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Supplemental ReportJCSO 99-7625 1 FBI174A.DN57419 / CONTROL NUMBER: DNlOOO6InvestlgalorDan Pfannenstiel1Wes' Metro Fire /3OJ..989-4307 Extension 530OnApril27, 1999a! 1200hoursI metwirhMargaretBums and her father,LesBums, a!WestMetroFireStation# 12InLittleton,Colorado for the purposeof an interview. Mr. Bumsstated that hedid not wan,tobepresent for the interview and therefore,sa, in thekitchenwith theon-duty firefighters at Station# 12.The interviewtookplace in thestationoffice, wherethereis nodoor. Mr. Bums could observethisinterview at all times.Prior to Mr. Bumsleavinghe roldme that hi. olderdaughter.Leslie RyanBums (7-15-81), is aSemor atColumbineHighSchoolandthat she has "been a casual acquaintancewith DylanKleboldover the lastsixyears".MargaretBurns provided thefollowing informalionabout theColumbineHighSchoolincident,whichoccurredon April20, 1999'

Margaret stated that it is typical for the Sophomores to eat lunch in tbe cafeteria since theycan notdrive. Sbe stated tlla!sheleft marhclass at abour II :05or Il:!0 a.m. (notknowing the exact rime oftbe bellscbedule). She stated that: frommathclass shewalked withJaderia Tollafero(sic / female) tothe lockerofDeeea Petersoa(sic),Denea's lockerIS located inthe back hallarea.Margaret stared that she and Iaderia 'then went to their lockets, which are located at the top of the stairsnear the Library Margaret esrtmares that the time wasabout 11.10or 11:15 a.m, bynow, Shebelievesthat she did get intothe cafeteria before II 15a.m.MargaretSlated that sheand Jaderia walkeddown the ,tain!and into the careteria, Shestated that theywent to their typical table near the food tine identified as uAAA of EBB" (in the FBI evidencediagram). Shestatedthatwhen shesatdown the following werealso at the table: AngieEtghardt(sic1lives in Highlands Ranch), KelseyBalle (sic1female/ livesOn South GarlandWay),Stephattie Larson(Slc),lil1 Sbakowski (sic19729644). Casey(female1on varsitysoccer team). Margaret waswearingbluejeans and a seen sleeveblue andwhite tOP Sbecarriesa blockand tan backpack. whichcontained her afternoon class books. purse and oer lunch.SheStated that everyonewas up and down getting food fromthevendingmachines. Shestaredthatshe was going to the vending machines near the Commons (by the food cart) with Jill and Kelsey. butactuallywent towards thestairs lim. She stated that theywere talking tosomeone at another table andthat Jill and this "ether girl" were reading a note. She did not knowwho this other person was or rbecontentsof the noteMargaret statedthat "this is when every thing started to happen". Margaret stated that "some kid camein thedoors nearthe reachers lounge yelling, "getour, getdown'". Shestatedthar"Mr. Sanders camein and yelled 'get down' too". She statedthat she did not know whom this person (Student) was thatwas yelling.Margaret stated that she heard "a shot and new that it was real" so that she ran into the "bathroom"near theeast end of the kitchenand theauditorium. ShestatedthaIshe st.yed in thebathroomforabout"ooe minute"withseveralotherstudents.of whichshe cannotremember. SheStated that shethought the"shots werecomingfrom the Commonsare." She stated thatshe thenleft the bathroomand went to the auditorium with a "bunch of students and Y1r Andreas. the choir teacher" She statedthat theywere all in the centerof the auditorium for about "mree to five minutes".Margaretstated thatmore shots were fired from "tne doors", butshe is not sure "what doors". Sirestatedthata janitor camein and that lie (thejaoitor) led themoutthe "east audttoriumdoor. at theedgeof theCommons", She stated that they thenwentoutsideand to the field. She statedthat she did hearat least onemoreshot whilestanding outside,which then made "everyone scatter again"Margaretstatedthatshedidnot5ee the "shooters" atany time She Slated that she"couldnotdistinguish thedifferencefroma bomb anda gun shot, but that there were two different sounds"

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Supplemental ReportJCSO 9!/-1625 / FBI174ADNS7419 / CONTROLNUMBER: DNl0006InvesligalOrDan Pfannell5fie11WestMetroFIre/303-9ll94307 Extellilion 53lIstatedthat"it could havebeen twO guns",but that sba bas "never _ a real gunbefore" and istherefore"not sure".Margaretstatedthat shedid Dot see"anythingodd" meaning"large duffelbag, or bigbackpacks", Sbestatedthatshe didnotsee anybody"bringanythinginto the cafeteria".Margaret stated that theTrenchCoatMafia is "just there own little group,but not a gang" Shestaledthatshe"didn't see any harm comingfrommemwllile theywere in school", She statedthat she knewDylanK1ebold fromElementary Schooland that hewas a really"ncrmalkid in fifth or sixthgrade",She statedthat shedid DOt haveany contactwith Dylanat ColumbineHighSchool, She statedlllat saedid not knowEricHarris at all.She ,tated that shedid hear "abcur tbe makingof pipe bombs",butthatit was "gossip" and "can't saywho told her", She stated that this occurred at lIlebeginning of theschoolyear. Sbeagain, stated thatthiswas "gossip" and"just filtered throughthe school", She stated that she"never reallygave itanotherthought",She statedlllat ,he "bad no idea thatthiswas goingto happen". She statedtIlatthere was "nothing tohe suspiciousabout at scbool".priorto this all happening.

I gaveMargaretBurnsand her fathermybusiaess card shouldtheyneed to have a contactregardingthisincident. Includedwith thisreportis the diagram that: ~ a r g a r e t drew her location,entrance unoandexitout of tbe cafeteria.

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1. Didyou eversee the tW large duffel bagsin the cafeteria? N()2. Didyou seeanyooe carrying or in thepossessionof thoseduffel bags,at a previous time" tJ.3. Didyonsee Eric HamsorDylan IClebold either onMonday ofTuesday? Wll:at ....... !hey doing?What didtheysay ? Were theywidaoyone else? Nu -r 0... . p... lXlt y",,. "" - l}A.ro\", " r 'tv'. ... ( ) A ~ "J" "",,", ..r ~ .,..~ , . . . . 4.r 5c1"""'L4. Did you leaveanythingbebindin thecafeteria or anY\l:Oal1l else in!heschool ? M~ r f . . , N - l ~ l t ( .I...,... Sf-r ; G ~ i ; A < { 5 , M."t .-1:T--S.S. jJwere~ ~ t h in thecafeteria? Wbal1l were yousilting?6. DidyoJ_ or talk toanyof theTrencb COat M.afi.a I!lembers onMonday? Tuesday?Howabouttlle

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Dateof 1f'lll.tSription 5/26f99Sarah Jean CAIN, DOB 12/17/82 was interviewed a t herresidence, 6253 W. caley Ave., Lit t le ton, Colorado, on May 11,1999 ata approximately 10:00 AM. She was advised of the personaland professional identity of the writer and the purpose of theinterview. CAIN advised that she had spoken with her parents a tthe writer 's request regarding the in ter view, but tha t they werenot a t the residence and would be arriving shor t ly . CAIN advisedthat it was a l l r ight with her p are nts i f the interview was begunbefore they were present.CAIN sta ted that she is a sophomore a t columbine HighSchool and has "A" lunch period. On April 20, 1999, she enteredthe cafeteria af ter coming from science class . She brought herlunch on tha t day and sa t a t a table in the cafeteria . CAIN wasshown a copy of the cafeteria diagram, and ident if ied the tableshe sa t a t as being "LL" on the diagram. She advised tha t therewere approximately fiv e other students s it t in g a t the table withher . She specif ical ly recal led the following being present :Sarah HOLTON, AnnMarie PATRICCA, chr is t ina ROWER, and LauraVA.'lDERHAM .CAIN sta ted that a short time af te r she sa t down shesaw a number o f s tu den ts SUddenly stand up. CAIN in i t ia l lythought a f ight was breaking out, but then saw tha t a number of

students s ta r ted climbing under the i r tables .CAIN looked in the direction of the windows on the westside of the cafeter ia , and observed what appeared to be a whitepuff of smoke. At the same time she heard someone shouting forpeople to run, and something about someone having a gun. CAINthought tha t the voice sounded l ike that of a male facultymember, and speculated tha t i t might have been Mr. Sanders. Shealso saw custodians running back and forth.CAIN heard several popping sounds whieh she describeda s sounding l ike firecrackers explOding. CAIN ran from thecafe ter ia up the s ta i rs to the upper level and then east down thehallway adjacent to the math wing. She exi t ted th e build ing via

the east door by the math wing. and ran across Pierce Street toLeawood Park.

