst class of the day is European History with Mrs. Hering.This is during first period which runs from 7:30 a.m. to 8:20a.m. Her second period class is Algebra II with Mrs. Moore.This class runs from 8:25 a.m. to 9,20 a.m. During the firstfive minutes of second periOd, the Rebel News Networkannouncements are broadcast over televisions located within theclassrooms. The students in her class usually don't payattention to the announcements. On April 20, 1999, Ruegseggerdid not see the announcements for the day. She was told byanother student in class that the quote for the day statedsomething to the effect of "today's a bad day to be here." Thisstudent mentioned it to Ruegsegger during that class period.Third period runs from 9,25 a.m. to 10,15 a.m. Ruegsegger hasAccounting with Mr. Stoeklen during this period. Her fourthperiod class is Literature ~ith Mr. Webb. This class rung from10,20 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. Fifth period, or "A" lunch, begins at11,15 a.m. This is Ruegsegger's lunch period.

During her lunch period, Ruegsegger will typically goto her locker and then come home to eat lunch. She shares alocker with Lindsay Kasch and they often eat lunch together. OnApril 20, 1.999, Ruegsegger went to her locker during thebeginning of "~' lunch hour and waited for Kasch. When Kasch didnot arrive, Ruegsegger began to walk toward the Library. Shewalked down the center hall looking for Kasch and then walkeddown the Math/Science Hall passing the stairs to the cafeteria on

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her way to the Library. Ruesegger later learned that Kasch hadbeen sick that day and was not in school

Ruegsegger arrived in the Library between 11,15 a.m.and 11:20 a.m. She went to the far west part of the Library andsat down on one of two couch chairs along the west wall. Thechairs face east and have a table between them. They are locatedvery close to the computer tables. Attachment A is a diagram ofthe Columbine High School Library. Ruegsegger indicated on thediagram where the two couch chairs were located and which chairshe sat. Ruegsegger saw Dan Steepleton sitting at Table #15 justprior to sitting down.

Ruegsegger was sitting in the chair on the north sideof the small table reading a magazine. Not long after startingto read the magazine, she heard sounds coming from outside theLibrary and school building. She didn't recall specifically whatthe sounds were or how m~~y sounds she heard. She reme"~ers

looking around at other students and nobody else seemed to reactso she went back to reading. A couple of minutes later, she sawa female teacher come into the Library and state something to theeffect of "get down, he has a gun." Ruegsegger got up and movedto hide under the computer table. She got under the second cubbyarea of the computer table. There are two computer tables in theLibrary and she was on the south side of the table further to thesouth. She was sitting upright facing the front door area of theLibrary. She pulled one of the chairs in towards her to helpconceal herself. Ruegsegger ind~cated on the Library diagram herposition under the computer table.

A couple of minutes later, two gunmen came into theLibrary and immediately moved to the west side. She does notrecall what the ~~nmen looked like or what they were wearing.One of the gunman moved to the area between Ruegsegger and table#18. Ruesegger does not recall what direction this gunman movedfrom to get to table #18. He removed his trenchcoat and dropped'it on the floor north of table #18. When the he took off histrsnchcoat, he laid his weapon on top of table #18. Ruegseggerremembers the weapon to be a long gun, possibly a rifle orshotgun. After thae she heard thae gunman state something to theeffect of "everyone with a white cap or baseball cap stand up."He was standing near the westside of table #18 when he made thecomment. Ruegsegger did not hear or see anybody stand up. The

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gunman then stated, "fine, I'll just start shooting." Ruegseggerdid not know the location of the second gunman, when the firstgunman was removing his trenchcoat and making these white hatcomments.

The gunmen than began shooting within the west part ofthe Library. After hearing gunfire she heard one of the gunmennear the west side of table !lI9 state, "hey, man, I have a niggerover here." After that statement she heard more gunshots. Aboutthis time she could feel big explosions within the west part ofthe Library. She then saw one of the gunmen bend down and shoottowards a boy in the first cubby hole (behind her). She quicklylooked away and heard the gunshot. The gunman was approximatelyeight to ten feet away when she saw him. Ruesegger does notspecifically remerrber what the gunman looked like or how he wasdressed. She does believe the gun may have had two barrels.

Immediately after the gunshot behind her , Ruegseggerwas shot in her right shoulder. Ruesegger thought she got shotfrom behind, but her doctors told her the wounds came from thefront side, exiting the back of her shoulder. She remembersafter being shot her right arm floating up in the air and thencoming back down. Ruegsegger had her hands covering her ears atthe time she was shot. Ruegsegger thought that her right arm hadbeen shot off. She made a comment like "oh" and the gunman toldher to 'stop her bitching". She then put her head down andpretended to play dead. She does remember seeing a girl in thenext cubby hole to the west of her looking at her at the time.

After being shot everything that occurred in theLibrary became fuzzy. Ruegsegger was holding her arm andpretending to be dead. Bhe does remember hearing a oomment byone of the gunmen that they were "going to blow up this wholefucking Library." That statement was followed by more gunshotsand the sounds of bombs exploding. Ruegsegger could recall noather specific comments by the gunman Or their movement withinthe Library. She estimated it was approximately ten minutesafter she was shot that the Library got quiet. Ruegsegger doesnot remember hear~ng a fire alarm going off in the Library.

A fe" minutes after it appeared the gunmen had left t.neLibrary, students started getting up and leaving. Ruegseggerasked one of the students walking near her, Craig Scott, to help

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her. Scott and the girl that was in cubby hole next to her,helped her get up to her feet. Scott then held on to her andthey moved to the back door exit of the Library. As they movedto the back door, she remembers seeing kids in the offices thatadjoined the hall to the back door. She was not aware of howthose students got into the offices. As they continued to moveto the back door, she and Scott were getting run into by otherstudents t~ling to exit the Library. Ruegsegger remembersexiting the back door and running up a small hill to a policecar. Ruegsegger ran to the police car on her own and doesn'tknow what happened to Scott. Hiding behind the police car wereapproximately 20 students. She remembers seeing Dan Steepleton,Val Schnuur and Sara Houy behind the police car. So~,uur wassitting next to her and HOuy was holding a shirt to Ruegsegger'sshoulder. She also remembers seeing a heavyset body laying onthe ground in bad shape with other students trying to keep thatperson awake. She remembers seeing one police officer behind thecar pointing his gun at the school, hiding behind an open door ofthe vehicle. That officer kept saying to the students to stayrelaxed. She does remember hearing somebody say that there wassomebody on the roof.

Another police car drove down to the police car theywere hiding behind. Ruegsegger was loaded into that police carand shuttled behind a shed further up the hill. From there shewas again loaded into a police car to be shuttled to aneighborhood, where a triage area had been set up. Ruegseggergot into the police car behind the shed, but it could not startand they were moved to another police car. She was driven to thetriage area and was taken out of the police car. She laid downon the grass and was "pretty calm". A lady gave her water from ahose and then a nurse came to look at her inJuries. A man gaveher a phone and she was able to call her morn. She was placedinto an ambulance and during the drive to the hospital again wasable to call her mom. Ruegsegger was calm and not crying untilshe was at the hospital and saw her mom.

Ruegsegger's wounds were to her right shoulder.Ruegsegger had a cadaver bone placed in her arm to connectthe shoulder socket. Her Shoulder socket is intact thoughdoes still have some metal pieces lodged in her shoulder.doctors also removed a washer from her right thumb.

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Ruegsegger has never seen Eric Harris Or Dylan Kleboldbefore. Ruegsegger did not recognize the pictures of Harris andKlebold she has seen in the media as the gunmen in the Library.

Ruegsegger has a green Jansport backpack which shouldbe on the floor in front of the chair that she was sitting in.There is a WWJD cross on the zipper of the backpack. Thebackpack contained school books and notebooks. Her locker numberis #1180 and is located next to the fire hydrant by the Tech Lab.Her looker contains school books, a sweatshirt and a thin jacket.Ruegsegger's oar was parked in spot #222 in the Senior ParkingLot.

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PROGRESS REPORTCMS INCIDENT/CONTROL 1/ 1843TYPED BYlACKLYNGEE(ACSO)

On 043099, this Investigatorrespondedto the office of lames C Berry, Ph.D., locatedat 701 E. Hampdento meet with oneof theshooting victims. identified as:

Alsopresentwas Val's parents, identified as:

Schnurr.MarkDob: 041556

Schnurr, SherilynDob: 102060

And Investigator BriceMoomaw.

In apre~~tilyn had advised thisInvestigator that Val had possibly identified one of thesuspects ____

ThisInvestigatcr showedVal a photographic lineup displaying Klebold in posace Ill. VoJ identifiedthe,ubject inposdon itl (Klebold) withthe fnllowing comments:

That the personinposricnIIi (KleboJd) lookedllke the person she sawin the library on042099thatapproached her while 'be wasunder. table sed askedher if she believed in God

That Val did notknowor recognize theaforerceuticaed person (KJebold).

That Val stated thatsbe sawtwosen; of legs,indicating thatthere wasa secondperson,alumughDueto her location, she wasunable to see the second persons face.

ThatVal also advised thatthe subject (Kleoold) was reloading his gun,whichshedescribed aslong, as he spoke to her.

That Val described his (Klebold's) clothing as a blackhat,blocktop (can't remember if it wasajacket/coat), andcan't remember what hispants looked Jlke.

Tbet VoJ described ber location in the library as beingunderthe first table in a double tOW of threeTables (total six),near the window rhat lcoksout into a hallway,

Thatafter the unidentified teacher hadcomeinto the library and told themto gutunder the tables,Andprior to thesuspects enteringtbe library, Val saw !lie profile of. male, dressed in black andwearinga blackhat that was turned backwards, whowas calmly walking down the hall (throughthe librarywindow), thal she thought~

ThatVal statedthatb. waswalking byhimselfand sbedoe' nOI recall seeinghimcarryinganything.

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That soon after. two peopleenteredthe libtarythrowing bomb, and shooting andVoJ 'wed thatSbe did not see who,bOther as sbe was under the table(holdinghands withLanrenTownsend),And bad bereye' closed.

That VallIttther advisedthat friendstold ber thatEric ffiurlswas involvedin this incidentBut she wasmakingher identification today basedOn ber memory of the incidentonly.

That when Valwasasked if the subjectshesaw walldng in the hallwaythroughthe libraryWindowcould havebeen one of the shooters !betcameinto the library later, 'he advisedthatHe could hovebeen

Thls Investigator then snowedVala photograpbic lineupdisplaying Harris in posinoc#3. ValldentlfiedHarris advi'ing that she knewhimfromschoolandstatedthatshe cannotpositivelyidentifyhimas thesecondperson sbe saw in the library, althoughbecouldhavebeenthere.

Thi' Investigator then showedVala photographic lineup diSPlayin. position#3. Val identified

•advising tbet sbe knows himfromschool aad cannotpo,iti tify him as the person'be

n the hallway through the librarywindow, althoughstatedtbet it did look1lite him.

Investigator Moomawcontinued the interview withVal to obtain addition wimessinfOl1lllltlon regmfulgtileeventsthat took placein the library.

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On 04-30-99 at about 134:5 hrs., this Investigator and Investigator Gee responded to tireoffice of Dr. James Berry at 701 E. Hampden Ave., #330 and conducted an interviewwith:

SCHUR.R, VALEENDOB: 04·14·80

Also present in the room duringthe interviewwere Shari and Mark SChUlT, along with Dr.Berry. Investigator Gee began the interview and showed Schurr three ditrerent photolineups. For information reference those lineups and their presentation, refer toInvestigatorGee's report.

At about 141:5 brs., this Investigator then interviewed Schurr reference her observations inthe library, During the interview, this Investigator also requested Schurr to utilize one ofthe library maps to mark her location in the libraryand other observations.

Schurr related when she first entered tire Ilbrary, there were already five other girls at hertable, whichwas # 2. Schurr identified tire fivegirlsas:

HOLLIDAY, JESSICAKREUTZ, LISAPARK,JEANNATOWNSE!'-I1), LAUREN

andPEREZ,DIWATA

When Schurr entered the library, she sat at the two chairs near tire table. Hollidaysubsequently left the table and went somewhere else. Schurr entered the library at about1113 hrs.

Schurr related her back pack isblack in color and is a portfolio type case with straps. Theback pack should be by where she was sitting. Schurr possibly remembers one personsitting at table one. Schurr was sittingreadingher book.

When Schurr was reading, she beard a shot. Then the teacher came in and yelled foreveryone to get down, there is a kid with a gun. She went to the phone and called 911.While the teacher was on the floor, she still yelled for everyone to get down on tire floor.Schurr related everyone got under the table. Schurr indicatedthe teacher had short blondhair and wasshort in height.

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Schurr went to the table and took the place where Holliday was initially setting. Schurrheard a bunchof shots and a coupleofexplosions in the hallway. It was at this time theteacher was on the telephone.

When Schurr got under the table, she was next to Townsend. Townsend told her thaieverything will be OK. Townsend pulled Schurrcloser. Schurr said everyone thought itwas a joke, a seniorprank. However, they kept hearing gunshots.

When the suspects came into the library, Schurr saw two people come in. She just sawtheir legs. She heard what she believed was an explosion up against the shelves. Sheheard themyelling at Isaiah.

The suspectsshot someone else and they were laughing and she remembers them makingthe statement, "Look at his brains," She also heard themrefer to someone as, "Fat boy."

A little while later, Schurrheard a shot. Townsend went down on the ground. Schurr fellout from the table and realized her stomachand abdomen were hurt. It was at this pointwhere she said, "Oh my God» and the person asked her, "God, do you believe in God"andshe said yes. The personwas also reloading hisgunat this point.

The two shooters were together. This Investigator asked Schurr if she saw the shootersand she related she was focusing on her wounds more. Schurr indicated that Kreutz gothurt. Schurr went hack under the table. Perez wascrying. Park was yelling and she gothurt to.

The suspects then left. She saw a bunch of kids, possibly J5 to 20 running out of theroom. She tried to wakeup Townsend and shewouldn't wake up. Schurr got up and ranbetween the two largetablesandwent out the door.

Schurr related when she left the building, she was by herself. She was one of the lastpeopleout. She never saw what the two peoplewore.

In regards to the personin the hallway seen bySchurr, she saw him when the shooting andbombs were going off. Schurr related the person in the hallway could have been one ofthe shooters. When asked what percentshe thought the person was she saidabout 55 to 60 percent.

This Investigator askedSchurrif the shooterspicked out Or selected out any specific kids..She related that Isaiah Shoels was just there. Schurr related they never used anyone'sname. During the incident she did not smell the smoke. In regards to the bombs in thelibrary, she did not recognize anysmells.

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Schurr related initially when the suspects entered the library, they let someofthe kids go.There was at least one, possibly severalstudents who left. They told everyone else theywere goingto blowup the library. This was said when theywere in the area oftables 15 •20. Schurrdid not see anyone leave.

On the drawing completed by Schurr, she placedan "X" near tables 16 • 19. This is thearea Schurr believes is where they told several people to leave. There are two "X's"placed near tables 3 and 5. This is the approximate area the shooters were in when onefired at their table.

The drawing also shows the escape route taken by Schurr,

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On 06/01/99, Det. Boatright (lOi was assigned DN#498Srequesting he contact and interview Valeen Schnurr, Within thenarrative of the lead l IO was informed Valeen Schnurr was in thelibrary when the incident occurred on 04/20/99 and was seriouslyinjured. It was determined IO would contact and interview ValeenSchnurr to confirm her whereabouts during the inoident and anyinformation she may have relevant to this investigation. IOwould note valeen schnurr was previously interviewed by Det.Moomaw, with the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office.

