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99038856Date: 04/21/99

Ref: AOA- JCSD, Homicide at Columbine High School

On 042099 at approx.1239 hrs.I arrived at LPDand was informed that SWAT wasbeingactivatedto assistthe Jefferson County Sheriff's Department at ColumbineHigh Schoolwith regard to a shooting incident.

I collected the Lakewood CrisisNegotiation equipment and withAgentEricEbeling, the onlyotheravailable SWAT-<:NT memberon-duty, drove to thestagingarea designated, Clement Park, arriving at approximately 1310 hrs,

On South PierceStreet, just northofthe HighSchool command officers andvehicles from various agencies were present. LittletonPD's Crisis NegotiationTeamwas presentand hadalreadyprepared their throwphone equipment fordeliveryand had designated a primaryand secondary negotiator. Officers werecollecting information fromteachers and students who had barricaded themselvesin the school. Littleton PD hadalso established a TOC (tactical operatious center)for data collection. Corporal MikeKelly, the supervisor for Littleton PD's CNT,was presentwith four members of their unit. I placedmyselfand Agent Ebelingunder Cpl. Kelly's command. Cpl, Kelly laterreceivednoticefromJCSD DanSittner(supervisorforJCSD's CNT unit) that the Littletongroupassembled underCpl. Kelly wasthe onlyCNTunit available for negotiation functions.

dsf/ti.JOther's lateradded to the CNTrrOC wereFBIS/A Mark J!4 J , and two orthreemembers ofthe Arapahoe CountySO. FBI SSIA DwaneFuselier was alsopresentand was an advisorto the group.

As the suspectshad notyetbeen named to my knowledge I contacted PeterHorvath, (;'olumbineDean of Students and SoccerCoach. He told me thatstudents who werewitness to the shootings had told him that thesuspects were;Dylan Klebold (he spelled it Kleybold) andEric Harris, bothstudents at CHS.He also advisedthat a third student, Chris Morris, was a closefriend ofthe othertwo and he lcnew them all as "trenehccats", This information was posted at theTOC and passedon to JCSD Sgt.Dan Sittner and Sgt. Phil Hy, MuchlaterAgentEbelingwas able to secure rap sheetsandphotos ofthese suspects and these weredelivered to the JCSD Command Post.

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The TOC was moved twice, oncefrom thesideofa Littleton PD vehicle thento anopenareaoutside the JCSD Command vehicle, thento the interiorofthe ArapahoeCounty Sheriff's command vehicle.

I advised Sgt. Sittner that should the needarise forcrisisnegotiations usingbullhorns a~ the school that both Ebeling and I would be available.

At 1544 hrs, I monitored a broadcast from theLPD Communications Centerthattheybad received a call from a student in the school that he bad just beenshot. Icalledthe CommCenterand spoke with Bee-armClark, the operator whohadtakenthe ~I. She advised that a "Brian Beers" age 18, calling in on ext. 7112,saidhe'd beenshot through the lungs five minutes before. Thecallersaidhe wasby the women's bathroom in the gym. The callwas thendisconnected and was nottraceable. I aired this information, but later learned thatthe gym had already beencleared by one of the SWAT teamsandthis report was a prank.

Following the return of the LPD Tactical SWAT to the command areathe CNTand TOCfunctions werediscontinued. Cpl, Kelly took charge of all of theprepared cQat'ts and data for delivery to lCSD.

I wentoff duty at approximately 1730 hrs.

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OBSERVATION/INVESTIGATION:

On Tuesday, 04/20/99, at about 1245 hours I responded to the LakewoodPolice Department regarding a SWAT call-out. I met Agents Hitchens andKraemer at the station and I was instructed to drive the department'sproperty van to Columbine High School, 6201 South Pierce Street. AgentKraemer told me the van would be used as a rescue vehicle. Agent Kraemerdrove a marked Lakewood police car to the area of Bowles Avenue and PierceStreet and I followed him in the van. We arrived in the area at about 1330hours.

Opon arrival, Agents Hitchens, Kraemer and I contacted Lakewood Police Sgt.Hinkle at Leawood and pierce. Sgt. Hinkle told us that we would be thenext "reaction team" to be sent to the school. At about 1350 hours werelocated to the Littleton Police Department's Command Post at Fair Avenueand Pierce Street. Sgt. Hinkle told us that our mission was to locatetwo suspect vehicles in the school's south parking lot. He described thevehicles as a black Honda coupe with a "Ramstein" bumper sticker in theback window and an older model black Mercedes with a "NIN" bumper stickerin the back window.