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CAIN sta ted that a female faculty member she was notfamiliar with was a t the park, and told everyone to hide behindt rees . CAIN sta ted tha t she was a t Leawood Park for about 5 to10 minutes before she went home.CAIN stated that sh e never saW the gunman, nor anyother unusual objects while in the cafeteria or running throughthe school. She did not recal l hearing any announcements a t theschool tha t morning.CAIN advised tha t she did not know Eric HARRIS or DylanKLEBOLD. She had seen individuals wearing dark t rench coats oncampus in the past , but had no t heard the name "Trench CoatMafia" u nti l a fte r the shooting a t CRS.CAIN's parents did not return prio r to completion ofthe br ie f interview. CAIN's mother called and spoke with SarahCAIN, Who advised her that the interview had been completed. Thewriter requested tha t sarah CAIN ask her i f she had any questionsfor the wri ter . CAIN asked her mother and advised tha t she didnot.

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Jennifer Camacho5657 W. Elmhurst Ave.Li t t le ton , CO., 80127303/972-3273

CBS student, in cafe te r i a .On May 6, 1999, th i s invest igator met with Jenni fer Camacho a t

her re sid enc e. Prese nt during the interview were her parents .Jenni fer advised tha t on the day of th is inc ident she arr ived

in the cafe te r ia a t approximately 11: 10 a.m. a f t e r f in ishing herfour th hour math c lass . She was shown a sketch of the cafe te r i a andwas asked i f she could reca l l which table she had been seated a t .She indica ted table "L" by circl ing it and by placing her i n i t i a l sthere . She advised tha t others a t her table included: Bri t tanyWeeden and Stephanie Duffy.

She s ta ted tha t a t approximately 11: 15 a.m., someone beganyel l ing "Get down." She lo oked around and saw someone standing on atab le o r cha i r and she determined t ha t th i s person was who wasyel l ing. She thought i n i t i a l ly tha t th i s was e i ther a joke or tha tsome persons were f ight ing but then heard what sounded l ikegunshots. She sa id she could not t e l l where those were coming fromnor could she rememher the number of shots . She said tha t a f r iend

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of hers , Heather Rohets hegan t o cry and while she and Heather h i dunder a t a b l e , many of th e stu den ts began t o run up t h e s t a i r s . Shes t a t e d t h a t she got up and ran up the s t a i r s and thought she heardmore shooting hehind her i n t h e area of the Rehel Corner S t o r e . Shes a i d t h a t while she was going up the s t a i r s , she heard a very loudexplosion and f e l t the s t a i r s shake. She advised t h a t once u p s t a i r s ,she ran down a h a l l towards the science lab and observed a personlaying on t h e f l o o r i n t h e hallway. She s a i d t h i s person might havebeen Mr. Sanders but she was not sure. She s t a t e d t h a t she ended upi n a science room which she thought was t h a t of a t e a c h e r known t oher as Mr. Cash. She s a i d she l e f t t h a t room and went i n t o anotherroom occupied by n in ete en o th er stu de nts . She thought t h i s was Mr.F r e i z e n ' s room. She advised t h a t they remained i n t h i s room fo rapproximately f ou r hou rs, u n t i l SWAT o f f i c e r s came i n .

J e n n i f e r s t a t e d t h a t she tho ught she saw Dylan Klebold standingouts ide t h e l i b r a r y . She s a i d he was wearing a hlack t rench cOat anda black cap, on backwards and t h a t he had long h a i r . She advisedt h a t she was acquainted with Eric H arris only i n t h a t he would o f t e nspend time hanging out a t the Rebel Corner and they wouldoccas ional ly t a l k about nothing in p a r t i c u l a r . She s a i d she had notseen Dylan o r Eric i n the days p r i o r t o t h i s i n c i d e n t and had notspoken t o Eric any tim e r e c e n t l y .

Regarding her prev ious statement made on t h e day of t h i si n c i d e n t ; she advised t h a t the person she was r e f e r r i n g t o wasDylan. "They had explos ives ," had no b a s i s i n f a c t , but was anassumption made by J e n n i f e r . She advised t h a t the t ime she gave,12:30 should have been 11 :30 a.m. She had w r i t t e n t h a t "they s t a r t e dshoot a t the window." She was r e f e r r i n g t o when I'll'.'. Cash had beenplacing a t a b l e a g a i n s t the room' s door as a bar icade and a shote v i d e n t l y p e n e t r a t e d t h e d o o r ' s g l a s s window and went i n t o thet a b l e .

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** UPDATED APRIL 28,1999 **TEA1V.{ FOUR INTERVIEWGUIDELINEMli"ITMAL QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED--Am;;c.Jio - J l f 4 N { " c E ' ~ C""I/ 18'8"1/ .

1. Didyou ovor see the two largeduffel bl\ge in the caferia ? /V ' \)

3. Did you seeEricHa.!ris orDy!all Klebold either on M o ~ y ofTuaday? Wluttwm dley doing 7 # cWhO[ didmeysay? Were theywith anyoneelse ?

5. Whowere youwith il l thecafeteria7 Wherewere you sitting ?6. Did you seeor talk to""y ofthe TIIlllCb CQIltMafia lllell:lbm OilMaeday' Tuesday? Howaboutthe N 'cpriOt wee!< orweebad ?7. Have you heord llll}'tlli1lg from anybody oIse about other suspects, lronah 1DlIIdng,goobu}'!Dg.oll:.? AI ;:,8. Wlutt were youweorillg? Did you havea back pack ?Wlutt did i t looklikeandI orhave in it?9. Howdid you reave thecafeteriaormebuilding? Whatwere theeveDtsthltt made youIeave?10. Wlutt time didyou eneer the c:lfeleria ? Where did you"""'" from (prior to the cafeo!ria) ?11. Havo rhen1lI1l11'k whore theywere sitting, their re'"'' eceof thebuilding:md wlrom they"""" will1 (Jf /known) ?12. Howdid you wt thebuilding? Wheredld you go wbenyougot outandwllatdid you see00 the ( t , ( '0" r

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CASE NUMBER 99-7625SlJPPLEMENT REPORTREPORTING AGENCY: JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICEREPORTING OFFICER: SKWYGANT 1001 "!JDATEOFTHIS REPORT: 081899CASESTATUS: OPEN

WITNESS INFORMAnONCONTROL NUMBER2402JENNIFER CAMACHODOB0803835657W.ELlvlHURST AVENUE, LmLETON, COWRADO 80128PHONE: 303 972 3273STUDENT: COLUMBINE HIGHSCHOOLINVESTIGATIONOn 081799 I telephonically interviewed Jennifer Camacho, a student atColumbine High School. Police had previously interviewed her. Jenniferwas at school and in the cafeteria when the shooting incident began. Sherecalled sitting at a table in the cafeteria closest to the food line and next to awindow. She said that her table was in the right comer of the cafeteria.While she was sitting at the table she heard a lot of commotion and thenthought that somebody was fighting. She could not see anything, but couldremember all of the students saying to get down and hide. She did get on thefloor and hid for a few moments, then she heard gun shots. She saw herfriend Heather Wrabetz crying so she went to comfort her.Camacho saw other students running up the stairs, so she left the cafeteriaand run up the stairs and ran down the hall. She ran into a science room,Mr.Craft's room. She waited in the science room for about four hours, until shewas rescued by SWAT. She was escorted by police to Leawood Park andthen bussed to Leawood Elementary.She did not see the shooters; she only heard the shooting. She denied havingprior knowledge of this incident.Camacho did not know Klebold. She did know Eric Harris. She had talkedto him before in the cafeteria. Her conversation with him was about theirmutual dislike for jocks. She said that he never talked about killing ordestructive things.

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Camacho denied knowing any Trench Coat Mafia members and deniedbeing a member herself. Camacho said that she was not in the cafeteriaearlier in the day on the 20m.