On 06(lO/99 at approximately 1315 hours, IO met with Valeenschnurr and her 'parents at their residence idencifiea a

IO didverify w~t Valeen Schnurr her dace of birth is 04 14 81, and shewas a senior at columbine High school when this incident occurred.For purposes of clarification l both Valeen Schnurr's parentsremained for the interview.

10 subsequ~~tly requested Valeen Sc~~urr provide an account ofher activities on 04/20/99, beginning at the time she arrived atschool. Valeen schnurr stated she drove herself to school thatdace and recalled parking in the senior lot in what she believedwas her assigned space {#143j. valeen Schnurr confirmed to IO shenormally drives to school alone and arrives sometime around 1700hours. Valeen Schnurr clarified to IO on this particular date, shebelieved she arrived at school at approximately 0655 houxs.According to Valeen Schnurr, when she arrlved at school, she didnot make any unusual observations.

Valeen Schnurr stated after parking her car in the southsenior parking loti she then used the west entrance to gain accessto the school. valeen Schnurr related upon entering the scheol shewalked to her locker, which W&$ located in the north hall. ValeenSchnurr stated after going to her locker! she walked over to thesouth hall. where she met with friends and socialized till thebeginning of first period. Again, Valeen Schnurr clarified theabove described activities were a normal routine prior to the startof her first hour class.

According to Valeen Schnurr, she attended her first pe~iod

class which began at approximately 0730 hours and concluded atapproximately 0815 hours. valeen schnurr identified her firstperiod class as "rnanh" taught by HMr. Smith, II Valeen Schnurrstated her math class is located in the ~ath section of the schooland went on to identify the rOom as "MA3, 11 IO would note mathroom HMA3" is located in the far southeast seGtion of the school.

valeen Schnurr reported she then attended her second hourclasg wh~ch she eseimatsd began at approximately 0825 hours andconcluded at approximately 0915 hours. Valeen Schnurr identified

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her second period class as Ilphysics!! taught by llMr, Manuello. n

Valeen Schnurr stated her "phyeics H class is taught in room1ISCIll.I' IO would note the sc i.ence room 1l$Cll1 11 is located justeast of the auditorium in the south hall.

Valeen Schnurr explained she then attended her third periodclass, which ahe estimated began at approximately 0920 hours andconcluded at approximately 1010 hours. Valeen Schnurr identifiedher third period class as "Government Economicsl! which is taught byHMr. Tel"',.nelly." vafeen Schnurr stated her "Government Economics rr

class is taught in social studies room JlSSS," which is located onthe east side of the school, near the main east entrance.

According to Valeen Schnurr, she next attended her fourthperiod class, which she indicated beq~~ at approximately 1015 hoursand concluded at approximately 1110 hours. Valeen Schnurridentified her fourth period class as !!Peer Counse11ng,H adding sheis llunsuperviaedll during that time. Valeen Schnurr stated sheconducts her peer counseling in the "counseling office" which islocated near the ma~n office area.

Valeen schnurr explained at the conclusion of fourth hour, sheis scheduled far "A lunch. n Valeen Schnurr stated her normalactivity during <fA lunch" involved going to the library and meetingwith friends where they WQuld study or read during that time.Valeen Schnurr stated at the end of fourth hour, she recalled shewas l1:running late" and first needed to stop at her locker, prior togoing to the library, valean Schnurr related, by the time shearrived at the library, she believed the 1115 bell had alreadyrang. Valeen Schnurr estimated the time she arrived at the librar)'to be approximately 1116 hours.

Valeen schnurr stated when she arrived at the library, sheimmediately joined her group of friends who were sitting at one ofthe first tables on the far east section of the library. IOsUbsequently supplied Valeen Schnurr with a diagram of the libraryand asked her to identify the location where ahe and her friendswere sitting. Valeen Schnurr immediately pointed to table #2,indicating the location where she and her friends sat. When askedif she and her friends normally sat at tabla #2, Valaen Schnurrresponded by stating, "We usually sat on that side of the library.!!Valeen Schnurr indicated she and her friendS did not always sit attable #2, and pointed out there had even been occasions where shehad met with her friends and they sat either in the middle or inthe far west sections of the library, Pursuant to questioning,Vale en Schnurr stated when she arrived at the library, she did notrecall any unusual activity,

IO subsequently confirmed with Valeen Schnurr ahe was the lastof her group to arrive in the library. When asked to identify theo~her individuals who were present when she arrived, Valeen Schnurrsupplied the names of Jeanna Park, Jessica HollidaYf Lisa Kruetz,

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Diwata Perez, and Lauren Townsend, when asked to identify whereeveryone was seated at the time she arrived, Valeen Schnurr firststated all the individuals previously named were located somewhereat table #2, Valeen Schnurr stated, due to the nUmber of peopleseated at the table, she decided to sit at a chair which waslocated a couple ot feet to the northeast of that table. ValeenSchnurr then drew in the location of the chair where she sat,adding there was an additional table (small) and chair located toher left. Valeen Scnnurr went on to explain, directly above whereshe was seated is a window which looks out into the hallwaYI~irectly outside the library. Valeen Schnurr reiterated the reasonshe sat ac tha~ chair was due co the fac~ the table appeared fulland she was the last in her group to arrive.

In respect to where her friends were seated, Valeen Schnurrstated she knew Lauren Townsend was seated at the far northwestcorner, while Diwata Perez was located at the far southwest cornerof the same table. Valeen Schnurr seated across from Oiwata Perez{southeas~ cornerJ was Jeanna Park and directly to the north wouldhave been Lisa Kr~etz. Valeen Schnurr stated she believed JessicaHolliday was originally seated between Lauren Townsend and DiwataPerez, but pointed. out the forenamed "waLked off l

, a short timeprior to when the incident began. Valeen Scrmurr stated she couldnot be absolutely positive as to where Jessica Holliday was seatedwhen she first arrived, but knew the forenamed had originally beenat the table and later left.

When asked what occurred next, Valeen Schnurr again stated shewas seated in the chair directly below the window (facingsouthwest) at which time she began "reading a bootH she hadborrowed from someone. Valeen Schnurr stated approximately fiveminutes after she had begun to read the book, she began to hearIl p op p i ng nec ees . 11 ve Leen Schnurr stated she was not paying anyparticular attention to the noises and recalled that no one shecould obse~;e seemed to be particula~ly concerned. Valeen schnurrwent on to st.ate in respect to the l1popping noises" it did notappear as though anybody Hreally noticed." When asked if she couldidentify the location from where the "popping noises ll originated,Valeen Scr~urr responded in the negative. Valeen Schnurr statedshe was certain the "poPPl.ng noises" were not originating in thelibrary and believed they were coming from somewhere "outside. II

Valeen Schnurr then speculated the llpopping noises" were comingfrom an area west of the l~brary (outside of the scheol).

Valeen Schnurr next reported that as she begun to hear the"popping no Laas« she believed it was at this point: Jessica Hollidayhad "we.l ked off, I. Valeen Schnurr stated at the time she did notknow where Jessica Holliday was going or the reason she left.Valeen Schnurr seated she was certain that Jessica Holliday did notleave as a result of hearl-ng the "popping noises tl but believed theforenamed had some other activity in mind. Valeen Schnurr was nextasked if she could recall how many "popping no i se s" she actually

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heard at that point. Valeen Schnurr responded in the negative, butstated she believed there were Hseveral. Valeen Schnurr againreported that when she originally heard the lJpopping noises, '. theywere not particularly concerning, thus, she did not pay specificattention to them.

vel een Schnurr explained. i'within a m.inute or two ll from thepoint she began hearing the "popping noises I II she then observed"Ms. Nielson ll enter the library I<yelling. n According to veLeeaSchnurr, Ms, Nielson entered the library alone and went on toannounce. "there's somebody with a gun. 11 Valeen Schnurr stated shecould immediately tell Ms, Nielson was "very upset" due to the tonein her voice and the fact she was yelling. Valeen Schnurrexplained she was uncertain as to what had specifically occurredand certainly did not realize the seriousness of the incident,Valeen Schnurr recalled chinking at the time, the event identifiedby Ms. Nielson was possibly a t'senior prank, 11

Valeen Schnurr stated as she continued to observe Ms. Nielson!the forenamed went behind the main counter entering from the eastside. Valeen Schnurr reiterated it was around this time that Ms.Nielson had announced, "there' e aomebcdy with a gun. II ValeenSchnurr next recalled seeing Ms. Nielson place a ~~l call. ValeenSchnurr clarified based on her position (still seated in thechair), she did not have a clear view of Ms, Nielson, but couldhear the forenamed make a phone call and begin explaining what wasoccurring, When asked to elaborate, Valeen Scr~urr recalled Ms.Nielson telling the person she was speaking with on the phone therewere il kids with guns II and "we need help. 'I vateee Schnurr stated itwas around this same time frame she heard Ms. Nielson announce tothe students in the library to Hget under your tables, H veLeenSchnurr stated Ms. Nielson repeated that demand several times.Valeen Schnurr also recalled Ms. Nielson making statements, such asII stay under the tal;lles. U

Valeen Schnurr explained after making the above observations,abe then believed whatever was occurring was ureal. H va.LeenSchnurr again clarified she did not know the extent of ~he

situation, but knew it was serious. Valeen Schnurr told IO it wasat that ooint, she mov~d over to table #2 and positioned herselfunder the northeast corner of the cable. valeen Schnurr explainedby this point, she believed everyone in the library had compliedwith Ms. Nielson's commands and had gotten under a table. ValeenSchnurr stated when she initially positioned herself under table#2, she remembered thinking "whac ' $ going on: 11 VaLeen Schnurrseated she was very concerned at this point and sensed othersaround her were also afraid.

When asked to describe her position ~~der table #2, ValeenSchnurr stated she was seated in an "Lnddan style posicion, tI facingnorth. When asked about the positioning of others under her table,Vale en Schnurr stated she knew for certain Lauren Townsend was to

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her left and was seated in a similar style, also facing north.Valeen Schnurr explained she could not be certain as to the exactpositioning of these behind her, but did recall specifically whowas present. When asked to elaborate, Valeen Schnurr ut~lized thediagram to draw the table top and then indicated everyone'sposition by listing their initials. valeen Schnurr subsequentlyplaced two arrows pointing in a northerly direction to indicate theway she and Lauren Townsend were facing. Valeen Schnurr reiteratedeven though she knew for certain who was positioned behind her, shecould nee be certain as to which direction they were facing or howthey were sitting. For purposes of clarification, Valeen Schnurrplaced Lauren Townsend's initials at the northwest cOrner of thetable, while Oiwata Perez! initials were placed at the southwestcorner of the table. Jeanna Parks initials we~e placed in thesoutheast corner of the table, while Valeen Schnurr's initials wereplaced in the northeast corner of the table. Lisa Kruetz initialswere placed between those of Valeen schnurr and Jeanna park.

When asked what she recalled next, Valeen Schnurr stated shebegan to hear gunshots which she believed were coming from thehallway outside of the library. valeen sehnu~r was unable to bemore specific in terms of the number of gunshots, but did note itappeared as thcu9h the gun~hots were getting closer to the libraryentrance, Valeen Schnurr stated she next began to see "smoke'~ inthe hallway, 10 confirmed with valeen schnurr, she was looking outthe window she previously described (which faced out into thehall) .

Valeen Schnurr told IO at one point while making the aboveobservations I she observed a person she believed to be one of thesuspects as he moved south past the window in the hallway. Valeenschnurr stated he was "walking slow and he d.i dn ' t look in, 1.(referring to looking in the library;, When asked to describe thisindividual, Valeen sliiiiIi!Mhnurrbe an b stating $he originally tho~gnt

that individual was but later ~ealized she wasmistaken, Valeen S te s e now believes the person shesaw in the hall walking south was, in fact, Oylan Klebold. ValeenSchnurr went on to explain when she was originally interviewed bylaw~enforcem.entshe had indicated the person she Saw in the hallwas Valaen Schnurr stated after being able to seerece. .otographs of Dylan Klebold (via the media), she's nowconvinced che person she saw in the hall waS, in fact, DylanKlebold.

Valeen Schnurr was then asked to describe the person she sawin the hall, Valeen Schnurr stated the person she saw in the hallwas a white male, with longer "dark blond ll hair, valeen Schnurradded, the suspect's hair style was ~wavy.« In respect to hisclothing, Valeen Schnurr stated the suspect was wearing a Hblac:kcollared something,~ adding it was more likely a coat, but possiblya shirt, Valeen Schnurr seated the reason she could notdifferentiate whether the garment was a coat or a shirt was due to

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the fact she could only see it from the mid-chest level up, ValeenSchnurr reiterated she believed the garment was a coati but couldnot be positive. valeen Schnurr stated the suspect was alsowearing a black baseball cap "backwaxda I II When asked if she couldgauge the suspect's height and weight, Valeen Schnurr stated theindividual appeared to be tall, however, she could not be any morespecific regarding his physical appearance. IO did clarify withValeen Schnurr the suspect appeared to be moving slowly in asoutherly direction at a walking pace.

Valeen sc~~urr went on to explain at the Same time she madethe above observation, Lauren Townsend reached around her shoulderwith her right arm and in a hugging type motion, pulled her closer.Valeen Schnurr explained by this point! both she and LaurenTownsend were now in a seated position with their knees pulled intotheir chest. Valeen SCfu~urr stated as she recalled being hugged byLauren Townsend, everything was very 11 qu Let.. t! Valeen Schnurrreported it was at t.his point, she began "praying. II Valeen Schnurradded she had placed her hands over her ears in an effort to blockout the sounds she was hearing. Valeen Schnurr did clarify theabove effort was in no way affective in terms of blocking out thesounds and it was almost something of a symbolic gesture. ValeenSchnurr went on with her explanation by stating moments later I shethen began hearing what she thought were vexp LoaLcns . It ValeenSchnurr stated she assumed the explosions were coming from thecommons area, d~e to the fact, she coule feel the floor underneathher begin ;'vibracing, It and she also heard "aczearrta" from studentswho were located down in the commons area,

Valeen Schnurr stated her next recollection occurred at thepoint she heard what she thought were !la, few" gunshots, ValeenSchnurr described those gunshots as coming from either the hallwayor entrance area of the library, IO confirmed with Valeen Schnurrwhat she was describing were gunshots that were in very closeprox~mity to the east library doore. When a5ked what she meant by"a f ew'' gunshots, vereen Schnurr then described them as "a couple."Valeen Schnurr stated she could not be specific in terms of thenumber of shots she heard, but knew it was approximately twe orthree shoes.

Valeen Schnurr seated almost immediately after hearing theabove described gunshots, she then saw two people enter thel~brary. valeen schnurr clarified the above statement byindicating she could see two sets of dark pants and two sets af"shoes" as they walked into the lil::lx-a.ry area. Valeen Schnurrconfirmed that the two individuals entered from the east librarydoors and proceeded west through the library, Valeen Schnurr wenton to stata that her actual first observations of the suspectsoccurred as she looked through the glass display case locateddirectly north of table ~2. when asked if sbe could provide a moredetailed description of the clothing worn by the suspects/ valeenSchnurr srated all she could recall was that both individuals were

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wearing "dark panes and dark:. shoes, II va.Leen. schnurr was unable tobe more specific regarding that point.

Valeen Schnurr next explained as the suspects continued towalk west through the library, she now could hear them directly infront of the main counter, at which time, one of the suspectsstated, "evez-ybcdy get up" or simply stated, "etiand up. II Va-leanSchnurr told 10 she did not recall the exact words u$ed by thesuspect at that point, but knew they were requesting the studentsin the library to get out from underneath the tables. ValeenSchnurr stated based on what she was hearing at that point, sheknew the suspects had continued west further into the library, butshe could no longer see them.

Valeen Schnurr related after hearing the above commentdemanding the students come out from under the tables, she thenheard, "a couple of gunshots," va.l.een Schnurr again indicated thegunshots were coming from a westerly direction and appeared to beconsistent with the path of travel taken by the suspects as theyentered the libra~y. IO confirmed with Valeen Schnurr she wasdescribing gunshots inside the library, which appeared to beoccurring somewhere from the northwest area, Valeen Schnurr didrecall, after hearing those gunshots, one of the suspects stated,"Lock at his brains," Valeen Sch.,'1urr told IO at that point, shebelieved someone had been shoe. Valeen Schnurr stated momentsafter hearing that comment, she then began to hear more gunshots.

Valeen Schnurr explained as the gw,shots continued, she beganto hear the suspects 1l1aughing out loud. Ol' Valeen Sch.,"lurr told IOthe suspects continued laughlng throughout the course of thisentire incident valeen Schnurr also recalled the suspectscontinuing to shout out things, such as r'woo hoo c"

Valeen Schnurr told IO she could not estimate the number ofgunshots she was hearing at this point, but knew that all of theshots she did hear were occurring on the west side of the lib~a~.

When aSked if she was able to hear anything other than gunshots,laughter and yelling, Valeen Schnurr responded in the affirmative,valeen Schnurr stated at one point, she did hear a suspect saysomething about l1a nigger. lI Valeen Schnurr stated after hearingthat comment, she did recall hearing additional gunshots occurringon the west side of the library,

As Valeen Schnurr continued to reflect on the incident, shethen remembered additional commentS she heard, however pointed outshe could not recall the exact sequence of when they were said.Valeen Schnurr then qualified a previous statement she made inreference to the .ilnigger 1r comment. Valeen Schnurr explained inrespect to the comments she was hearing on the west side of thelibrary, she was not exac~ly certain when all of those th~ngs weresaid, but did know they were said while the suspects were on thewesc side of the library. When asked to describe what other

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comments she did hear, Valeen Schnurr stated at one point, sheremembered hearing a comment about a Hfat boyll and also heard aseparate comment identified as "peek-a-boo." veLeen scbnur-r againindicated she was not certain as to the sequence of any of thecomments, but was certain all of the above described statementswere made while che suspects were on the west side of the library.

Valeen Schnurr next explained as she would hear one of theabove comments, it would then be followed by gunshots.AdditionallYI Valeen Schnurr would then hear laughter and varioustypes of yells which .she had previously described as a lIwoo hoal!sound. Valeen Schnurr staced there was one additional sound sheheard which was different from the ather sounds t while the suspectswere on the west side of the library. When asked to describe thatnoise, Valeen Schnurr stated following what she believed was agunshot, she then heard "book sounds or paper sounds. II When askedto elaborate, Valeen Schnurr stated it sounded as though, after thegunshot, she could hear llthe :rustling of papers, like booksfalling." valeen Schnurr speculated that one of the suspects hadpossibly shot some of the books on a shelf l thus, causing the abovedescribed noise.

Valeen Schnurr told 10 it was after hearing that sound that itbecame very obvious the suspects we~e now moving over to the eastside of the library. When asked to elaborate. Valeen Schnurrstated moments after hearing what she described as possibly booksfalling, she then began to hear "screams." Valeen Schnurr statedas the screams became "louder I II she then heard what she thought wasa single gunshot and realized she had been shot. When asked tofurthe4 describe that situation, Valeen Schnurr stated she neveractually saw the suspect in any detail, but saw movement to her1'left." just prior to being shot. Valeen Schnurr described seeingan image with her peripheral vision l which she now believes was thesuspect! as she was being shot. Valeen Schnurr explained it feltas though ahe had been shot from the left side, which again wasconsistent with the above described observation.

!n respect to her injuries, Valeen Schnurr described injuriesto her left arm, left chest/breast, continuing down into theabdominal area. valeen Schnurr seated she was later told shereceived powder burns to the left arm/shoulder area! againconsistent with her being shot from the left side. Valeen Schnurrwent on to state, according to the doctors who treated her, therewere anywhere between nine to fifteen gunsnot wounds. As IOcontinued that line of questioning, it appeared as thQugh some ofthe wounds described by Valeen Schnurx, particularly as itpertain~d to the left arm/shoulder area, were through and throughinjuries which then continued on into the chest and down into theabdominal area. According to Valeen Schnurr I she still hadprojec~iles lodged in her abdominal area. See Valeen Schnurrlsmedical reports for details.

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Continuing with Valeen Schnurr's explanation, 10 confirmed atleast after seeing movement to her left, she recalled hearing oneshoe at the time she was shot. When asked if she 4ecalled anyadditional gunshots at that point, Valeen Schnurr responded in thenegative, When asked wr4t occurred next, Valeen Schnurr statedafter she realized she had been shott she then moved out fromunderneath the table (east side) and leaned forward onto her handsand kneea . Valeen Schnurr et.at.ed she was still facing: north atthis time. IO confirmed with Valeen Schnurr that she was stilllocated up towards the northeast corner of the table! however, hadnow crawled out from underneath the table.

valeen Schnurr stated once she had c4awled out from under thetable, she then repeatedly seated, "Oh my god, help. u ValeenSchnurr stated after making that comment several times, she thenheard a voice from behl.nd her state, "Do you believe in God?" 10clarified with valeen Schnurr the voice she heard was a male voiceand it was coming from an area south of her location, ValeenSchnurr w~~t on to explain after she heard what she now believedwas the suspect state, UDo you believe in God?" She initiallyresponded I "noll and then stated, llyes. II Valeen Schnurr said atthe point she answered the suspect, she was somewhat confused andwas unclear how td answer his question fer fear of re~aliation.

V~leen Schnurr stated after responding to the suspect'squestion with a "yes," she again heard a voice from the south areaof the library state, "Why? i~ Valeen Schnurr related by this point,she was up on her knees and recalled looking back to the south,Valeen Schnurr gcated she could then see cwo suspects standing tothe sou~h of table #4. Valeen Schnurr explained she did notactually look at the suspects' faces, but it appeared to her asthough one of the suspects was "reloading l l his weapon, When askedto describe what she meant by "reloading, II vajeen achnur-r explainedshe could see the suspect working the "e I i.de" on the gun. Val-eenschnurr appeared to be describing something like a pump~ng motionwith her a~m. The description of the weapon provided by ValeenSchnurr indicated that the weapon she observed was longer than apistol. Valeen Schnurr then drew two XIS on the diagram toindicate the location of where she had seen the suspects, Whenaaked which of the suspects appeared to be lire loading" his weapon,valeen Schnurr placed a doc next to the X, which was furthest east.Valeen Schnurr could not be more specific concerning herobser~ation, other than to state she did not see the other suspectmoving and only recalled the suspect to the east doing somethingwith the "a Li.de" on his weapon,

Valeen Schnurr stated after making that observation, she thentur~ed back facing a northerly direction and again, heard thesuspect state, "why,?fI Valeen Schnurr related at that point, sheresponded to the suspect by stating, "my parents taught me and Ibelieve. II Valeen schnurr related she then recalled moving backunder t.he table, where she "laid down. U valeen Schnurr stated she

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then "played dead I' in hopes the suspects would leave her alone,Valeen Schnurr reported after that point I she did not recallhearing any additional gunahota.

when asked what she did recall I Valeen Schnurr explained sheremembered hearing Jeanna park and Diwata Perez crying after she(Valeen Schnurr) had been shot. valeen Schnurr also recalledhearing Lisa Kruecz lIscreaming" during that same time. In respect.to Lauren Townsend l Valeen Schn~xr stated that the forenamed waslying- on her left side llfacing M." IO confirmed with ValeenSchnurr/ the observation related to Lauren Townsend occurred aftershe moved back underneath the table and began playing dead.According to Valeen Schnurr, she was now facing a westerlydirection.

When asked if she could describe the positioning of the otherindividuals under her table l valeen schnurr responded in theaffirmative. Valeen Schnurr stated to her knowledge I Lisa Kruetzwas also lying down with he~ head facing to the west. In respectto Oiwata Perez and Jeanna ~ark, Valeen Schnurr thousht both ofthose individuals were in something of a s~ated position, facingnorth.

valeen Schnurr next explained several minutes after she hadbeen shot, she recalled seeing lltwo sets of feetH leaving thelibrary via che east doors. Valeen Schnurr stated her observationwas subsequently confirmed because moments after the suspects hadleft the library, she then heard what she thought were gunshots inthe hall dkrectly outside the library. Valeen Sc~~urr told IOafter hearing the above described gunshot/ she waited approximately"40 seconds" and then attempted to wake Lauren Townsend. ValeenSchnurr sa:.:.d she remembered "nudging" the forenamed several times,however, she could not get a response, Valeen Scp~urr respondedafter making continued efforts to awaken Lauren Townsend andreceiving no response I she began to hear llwhispeX'ing ll and :sawstudents moving towards the wes~ side of the library. ValeenSchnurr stated as a result of not being able to awaken LaurenTownsend, she then decided co flee the library alone. ValeenSchnurr then descfibed coming out from under the table on the eastside and then proceeding west through the library tsouth of thecomputer tables) and then north to the emergency exit, ValeenSchnurr reported as she was leaving the library, she distinctlyrecalled hearing I'alarms going off ll and the room being !lsmokey."

Valeen Schnurr stated based on her recollection, Diwata Perezand Jeanna Park had already left the library and she (ValeenScr~urr) was one of the las~ people to leave the library. As ~he

left the librarj, Valeen Schnurr was unclear as to the status ofLisa Kreutz.

Valeen Schnurr stated at the point she arrived at the northemergency exit, she recalled seeing a marked police unit parked

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northwest of that location, Valeen Schnurr said she eventuallymade her way to that vehicle where she was provided with someinitial first aid. Valeen schnurr stated she was eventuallytransported to a safe area and then taken to swedish Hospital. 10would note Valeen schnurr did describe a somewhat involved event asit pertained to her evacuation from the area (proceeding the actualhospital transport).

Valeen Schnurr told IO she was unable to recall any additionalinformation related to this incident. 10 subsequently concludedhis contact with Valeen Schnurr. See the diagram prepared byValeen schnurr for complete details.

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LAKEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTREPORTING AGENT: GEORGE MCGLYNN CASE NUMBER: 99.39958VICTIM: STEEPLETON, DANIEL DATE OF REPORT: 04.21.99OFFENSE: ASSIST OTHER AGENCY

INVESTIGATION:

On 04-20-99, Detective Hal Shucard and I were responding to the area of Columbine High School. We

were requested by Sgt. Miller to respond to SWedish Hospital and interview victims of the shooting that had

occurred at the school. Priorto ourarrival at Swedish Hospital, we were diverted to Littleton Hospital. We arrived

there at 1300hours and were advised that threevictims werecurrently in the emergency room.

Detective Greenwell was already on sceneandwas interviewing one of the victims, Stephanie Munson.

Detective Shucard and I were directed to one of the emergency room care units where we met with Daniel_

Steepleton, DOB: 01-30-82. We observed that Steepleton's clothing hadalready beencut off of him andthat he

suffered an injuryon his left knee. Daniel Steepleton is a juniorat Columbine HighSohool.

DanielSteepleton toldusthat hehadbeen inthe libraryatColumbine HighSohool when he heard several

loudbangs. Hesaidthat a teacher thencamerunning into the libraryyelling, "they haveguns". Steepleton said

~t hethen heardmore shots. Hesaidthatall of thestudents eithertried to runor hidundertables. Hesaidthat

two suspects then came into the library. Theydemanded that kidswnh whitebail capsstand up. He saidthat he

was then shot in the knee and fell to the ground. After he fell to the ground, he heard the students throwing,

"bombs at people". He said that he heard someone yell "get out" and he got up and ran out of the library.

Steepleton said that he knew the people involved, not by name, but by a gang they are associated with

known as the "Trench coat Mafia". He said that one of the students thatwas shooting was Dylan. He described

the two suspects aswearing longtrench coats, withbaseball caps onbackwards. He saidthat hethoughtone had

long hair. He said he believed he was shot from about a distance of 15 ft. andthat he was shot with shotgun.

As Steepleton was taking coverin the library, he heard one of the suspects yell as they came In, 'lhls Is

for the four years of bull shitwe had to put up with". Hesaid thenoneof themyelled, "everyone witha whitehat

standup". He saidthat they were bothshooting at people in the libraryand couldn'tIdentify the person that shot

at him, but he thought it was Dylan.

Steepleton said lhat after he was shot, he had gone downandwas laying downwith his head downand

he heardoneof the suspects yell, "stand upniggerboy". Steepleton againsaidthat he didn't look upto seewhat

was goingon butthen hearda gunshct. He thenheard oneofthe suspects say,"I alwayswantedto do this"and

then he heard themmention something about a knife. Hedidn't lookup to see whatwas goingon. Hesaidthat

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throughout the course of the time In the library,he heardthe suspects yelling, "die,..get on the floor".

Steepleton said that the weapons that he saw included a shotgun, some type of automatic or semi

automaticmachinepistol,hand-madebombs that hada fuseand duck tape that neededto be lit before they were

thrown at people, and both suspects were carrying backpacks, which he believed they were gelling the bombs

from. Daniel Bteepleton'sclothingwas seized bythe Lakewood Police Department. The injuryto his knee turned

out to be a shotgun blast and threepelletswere removedduringsurgery andturnedover to the ArapahoeCounty

Criminalistics unit. No photos were taken of Mr. Steepletonbecause he was transported to Sllrgeryprior to the

arrival of Arapahoe County Crlmlnallstlcs.

Otherstudents and faculty thatwere on sceneat the hospitalwere identifiedas Jennifer Doyle, NiokFoss,

Steven Eubanks, Makai Hall, StephanieMunson, and JoyceJankowski. JenniferDoyle and StephanieMunson

were interviewedby DetectiveMikeGreewell. MakaiHallandJoyceJankowskiwere Imerviewedby DetectiveHal

Shucard, The other Victims were interviewed by representatives of Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department

Clothing recovered by the Lakewood Police Department and booked, came from Jennifer Doyle, Daniel

Steepleton, Makal Hall, and Stephanie Munson. See Detectives Greenwell's and Shuoard's reports for furttler

Information,

WITNESS LIST;

1, Sleepleton, Daniel (01-30-82)

Molher: Susan Steepleton Father: DavidSteepleton, pager-.

2, Investigalor James Rasmussen

Arapahoe County Sheriffs Office, 5686 So. Court Pl., Ullieton, CO 60120,303-734-5101

3. Investigator Kevin Heaton

Arapahoe County Sheriffs Office, 5686 So. Court PI., Ultieton, CO 80120, 303-734-5101

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REPORTING AGENT: GEORGE MCGLYNN ' CASE NUMBER: 99-39958VICTIM: STEEPLETON, DANIEL DATE OF REPORT: 04·21.99OFFENSE:ASSIST OTHER AGENCY

4. Investigator Paul Goodman

Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, 5686 So, Court PI., Littleton, CO 80120,303-734-5101

5. Investigator Bruce Isaacson

Arapahoe County Sheriffs Office, 5686 So. Court PI., Littleton, CO 80120,303·734-5101

6, Lab Technician Laura Delong

Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, 5685 So. Court PI., Littleton, CO 80120, 303·734·5101

7. Lab Technician Diane ClOys

Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, 5686 So. Court PI., Littleton, CO 80120,303-734-5101

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Dan Steepleton, DORIO 1-30-82

INVESTIGATION:

On 05-06-99, at about 1100hours, Special Agent John Elvig of the FederalBureau ofInvestigation, and I interviewed Dan

Steepletonat his residence. Steepletcnis a studentofColumbine High School. This interview is connected with lead sheet

#DNI893.