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LAKEWOOD POLIC' DEPARTMENTSUPPI.IMENTAl. REPORTREPORTING AGENT: DETECTIVE GEORGE MCGLYNN CASE NUMBER: 99-38856VICTIM: COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL DATI OF REPORT: 05/19/99

~ F E N S E : AOA/COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE/JEFFCO SHERIFF'S OFFICEINFORMATION CONTROL NUMBERDN3434, FBI: 4A-DN57419, JCSO: CR #99-7625

SUSPECTS: Eric HarrisDylan Klebold

WITNESS: Campbell, Mary dab: 51121847911 W. Glasgow PlaceLittleton, CO 801233039781908

Ruth Campbell (Mother)7911 W. Glasgow PlaceLittleton, CO80123303-978-1908

Steven Campbell (Father)7911 W, Glasgow PlaceLittleton, CO 80123303-978-1908

INVESTIGATION:On 5/17199, I was assigned information control numberDN3434 for follow up investigation, The informanoncontrol narrative stated that Mary Campbell is on the original cafeteriabackpack list.There was also a notationattached to the information control meet indicating that the interviewshould be made a priority,

On 5118199, I responded to 7911 West Glasgow Place and met with Mary Campbell and her mother, RuthCampbell. Mary Campbell confirmed that she had been in the cafeteria when the incident began.

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LAKEWOOD PoueE DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTREPORTING AGENT: DETECTIVE GEORGE MCGLYNN CASE NUMBER: 99.38856VICTIM: COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL DATE OF REPORT: 05/19/99

~ F E N S E : AOA/COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE/JEFFCO SHERIFF'S OFFICElliFORMAIION CONTRQL NUMBERDN3434. Fill: 4ADN51419. JCSQ: CR '997625

Mary Campbell said that on 4/20/99, hermother had drivenher toColumbineHighSchool and that she hadarrived at approximately 0720hours. She saidher motherdropped her off at themain entranceby the office.She entered the maindoors and went to her locker,which is #1616, which is locatedby the gymnasium. Shesaidthat she thenvisitedwith some friends in different hallways of the school, and thenwent to her first hour,Foods& Cookingclass,which is taughtbyMs. Zarro Shesaid from first hour she went toher secondhourLanguageArts class,which is in themainmath hall. This class is taughtbyMrs.Bowhack. From thereshewent to her third hourScience class,which is on themain level in theSciencehall, taughtby Ms.Mosier, thenwentto her fourthhourKeyboardingclass,which is taughtbyMr. Sanders. Campbellsaid that at no timebetweenthese classesdid she go to her locker.

Campbellsaid that fromher fourth hour keyboarding/typing classshewentdirectly to the "A" lunch. Shewedbothmaps of the commons area and identified table "L" as the table that she had beenseated at. She

said that shewasseatedat the tablewith BrittanyWeeden.JenniferCamacho, Bryan Grande,Kern(fernale.Iastnameunknown), JoeyMarcott,andMike Gagre. She said thatwhen she arrivedin the commons,she wentrightto the table, placedherpack at the table, and thenwentto the servicelinewhereshepurchasednachoskiwi.Sheestimatedthat she arrived in thecommons at approximately 11:lZam, She saidthat at II :15shewas back at hertable and startedto eat. She said that she remembers eatingseveralchips and thennoticedstudents thatwerenear the windows, gettingdownunder tables. She said that at thatpoint she lookedout thewindowand sawoneof the gunmencomingdown the stairs outside of the buildingaroundthe cafeteria. She said that at the time shedidn't knowwho it was,but has since seenphotographs, andhas identifiedthis subject asDylanKlebold. Shefurtherdescribeshimas a whitemale, student age, wearinga black trenchcoat. She thoughtjeans or dark pants.She said that hewas very tall and skinny and waswearinga ball cap. She couldn't rememberthe color of thebaseballcap, but saidhe was wearing it with the bill in the properposition.She saidshe saw him cometo thebottomof the stairs, and said thathe had a gun inhis lefthand. She said that she could heargunshots, but didnot see this subject firing a gun, althoughhecould havebeen. She described the gun as being a longgun,

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possibly a rifle or shotgun. She said that she then got downon the floor and lost sight of this suspect. She saidthatwhile she was getting down, she looked across the cafeteriaandnoticed thatmost of the students had fled ineither the kitchen area or upstairs. She said that she, Brittany,Keni and Bryan, all stayed near the table and hadlied next to thewall. She said thatit was a short time after she'd lostsight of the suspect that he then appearedagain by the student entrance into the cafeteria nearthe stairs, She thought hemay have gone around the southsideof the cafeteria and come in through the student entrance, althoughshe did not see where he went or howhe'd gotten into the cafeteria, She said thathe thendisappeared and then a short time later, reappearedwith asecond suspect,whom she described as EricHarris,

Campbell again did not know who EricHarris wasuntil after the incidentand had seen pictures ofHarris. Shealso had seen him in the yearbook, She described Harrisas a whitemale, shorter than the other suspect. She

iughthewaswearing army pants, possibly armyboots,and a white shirt, She said that the second time thatshe sawHarris andKlebold, they came down the stairs and stoppedon the landing before coming totally intothe cafeteria, She said that, although she can't recall the exactconversation,Harris seemed to be orderingKlebold inwhatto do, She felt thatKlebold was doing thingsto try and impress Harris. She said that from theirposition on the landing of the stairwell, they began to shoot acrossthe cafeteria, towards the center of thecafeteria. She said that after they were shooting, theywalkedinto the cafeteriatowards the service line, Shesaid she couldn't be exactly sure of their path, as theywentnear the service lineover toward the kitchen, Shesaidoccasionallytheywould throw a pipe bomb intothe centerof the cafeteria. She said they then got in frontof the service lineand began shooting again towards the middleof the cafeteria, but now in a southerly directiontowards the exit doors, She said they threw severalmorepipebombs and then suddenly there was a largeexplosion and a large fireball. Campbell said that she could feel the heat from the fireball coming in herdirection,and she and the other students decided to run out the south door at that point.She said they ran out thesouth doors and then hid in the parking lot behind severalvehicles.

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LAKEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTREPORTING AGENT: DETECTIVE GEORGE MCGLYNN CASE NUMBER: 99-38856VICTIM: COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL DATE OF REPORT: 05/19/99

'llENSE: AOA/COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE/JEFFCO SHERfFPS OFFICEINFORMATION CONTROL NUMBERDN3434, FBI: 4A-DN57419, JCSO: eR #99-7625

Campbellsaid that therewas conversationbetweenHarrisand Klebold in the cafeteria, however shecouldn'trecall exactlywhat theywere saying. She did say that she heardone of themcommentingabout howmuch funtheywerehaving, and something to the effect"this is somuch fun", Campbellsaid that both suspectswerefiringweaponsand that there two distinctweaponsoundsas theywereshooting. She said she didn't actuallywatch the shooting, as she was trying to stay concealedin her position.

Campbelldiagramedthis on the cafeteriadiagram; theorangehighlighterindicatingher path into thecafeteria,thepurplehighlighter indicating her path out. In red shediagramed whereshe first saw Klebold,which I havein turn labeled IA. She thenmarkedwhere she sawKlebcld the secondtime, near the student entrance,which Ihave labeledlB . She then labeledwhere she sawHarrisandKleboldcomedownthe stairs, which I havelabeledIC and 3C. She indicatedwith red arrowstheirpath throughthe cafeteriaas best she could recall to the point

ere they were shooting at the center of the cafeteria. Theseare labeledHD and liD. The green arrowsthatweredrawn, indicationsby Campbellof directionofweapon fire from the suspects. The half green crescentsareareas that Campbellfeels were being targetedby the suspectswhen theywere shooting,

Campbell said thatwhen she and the otherswerebythe cars, theywereevacuatedby a SWAT team,over afence and through the soccerfield; they were then driventoClement Park.

Campbell describes her backpack as black in color, containing white foldersforher foodsclass, a pink folderanda purple binder, a white binder and assistantnotebook,schoollD andmiscellaneous pens andpencils.Campbellsaid that she was wearing purple shorts, had her hair in a Frenchbraid, and she was wearing herrunningshoes,as she had a trackmeet that afternoon,

Campbellsaid that she'd never heard of the trenchcoatmafiauntil this incident. She said that she had seenDylanKlebold in the school on several occasionsbut didn't knowit was him until after the incident occurred.