I asked Steepletonto describe the eventsof 04-20-99. He statedhe arrived at schoolat about 0725 hours. He parked in the

Junior lot, and then entered the school through the lowermain entrance. whichgoes intothe commons. His first classwas at

!730hours, in Mr. Kritzer's Historyclass. HissecondperiodwasMathwith Ms. Moore. Steepleton statedMs. Moore is very

pickyaboutthempayingattentionwhenthe announcements areaired. Steepletonremembers that there was a phraseoftheday,

buthe didn't notice what it was. Heaskeda fellow student,whohe believeswas CherylDell, what the phrase ofthe day was.

She told him itwassomethingalong the unesof 'You don't want tobehere." Steepleton said, "That's true." Steepleton'5 third

class was Chemistrywith Ms. Miller. Fourth class was Weights with Mr. Lowery. Steepletonsaid the class let out at 1105

hours. At fifth hour, Steepieton had lunch. For his lunch time,he went to the Library.

Steepletonmet Makai HaBin the Library. I showedSteepletena diagramofthe Library. He indicated that he and Hall both

sat at table #15. This was at approximately 1115 hours. Also sittingat that table were Corey DePooter and Austin Eubanks.

Steepletonremembers saying hi to Crystal Woodman in the hallway outside the Library prior to entering. Steeptetonstated

they were sitting at table # 15 for approximately ten minutes whenhe heard a coupleof loud bangs. He said it soundedas if

the librarian was hammering something intothe wall. H. couldnottell thearea the noisewascomingfrom. Helookedtowards

the librarian's desk.

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Steepleton heard a woman yell. "Get down, they have guns," As he began to get underneath the table, he looked out me

window, He could see a small group of perhaps five to six people running from the school grounds past the SOCCer field,

Steepletongot under the table with MakaiHall, Patrick Ireland, and an unknown femalehe described as being Chinese, with

dark hair past her shoulders.He thought she might be a Freshman,

Steepleton said the banging sounds were getting closer, He could feel the floor shaking, Directly underneath him is the

cafeteria. He thought perhaps somebody was shootingat the ceiling of the cafeteria. Underneath the table, Steepletonwas

kneelingon his leftknee,and to his left was Hall, and to his rightwas Ireland, andto Ireland', right was the unknown female,

Steepleton stated he was facing north and could see the northwestsection of the Library. Steepleton said Hall was looking

down, and continuedto look downthe entiretime. Steepleton lookedaroundwhileunderneaththe desk. Hecouldhearsounds

gettingcloser. He thought the soundswerecorningfromtheLibrarydoorsand hallway. He said the soundsbeganto intensify

He began to hear yelling. He hearda malevoice yell, "This is for the fouryearsofbullshit you've given US." Steepletnnsaid

oombsweregoing off at the sametime,but no alarmhadsounded yet He heard voices,but he could not make out the words,

Steepletonheard a maleaskinga female, "Do you believein God?" Therewas a shortpauseand the femalesaid, "Yes." There

was an immediategunshot and peoplebegan screaming, Steepleton statedhe did not know the area that the two Individuals

were in when he heard the comments, He thoughtperhapsthey werestandingto the east of the Library. Steepleton statedafter

people began screamingthere were guns firing. Steepleton could hear a shotgunbeing fired and an automaticweapon being

rued at the same time,

The firsttime Steepleionhad a visualonthetwo suspects waswhenthe two suspectswere on the north end of the Library, The

two were standing at the east end of the computertables, They thenwalked to the west. Steepletondescribed the gunmenas

walkingwitha bounce,and appearingvery happy. I askedhimtodescribethegunmen. He describedthe firstgunmanas being

tall, wearing a long black coat. black boots, and a black hat on backwards, The gunmanhad fairly long hair, possiblyblond,

He was a white male,carrying a shotgunand a royal bluebackpack slung overoneof his shoulders.Steepletonstated hecould

not tell me which hand the gunman held the shotgunin, Steepleton recognized thegunmanas a memberof a group on campus

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known as theTrenchCoat Mafia. Hehad seenthisgrouparound school, butdid nothaveclasses withany of the members, and

stated he did not know them well enoughto pick themout,

Steepleton described the secondgunmanas a whitemale, whowasshorterthan the firstgunman. The second gunman had a

longblackcoaton, blackboots,ablackbaseball capon backwards, shorthair (unknown color),carryingan automatic handgun.

The second gunman also carried an Identical royal blue backpack slung over one of his shoulders. Steepleton could not

rememberwhichhand thesecondsuspectheldhisautomatic handgun in. Steepleton slatedItwashis Impression thatthesecond

gunman, who was shorter, was in charge of what was goingon. I askedhim how he got this impression, He stated that It

appearedas thoughthe shorter suspecttook the lead, and the tallersuspect would followhim.

Steepleton statedhath gunmen put their backpacks on the eastendof the computertable, He could not tell me Ifthis was the

northcomputertableor the southone. The twosuspects began firing theirweapons forperhaps r0 to 15seconds. The shorter

>uspect then said, "The cops are outside." He then ranto the window and was followed by the taller suspect The twobegan

shootingout the westwindows. Steepleton statedthatas thesuspects werewalking, theyignitedsome bombsandthrewthem.

Steepleton statedthatthe taller of the twosuspects madethestatement, "All thejocks withwhitehatsstandup." Steepletcn was

wearing a whitehat He statedhe beganto standup because he thought that the gunmen had seen him. He said he wanted to

standup sothatthe gunmenwouldnotshootthe othersat histable, Hallplacedhishandon Steepleton'sshoulderandtoldhim,

"Don't move." Steepleton remained underthe desk

I askedSteepleton to describethe positionpeoplewere in underneath the desk. He said Hallhad his back againstthe eastside

of thedeskandwas facingInward. Irelandwasfacing north as Steepleton was. The unknownChinesegirl hadher backagainst

the west side of the desk and was facing Inward. Steepleton described that there is an approximately Ig" board running

underneath thedesk whichseparates the twoSIdes. Hecouldseeunderthatboard. The Individuals underthe deskweremostly

exposed. He could not remember exactly where the chairs were. but he stated there no chair hampered his view of the suspects,

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Steepletcn stated the fire alarm was now going off. Peoplebecamevery quiet and there was no screaming. He couldhearthe

suspects laughing. After shooting out the window, the suspectsbeganshootingat peopleand throwing bombs. He said both

suspectsreturnedback to the backpacksthey had placedonthe computerdesk. He thought itwas becausethey wantedtoreload

their guns.

Steepletonobservedthe taller suspect walk in thedeskarea on thewest sideof the Library. He stated this was DylanKlebold.

Although he badnot known Klebold previously,he could tell from the newsreports that the taller individual was identified as

Dylan Klebold, He stated Klebold lookeddirectly at himand smiled. Klebold then liftedup the sawed off shotgunhe had in

his hand and shot directly at Steepleton's table. Steepleton could not rememberIf the shotgunhad one ortwo barrels.

After the shotgunwas fired, Steepleton SUIted he noticedhis left kneewas warm. He realizedthen that he had been shot. Hall

had an injury to his right leg. Steepletondescribed Hall's leg as being "torn up." At this point, Irelandreachedover to help

"all. As Irelandtried to help him, Ireland', head went abovethe top ofthe desk. Steepleton heardanother shot ring out, and

saw Irelandgo down. Steepletoncould see that Ireland hadbeenshot in the head. Steepleron did notknow ifIreland had been

shot WIt.;" the shotgun or the automatic handgun. He stated both weapon' were being firedduring this time.

Steepletonstated that all the individuals under his desk were trying to play dead. As they laid there, a small bomb rolled

underneath their desk. It landedon Steepletcn's right upper thigh. The fuse was burning, but Steepletondid not wantto move

for fear that the gunmen would come over and 'hoot them. Hall saw the bomb that was on Steepleton's thigh. Hall grabbed

the bomband threw it towards the southwall. Whilethebomb was inmid-air, approximately four feet from them,it exploded.

Steepletonsaid the noise was so loud that the floor shook. I asked Steepleton to describethe bomb. He stated it wassilver

colored. The middle of Itwas thicker thanthe endsof It. Therewasa lit fuseon one end,andyou could see that duettapewas

on it. He describedit as being a fewinches long. Afterthe bombexploded. Steepletonshuthiseyes and didnot seeanything

more. He stated bombs were going off regularlyduring all theseevents.

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Steepleton then heard one of tile suspects say, "Stand up nagger boy." The suspects were laughing. Steepietonthen heard

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gunfireimmediately after this statement. He couldhearthesuspects laughing. Onesuspect said,"Let me seeyour knife,I've

alwayswantedtodo this." Steepleton statedwhenheheardthe comment, he thoughtthe suspectwascuttingup a deadperson.

becauseheheardno screamingafterthestatement. Hethenheardoneof the suspectssay, "Oh, that's gross." The twosuspects

then laughed. Steepletoncould not say which suspectsmadewhichcomment.

Steepleton saidit becamequiet inthe Library. He saidtherewerestillbombs goingoff, but theysoundedfurtheraway,possibly

in the hallway. He looked up and began seeing people gettingup and walking towards the west door. He could still hear

gunshotsinthedistance. Hall toldhim, "Let's go." Steepleton, Hall,andthe Chinesegirl gotupand walkedthroughthe tables

to the west exit door.

Steepietonstatedbe felt bad thathe didnot help Ireland. HeknewIrelandWas stillalivewhen they got up to leavetheLibrary.

As Steepleton was walking throughthe Libraryhe statedbe sawa dead person underthe computertable. He didnot knowif

.t wasa maleor a female. Steepletcnand Hall were the lastperson' to leave the Library. He stated whenthey got to the west

door, it was congestedwith students trying to get out. He statedsomewere talking and some were quiet. I asked Steepleton

ifhe couldhear the differentschoolbells ringing,whichwouldhelpdererminethe times. He statedhe couldnotheartheschool

bells because of the fire alarm being so loud. Steepleton estimated that the total amount of time that the suspectswere in the

Librarywere 15 to 20 minutes,

Onceoutsidethe Library,all the studentsranbehinda policecar, He statedtherewaspossibly 30 studentsbehindthecar. Two

officerswere behindthe car withguns drawn, but he doesnot recall them shootingtheir guns. Anotherpatrol ear cameupand

began to evacuate them. He stated it took four or five trips to evacuate all the students. Steepietonstated theybad also been

behinda buildingin the fieldafter havingbeen initiallybehindthepatrol car. I asked him ifhe couldrememberwhat students

mighthavebeenbehindthe buildingwithhim. He statedthat Crystal Woodman,AustinEubanks, and SteveGreenwood were

behind the building. The students were taken to Clement Park and to a cul-de-sac in a nearby neighborhood, He staled

Woodman saw CassieBemall being murdered.

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Steepleton statedthe backpackhe hadwithhim on thefloorby table1115 is a green Jansport backpackwith side panels and a

paddedstrap, Inside he has a calculator, model #TI83, Hisbackpack also containedhooks, papers, and his reading glasses,

Steepletori's locker is #i472 near the gym, Steepleton statedthatwhen he wastaken to the hospital,medical personnel took

his sandals, and he would like to get themback, He statedhis sandals arc a tan pair of Burkenstalk,

Steepleton's injuriesconsistedof fivegunshotpellet, in the leftkneeand one shotgunpellet in the right chin.

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On 04/30/99, Oat, Boatright irOJ was assigned lead nDN2272requesting he contact and interview £Van Todd. Within thenarrative of the lead, IO was informed Evan Todd was in the librarywhen the incident occurred and had made observations relevant tothis investigation, In addition, it was indicated Evan Todd wasconfronted by one of the suspects in the library and accused ofbeing a "jock."

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Upon contact with Evan Todd, 10 requested he provide anaccount of his accivities on 04/20/99, beginning at the time hearrived at school. Evan Todd initially told IO upon the date inquestion, he was taken to school by his mother at approximately01550 hours Evan Todd stated his rnothe r dropped him at the "noz t.hside of the building" which allowed him entry to the school via anorth door located near the locker rOOms (towards the west side ofthe building) Evan Todd volunteered upon arriving at school, hedid not notice anything unusual on tollow up. When asked a relatedquestion, Evan Todd did indicate, ~a couple of weeks before(referring to a time period prior to 04/20/99l he noticed pieces ofIIcardboard ll had been super glued Over many of the locks for thedoors. Evan Todd stated he believed the cardboard remained ove~

the locks for "a couple of days" before they were all removed.Evan Todd could not recall specifically all of the doors which hadbeen glued in the manner indicated, but knew the one he usuallyentered when arriving at school was one of those doors. Evan Toddwent on to state he belie~ed the gluing of the doors was simply a"senior prank. Evan 'Todd added, he had no information indi'Catingthe gluing of the door locks had any bearing on chis invescigation.

Evan Todd waS subsequently asked to continue with hisrecollection of the day {referring to 04/20/99), at the point hea~rived at schoo~. Eva~ Todc stated he initially went to his firstperiod class, which he stated began at approximately 0700 hours andconcluded at approximately 0820 hours. Evan Todd identified hisfirst period class as "Advanced Weights" which was taught hy "CoachLowery Of According to Evan Todd, his "Advanced Weight Class" islocated near the gym on che north side of the building.

Evan Todd reported he then attended his second period class,which started at approximately 0825 hou~s and concluded atapproximately 0915 hours. Evan Todd identified his second periodclass as "Sc.i ence" taught by 'lMr. Kraft, II .Evan Todd s t.ac ed his"Science" class is located in t.he «sc i ence wing" (near thelibrary} ,

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Evan Todd stated he then attended his third period class,which he stated began at approximately 0920 hours and concluded atapproximately 1015 hours. Evan Todd identified his third periodclass: as "SpenLsh" taught by "Ms, Killion" (spelling provided byEvan Todd). Evan Todd indicated his RSpani$h Class" was locatedjust east of the commons area in the lower level of the school.

In respect to his fourth period class, Evan Todd stated i~

began at approximately 1020 hours and concluded at approximately~

1110 hours. Evan Todd indicated his fourth period class was"free." thus, he was not required to be in a classroom. Evan Toddstated on this particular date, he decided to take his free periodin the commons area. Evan Todd was subsequently handed a diagramused to identifY the tables in the commons area, Evan Todd wasasked to identify the location he was at during fourth period.Evan Todd subsequently circled tables identified as "un and then!lJJ. or Evan Todd stated he could not be positive whether or not hewas at table "UH or "JJ. H IO aubaequentLy confirmed with EvanTodd, he was in the company of four friends while at the abovedescribed location, Evan Todd ~dentified his friends as JamesCelander, Eric Trujillo, Josh Bushm~~J and Mike Leary {spellingprovided by Evan Todd}. When asked specifically, where everyonewas seated. Evan todd stated he was not positive. Evan Todd didindicate he was certain he was facing the west windows while seatedat either table "U" or "JJ. H Pursuant. to questioning, Evan Toddindicated there were probably an addicional SO students located inthe commons area during fourth period. Evan Todd stated he couldnot be certain as to the location of all the other students, butdid indicate they were located throushout the commons area.

Evan Todd was next asked if he recalled seeing anythingunusual while in the commons area during fourth per~od, Evan Toddinitially responded in the negative, but then stated during themiddle of the fourth period, he :recalled seeing IlMr. DeAngelis l1

(Principal of Columbine High School) running down the stairs to thecommons area, IO confirmed with Evan Todd, he was referring to theinside stairs leading from the uppe~ to the lower section of theschool, Evan Todd seated when Mr. DeAngelis arrived at the lowerlanding area, he stopped at the railing and began ('looking around, II

Evan Todd stated, at the time he thought Mr, DeAngelis lllockedconcerned, 'I but the forenamed then ran back up the st.airs. EvanTodd stated he had no idea as ~o why Mr, DeAngelis had come to thecommons area at that time, Evan Todd was unable to provide anyadditional information concerning Mr DeAngelis, IO did verifyw~th ~van Todd, he did not recall any othe~ unusual occurrencesduring fourth period.