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l.A.ICEWOOD POUCE DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTREPORTING AGENT: DETECTIVE GEORGE MCGLYNN CASE NUMBER: 99.38856VICTIM: COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL DATE OF REPORT: 05/19/99

~ E N S E : AOA/COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE/JEffCO SHERIFF'S OFFICEINFORMATION CONTROL NUMBER DN3434. FBI: 4A.DN57419. JCSO: CR #99-7625

She said that she has had no problemswith anyonein the trenchcoatmafia and has heard of no other studentswho were havingproblems. She was alsounaware of anyonepickingon members of the trenchcoat mafia. Shesaid that she did see partof theRebel News Networkand did rememberseeing founrwenty (4:20), butdidn'tsay anything;but understood that 4:20 stood for the factthat it was NationalPot Smoking Day. Campbelldoeshave Internetaccess at home, but does not have an ICQaccount, and did not nor has not accessed anytrenchcoat mafia sites. Campbell estimated that she was in the cafeteria, fromthe beginning of the incidentuntil shewas evacuatedout to the cars, for approximately one hour. Campbell doesnot know anyonewith a doublepierced eyebrow. She has not heardof anystudentstalkingabout bombmaking, gun buyingor weapons, andammunitionacquisition, and she couldprovide no further information that might be helpful to the investigation.

Campbellwas questioned about any possible third suspectbeing involvedwith the two, eitheractivelyor:by, and she said that she never saw or heard any conversation betweenthe two about a third suspect, and

neverobserveda third suspect.

Campbellalso stated that shehas an athletic lockernearthe gymnasium which contains allofher athleticgearand track equipment.

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LAKlWOOD POUCl DEPARTMlNT SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTREPORTING AGENT: DETECTIVE GEORGE MCGLYNN CASE NUMBER: 99-38856VICTIM: COLUMBINEHIGH SCHOOL DATE OF REPORT: 05/19/99

'PENSE: AOA/COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE/JEFFCO SHERIFF'S OFFICEII'lFORMATlON CONTROL NUMBER DN3434. FBI: 4A-DN57419. JCSO: CR #9'7625

ADDITIONAL WITNESSES:1. Weeden, Brittany /2, Camacho, Jennifer , /3. Grande, Bryan v4. Marcotte, Joey V;, Gagre, Mike vi6, Kern (female student, last name unknown) ./These students were all at or near table "L" when the incident began,

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6655 West Prentice Ave.Lit t le ton, CO. 80123(303) 738-5790PARENTS:MOTHER:FATHER: Nancy CapraPeter CapraOBSERVATION / INVESTIGATION:

On May 4, 1999 I was assigned to interview Peter Capra a student atColumbine High School who might have been in the cafeter ia during theshootings.On May 5th a t 0930 I went to 6655 W. Prentice Ave. and contacted Peter

and Nancy Capra. Peter confirmed that he had been in the cafeter ia at thetime of the shootings, and he reported that he had been s i t t ing at tablelahled "K" yr; the diagram marked "Capra". Peter advised that he was withJohn Owens; Joel ( last name unknown) and s everal sub ject s whose names hedid not know. Pete r s aid that John Owens would know the o the r sub ject snames and J oe l's la st name. Peter repcrted that he arrived in thec af ete ria a t about 11:lOAM. At this time he did not see anything l ike aduffel bag in the cafeteria, but be said that there was a large number ofback packs already on the floor.Peter said th at while he was eating the students s i t t ing in thenorth-west corner of the cafeteria, at tables identified as WW, VV, OU, SS,TT, YY, and XX began diving under the tables and acting l ike they were"swatting bees". Peter said that he thO'.lght bees had gotten into the

cafeter ia . At th is same time a lady standing by the s ta i rs to the l ibraryhal l shouted for every to h it the ground. Peter related tha t his table gotdown and a t th is time he heard approximate five sh ots. They waited underthe table fo r a short period of time and then ran into the lower level ofthe auditorium on the east end of the cafeteria. Peter said that he wentup the s ta i rs to the upper level of the auditorium and got intb a grcup of


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",",99038856JUCB'lfOOD CO PI! . . . . 2 0< 2Supplement 05/05/99 ll73 STEFFES, TIMOTHYs tuden ts perpa ring to go out the north door into the north mail level hallwhen a teacher stopped them and told them to remain in the auditorium.Peter said that the group waited for about twenty minutes in the auditoriumunt i l a jan i tor directed them to go out the south-east cafeter ia enterance.Peter reported that the group exited the audi torium through the lower leveland l e f t the school by way of the hal l way leading to the east from thecafeter ia and then to the south through a cafeter ia lev el c lass room hal land into th e stu dent parking lot . From the lo t Peter advised that he wentto a park on the east side of South Pierce Street where he waited for aboutth i r ty minutes. From the park Peter advised he went to a fr iend 's (DanLott) house where he called his mother.

Peter reported that he did not see who was shooting nor did he seeanyone carry a duffel type bag into the cafeter ia while he was there.Peter did say that a friend, Tony Hasman, was standing in th e s erv ing l inewhen the shooting star ted and might have observed what occurred. Petercontinued to say that Lindsey Frank's brother (name unknown) had observedthe shooting that occurred on the hi l l . Peter gave me a phone number of470-7440 for the Franks.

Peter reported that during his third period science class he hadnoted a mild oder sim ilar to sulfur in the class room. Pe te r ind icat edthat the science class was located in the class room direct ly across thesouth main level hal l from the s ta i r way leading to the cafeteria. Petersaid that he re po rte d th e oder to the teacher and she repl ied that thev en tila tio n i n the class rooms is interlinked and the smell might Decoming from ano ther science room. According to Peter that he also ncticedthe same odor, but much stronger, in the south-east exi t from thecafeteria.Peter sa id that he does not know anyone associated with the TrenchCoat Mafia and has had no contact with any of i t s members. Peter reportedthat he did have a class with Eric Harris during the f i r s t semester las tyear but he had no contact with Harris. Peter advised that he had heardno rumors about the impending trouble or anyth ing having to do with ace le bra tio n fo r H it le rs bir thdate .

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L A . ~ O D CO PD "9':1..,:1.Supplement 05 /05 /99 1173 STEFFES, TIMOTHY eu 99038856when a teacher stopped them and told them to remain in the auditorium.Peter said tha t the group waited to r about twenty minutes in the auditoriumunt i l a jani tor directed them to go out the south-east cafeter ia enterance.peter reported that the group exited the auditor ium through the lower leve:and l e t t the school by way of the hall way leading to the east from thecafeter ia and then to the south through a c afe te ria le ve l c la ss room halland into the student parking lot . From the lo t Peter advised tha t he wentto a park on the east side of South Pierce Street where he waited for aboutth i r ty minutes. From the park Peter advised he went to a fr iend 's {DanLotti house where he called his mother.

Peter reported tha t he did not see who was shooting nOr did he seeanyone carr / a duffe l type bag into the cafeter ia while he was there.Peter did say tha t a friend, Tony Hasman, was standing in the serving l inewhen the sh oo tin g s tar ted and might have observed what occurred. Petercontinued to say that Lindsey Frank's brother (name unknown) had obserredthe shooting tha t occurred on the hi l l . Peter gave me a phone number of470-7440 for the Franks.Pet er r epo rt ed that during his third per iod sci ence class he hadnoted a mild oder similar to sulfur in the class room. Peter indicatedthat the science class was located in the class room direct ly acrcss thesouth main level hal l from the s ~ a ~ r way leading to the c a ~ a t e r i a . Petersaid that he r epor te d th e oder to the teacher and she re pl ie d t ha t thevent i la t ion in the class rooms is interl inked and the smell might becoming from ano ther s ci ence room. '. According to Peter that he also noticedthe Same odor, but much stronger, in the south-east exi t from thecafeter ia .Peter said that he does n o ~ ~ C w anvone associated w i ~ h the T r e ~ c hCoat Mafia and has had no contact with any of i t s members. Peter reportedthat he did have a class with Eric Harris during the f i r s t semester l as tyear but he had no contact with Harris. Peter advised tha t he had heardno rumors about the impending trouble or a n y t h ~ n g having to do with acelebration f or H it le rs b irt hd ate .

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LAKEWOOD POUCE DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTflORTlNG AGENT: GEORGE MCGLYNN CASE NUMBER: 99.38856VICTIM: COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL CATE OF REPORT: 04.27.99

OFFENSE: AOA/COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCEI JEFFCO SHERIFF'S OFFICE

SUSPECT:ERIC HARRISDYLAN KLEBOLO

WITNEss;INFORMATION CONTROL NUMBER: DN1043, FBI: 174AONS7419, JCSO: CR#9976251. CARDWELL, KRISTIN, OOB: Q4..06.a4

5235 west Lake Place, Littleton, CO 60123,3037959650Father: Mike cardwell, 5235 west Lake Place, Littleton, CO 60123, 303-795-9850. work. 303794-6055Mother: Judy Cardwell, 5235 West Lake Place, Littleton, CO 60123, 303-795-9650

INVESTIGATION:I was assigned Information Control Number DN1043, witness of Kristin Cardwell who had been Identified

by criminal ist ic units at Columbine High School as being a student in the cafeteria at the t ime of the incidentKristin Cardwell was identified by a backpack that was recOllered in the Columbine High School cafeteria.

On 042799, Detective Sarnackl and I responded to 5235 West Lake Place where we interviewed KnstinCardwell. Her motherwaspresent, however she did not want to be present for the interview. Kristin Cardwell toleus that a friend ofhers, Dianna Scheffer, had driven her and Dianna to school on 04-20-99. She said that tl1eyarrived at the school at approXimately 0720 hours and that they entered through the main entrance. They wentto their lockers, which are located on the main hall on the left side directly south of the main entrance. She saidthat after they got to their lockers and obtained their property they met with some f riends in main hall way.Oeanelte Muselman, Jamie Amo, Robin earroccia, and Allison Bobb. She said that they talked with their mendsfor several minutes and then Kristin Cardwelilell to go to her first hour Spanish class. She said she walked to theclass with Patrick Caruso. She said that she then left her first class to go her second hour class of jewelry. Shesaid that the only unuaual thmg during her jewelry class isthat Ben Wilson and Brandon Branson came to the doorof her jewelry class and told her that they were ditching school. She said that Justin Wilson, Ben's brother, worksin the attendance office. She didn't know jf Just in was going to cover for them or not. She said that they reallydidn't give any indicationwhy they were ditching school aside from the faclthatthey don't iike school. and she did

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LAKEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTALREPORTPORTINGAGENT: GEORGEMCGLYNN CASE NUMBER: 99-38856VICTIM: COLUMBINEHIGHSCHOOL DATE OF REPORT: 042799OFFENSE:AOAlCOLUMBINE HIG.H SCHOOLTASK FORCE! JEFFCOSHERIFF'SOFFICEnot leave with them. She said theymade no mention ofany events thatmight be happening later ,n the day Shesaid she then continued her jewelry class and then between second hour and third hour she went to her mathclass. Kristin Cardwell said that normally she wouid see DYLAN KLEBOLD between second and third ncur andthat he was usual ly passed him the hal lway direct ly north of the auditorium which connects the wings of thegymnasium and the math classes, She said that sMedid not see him on 04-2099,

She then left her third hourmath class to go to fourth hour science class and then from her science classwhen downstairs to the cafeteria for the "A" lunch. SMesaid thal she entered the cafeteria by gOing down thestairs and thenwalked along the south wail by the exit doors because that is the widest path through the cafetenawhich is usually crowded and up along the pillars to her table, She drew on the map where she thought thiS tablewas. She also identified this on the map as table "RR" however she couldn't be sure because me tabies on themap are aligned in such a way that they would not have been in the cafeteria, She indicated that when she arrivedat the table, most of the people were in l ine to purchase lunch but that the people that were sitting at her table

'e Laureen Maes, Aaron Hoffman, Deannette Muselman, Lori Reynolds;Jamie Klemet(and Jamie Arne.KrIstin Cardwell said that she placed her baCkpack on the table and immediately got In Uneand the llne

extended out to the first pillar from the service area. She said that she justgotten her pizzawhen she looked overto see Mr. Sanders come running from the area of the faculty lounge and a student by the name of Mark, (lastname unknown, possibly Offer) and Chris Marco. These three came running into the cafeteria yelllng, "everyonedown, there's a gun, a guy with a gun". Kristin initially thought there was a fight and she and Jamie held handsand dropped to the floor She said they then heard gunshots coming from parking lot and she attempted to getup and then saw what she thought was an explosion outside of the west windows of the cafeteria. She thenlooked out of the south cafeteria windows by the exits and thought she thought She saw a female get shot andfall down. She also thought that she a girl named Alisha was outSide and was going to heip this girl

Kristin Cardweil said that at this point people started running and screaming toward the stairs She andJamie then got up and started running, thought they wouid try and get to the elevator As they got to the eievalOrthey saw itwas too crowded and then thought about going into the bathrooms but did not want to become trappeaSo at this time, Mr, Andres and Mr. Andres, Jr. were opening the back door to the aucitonum storage room andwere escorting students into the auditorium. She said that they went to the aucitorium. went out onto the stageand then ran through the auditorium to the upper doors. They exited out through a north door of the auditorium

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LAKEWOODPOLICEDEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTALREPORT? O R T I N ~ AGENT: GE ORGE M CGLY NN CAse NUMBER: 99-38856

VICTIM: COLUMBINE HIGHSCHOOL DATE OF REPORT: 04-2799OFFENSE: AOA/COLUMBINE HIGHSCHOOLTASKFORCE! JEFFCO SHERIFF'S OFFICEand immediately to their west were several doors that were closed, which lead down a hallway to entrance intothe library. Kristin Cardweli said that they could hear gunshots coming from that area so they ran up the halltoward the main entrance, made a left, then a right. and another left which took them outside behind thegymnasium. She said that they then ran to an area referred to asthe "smoker's ptt which is in Clement Park nearthe tennis courts and batting cage. She said that when they arrived at the smoking pit. they heard that thegunmen were chasing them and they all ran toward the fountain at Clement Park. She said that when she arrivedat fountain she met upwith a friend, Christine 8ell Who lives nearby inthe Leawood area and Christine invited herto go to her house, which she did.

Kristin Cardwell could not describe how many gunshots or explosions she heard but said that she heardthem the entire time she was running from the building. She estimated that from the time that incident began andshe ran to the bathrooms until the time she got out of the buildingwas approximately five to ten minutes, with tenminutes being on the long side.

Kristin Cardwell said that she not noticed anything unusual during the morning prior to the incidentoccurring. She did not observe any backpacks or unattended duffle bags. She stated that ttwould not be unusualforthere be unattended backpacks or even duffle bags in the cafeteria as people routinely place these Itemsdownon the ground or chairs or tables to claim a spot and then go get on the lunch line.

Kristin Cardwell indicated that she had a blue Eastpack backpack. There was some writing on the packwhich included her locker combination, some Japanese Writingand a pink heart. She said inSide the backpackis her math book, science book, some ink, her vocabulary book, binders, pens. paper. a CD of "Drop KiCk' a makeup case and a calculator, possibly two calculators.

Kristin Cardwell said that she was wearing a paie green tank top. gray sweater. jeans. and black bootsI asked her how she knew that she had passed DYLAN KLEBOLD in the hallway everyday She said thai

she didn't know him until his picture was in news but it was definitely him that she passed everyday That heoccasionally wore a shirt that said "AOL, where all the cool hackers are". She said that words were spelledstrange. She believed "haCkers" was spelled phonetically and that 'cool" was spelled "Kwel" She said that shn"!was green with white leltering.

'Nith ragards to the "trench coat mafia", Kristin Cardwell said that while she was in Ken Caryl MiddleSchool, she had been told as an eighth grader that when she got into high school she would run into tne group

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LAKEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTALREPORTPORTING AGENT: GEORGEMCGLYNN CASE NUMBER: 99-38866VICTIM: COLUMBINEHIGHSCHOOL DATE OF REPORT: 0427-99OFFENSE: AOAICOLUMBINE HIGHSCHOOLTASK FORCEJ JEFFCOSHERIFF'SOFFICEknownasthe "trenchcoatmafia', She heardthat theywere a fringegroup, that theywere goodwith computers,and thatthey liketo wearblack,Shesaidshehas neverhadany problemswiththe "trenchcoatmalla', Shesaidthat Robin Carroccia's older sister, Amy hadbeenthe person who hadtold her that shewould beokaybecausemostof the "trenchcoatmafia' were graduatingwhenshe wascoming into ColumbineHigh School.

KristinCardwelldid not know of any otherpeople, suspects or students talking about making bombsorbuyingguns, or have experiencewith eitherHARRIS or KLEBOLO.

ADDITIONALWITNESSES:1. DEANNA SCHAFFER2, DEANm E MUSELMAN ../3, JAMIEAMOV4. ROBIN CARROCCIA" ALLISONBOBS

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These two students contactedKristinCardwell and told her theywere ditchingschool The onlyreasonthey gave herwas that theydon't like school.