~van Todd was then asked to describe what occurred at the endof fourth period, Evan Todd st.aced he has been assigned "A lunch. ,;Evan Todd stated it was his intention to remain in the commons areafor "A lunch, 11 bue approximacely three co five minutes after the

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1110 bell rang, he remembered ~Coach Lowery told me and Ryan to runduring cur free period, I' Evan Todd stated he had simply forgot thedirection given by Coach Lowery and he had not even made contactwith "Ryan ." IO verified Evan Todd was referring to Ryan Barrett,Evan Todd stated, after he realized he did not meet up with RyanBarrett to run during the free period as directed by Coach Lowery,he decided to "Ednd Ryan." Prior to continuing with Evan Todd' aexplanation, IO asked what occurred at the point the 1110 bellrang, beginning fourth period.

In response to IO's ~~estion, Evan Todd explained at the pointthe 1110 bell rang, he remembered l1people starting to come in thecommons area. 'I Evan Todd went on to state. he remembered seeing"lots and lots of pecpj.e« walk into the commons area after the 1110bell. Evan Todd went on to state the above observation wasconsidered "nozmaL" due to the fact many students hur-ry to thecommons area for "A Lunch" so they can either get a seat or get uptowards the front of the line. When asked again if he made anyobservations concerning unusual activity, Evan Todd responded inthe negative. When asked if he saw any students carrying itemswhich he considered to be unusual, again Even Todd answered in thenegative. Evan Todd was specifically asked if he had seen anystudents carrying what he would consider to be oversized backpacksor duffle bags. Evan Todd responded in the negative. Evan Toddpointed out seeing students carr)'ing oversized duffle bags orbackpacks would not be unusual. Evan Todd did clarify that eventhough he did not consider that activity ~o be unusual, he did notremember seeing anyone carrying in oversized backpacks or dufflebags. When asked if he remembered s8Bing anyone car~ins a dufflebag into the commons area, Evan Todd responded in the negative.

IO subsequently told Evan Todd he would like to continue withhis eA~lanation of this incident. Evan toad was asked to continuefrom the point he realized he had forgot to meet ~yan Barrett andrun during fourth period as directed by his coach. Evan Toddst.ated he knew Ryan Barrett went to the library for riA lunch ll on aregular basis. Evan Todd stated he subsequently decided to go tothe library to contact the forenamed.

Evan Todd s~ated he subsequently went ~p the inside stairswhich connected the commons area to the south main level hallway.According to Evan Todd, he did nat make any unusual observationsduring that time. Evan Todd went on to state, after arriving atthe top of the stairs, he then turned right and walked a shortdistance to the library. Evan Todd estimated he arrived at thelibrary at approximately the same time as the bell rang for '~fifth

period,n When asked if he was in possession of any items when hearrived in the library, Evan Todd responded in the affirmative.:Evan Todd stated he was carrying a "blue folder" and a book tit.led,"Of Mice and Men, 11

IO subsequently handed Evan Todd a diagram of the library,

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which he asked the forenamed to utilize during his explanation ofthe incident. Evan Todd next stated upon entering the libraryt hefirst: remembered seeing "Sarah Houy,l' whom he believed as at eithertable #3 or table #5, Evan Todd indicated he subsequently waved toSarab Rouy and other people as he entered, Evan Todd seated he didnot know the names of the other people he had waved at, pointingout he only knew them well enough to say hello. Evan Toddindicated he continued walking westbound through the lib4ar/ andeventually, came to the far west section where he observed MattKechcer and Craig Scott seated at, what he believed was, table #16,Evan Todd then pointed out he believed he saw Makai Hall at table#15, who was in the company of Dan Steepleton and Pat Ireland. EvanTodd reported he believed there were possibly other people at thatsame table (referring to table #15), however/ he could not becertain, Evan Todd then added he knew there were other peopleseated at tables on the west side of the library, however, he didnot know them.

Evan ~odd stated after arriving in the west section of thelibrary, he then found Ryan Barrett who was seated on the northside of the far north computer table, Evan Todd stated he believedRyan Barrett was utilizing the llsecond compuuer in from thewindow. 11 At that point, Evan Todd then walked over to where RyanBarrett was seated. According to Evan Todd, he sat down in achair just east of where Ryan Barrett was located,

Bvan Todd explained upon contact with Ryan Barrett, the twodiscussed the fact they did not run during their llfree u period asrequested by the coach, Evan Todd seated he, along with RyanBarrett; decided to tell their coach theYI in fact, ran duringtheir "free" period and would sim.ply make up the run after school,According to Evan Todd, Ryan Barrett agreed to mislead their coachas documenced above,

After resolv~n9 the above issue, Evan todd recalled RyanBa~rett had goteen up from his seat and walked over to the printer{near the main counter/west side), According to Evan Todd, RyanBarrett was going to that location in order to retrieve a paper hehad printed. Evan Todd stated moments after Ryan Barrett returnedto :his original locatio:o., he (Evan Todd} heard a Ilbig boom." EvanTodd stated the aforementioned noise appeared to be coming fromoutside the library near the northwest corner, According to ~van

Todd; he had only been in the library approximately three to fiveminutes when he heard the above described noise. Pursuant toquestioning, Evan Todd was unable to specifically identify whatcaused the noise at that time. Evan Todd did point out afterhearing the noise, he looked around the libra~y and it did notappear as though anyone was concerned" Svan Todd was unable toelaborate from that pOlnt,

Eva::1 Todd stated approximately lIfifteen seconds" after he had.heard the original "big boom," he began to hear "rapid fire

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gunshots, 11 Evan 'todd described the number of shots as being "a fewmore than ten. l' When asked if he knew for certain what he had justheard were gunshots, Evan Todd responded by stating I lINot rightaway, II Evan Todd related it was soon thereafter f he identified thened see he was hearing as "explosions" and llgunshots, I'

Evan Todd told IO after hearing what he had described as rapidgunshots, he then got up from the computer table and walked over tothe west window. When looking out the west window. he noticed a"flash u in the parking lot near parking space "#lZ9.!l Evan Toddexplained the reason he could identify the number of the parking~pace was because it belonged to his brother, 5van Todd added hisbrother did not go to school that day and had told a friend hecould use his parking space, Evan Todd then identified hisbrother's friend as ~Ryan Foster. 1 Evan Todd stated the vehicleparked in space #129 wag a "black Explorer, II When asked to be morespecific in terms of what he observed, Evan Todd reiterated heinltially saw a "flash" in that area and then beg-an to See "smokeall around the car." when asked if he remembered hearing a noiseassociated with his visual observation, Evan Todd stated he couldnot recall.

Evan Todd stated after making the observation related to the"flash11 and 1Ismoke , II he then saw 'Ikids on the soccer field running It

in a southwesterly direction. Evan Todd told IO he was uncertainas to specifically what caused those students to be running, butthen heaxd a voice shout, "look at: this tucker's head." Inresponse to that comment, ~van Todd then heard a distinct secondvoice respond, !It-his is aweeome . 11 10 clarified with Evan Todd. thevoices he heard were coming from outside the library, somewherewest to northwest of his location. Evan Todd stated he could notsee anyone associated with the voices he heard. Evan Toddspeculated the reason he could not see the individuals who weremaking the comments was due to the facti they were either north ofthe librari (towards the west entrance of the school} or they weretoo close to the building, thus he was unable to see them f~om thelibrary window. IO also confirmed with Evan Todd, he was referringto the window which was directly to the west from where the mostnorthern computer table was located,

Evan Todd related he then turned around and began looking atactivity occurring in the library. When asked to elabo~ate, Evantodd explained he remembered seeing numerous individuals "lookingercund ;« adding "uome of them went to the window. II Evan Todd wasunable to specifically identify any of the students whom he hadseen at the west window According to Evan Todd, he still did notdetect a great deal of concern as it related to students who werelocated in the library. Evan Todd d~d clarify he had started tobecome concerned based on his observations,

A=ter making the above observat~ons, Evan Todd then heard aII shotgun blast from cuts i de." Evan 'todd clarified the accve

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statement by indicating he believed the shotgun blast was comingfrom outside the school. Evan Todd went on to indicate afterhearing the shotgun blast. he then heard mUltiple ;'gunshots H eomingfrom the same general area, For purposes of clarification, EvanTodd was indicating he believed the gunshots/shotgun blast wascoming from outside the SGhool, j~st north of the library. EvanTodd added he was certain the aforementioned sounds were not comingfrom inside the library, but pointed out it was possible the shotscould have been coming from the west entrance area of the school,

Evan Todd indicated within moments, he then observed "xs .Nielson n enter the library and immediately go behind the maincount.er. Evan Todd could not recall from which side "Ms. Nielson"traveled in order to position herself behind the counter. EvanTodd did recall moments after llMs. Nielson" had arrived behind thecouncez-, she began to yell, "everyone get down, now. It Evan Toddstated he next heard "Na . Nielson" state, "tihexe r a kids with guns,"Evan Todd indicated riMs. Nielson ll then J1get.s on the phone ll

presumably to call the police When asked if he recalled anyoneelse entering the library with ltMs, Nielson,u Evan Todd respondedin the ne9ative. Evan Todd did indicate when he first observedIIMs. Nielson" it appeared as though she was injured. when asked toelaborate, Evan Todd stated he could see "b Locd" on what hebelieved was liMa. Nielson's right shoulder. ll When aSked todescribe what !lMs, Nielson ll was wearing at the time, Evan Todds t e t.ed he believed it was a sweater, "xeeL light in color." EvanTodd was unable to provide any additional information concerningthat poine.

Evan Todd stated based an llMs. Nielson'sll request; he thenbegan to see "eve r-yone getting under t.ac l e e ." Evan Todd pointedout by this point, I1Ms. Nielson'l was still behind the counter, buthad now gott.en down on her "knees. 1i According to Evan Todd, "Ms.Nielson" was still talking on the phone,

evan Todd was then asked to explain what he did at the pointhe began to see everyone concealing themselves under tables. EvanTodd stated at that point, he had begun to walk in a westerlydirection between the two computer tables. Evan Todd stated heeventually wound up en the west side of the "p Ll.La'r" which islocated on the far wese end of the main counter. Evan Todd pointedaut he believed he had moved a computer chair with him for thepurpose of possibly using it as a weapon. Evan Todd clarified toro. at this point, he realized this was a serious situation andthere were people armed wlth weapons somewhere around the school.IO did confirm with Evan Todd, he initlally took up a standingposition behind the pillar located to the far west of the maincounter. Evan Todd could not recall the exact location of thecomputer chair, but believed it was somewhere near where he wasstanding.

Evan Todd stated very soon after he had taken up a position

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behind the "pillar," he then heard "two bombs in the hallway"followed by "mu.Lti.p Le gunshots and a shotgun blast. II Pursuant toquestioning, Evan Todd told !O he was able to di~tinguish betweenexplosions, gunshots, and shotgun blast.. Evan Todd stated he didhave experience with firearms, thus, he was able to distinguishbetween a shotgun being fired, versus, a gunshot. Evan Todd wenton to indicate the II explosions " also made a. very unique sound whichhe did not associate with any type of gunshot/shotgun blasts.

Evan Todd stated immediately after hearing the above describedsounds, he looked around the ~pillarft lleft side) at which time hesaw "Eric " standing in the hall, directly outside the library,When asked if he actually knew that individual as lIJ;;ric, I' Evan Toddresponded in the affirmative. Evan Todd explained he would seeEric Harris at school !l almost every day. II Evan Todd went on t.ostate he also confirmed Eric Harris' name based on T.V. reportssubsequent to this incident, Evan Todd explained during thecourse of this LncIdent; , he basically came I'face to face" with bothEric Harris and Dylan Klebold. IQ told Evan Todd I he would discussthat issue with him later in this interview. Evan Todd was thenasked to provide a description of the person he referred to as EricHarris.

Evan Todd described Eric Harris as a white male, approximately18 years of age, with light colored hair, which was cut short. Interms of his size, Evan Todd seated Eric Harris appeared short inheight (no additional) and described hie build as "tih.Ln. H EvanTodd described Eric Harris' clothing as a white t-shirt with blackpants and black combat boots. Evan Todd specifically pointed outat the ankles (towards the top of the combat bootsl he observedgray duct tape, which appeared to be nholding same kind of boxagainst his ankle, n Evan Todd went on to state I Eric Harris wasalso wearing some type of vest which cris-crossed his chest. EvanTodd recalled seeing Hbullets" in the vest style garment. EvanTodd stated he believed the vest described above was black incolor. Evan Todd went on to indicate, at the time he observed EricHarris, the forenamed was in possession of a "pump action shotgun.~

Evan Todd seated he believed the shotgun had been «aawed off."

IO next asked Evan Todd to describe what occurred after hemade his first observation of Eric Harris in the hallway I directlyoutside the doors of the library. Evan Todd stated at the time heobserved Eric Haz-ri s , he saw the forenamed thro'H a I1sticki! typeobject (shaped like "dynem.i t.ev; . Evan Todd seated the only otherdescription concerning the device he saw Eric Harris throw was thatit had some type of 'ired color" attached to it and it. also appearedto have some type of "flame" at the time it was throw-n, Accordingto Evan Todd, the item described above was thrown by Eric Harris ina southerly direction from the area directly adjacent to theentrance of the library. Evan Todd stated moments after EricHarris threw the above described object, he heard a loud"explosion, 'I

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Evan Todd explained after hearing the "explosion,u he thenobserved Eric Harris continue south in the hallway, after which heheard at least ,I two to three shotgun blasts. 'r Evan Todd stated hedid not see Eric Harris again for approximately 30 seconds.

Evan Todd related approx~mately 30 seconds after he had seenEric Harris walk south in the hall directly outside the librarf.the forenamed returned, Evan Todd stated as he stood behind theJlpillar il he looked around the right side (south) and asa.l.n,observed Eric Harris standing directly outside the doors to thelibrary, holding the above described shotgun. Evan Todd indicatedEric ~arris looked into the library and made eye contact withhim. Evan Todd then stated Eric Harris immediately "racks a round"(referring to the shotgun) and fired the weapon. According to Evan

Todd, at the point he observed Eric Harxis work the pump action forthe shotgun, the forenamed then poinced the weapon into thelibrary, Evan Todd stated the shotgun was pointed in his directionat that eime. Evan Todd stated it was O~Jious Er~c Harris had seenhim peering around the south side of the "pillar" at the point hecharged the weapon and pointed it into the library. Evan Toddexplained he immediately "ducked behind the copier." EvanTodd stated it was then Eric Harris fired the first round of theshotgun which entered the library. According to Evan Todd, therewas possibly a second shotgun blast which immediately followed thefirst. ~van Todd clarified he had taken up a point of concealmentbehind a wooden Cdunter which held up, what he believed, was a"copy machine." evan Todd stated he knew one of the shotgun rounds:had struck the wood counter, which caused lisplinters to fly. 11 EvanTodd stated his left eye/ along with his back, was injured at thetime the shotgun rounds were fired in the manner indicated above.According to Evan Toad, his facher photographed the injury to hiseye, as well as his back.

For purposes of clarification, 10 verified with Evanwooden cabinet which he believed held up the "copLex" wasdirectly to the no~th of the far west main counter area.stated from the position he Wa$ originally at (behind the"pillar"}, he simply "dove Lev" concealing himself behind thewooden counter, just prior to the shotgun being fired. Accordingto Evan Todd, he was absolutely positive it was Eric Harris thatfired the initial shotgun rounds into the library. As Evan Toddcontinued to reflect on that incident, he stated he was now certainthere were two shotgun rounds fir~d in his direction at the time heobserved Eric Harris point the shotgun in his direction. Evan Toddtold IO, up to this point, he had not seen Dylan Klebold in thehallway or in the library.