JUSTINWILSON, brother ofBen Wilson,Heworks in theattendanceoffice andmayhavebeenawareof BenWilsonandBrandon Bransonleaving tha school.

,/AARON H O F F M A N ~ 'MARK OFFERCHRISMARCOLAUREEN MAESLORI R E Y N O L O ~JAMIE KLEMEl"'"JAMIEAMO/

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This witness left the school from an unknown location and met with Kristin Cardwell at ClementPark and Kristen to her residence,

AMYCARROCCIA}This witness is an older slster of Robin who told Kristin Cardwell about the "trench coat mafia

RYAN DEATHRIDGE/This wnness was apparently In the cafeteria when the incident occurred He was at K"SIICcardwell's house when I went to interview him,

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CC.HINUATION 0 Rcpot1ln.S AgttlC)' ReptlrtiniOfficer Case Report NoSUPPLEMENT v JCSO PETERSON 99762SXConnecting Cue ReponNo Vh,1tim Namt OriginalRepon Date fbi:/.Repcn

0518-99l - X FIRST DEGREE MURDER Offtftst. SQtua: Open X 0; '11011 E:u:-eptionally CIea:M RtcommentiC/lK': Review 0

Rtelamt'lali(ID a Clcarr:d !IyAflftI. 0 UmollflllN 0 C'JDSun' 0lIS:" IQuandt)' I Bralhi Name I De$crillljon I Seriel No ~ ~ ~ ~ I R ~ g t ~ I ~ ! : : t dWITNESSES:ChrisCarlstedt, dobl07-08-841657SouthIngallsStreetLittleton, Colorado 80123{303 )972-3997Student- Columbine HighSchoolDouglas Carlstedt, dobI03-04-55sameas abovef Work: LockheedMartin

(303l977-5420Marji Carlstedt, dobIOl-Og-56sameas above ,1 Work: sameas residence

INVESTIGATION:.n 05-18-99, at about 1000hours. I respondedto 7657SouthIngallsStreetto contactand interviewwitnessChrisCarlstedt.

Thisinterview was in referenceto the shootingat Columbine HighSchoolon 04-20-99.

Upon arrival. I contactedwitnessChrisCarlstedt, his father, witness Douglas Carlstedt, andhismother. witnessMarjiCarlstedt.Bothparents werepresentduring this interview,

Chris Caristedt advisedmethaton 04-20-99, hearrived in the cafeteria atColumbine HighSchoolbetween 1]10and ]115 hours.ChrisCarlstedt advised me thatuponenteringthecafeteria. hewascarrying a purplish/blue colored"REI"backpack thathe saton topof thetablethathe hadselectedto sitat. ChrisCarlstedt showed meOIl themapof theColumbineHighSchool cafeteriathetablehehadbeenseatedat. Thedrawingshowsthistableas being"PP."andis located in the centerof thecafeteria. ChrisCarlstedt advised he wassittingwith the following students at this tableon 04-20-99: KyleMickelson, RyanHasten, andJohnStockton. ChrisCarlstedtsaidhe got his lunch from the"RebelComer: andthensatdownat table"PP," ChrisCarlstedt alsoadvisedthatwhileseatedat thetable,hewas facing ina westerly direction towards thewindows of thecafeteriathatare locatedonthewest side. ChrisCarlstedtsaidall of a sudden, students in thecafeteriaand otherpeople beganto shout to getdownonthefloorandunderneath the tables. ChrisCarlstedr saidhe couldsee people locatednear the windowson the westside of the

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I ~ TQu/lmlt)'TBWld 'N lm f T[ ) e , c r i p t ~ I $crilll No l ' ~ ~ 1 ~ : ~ I ~ e - janythingin the future, he will contact meas soonas possible.

Chris Carlstedtsaid on 04-2()"99, he was wearing khaki colored shorts, a navy blue shirt, and a black baseball bat that said"Burton Snowboards." Chris Carlstedt said be does not know ofany students that have a doublepiercedeyebrow, and saidon04-20-99, the thoughtof the dayover theRebelNewsNetwork (RNN), he believedwas the statement,"Go ToLunch."

I gave ChrisCarlstedt,DouglasCarlstedt,andMmjiCarlstedt a businesscardwithmynameand phonenumberon it. I advisedthemi f theywished to talk to a JCSOVictimAdvocate in the future, to contactme and Iwouldmakethe necessary arrangementsfor them.

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Defendant: HARRIS/KLBBOLDDate: MAY 9, 1999Deputy D.A.:

Docket Number:C e Number: 99A062Investigator: DOYLE, P J

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FBI CASE 174A DN-57419

WITNESS CONTROL :NtJMBER 2604

JeSD CASE 99-7625

Reporting in vest ig ato r, P .J . Doyle, i s a commissioned peaceoff icer employed by the Dis t r ic t Attorney in the Fi r s t Judic ia lDist r i c t serving Jef ferson and Gilpin Counties. I am current lyassigned to as s i s t in interviewing witnesses from Columbine HighSchool.

On May 5, 1999 I spoke with Kathrine Marie Carls ton . She i s aFreshman.DOB: 4-17-847676 S. PierceLi t t le ton , CO

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303 976-9655Dad: Larry Carlston Work: 303 971-1293Mother: Eileen

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She went to school in the morning l ike usual . She went to a l lo f her c lasses . Things were normal up to the inc ident . She didn ' t90 to the cafe te r i a bafore lunch, and never not iced any duf f l e bags.

She got to the cafe ter ia about 11:09. Her choir class got outa l i t t l e ear ly . She sa t a t table 0 (see diagram) with Jenni ferBarnes and Nicole Boudreau (303 904-0946). She sa id tha t otherswere a i t t i ng a t the table , but ahe doean' t remember who they were.Jennifer Barnes was a i t t ing to the l e f t o f Katherine. She put herback pack down a f t e r she got her food. The pack was pre t ty muchunder the t ab le , and next to her chair .

While she was eat ing, a couple of people came in by the vendingmachines. Then, Mr. Sanders Came in the cafe ter ia . He wasacreaming to ge t down. She thought it was a joke and sa t there .Then, a couple of people atar ted to get down and tben more got down.Then, everybody was down. She heard some shots . She sa id it

scunded l ike "ra t ta t t a t " . The ahots sounded l ike they were comingfrom th e o utsid e, on the h i l l . Everybody waa crawling around. Sheheard more shots , maybe 3 o r 4. Every body s ta r t ing screaming. Sheacrambled to near table H. She l e f t her pack a t tab le O.

Kathrine saw people running up the a ta i ra and followed. Theg i r l in fron t of her f e l l and she helped her and then kept running.She aaw a couple p eople go in g to the science hal l . She saw NathanAnama going in the science hal l . She turned r igh t toward thescience ha l l . she missed the f i r s t door, and the second door waslocked with people still in the i r aeats, having clasa . She keptrunning un t i l her and Nate and a couple of other kids go to a turnand went in to another room. Mr. Sanders ended up in th i s room.Someone turned off the l igh t s . The got behind the wall where thedoor waa, so no one could see them. Daniel Grange ran in and sa idtha t Mr. Sandera got shot. They a l l sa t down and Mr. Sanders walkedin and f e l l over . Mr. Sariders f e l l on a rug tha t was by the "'hi tedoor. Mr. Sanders pul led himself under a t ab le with h is forearms.David Bacbhelder was next to Mr. Sandera. An aide took David to an

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off ice . The kids sa t with the l ights out . Mrs. Miller ran in acouple of t imes. She came in through the hallway doors .

The kids waited there for about twenty minutes. Katherinecould hear shots and bombs. She sa id there were over 6 bombs. Shecould fee l the bombs vibra t ing on the f loor , but couldn ' t t e l l wherethey were coming from.

She sa id th at things seemed to slow down. Mr. Friessen ran inand Aaron Haney said to take off the i r shi r t s ( to the guys) to useas compresses fo r Mr. Sanders. She thinks t ha t Mrs. Wyatt got af i re blanket to put on Mr. Sanders. He was coughing up blood. Mr.Sanders pre t ty much layed s t i l l unt i l the l a s t hal f hour they werein the room. She heard him twice saying he couldn ' t breath . He'dpush himself up and r o l l ove r .

Kathrine said tha t a lo t of the t ime, Mrs. Miller was on thephone with someone in contact with the SWAT team. The f i re alarmwas going o ff fo r a couple of hours, then the school be l l went offnon s top .