10 next asked Evan Todd to explain what occurred after EricHar~is fired two shotgun rounds in h~s direction. Evan Toddreiterated he was slightly injured as a result of the shotgunrounds fired in his direction. Evan Todd again told IO he believed

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his eyes, along with his back, had been injured from llwoodsplinters" that struck him as a result of the shotgun rounds beingfired in his direction. Evan Todd pointed out his father hadphotographed both inj~ries,

Evan Todd was again asked to explain what occurred after Er~c

Harris initially fired two shotgun rounds into the library. EvanTodd stated he next recalled seeing the room begin to fill withlt5moke,~ Evan Todd stated he believed it was also around the sametime frame that he heard the "fire alarm go off,1l Evan Todd statedit was his belief as the suspects entered the library, they mayhave fired additional shotgun rounds as they moved in a westerlyd.irection.

Evan Todd explained he remained on the west side of the maincounter, concealed behind the wooden desk area, until he began tohear voices. 10 confirmed with Evan Todd, after the first twoshotgun blasts were fired inco the library by Eric Harris, he thenheard what he thought were additional shotgun rounds being fired asthe suspects entered the library moving west. evan Todd stated hecould not be certain where those shotgun rounds struck, but feltconfident he could hear what sounded like movement of the suspectsthrough the library heading in a westerly direction. Evan Toddstated he was certain about his above observation when he began tohear "voices," Evan Todd stated it was very clear the voices werecoming towards him, as the suspects moved into the library. EvanTodd stated when he began hearing the voices and confirmed tohimself the suspects were walking west into the library, he thenbegan to move around back behind the main counter area. Evan Toddstated after going axound the north end of the main counter j hefound a large open space underneath the main counter areal where hetook up a place of concealment, Evan Todd described that abovemovement occurring as the suspects were moving west through thelibrary, poincing out he was moving east behind the main counter asthe suspects were moving west on the other side of the counter,Evan Todd st.ated he was trying to stay "parallel" to the suspects,feeling that was his best chance for concealment at that point.Evan Todd told IO he did not see Ms. Nielson behind the maincouncer when he arrived at thac location.

When asked it he could hear what the suspects were stating ashe was moving in the manner indicated, Evan Todd responded in theaffirmative. Evan Todd stated he was certain one of the suspectsmade the statement I "all jocks stand up, II Evan Todd stated he thenheard additional gunshots and possibly additional statements/however. he could not be more specific at that point,

Evan Todd stated he eventually confirmed to himself thesuspects were on the far west side of the library, Evan Toddstated he based that belief on the fact he could ,hear their voices,When asked if he could hear specifically what was beins said, EvanTodd responded ~n the affirmative. Evan Todd stated he could not

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recall everything that he heard at that time l but did remembercertain chings that were said. When asked tc relate thatinformation, Evan Todd stated he next recalled hearing one of thesuspects state, "heYI stop nigger,!! Evan Todd stated a secondvoice then responded, "yeeh , we don't like nigsera. II Evan Toddrelated after hearing the above comments (and possibly more} hethen heard approximately three to four gunshots, followed bysomeone yelling. "whcchoo . Il Evan Todd clarified the aforementionedquote was some type of excited utterance, which he believed camefrom one of the suspects. Evan Todd stated he next heard one ofthe suspects state, "wow, look at this nigger' 3 brains. U Inresponse to that comment, Evan Todd heard another voice respond,"Yeah , we've never seen nigger's brains before. " Evan Todd toldIO, it was at this point during the incident, he confirmed tohimself people in the library were actually being shot. At thispoint, Evan Todd pulled one of the chairs/stools in front ofhimself in an effort to provide additional concealment. IOconfirmed with Evan Todd, he was still located under the maincounter, facing a northeasterly direction.

Evan Todd told IO he next heard one of the suspects statewords to the effect, "This is about reyenge time for all you jocksmaking us ouccasts. n Evan Todd clarified the above statement byindicating he knew the above statement was made while the suspectswere on the west side of the libra~! however, he ~ould not bepositive as to the sequence of when that statement was made.

Evan Todd stated shortly after the "nigger comment,ll followedby the gunshots, he then began to hear gunshots on the east aide ofthe library. Evan Todd confirmed to IO, based on his location(concealed under the north side of the main counter), he could notactually see the suspects and was baaing all of his observations onsound. When asked if he knew how many gunshots he initially heardwhen it was believed the suspects had gone to the east side of ehelibrary, Evan Todd stated he was uncertain. Evan Todd related eventhough he did not count the number of shots he initially heard onthe east side of the library, he felt they were numerous. EvanTodd pointed out another reason he believed the suspects had goneto the east side tother than hearing gunshots) was the face hebegan to hear Ita girl scream."

Pursuant to questioning, Evan Todd confirmed after he began tohear numerous gunshots en the east side of the library, he thenheard a female scream, Evan Todd told to it was his belief thefemale he heard scream was located somewhere in the northeastsection of the library. when asked if he could elaborateconcerning the female scream, Evan Todd responded in theaffirmative. Evan Todd next indicated the female he heardscreaming was flcassie,~ Evan Todd went on to state he heard"Cae a i e" scream the following, l1please God, save me, God help me. H

IO aga~n confirmed with Evan Todd, he was certain he heard theaforementioned screams coming from the northeast section of the

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library, Evan Todd then pointed to the library diagram, indicatinghe heard the screams corning from the area rieax table 1l#1 or #2, II

When asked how he knew the ferr.ale screaming was 11Cassie, II Evan Toddstated he received that infor~~tion via the news madia. IOclarified with Evan Todd, the only reason he was referring to thefemale screaming as "Cassie" was because h.e had heard news reportsindicating Cassie Bernall haa made reference to aad l priot to beingfatally shot. IO did not pursue that issue with Evan Todd further.

10 subsequently summarized with EVan Todd he began to hearnumerous gunshots coming from the east side of the library,followed by a female screaming_ Specifically, Evan Todd confirmedhe heard a female scream, "Please God, save me, God help me. I' Whenasked if he heard any other comments after that statement, EvanTodd responded in the affirmative. Evan Todd stated afcer thefemale screamed the above statement, he heard what he believed wasone of the suspects respond, nyou believe in God?!! Evan Toddseated the female then replied, "yeah," Evan Todd stated after thefemale confirmed her belief in God, he again heard a male suspectstate, "God is gay, ff Evan Todd related the female responded to thesuspect's COmment by stating, i!Go 'With God and you'll be saved."Evan Todd reported moments later, he again heard multiple gunshots.

Evan Todd related within the minutes that followed! hecontinued to hear sporadic gunshots and possibly an explosion,Evan Todd stated in respect to the additional gunshots andexplosion, he believed those sounds were coming from the southeastsection of the library, Evan Todd reiterated he could not be morespecific concerning that point.

Evan Todd stated very soon after hearing the las~ gunshot orseries of gunshot.s l he then ooserved "Dylan com:lng around thecounter." When asked to elaborate, Evan Todd repeated after thegunshocs had stopped, he then observed Dylan Klehold walk aroundthe main COunter trom the west, IO confirmed with Evan Todd, hewas indicating Dylan Klebold was now on the north side of theCounter and had come from the west. Evan Todd was then asked todescribe the person he identified as Dylan Klebold. Prior to~eceivin9 that description l IO did verify with Evan ~Qdd, hepreviously knew the forenamed as ~Dylan from seeing him aroundschool almost every day" II Evan Todd fur'ther clarified after seeingnews reports of this incident, he was positive the person he wasgoing to identify was Dylan Klebold, IO verified his positiveidentification came from photographs he had seen in news accounts.Evan Todd added he was "cexre Lnv as to his identification of DylanKlebold, due to the fact lIwa were face t.o face, He was right up inmy face, ,j

Evan Todd described Dylan Klebold as a white male,approximately 18 years of age, with "long dirty blond hair.!! EvanTodd added in respect to Dylan Klebold's hair, it seemed to besomewhat "c':lrly" As Evan Todd was describing Dylan Klebold f e

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hair: he stated the suspect was wearing a black ball cap with a"Boston" logo. Evan Todd indicated the ball cap was wornbackwards. After making that statement, gvan ~odd noted it was hisimpression upon seeing Dylan Klebold, the forenamed "looked like aclown. II When asked to elaborate, Evan Todd stated what he meant.was Dylan Klebold'a ball cap seemed to be somewhat tight around thetop of his head and then the hair on the sides stuck out, similarto a way a clown might look. Evan Todd stated Dylan Klebold" tshirt was black and had l1red and white writing on it, If Evan Toddstated it: was. his belief Dylan Kl ebcLd wore some type of !!crossiugstraps" over the twshirt, which held 'lshotg'..ln shells." In respectto Dylan Kkebo Ld' s pants, Evan Todd stated they were llblack Armystyle, with cargo pockets. II Evan Todd also recalled Dylan Kleboldwe're a '~h.olster" on his left side and had on '1black boots, 'I

IO next asked gvan Todd to continue with his explanation ofthe incident, beginning at the point Dylan Klebold walked aroundthe west side of the main counter. Evan Todd related at thatpoint, he was able to see nylan Klebold and watched the forenamed"check the door on the magazine room. H Specifically, Sva.'l Todd wasdescribing Dylan Klebold walking up to the magazine room Idoorclosed) and turning the door knob. Evan Todd stated it was obviousthe door to the magazine room was locked. After engaging in thatactivity, Dylan Klebold was then seen moving to the doorway of theroom directly to the east of the magaZine room. Evan Toddindicated the door was open on the room to the east. At thatpoint, Dylan Klebold lIsweeps the room with his Tec-$i."

Evan Todd explained after Dylan Klebold performed the aboveaction, he then turned around and walked back in his (Evan Todd's)direction. Evan Todd stated at that point, Dylan Klebold "pullsout the chair and points the Tec-9 right in my face." According toEvan Todd, Dylan Klebold was holding the Tec-9 in his lett hand.Evan Todd then heard Dylan Klebold state. 1l0h look what we havehere, <' Evan Todd told !O almost at the same time, he then cbaervedE~ic Harr~s approaching his location from the east side. IOconfirmed with Evan Todd, Eric Harris was also new on ehe northside of the main counter, Evan Todd did point out when he observed£ric Harris at that point, the forenamed looked as though he had a"broken nose,ro When asked to elaborate, )Zvan Todd stated itappeared as though Eric Harris' nose was pushed off to the sideslightly and he had a noticeable amount of blood smeared around hisnose and mouth, down to the chin area. Evan Todd went on to stateEric Harris appeared somewhat "diz,zyll adding the forenamed wasllwobbly, 11 When asked to further describe that obeer-vac i on. EvanTodd stated it was obvious to him, Eric Harris was somehow injuredand was having to "catch his balance.~ Evan Todd was unable co beanymore specific concerning that point.

When asked what occurred after Eric Harris apprQached hialocation f=om the east, Evan Todd reiterated around that same timeframe, Dylan Klebald had made the statement, "Oh, look what we have

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here. II According to Evan Todd, Eric Harris responded by stating,"What?lI Dylan Klebold then replied, llJust some fa.t fuck. rl EvanTodd then explained Dylan Klebold began to question him w~le stillpointing the Tec-9 up towards his face. E~an Todd stated nylanKlebold subsequently asked, lIAre you a jock?" According to !:vanTodd, he responded, "No . l' Evan Todd stated Dylan Klebold nextcommented, 11Well , that'a good I we don't like jocks. II ivan Toddstated there was a brief pause, after which Dylan Klebold said,"Let; me see your rece." At that point I Evan Todd stated he removedhis hat and tilted his face in an upward direction, Acoording toEvan Todd, Dylan Klebold looked him straight in the eyes andst.aced , "Give me one good reason why r shouldn't k.ill you, II EvanTodd told 10 he responded, l'r don't want to get in trouble. n EvanTodd told 10 he had absolutely no idea why he responded to DylanKlebold's question in the manner indicated above,

Evan Todd told 10 after responding to Dylan Klebold bystating, "I don't: want to get in trouble," the forenamed becameangry and leaned down closer to him, stating, "t.xcubl ev You don'teven know what fucking trouble is," Evan Todd he then attempted toprovide additional clarification reference his above comment. Evantodd indicated he responded to Dylan Klebold by stating, llThat'snot what I meant, r mean, I don't have a problem with you guys, !never will and I never did. " Evan Todd explained Dylan Kleboldcontinued to stare at him for a moment and then looked away,stating If I'm gonna' let this fat fuck live, you can have at him ifyou want to.~ Accord~ng to Evan Toed, it appeared as though EricHarris was pot paying any particular attention to what DylanKlebold had juSt said. When asked to elaborate, Evan Toddindicated Eric Harris never acknowledged Dylan Klebold's statementand simply responded by stating, ~let's go ~o the commons. u

According to Evan Todd. both suspects then disengaged contact withhim, Pursuant to questioning, Evan Todd confirmed during the aboveconf~ontationJ Dylan Klebold continuously pointed the Tec-9 aC hishead and face area. Evan Todd described the Tec-9 as being blackin color, shaped 1 ike an ItUzi_I<

When asked what occurred after the suspects disengaged theconfrontation, Evan Todd stated he watched Eric Harris beginwalking east towards the exit of the library, Evan Todd clarifiedi~ was at this point Dylan Klebold finally lowered hie weaponand completely turned away. Evan Todd stated it was almostimmediately after that point, he watched Dylan Klebold p~ck up achair located behind the counter and throw it down on a computerpositioned on top of the counter.

evan Todd reported he next obse~ved Dylan Klebold walkingbackwards (to the east), while he utilized a lIsweeping" motion withhis gun. Evan Todd stated he then watched Eric narris engage inthe same activity as he exited the librarl and walked out into thehall Evan Todd related Dylan Klepold subsequently followed EricHarris out into the hallway. Evan Todd 5taced once both suspects

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had entered the library, he never saw either one of them again.

Evan Todd explained once the suspects had left the library, hebegan to hear what he thought were "explosions" corning from olltsidethe library area. Evan Todd speculated the explosions wereoccurring gomewhe~e in the hallway, however/ he could not be morespec~fic concerning that point. Evan Todd was unable to recall thenumber of explosions he heard.

Evan Todd stated approximately one minute after he heard theexplosions scop, he then looked up across the main counter of thelibrary (southerly direction}" Evan Todd stated he did not seeanyone in the library, nor could he see the suspects in thehallway! directly outside the library. Evan Todd speculated only"a few minutes" had passed from the time thE!! suspects had left thelibrary and he peered up over the main counter. tvan Todd told 10after making the above observations/ he then moved from hislocation behind the counter into a room directly north of thatarea, Evan Todd told IQ the room he entered then connected to the"Rl1N" room (Rebel News Network room). Evan Todd stated the reasonhe moved was because he feared the suspects ret~rning to thelibrary and confronting him again. Evan Todd then explained duringthe course of this incident, he reared being killed and assumed ifthe suspects came back, that fear may become a reality. IOsubsequently asked Evan Todd to diagram the path he took whenrepositioning himself into the IIRNNtt room. E\l'an Todd thendocumented his path of travel on the diagram. 10 would note EvanTodd identified the room he went into as the "~'"N Studio. II Whenasked what occurred after entering the "RNN" room, Evan Todd statedhe took cover behind what he later identified as "scenery. £van.Todd stated he realized where he initially was hiding while in theIIRN'N

U room did not provide him any cover if the suspects returned.Evan Todd described what he was hiding behind as some type ofcanvas scenery or a curtain. Evan Todd stated he then moved fromthat. location to the ilRNNh news d.esk;. Evan Todd stated theaforementioned desk was somewhat "sturdv" and felt: that wouldprovide a better source of cover. Svan~Tcdd stated he then movedto that location.