Kathrine sa id tha t the f i r s t hour or so, they were ta lkingabout t h e i r parents being worried about them. They were wonderingwhere f r iends and family members were. Some were crying . Some werepraying. Kathrine sa id , "Mr. Sanders hung in there the wholet ime. The person on the phone said the SWAT team would be theresoon. Mr. Sanders sa id he couldn ' t make it and sa id to , "Tel l mygi r l s I love them."

Before the SWAT team got there , they were to ld to lay down ands tay s t i l l . A SWAT guy came in , she thinks, through the hallwaydoor. He to ld them to s i t and up and put the i r hands on t he i r headsand to walk s ing le f i le out of there .

They went through severa ldoorway she never knew about.

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hands on t h e i r heads. A guy in the cOlllll\Ons area to ld them to keept he i r hands on t h e i r heads and not to touch any of the bags. Thesprinklers were s t i l l going off . There were broken ce i l ing t i l e s .They went up the s ta i r s passed Dan Robaugh and bohae l Scot t . Atthe top of the h i l l they ran by the fence to the cementin tersec t ion. Some pol ice Came over and took them to the soccerf i e ld . Then they went to Clement Park.

Diagram and team four interview guidel ine quest ions areat tached.

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2. Didyou seeanyonecarryingor in thepossessionof thoseduffelbags. at a previoustime? ) /03. Did yousee Eric Harris or DylanKlebold eitheron Mondayof Tuesday? Whatweretheydoing? IV (I

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** UPDATED APRIL 28, 1999 **TEAM FOUR INTERVIEW GUIDELINEMINIMAL QUESTIONS TO BEASKEDII. Have them markwhere they were sitting. their routeout of thebuilding andwhomtheywere with (if known) ?

12. How did you exit the building? Where did yougowhen you gotout and whatdidyou see ontheoutside of thebuilding?_.

13.Doyou usetheInternet? I f so, what isyourscreenname? Doyou havean ICQ(aka: I seekyou I similar toa chat line) account?

14. Doyouknow anybody witha "double pierced eyebrow" ?/'/C15.Did you see or hearany unusual announcements prior to the shootings? Doyouknow whatthe "'!houghtof thedaywas" over the RebelNewsNetwork (RNN)?J \u.-.';; '-A c""- vv s \... ~ C ' - " - ' - ' - L ).. ' V , , , ~ t C '\ t 4 - ~ ( ) - 1'116.Canyou provide any further information on themembers of theTrenchCoatMafia?~ / ; ; T ' .; > _-L\ \b ' - ' v - < . . . . ~ C,-,--",-"J, e--:J-....I

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4/30/99ate oftranscnpuon _=""-,,-,-,,,,,- _On 4/27/99, Jacqueline Carroll , DOB 2/14/99, 5682 SouthIngalls, Street , Li t t le ton, Colorado 80123, was advised of theident i ty of the interviewing Agent, and the nature and purpose ofthe interview. She was interviewed in the presence of herMother, Suzanne Carroll . She prOVided the following information.On 4/20/99, J a c k ~ e went to school at Columbine, andarrived a t approximately 7:00 a.m. She went to her f i r s t fourclasses, and e v e r y t h ~ n g seemed normal to her. Prior to lunch,

she has an off hour. In l ~ e u of her off hour, she went to alocal subway, and then returned to school to the cafe ter ia . Shearrived back at approximately 10:45 a.m. She then went to themath classroom area to meet her boy friend , E rion Teneyck. Aftermeeting her boyfriend, she went back to the c afe te ria a tapprOXimately 11:15 a.m. She then bought some chips on the lunchl ine and returned to her table. She does not recal l seeing anyduffel bags that caught her attention, however she said tha tthere are many larg e d uf fe l bags in the cafe ter ia on any givenday. To the best of her reCOllection, she was s i t t ing withfriends a t tab le I I . The follOWing students were s i t t ing at thetable with her.1. Tim Vacca2. J i l l Kamens3. Ereanna Lamely4. Jessica Friedman5. Brock LNU6. Ashley Pimley7. Josh Brinkleye. Andy Perlman JC-001- 002670

She sat back down at her table when she suddenly heard someoneyell ing get down, followed by Mr. Sanders and Mr. Kre itz er a ls oyell ing the same. She looked towards the windows, and saw smokeand heard a big boom. Jackie and her f rie nd s got down under thetable. She then got up and saw two individuals whom she couldnot identify dressed in black, crouched near the windows peekingin sid e the cafeter ia . People began screaming and y elling to getout. She then got up and ran to the s ta i rs , and subsequentlydown the hal l past the math and science wings. As she wasrunning down the hallway, she heard shots being f i red. The group

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Progress Report: Assist to JeffersonCounty SheriffInvestigator: Floyd R. MerenkovDate:04123199OnApril twenty, 1999, this investigatorwas paged to respond into the Arapahoe CountySheriffsOffice Investigations Division,concerning a shooting incident that was in progressat theColumbineHigh School, located in the unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado.At approximately 1500hrs this investigatorwas assignedalong with ACSO InvestigatorChrisManos to go to 6469 S. Yukon Street, also located in the unincorporated areaof JeffersonCounty,Colorado.Wewere instructed to attempt contact with a juvenile named AnthonyCaruso,whowas reported to be a friend of suspects:Harris, Eric......t approximately 1530his both investigatorsarrived in the area of 6469 S. Yukon Street.Investigators observed a pick up truck in the drivewayof the residenceand a red Chevy on the

northside of thehouse bearing Colorado LicenseOB19748.At approximately 1541 hrs this investigatorobserveda white male subject with grayinghair exit the house and open the overhead garage door. The SUbject entered and then exited thegarageclosing the door. The subject got into the truck preparing to leave, this information wastransmittedto investigations base. Base advised we should attempt to contact and identify thesubject.This investigatoralong with investigatorManoscontacted themale subject.Whenasked the male subject identifiedhimself as:Caruso, Anthony6469 S.YukonStLittleton, Co 80123DOB: 06/06133CO. PIN:92-036-9675Phone: (303) 979-5044Mr. Carusowas asked if he had a son namedAnthony that attendedColumbine HighSchool.MrCaruso advised he did not have a son namedAnthony, but he did have three othersons that attended Columbine HighSchool. He describedhis sons as follows: Jerome age 18,Jonathan age 16 and Justin age 14.Mr. Carusowas asked i fany of his sons knew or associated

witheither an EricHarris or a-'lr. Caruso responded that did not know ofa""lUt he thought his son J o n ~ E r i c Harris. Mr.Caruso, was given this investIgatorscard and told to page or call after talking withhis sons toconfirm there knowledge of eithersubject.Mr. Caruso paged this investigator back but 1was unable to call back till the followingrnormng.The following morning I spoke briefly withMrs. Caruso telling her I would beback intouch concerning interviewof her sons. Supervisionwas advised that the Caruso's had contactedthis investigator. It was at this rime supervision advised InvestigatorBriceMooMaw had alreadycontacted the Caruso's and for this investigatorto disregardcontacting them.That concluded this investigators involvement in this case.

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PRQGRESSREPORTCR# 9916215ASSIST TO JEFFERSON COUNTYTYPEDBY INVESTIGATOR JACKLYNGEE (ARAPAHOE COUNTY)On 042199, as an assistto Investigator BriceMoomaw, this Investigator responded to7056 W.Rowland Ave. inLittleton, Colorado (pb# 303979-3152) and met withastudent ofColumbine HighSchool reported to haveinfonnation on the shooting that hadoccurred on 042099.Upon arrival, thisInvestigatormet withtbe student, identified as:

Caruso, Anthony WtlliamDab: 0421B4

Anthony's parents, identified as:Caruso, Anthony JosephDob: 070949and Carusc.t'Pam" Roberta AnnDob 071348

were alsopresent. Anthony advised the following:ThatAnthony was inthe lunchroomat Columbine HighSchool on 042099withhis friends, SeanGraves andLanceKirkland.That SeanandLancewerewalking ahead ofAnthony to exitthe lunchroom andAnthony was lagging behind to finish eating his pizza.That Anthony was by the vending machines in the lunchroom whenheheard," pop.pop.pop,"ThatAnthony sawSean"go down", and alsosawsomeone pulling Seanback intothe lunchroom.That Anthony heardan unidentified teacheryelling, "get down, get down" , thenbeard"bombs" goingoff which he described asvery loud, causing a ringing inhisears.That initially Anthony stated thehe thought itwasa joke andfirecrackers were goingolf, thenwhenhe realized itwasn't a joke he thought, "thisain't happening,ain't real, ain't happening at my school."