Evan Todd estimated he was hiding under the .lRNN!1 news deskfor app~oximately one to two minutes) when he began to hear what hereferred to as a rlst.ampede. ,r Evan Todd stated from behind thatdesk, he was able to look up towards the west door and saw throughthe window numerous people traveling in a northerly direction.Evan Todd stated it did not appear as though any of the studentswere being "chased." Evan 'Todd seated he then decided he wouldattempt to flee the library. Svan Todd explained he then came upfrom behind the news desk and made hi$ way to the west door. EvanTodd stated he looked out the window to the door and, again, didnot See any immediate threat, Evan Todd stated he then opened thedoor and went out int~ the hall and proceeded north towards thenorth library exit. According to Evan Todd/ there were no other

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students or individuals in that hallway at the time. Evan Toddstated as he exited the north librarj door, he then observed amarked police vehicle parked to the northwest of that location.Evan Todd stated he ran to the marked police vehicle where heobserved approximately 30 to 40 other $tudents. Evan Todd statedthe students had taken up cover behind the marked patrol unit.Evan Todd pointed out ~t was at that point, he was reunited withl{yan Barrett.

Evan Todd etated after being reunited with his friend l bothwere directed to move back to an area. behind the II shed. Of Evan 'toddstated the shed was located to the west of where the marked policevehicle was positioned. Evan Todd explained when he and RyanBarrett arrived at that location, there was a deputy sheriffpresent,

Evan Todd clarified he and Ryan Barrett were not the onlystudents who had repositioned themselves to a location behind theshed, Evan Todd stated from what he could tell, many of thestudents were being shuttled from the police car to the shed asthey arrived. Evan Todd stated after he arrived at the shed, heinitially stayed with a student he identified as 1jMike Johnson. n

pointing out the forenamed was "covered in blood. n Evan Todd toldIO "Mike Johnson ll was laying on the ground behind the shed andcomplained that his llfeet were going cold." Evan Todd stated heheld "Mike Johnson' 6 hand" and attempted. to reassure him he wouldsurvive.

Evan 70dd then recalled approximately three more girlsarriving behind the shed, pointing out one was "missing hershoulder,ll In respect to the other two girls I Evan Todd stated onewas possibly ahot in the "stomach, I! while the third was alsobleeding, however, he did not know the origin of her injury.

Evan Todd explained while waiting with the injured students,a '\train of about four or five cop cars come up. II :Evan Todd statedthe police cars were used to shuttle students to an area of safety.Evan Todd explained it was his belief the most seriously woundedwere removed from the area first.

When asked if he recalled any additional details related tothis incident, Evan Todd responded in the affirmative Evan Toddstated when he arrived at either the patrol car or the shed area,he remembered telling one of the officers there were two suspects,one of which was armed with a "uzi", referring to the Tee-9. EvanTodd stated he also pointed out one of the suspects was armed witha "eewed off shotgunll end they posl!;ibly had bombs.

Evan Todd stated he was ultimately removed from the scene viaone of the police Cars used to shuttle the students. Evan Toddseated he believed he was shuttled out. of the area with "MikeJohnson" and Ryan Barrett. Evan Todd stated he, along with the

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forenamed, were taken to a culMde-sac where he observed numerOUSpeople being provided with first aid. Evan Todd stated he believedparents had also started to congregate in that area.

Evan Todd explained shortly after arriving at the cul-de·sac,he along with Ryan Sarrett, then left on foot and walked to RyanBarrett's residence. Evan Todd stated when he arrived at hisfriend's home, he then called his parents and was picked up by hisbrother. Evan Todd indicated he was returned home safely,

When aeked if he received any treatment for his injuries, EvanTodd ~eeponded in the affirmative. Evan Todd explained he was nottaken to a hospital, however, went to a nearby clinic and wastreated and released. During that discussion, Evan Todd againidentified his injuries as abrasions to his left eyelid and also tothe left side of his back. Evan Todd indicated he was bleedingfrom both of those injuries. IO was able to observe what appearedto be a small injury in the process of healing on the left eyelidof Evan Todd. Evan Todd then displayed to IO the inJury to hisback, Again, 10 observed what appeared to be a injury which washealing and had actually scabbed. The main injury appeared to beapproximately 1/2 inch long, while there were s~~ller, 6~milar typeinju~ies surrounding the same area. For purposes of clarification,the inju~1 co the back was located in the left upper area of theback. 10 again confirmed with Evan Todd, his father hadphotographed those injuries. Evan Todd indicated his family wouldmake those photographs available to the police if necessary.

When asked to describe what he was wearing that date, EvanTodd stated he was wearing a blue and grey outer shirt and a whiteundershirt. In addition, Evan Todd stated he was wearing blueshores. when asked if he still maintained pos$ession of thatclothins, Evan Todd responded in the affirmative. IO subsequentlyasked if he could see the clothing. ~ifan Todd subsequently leftthe interview and returned moments later. At that time, Evan Toddheld up a white t-shi~t and on the back side, IO could see smallholes, in addition to a small amount of blood. The aforementionedholes appeared to correspond with the area on Evan Todd1s body(left upper back), which had been injured. When asked if he hadthe blue and grey $hi~t, Evan Todd stated he was relacively certainhe did r however, could not locate that item at this time" 10indicated he was going to notify the Jefferson county Sheriff'sDepartment and felt it was highly probable they would want tocollect those items as evidence. Evan Todd stated he would complywith the sheriff's office request if they felt the need to collecthis ~lothin9. IO would note Evan Todd'S father later turned overthe aDove described items of clothing co Chris Andrist with theJefterson County Sheriff'S Department.

10 subsequently concluded his interview with Evan Todd.See the diagram prepared by Evan Todd for details.

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On 4·21·99, at about 3': to p.rn.. [ was informed by Westminster Police OfficerWT Read that he had been approached by

Columbine High School student Brian Victor Anderson, dob/4·6·82, and told thathe had not yet been formerly interviewed.

Brian Anderson was withOfficer Read at that time, so I arranged to interview Brian in the gazebo area In the park. southea-t

of the intersectionof South Pierce Street and West FairAvenue. Brian said his address is

The interview with Brian was conducted by Jefferson County Sherin's Investigator Diane Obbernaand myselfat about 3 15

p.m, Brian identified himself as a student at Columbine High School. and said he had been inside the school during the

shooting. Brian said that he had, in tact. been shot, Bnan said thaton 4·20·99. at about 11 :10 a.m., he was walking toward

the west double door exit of the schoolen route to the studentparking lot. At that time, Briansaid he was with fellow students

Jenny Matthews, who he identified as his friend's girlfriend. Also with him was another white male student, unidentified.

wearing a green ballcap-type hat. Brian said that as he approached the double glass doors. he exited through the first set

(interiordoors) and immediately noticedtvlo whitemalesstanding outsidethe building nearthe-northwest comer ofthe library

Briansaid that the firsr subject whom he identified as Eric Harris. was wearing a whiteshirt, black BDU's, black baseball cap

with white letters"KDMF" or something similar. Brian said that thecap had"buttons" in the back. Briansaid this subject \\ as

holding what looked likea "machinegun." which he later described as a longgun, in the subject's right hand. Brian said this

subject was leaning over the chain link fence located at lhe northwest comer ofthe library's exterior. next rc a stairwaywhich

lends down. Brian said that this subject was shooting down at people. and was wearing some type of "black vest. with black

straps" in the back.

Briansaid a second white male.whom he identified as Dylan Klebold, wasstandingto the left and few feet furtheraway from

the first sobject. Briansaid the second subject was wearing a blacktrenchcoat and a "backwards" Avalanche cap. which he

described as black witha red letter"B" on it. Brian said this subjecthad long blond hairand was holdinga shotgun Brian said

Ihat the second subjectwas not wearing a mask. and he was unable to describe the second subject's pants or footwear. Brian

said that the second subject was facing away from him, toward the student parking lot. Brian said that the second subject

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appeared to be reloading a shotgun. Brian said that he was familiarwith shotgunsand is "certain' that the second subject \\,J£

holdinga shotgun.

Brian said that after exiting the interior double doors, but before exiting the second (exterior} double doors. the first subject,

whom he identified as Eric Hams. turnedtoward himand firedat the glass door Briancould not recall how many rounds .....'ere

tired, butsaid that One of the rounds went through theglassdoor and thatthe fragments of said roundhit him on the upper lett

portion of his chest.Briansaidthathe then fell backwards andthat he andthe otherstudents withhim quickly retreated through

the interior double doors, back into the school, Brian then drew a map of the school's interior to indicate where he and the

students he had been with then went. Brian said that upon reentering the school, he and the other students ran to their right

down a hallwayand into the school library. Brian said tbatas he and the others entered the library, he saw a female reacher.

whom he could not identify, enter the Iibrary withthem. Brian said this teacher thencrawled undera desk located acrossfrom

the"storage room" to use the phone, Brian said thatthis teacher told everyone in the library to"get down." Briansaid that this

teacher remained under the desk as he. the aforementionedstudents. and Teacher Peggy Dodd entered the "storage room:'

Brian said rhar once Insidethestorageroom, theyclosedand locked the doorand turned thelights off. Brian said that thedoor

to the storage room had a small window through which he could partially see into the library. Brian said that shortlyafter

enteringthe storageroom, he heard numerous shotsof gunfire and between i0 and 15 explosions. Brian said thatwhile inside

the storage room, he observed Dylan Klebold run past its door "several times,"and Eric Harris run by "a few times." Brian

said that he couldonly see these twoindividuals, andassumed that there wereonly twoshooters insidethe library Brian said

that in betweenburstsof gunfire andexplosions, he heard one or both of the subjects announce that they had to reload. Brian

estimated that he and the others remained insidethe storage room for about ·'ten minutes:' and that the explosions that were

occurring eventually causedthelightsandceilingtilesoutside of the storageroom to fall down. Briansaidthat the libraryarea

outside the storage room eventually filled with smoke and that the tire alarm wasactivared. Brian said that while inside the

storage room, teacher Peggy Doddsaid "I have to get out of here Brian, they hateme, they're going to kill me:' whereupon

said she left the storageroom. Brian said that hedoes not know where Peggy Dodd went, Brian said that it eventually became

quieterand that he and those with him were able to exit the storage room froman interiordoor'. Briansaid thathe and the others

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Brian said that at no time did he observe more than rwoshooters, nor was there anything to indicate that there had been more

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During the interview, Brian lifted his shirt to show us where he had been shot. Brian said that the bullet fragments did not

penetrate his skin. but dissipated within his clothing which caused several distinct burns on the skin across his upper chest

Brian said that he believes a necklace that he was wearing at the time may have helped to deflect the bullet and/or bullet

fragments

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area of Caley Avenue in a red Geo Metro. Accordingto Brian

in his hand. Brian said tha told him that after seeing this, he went to notify State Patrol. Investigator Diane

reference this incident.

The interview with Brianconcluded at about 4:20 p.m. Leadsheets for student Jenny Matthews and teacher Peggy Dodd were

prepared and submitted by Investigator Dave Brooks. Brian's hand-drawn map of the school was collected by Investigator

Brooks and attached to this report,

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On 04-29-1999, witness Brian Anderson was Interviewed at his residence,_ He acknowledges being at Junior at CHS and present at the sc 00 on _. . IS 4 our~een ia'lguage arts, and following this ctass, he had met another classmate, JennyMathews, andaccompanied her to the attendance office where she worked as a student assistant.

They exited the attendance office and began walking down the hall towards the library, when heheard whathe thoughtto be shots and explosions. They met an unknown female teacher who had been seated In thehallway near the library, and she toid them to get out of the hallway. They soon heard yelling in theschool,and he and Jenny ran to the west door in an attempt to exit the school.

Theywent through the first set of double doors, and as they approached the outside doubledoors, DylanKlebold and Eric Harris were seen 30·40 feet outside the exteriordouble doors, and Harris turned towardshim holding a rifle. Anderson relates that Harris looked directly at him, then fired a single shot through thewindows of the doors. The windowexploded, and he was struck in the chest by what was later determinedto be hlillet fragments. He describes Harrisas wearing biack pants, combat boots a white tee shirt with$ "e vest with strapson it and a black hat with the letters "KDMFM". Klebold was wearing a long0" . tranch coat Hewas sure of his identification of the two suspects, based upon his knowing them fromschool activities.

-Ie remembers falling down, but getting up quickly, and he and Jenny went back through the double doors,~nd rumed to their right and went towards the library. He noted falling again in the hall and checking1imseif for blood. Finding only a small amount, he got up again, and he and Jenny entered the library'Itlere they met Peggy Dodd and an unknown student wearing a green hat, who Anderson believed to be asopncmore.

rhey together ran to a iibrarystorage room where he and the others hid. He reports seeingHarris and(Jebold running back and forth in the library and hearing 10-15 explosions. On one occasion he describes1 clip"of ammunition being expended in the library. While in this room, he describes the two suspects'elling racial slurs.

\!ter a short period of time, Peggy Dodd directed he and Jenny Mathews to axit the emergency eXit from1e library, He and Jenny exited this door and ran to a nearbypolice car, wherethey hid behind thecar.'eggy Dodd remained in the libraryat this time attempting to get other studentsout.

1e was later transported to Lutheran Hospital wherehe was treated.

Vhen -~ked why Harris had shot him, he replied "because I was wearinga whitehat". He provlced a white.. red "N" which he was wearing at the time of the shooting. He explained many athletes at the

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In addition to the white hat, he was wearing a blue shirt and brown cargoshorts. His navy blue TommyHilfingerback pack was left In thehallwaynear the library entrance.

He also noted having knowledge of a video the suspects had produced 2-3 weeks before the shooting. Theyhad asked him withassistance in finding a website at which they could obtain sound effects for the videowhich lnvolved a house being undersiege by gunmen. He was unableto assist them.

He identified other rCM members as beingBrian Sargent, Chris Morris, Pauline Colby and AlejandraMarsh.

Anderson utiHzes 8 mail and provide his a mail address as:

He noted that last semestera numberof exterior doorswere left open atter school hours to allow studentsaccess to their lockers aligned along the main hallways. The schoolproperwas secured by locked interiorsteel accordion gates. He did not know if this was still in practice.

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Location 6201 S PIERCEST~

DET62 05/12/1999 051099/EA~MdY

Date 04!ZO!19SS Time 12:39:32Status RTF

JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT 99-7625

Control #1311

On April 27, 1999, Investigator Eaton was assignedinvestigative lead control #1311. The source listed on the~nformation control sheet for this lead is Brian Crooks of theJefferson County Sheriff's Department. The narrative portion ofthe informacion control sheet has information that a caller to theJefferson County Sheriff's Department advised that a Columbine HighSchool student called into ROA radio at approximately 1030 hours onApril 21, 1999 and stated he had received a minor injury from abullet. The caller also advised that this student claimed that thethree males a rehended in Clement Park near the high schoolwere Supposedly this Columbine High Schoolstud ~ng w~t ike Rosen at KOA radio. InvestigatorEaton was assigned the task of contacting Mike Rosen at KOA radioin order to decermine if the Colu~bine High School student could beidentified and more information gleaned from him.

On this same date Investigator Eaton was able to contactpersonnel at KOA rad~o and asked to be put through to Mike Rosen sothat Investigator Eaton could follow up on this information.Investigacor Eaton was put through to Mike Rosen's voice mail.Mike Rosen's voice mail asked the cal1e~ to leave a telephonenumber and the information requested and advised that Mike Rosenwould call the person back as soon as possible but to be advisedthat any infor~~tion left on the recording could possibly be usedon the radio show at a later date. Investigator Eaton did not feelthat it was appropriate to be leaving that type of information onMike Rosen's voice mail when there was a chance it could be on theradio and compromise this investigation. Investigator eatontherefOre contacted the Arvada Police Oepartment's PressInformation Officer Susan Roesi and requested she actempt tocontact Mike Rosen or KOA radio personnel and obtain theintormat.ion.