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That Anthony began running, stating thatthere wasa "sea of people" going every.where, and further advised that he thought that Lance hadgotten lost in the crowdand was running behind him.That Anthony ranupstairs with"tons of people" andout of anexitto the fieldwhere Anthony saw smoke in the parking lot.That Anthony did not see the suspects, although advised that hedid not personallyknow"Dylan"(Klebold), but hasseenhim in the halJs and alsosaid that he neversaw"Dylan"wearing a trenchcoat and described himasa "normalguy,"

This Investigatoralso spoke to a subject identified as:Hodgson,BurtDab' 082854

who 'esidesat 7116W, Rowland Ave, Littleton, Co. (ph#303.979.S206). Burt advisedthe following:That his daughter, identified as:

Hodgson, Jennifer AnnDab: 070684was a student at Columbine High School.That Jennifer was not available, but was at school during the incident on 042199,That Jennifer told Burt thatwhen she saw the"trench coat sob's" in the hall(prior to this incident), shewould tum andwalkthe other wayto avoidthem,That Jennifer was inthe gymnasium whensheheard"popping"and hid in theweight roomwith someother kid's untila teacher (Mr. Marshall), leadherand theother kidsout of the closet to safety and told themto run,That Jennifer got out of the schoolandwent home

On 042199, this Investigator and InvestigatorMoomawrespondedto SwedishHospitalto meetwith the families ofAnnMarieHochhalter, ValerieSchnurr, RichardCastaldo,and SeanGravesto checkon their status.

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LAKEWOOD POLICEDEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT,>ORnNGAGENT: KARLA SARNACKI CASE NUMBER: 99-38856VICTIM: COI.UMBINEHIGHSCHOOL DATE OF REPORT: 05-07-99OFFENSE: AOAICOLUMBINEHIGHSCHOOLTASK FORCEI JEFFCOSHERIFF'SOFFICEINFORMATION CONTROL NUMBER: DN2607, FBI: 174ADN-57419, JCSO: CR#99-7625, TEAM 4,CAFETERIAWITNESSES, COLUMBINEHIGHSCHOOL

SUSPECT:ERICHARRISDYLAN KLEBOLO

WITNESS:1. CARUSO, JONATHAN,WlM, OOB: 11..Q4-82

6469SouthYukonStreet, Littleton, CO 80123, 303-979-5044Mother.Sandicaruso, 6469SOuth YukonStreet. Littleton, CO60123, 303-979-5044,WOrk: 303-850-2069Father: TonyCaruso,6469SouthYukonStreet,Littleton, CO 80123, 303-979-5044, work: 303979-5044

INVESTIGAnQN:On 05-07-99at 1045hours I interviewed Jonathan Caruso in the presence of his mother at his home.

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LAKEWOOD POLICEDEPARTMENTSUPPLEMENTALREPORT. ,'ORTING AGENT: KARLA SARNACKI CASE NUMBER: 99-38856VICTIM: COLUMBINEHIGH SCHOOL DATE OFREPORT:05-07-99OFFENSE: AOAlCOLUMBINE HIGHSCHOOLTASK FORCE!JEFFCOSHERIFF'SOFFICEINFORMATION CONTIROL NUMBER: ON2607, FBI: 174A-DN-57419, JCSO: CR#997625, TEAM 4,CAFETERIAWITNESSES, COLUMBINEHIGHSCHOOL

been shot outside. Hesaid a teacherandjanitortoldeveryone toget under the table. He stated theygot underthetableandat the timethoughtit was somekindof seniorprank. Jonathan statedhe got upbriefly and sawanexplosion froma caroutsidein the parking lot. He thought thiscarwas Eric Conan'sPathfinder.

Jonathan said that he ran into the eievator and took the elevator to the second floor, \Nhen the doorsopened they sawsmokeupstairsso theywentbackdownstairs in the elevator. The door opened andhe heardgunfire. HestatedMr.Andresgrabbed heandsomeotherkidsoutof the elevator. Theyweretold togo intotheauditorium, Hestatedboth Mr,Andres (Jr. and Sr.) locked the doors in theauditorium. Theywerethereten tofifteenminutes beforea Janitor usedakeytogetintotheaUditorium fromthe lower level. Thejanitortoldeveryonethatheoould gel themoutand instructed themtofollowhim, Hestated thatthealarmwasgoingoffasheenteredtheauditorium. Whenthey leflthe auditorium theystayed in the lowerlevelandexitedthe school from the southexit door.

Jonathan stated he had a blackEastpack backpack with a yellowstrip on the front pocket. Inside werejoumals, notebooks, andamathbook. He stated hewaswearing jeansatthetimeandcouldnotrememberwhatshirt, Jonathan did not rememberwhat the thoughtoHhe daywas .

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JSl!'nasoN COOllTY DIST1\.ICT AT't'01l.N'BY 'S Ol!'l!'ICE

Defendant:Date,l ) e p ~ t y t l .A. ,

(Columbine shooting)050599

Doeket Number'Case Number,Investigator,

99A060 (Rj99-7625Mike Heylin

WITNESS:Pat Caruso DOB: 0421847056 W. Rowland Ave.Lit t le ton, co 80123303-979-3152c/o mother; Pam Caruso (w} 303-742-3106

father; Tony Caruso (wl 303 289-3500-CBS student; in cafeter ia a t table YY: for 4th hour with PrestonJordan, Nick Buhrer, Tony Samara, and Brian Adams; in cafeter ia a ttable EE for lunch hour with David Lockwood, Jon Fries , and JamieAmo; i s neighbor to Chris and Nicole Markham and has seen trenchcoat students a t the Markham home; saw a trench coat suspect a t timeof shooting on west side of s ta i rs that are outside the cafeter iapointing a small gun a t a wounded student; saw tha t suspect throwsomething into the west lo t that flipped over and over l ike arevolver; saw this suspect reach into coat and pu l lou t some kind ofblack bag; thought this suspect looked l ike a trench coat student hehas seen before who had bad acne.INVESTIGATION:On May 4, 1999 a t 1001 hours I interviewed Pat Caruso a t his homewith his father present. ! had just finished an interview withPat 's twin brother, Anthony. Pat told me the following:

* He is a freshman a t Columbine High.1

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* when asked about Eric Harris , he said tha t he has seen him onceor twice in school but never heard the name before . He did not knowEric by face o r name.* When asked about Dylan Klebold, he said tha t he never saw himin school before and did not know him by face o r name. He sa id tha tabout one year ago, he thought he may have seen Dylan a t the home ofa f r iend, Chris Markham.* When asked i f he knew any other trench coat s tudents , herelated the si tuat ion a t the Markham's aome . He i s f r iends withChris Markham who i s also a freshman a t Columbine. He said tha tChris has an older s i s t e r named Nicole who i s dating a trench c oatstudent. He said tha t the Markham's l ive on s , pierce Ct. jus taround the corner from him. He thought tha t Nicole ' s mother hadto ld him to the ef fec t a while ago tha t Nicole and the t rench coatstudent were planning on get t ing maxri.ed and tha t the trench coatstudent would be moving in with them. He described the t rench coatstudent as being named, "Chris. " He descr ibed "Chris" as t a l l ,heavy, with shaved blond hai r . He saw th i s "Chris" over a t theMarkham's around the end of 1998, beginning of 1999 . He said t.hat"Chris" i s into act ion f igures and pain t bal l guns. Whenhas heard

asked a bo ut ahis name in re la t ion to

he said he does not know him butthe trench coat s tudents .

tha t name.* When asked about a he said he has not heard of

* He then re la ted tha t a f t e r th e s hootin g he obtained a r ide froma sophomore named Aaron ( las t name unknown) and a junior namedBrandon ( las t name unknown) who to ld them that they heard a yearago, when he waS in junior high, that the t rench coat students wouldtake over the school some day. He said tha t Brandon i s current ly inh is 5th hour German c lass .

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* He then described a trench coat student who he has seen onoccasion walk past him on the way home from school. He l a s t sawthis student in March. Re was walking home with Lance Kirklin andwhen they saw this student, they fe l t intimidated by h is presence.They were walking south on Pierce and turning west on Portland. Thetrench coat student they saw continued walking south on Pierce St.He described th is student as;

-white male, t a l l , skinny, walked hunched over, had curly longdark brown hair , a Boston Red Sox cap backwards, severe acne,wearing the bla ck tren ch coat, high 'biker" boots, black pant

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