On April 28. 1999 Investigator Saton received a telephone callfrom Susan Rossi. Rossi advised Investigator Eaton she had madeCOntac~ with KOA radio production staff and was advised that theproducers believed the subject in question was a young male studentknown only by the name of Brian. They advised that Brian had intact called in on April 21, 1999 at approximately 1030 hours duringthe Mike Rosen show. Ros~i advised Investigator Eaton that a copyof the conversation with Brian would be available for InvestigatorEaton Co pick up on a cassette tape at KOA radio. Investigator~aton later retrieved said cassette tape from KOA radio in Denver/CO. It should b. noted that Side A of the cape has a white stickeraffixed to it with the words "as KOA News Radio rl iri blue in theupper left hand corne~. In the upper right hand corne~ w~itten inblack ink is Brian, Columbine H.S. 4/21/~9 10,30 a,m. Mike RosenShow. Along the lower portion of the sticker is the address l380

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Lawrence Street, Suite 1300, Denver, CO 80204 Jacor Broadcasting ofC;:;>lorado, Inc.

On Monday, May lO, 1999 Inv9stigator Eaton prepared to listento the tape in an attempt to identify th~ caller, Also in the roomwith Investigator Eacon was Federal gu~eau of Investisation SpecialAgent (SA) Mike Barnett who overheard Investigator Eaton discussingsaid cassette tape and investigative lead, SA Barnect advisedInvescigator Eaton that he believed the Brian on the tape might inface be Brian Anderson, a scudent at Colu~~ine High School, who hadbeen shot in the chest twice SA Barnett advised InvestigatorEaton that Brian Anderson had been supposedly shot by Eric Har~is

or Dylan Klebold through a set of glass doors so that the bulletsdid not enter h~s skin but ripped through his clothing and burnedhis chest,

Investigaeor Eaton listened to the conversation between Brianand Mike Rosen and near the end Mike Rosen brings up the subject ofthe three males arrested in Clement Park near the school followingthe incident. Rosen begins this portion of the conversation withBrian stating, "Thez'e were three other kids who were arrested InClement park later in the morning. A photograph of them was laterreproduced in the newspaper this morning. They were taken intocustody and these were identified as former students. Do you knowanything about them? 'I

The caller identified as Brian replied, "I, I don't know WhO,I didn't see the photo, the Denvex Post, I didn't aee any picturesin there, Other than the ones of Dylan and Eric and the peoplet.hat. were taken to t::he hospital. lI

Mike Rosen stated, "They were wearing shorter leather jackets.Apparently with emblems on the jackets that InternationalProhibition sign with the ci~cle with a diagonal slash through itand a cross in the middle seemingly indicated that they wereopposed to Christianity and have you seen that logo before? Thatsymbol'?"

The caller identified as Brian replied, ~II haven't seen it;, at:school, I've, I've seen a kid walking a~ound the school he has ananarchy on his jacket. And thae's it, I never saw the cross in'the circle with the slash through it.. ll

Mike Rosen next stated, »00 you know anything about thatgroup?"

The caller identified as Brian replied, 'IUh no. I heardsomething that the three people that were ar~ested weretIIIIIIIJt \! aut that'. it. I did..'t~y were t ere. II

Rosen asked only one more question of the caller identified as

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NARRAtIVE

?age 71

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

DET62 05/12/1993 051099/EATON/MO

Brian and this question did not pertain to the investigative leadassigned to Investigator Eaton. Said tape will be turned over tothe Jefferson County investigators as evidence ~n thisinvestigation.

On Tuesday, May 11, 1999 at approximately 1230 hours,Investigato~ Ea=on received a telephone call from Brian Anderson.Investigator Eaton questioned Anderson as to where he had receivedthe information that the three males contacted and arrested inclement Park had been InvestigatorEaton reminded Anders a received thisinformacion from Anderson's discussion with Mike Rosen on the radiotalk show.

advised Investigator Eaton that he recalled makingon the radio show. Anderson advised Investigatorcould not recall where he d heard the rumor about

ofthe fact that there

3 J 3 2£~aton that it waS justrecall who he had heard

e_'discussing

2Investigatorhe could not

Anderson advisedthat he had heard and

Anderson advised Investigato~ Eaton that he had been on theSally Jesse Raphael show on April 20, 1999 with the three malesthat had been contacted/arrested in Clement Park. He advised hemet them and talked with chem at the show and believes they are notinvolvee in any way with the incident at Columbine High school.Anderson advised Investigator Eaton that the three males whomInvestigator Saton has identified as Matthew Akard, James Brunetti,and Matthew Nalty do not dre•• anything like tne Trencn Coat Mafiamembers.

Inve$tigator Eaton had occasion to view a video copy of theSally Jesse Raphael show in which both Brian Anderson and the otherthree suhjects in question appeared. Investigator Eaton paidparticular attention to the three subjects and their statements tosally Jesse Raphael about their reasons fo~ being in Clement Parknear Columbine High School on the date of the incident.Investigator Eaton noced that during the show Akard, Brunetti andNalty's statements given to the police during earlier interviews.Investigator Eaton also noted chac when Andersen was interviewed bySally Jesse Raphael he mentioned what had occurred to him but didnot mention the information he had spoken of on the Mike Rosen Showin reference the three sUbjects~ . r Acopy of the video from the $ally~phael show in question i.also being turned Qver to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Departmentdetec~ives in charge of this investigation. said video cassette isreferred to in reports concerning information control numbers l043,105Q. and 1101.

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It should be noted that during the interview of Brian Andersonby Mike Rosen, Mike Rosen brQught up the issue that one of thesubjects concacted in the park had a crucifix on the back of hisjacket which had a circle around it and crossed out. InvestigatorEaton believes that ~ogen was referring to as. b~sthis symbol sewn en the back of his black flight jacket.Investigator Eaton has had a chance to view jacket andobserve this symbol with the verde "Bad Re Li.g Lcn" abo........e it,Investigator Eaton is aware through interviews witb andochers that "Bad Religion)'i is a punk band end that is their symbol,

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Date or CaU: 0412li1999

Time ef Cail: 1):45

Date Recel....ed: 04/2III 999

Time Received: 13.45

Caller Narne: Anonymous

Contact Number:

Tape Recorded?

Reference: Columbine Shootings

S.bJ«t(.) of Call:

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Subject Addres.s(es):

Detalls: Calleradvised that h. waslistening to Mike Rosen on KOAradio this mommg around \0;30 whenaColumbinestudent called in, The student stated he received a minor injury from a buller that grazed himas it came through a window. The student seemed to know the two suspects and told Rosen that hethough' tha'the three males apprehended in thepark . t • ; 4

Received By: Denison

Forwarded To: CapeHarris

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Location 6201 S PIERCE S~'~-- ~c , o~.i i L'Yi

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Jefferson County Sheriff's Department /99~7625

Control #2104

On Tuesday, May 4, 1999 at approximately 1337 hours,Investigator Duane Eaton of the Arvada Police Department andDetective Terry Demmel of the Denver police Department responded toSwedish Medical Center in Englewood , CO to meet with and interviewattempt homicide victim Richard Raymond Castaldo Jr (dob:09/1a/ell The investigators met with casea.rcc in z-oom #126 on the4th floor Critical Car&-Unit of Swedish Medical Center. Alsopresent during the interview was Castaldo's grandfather, R~chard

aayne Birdsell (dob: 09/21/28).

It should be noted this interview was conducted while castaldowas lying on his back in a hospital bed and was under the ~nfluence

of pain medications administered by medical personnel. Castaldo'Supper left arm was bandaged and his lower left arm and hand weresecured to a tempcrarj immobilizer. Castaldo advised theInvestigators he believes he had been shot three times in the leftarm and numerous times in the back. Castaldo's grandfatherBirdsell advised that it was his understanding that Castaldo losthis spleen due to the shooting. castaldo advised the investigatqrsthat he was unsure if it was a spleen or a kidney he had lost ~n

the shooting.

It should be noted that further interviews with Castaldo willbe necessary as the investigators attempted to keep this interviewshore at the request of both Castaldo and Birdsell.

The investigators asked Castaldo to first explain his entireday leading up to the time of day when he was assaulted. Castaldoadvised the investigators that he began school on Tuesday, April20, 1999 at approximately 0730 hours. He advised he had 1st periodfrom approximately 0730 to 0820 hours. Castaldo advised that hisfirst class of the day was chemistry. At a later.-intdurin theinterview Castaldo advised the investigators that anassociate of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, i$ a schemistry class. Castaldo advised he is not very well acquainted

~~~h]ll{h:'incI~:~~~d~a~~~l~~ta~:~:;~~fa sec~ndw~~a~~ ~~a~:eO~a~hebegan approximately OS2S hours. Re advised he was in band classduring 2nd hour. Caetaldo advised that 3rd period class wasalgebra and began at approximately 0925 hours and that 4th periodclass was a marketing class though he could not recall what timethe class began.

Castaldo advised the investigators that his 5th period of theschool was lunch and he believed it began at approximately 1115hours. Castaldo advised the investigators that for 5th periodlunch this date he was outside of the school having lunch withRachel Scott. ae advised it was just himself and Rachel Scott

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outside and they wereother acquaintances.cafeteria to purchase90ne directly outside

not sitting with any ather frlends or anyCastaldo advised he had not gane into thelunch but had brought lunch from home and hadto meet with Rachel Scott.

Castaldo advised that he and Scott sat outside a second floordoor on the grass. Castaldo described this area as near thestairway leading from the cafeteria and parking lots up to thesecond floor of the school. Castaldo was shown a diagram of themain west entrance and west grounds of Columbine High School at6201 So, Pierce, Littleton, Colorado. Castaldo was given a red penby Detective Demmel and placed an X and his initials on thelocation of the map where he believed he and Scott were sitting andhaving lunch. Castaldo also placed a red mark to the left of hislocation where he believed Scott to be seated and wrote her namenext to this mark. Investigator Eaton noted the marks placed onthe diagram by Castaldo are along the sidewalk leading from thestairway which leads from the cafeteria in the southwest parkinglot up to the upper level west entrance. This is also the areanear the trash dumpsters, gas lines, cooling towers, transformerand generator which are all surrow,ded by a 10 foot chain linkfence. Investigator Eaton retrieved said diagram after it wasmarked by Castaldo and said diagram will be attached to theoriginal report of this interview.

Castaldo advised the investigators he was seated on the grassnear the aidewalk facing the dumpsters and looking toward theClement park area to the west of the school. Castaldo advised thatRachel Scott was seated to the left of him nearby, Castaldoadvised he did not notice anyone else in the area nor did he noticeany other activity taking place in this area of the school.Castaldo advised that Scott was also facing west toward ClementPark. Castaldo advised that he and Scott spend approximately everyother day having lunch together. Castaldo advised he had onlyrecently begun spending time with Scott.

At this point in the interview, Castaldo asked theinvest~gators why e~ag being questioned by the policeas if he were a suspect. Castaldo advised the investigators thathe was onfy slightly acquainted with III $ but believed.. a wouldn't do anythlng to ~others at the schoal norbe ~nvolved with anybody who would harm othe~a.

Castaldo advised the investigators that while he and Scottwere eating lunch ne observed two males out of the corner of hiseye, He advised the two males were to his left side. He advisedhe did not know either of the males and did not know their names,Castaldo then identified the two males as Eric and Dylan.Investigator Eaton aSked Castaldo if he was acquainted with thesubjects known as Eric and Dylan and did he truly recognize the twomales as those two SUbjects. Castaldo advised the investigators hehad observed the two males around the school previously but did not

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know their names. He advised he was aware of their names nowbecause of what others had told h~m and he had watched some of thetelevision news naming the suspects as Eric Harris and DylanKlebold. Ca$taldo advised the two males were standing on what hebelieved was a corner of grass near the top of the stairs justprior to where the Btairs began descending towards the parking lot.

Castaldo advised at one point he observed an object thrown byone of the males. He advised he had ~ct been in a position toobserve which male had thrown the object, Castaldo advised theobject was approximately the size of a football. He advised therewere sparks emanating from the object and it was making noisessimilar to that made by fire crackers. Castaldo advised that afterthe object had been thrown he remembers hearing what he believed tobe shooting from a firearm. He advised he does not know which ofthe two males may hAve been sheoting or if both males may have beenshooting. Castaldo advised he can only recall that the shoetingwas coming from the direction of the two males he had previouslyobserved.

Castaldo advised that as the shooting began he felt what hebelieved to be bullets hitting him. He advised he was sitting aownand he fell over backwards and laid on his back. Castaldo advisedhe believes he had taken all of the shots by the time he had fallenover on his back Castaldo advised the suspects may have thoughthim dead since he does not recall feeling that he was being shot bymore bullets after falling over.

Castaldo advised the investigators after he had fallen ove~ herecalled hearing noises while he was laying on the ground.Castaldo advised he does not recall all the noises he heard butthat it was noisy and he remembers Rachel Scott crying.Investigator Eaton asked Castaldo if he had his eyes open and waswatching what was taking place or if he had his eyes closed,Castaldo advised Investigator Eaton that he remembers a little ofboth. Castaldo advised Investigator Eaton he recalls having hiseyes open for a short time though not being able to see what wastaking place at this point.

Castaldo advised the investigato~~ that he believed Rachel~cott~ad been shot also. Castaldo advised after he was shot hedidn~t see the two males for a short period of time. He advised itfelt like to him that they had left for a short period of time.Castaldo said after a short period of time he observed the glassdoors which he pointed out on the diagram as the upper l~vftl westentrance being shot by what he believed to be bullets. Castaldoadvised from the way he was laying he was able to observe the frontof the suspects and observed what he believed to be both of themfiring firearms towards said doors. Castaldo advised he did notreally gat a look at their faces nor their clothing nor thefirearms they were shooting. Castaldo reiterated that at no timedid he recognize the faces or recall any of the clothing worn by

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DET37 05/05/1999 05049./EATON/MO

the sUbjects that he believed to be the shooters. Castaldo advisedafter the doors had been shot out the suspects disappeared from hisview. Castaldo advised he believed the subjects walked around thecorner and that is when he lost sight,

Castaldo advised the investiqators that he laid on the groundfor approximately 20 minutes before law enforcement personnel wereable to reach him and take him from the area.

Detective Dammel asked Castaldo to approximate the distancebetween him and the suspects. Cascaldo advised the investigatorshe believed the suspects were anywhere from lO to 20 feet away fromhim and Scott.

At this point in this interview I it was obvious toinvestigators that Castaldo was becoming tired as he began to closehis eyes for longer periods of time. Investigator Eaton also notedthat Castaldo began moving his right arm around his face and neckand covering his face occasionally as if he were nervous or nolonger wished to recall what had taken place. It was decided bythe investigators that this would be a good point to terminate theinterview until a later date. It should also be noted thathospital personnel were waiting to give medical treatments toCaataldo. The interview with Castaldo was terminated atapproximately 1430 hou~g"

Before leaving the hospital, Investigator Eaton gave Birdsella copy of the Jefferson County Sheriffls Department medical recordsrelease form, Investigator Eaton asked Birdsell to forward thisform to one of Castaldo's parents and asked that they sign it andreturn it to Investigator Eaton so that medical recorda could beobtained. Also before leaving the hospital Investigator Eaton gavea copy of the serious bodily injury physician statement to thenursing staff to be forwarded to the appropriate physician.Investigator Eaton requested that the appropriate physician fillout the Physician's Statement form and said form be returned toInvestigator Eaton upon its completion. Investigator Eaton willthen turn over both signed forms to Jefferson County Sheriff'sDepartment detectives.

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columbine report pgs 101-200

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