At about ~408 hours Sgt. Hinkle, Agents Hitchens, Kraemer and I left thecommand post with a "Loomis" armored truck. Sgt. Hinkle was inside thetruck and Agents Hitchens, Kraemer and I walked behind the truck to theschool's south parking lot. We traveled west through the lot and at about1416 hours I saw a black Honda parked in the first row, directly south ofthe school. The Honda was about 75 yards west of Pierce and about 30 yardssouth of the building. I ran over to the Honda and saw a "Ramstein"bumper sticker in the back window. Agent Kraemer put a "Stinger" stopstick behind the car's rear tires. I looked into the car and saw a blueblanket in the backseat. I saw a bulge under the blanket but I wasn't ableto discern what the bulge was. Agent Kraemer reached into the car throughthe driver's door and lifted a corner of the blanket. He said he didn'tsee anybody under the blanket and the bulge appeared to be a propanebottle. Agent Kraemer and I returned to the rear of the armored truck andwe traveled about 20 yards to the west before stopping in the south parkinglot.

Agent Hitchens and I watched the school's south facing windows and, atabout 1422 hours, Agent Hitchens told me he saw movement through a groundlevel glass door. Agent Hitchens said he saw a person moving near thedoor and a short time later he said he was moving to the door to remove a

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hostage from the building. I covered Agents Hitchens and Kraemer as theyapproached the building and they escorted two white males to the armoredtruck. One male was crying and was unable to speak. He later identifiedhimself as "Louis· and said he was a Columbine student. The other maleappeared to be about 55 years old. The older male climbed into the rearof the armored truck and Louis stayed outside of the truck with AgentsHitchens, Kraemer and me.

We maintained our position in the school'S south lot and were eventuallyjoined by sgt. Romaniec, Agent Wilson and Agent sawyer. Agent Hitchensand I then moved north towarde the school and watched the school's main,south entrance. I noticed a window on the ground floor level had beenshattered and tbere was a large amount of glass on the sidewalk near thiswindow. I also noticed a window on the school's second floor, southwestcorner had been shattered and most of the glass was missing from the pane.I also saw a white female lying on the sidewalk near the southwest cornerof the building. This female, who was wearing blue jeans and a lightcolored top, was not moving.

At about 1440 hours I saw a white male lean out of the shatteredsouthwest, second story window. It looked like he was going to jump outthe window and Agent Hitchens and I yelled at him to stay where he was.The armored truck moved north towards the school and Agent Wilson and Iclimbed into the back of the truok. I watched the school's ground levelwindows as the truok moved under the shattered window. Agent Wilson and Iwatohed the windows until the male was removed from the window and oarriedto the hack of the truok. This male, who identified himself as Richard,told Agent Wilson and I that he had been shot. He was bleeding from hishead/neok area and he had difficulty answering our questions. It appearedRichard was going to go to sleep and Agent Wilson and I spoke to him andshook him to keep him awake. The armored truck was backed away from thebuilding to the south lot where Agent Wilson and I got out of the vehicle.I assumed a "cover" position behind a car until the truck returned withSgt. Loar, Agent Beattie and Agent Kimmey.

Sgt. Loar told me that we were going to follow the truck north to theschool's main, south entrance and that we were going to search theschool's southeast, ground floor. We, as a team, moved to the school andentered the building. We initially entered the cafeteria and I noticedthat the sprinkler system had been activated and the floor was coveredwith about 1" of standing water. I also noticed backpacks on the cafeteriafloor and on the room's tables.

Sgt. Loar, Agent Hitchens and I formed a three man search team and, alongwith Agent Kraemer, Sgt. Hinkle, Sgt. Romaniec, Agent Beattie and AgentKimmey searched the southeastern portion of the ground floor. We did notfind any hostages nor did we find any suspects. We then re-searched thesame area, doing a "micro search". Once again we did not find anybody Lrthat section of the building. Agents Kraemer, Hitchens, Sawyer and I .eventually moved up to the second floor library area. I saw three peoplelying on the library floor: two females and one male. None of thesepeople moved. I then moved downstairs and searched the cafeteria withAgent Wilson. We didn't find anybody in that section of the'building.

The search team then moved outside to the south, main doors. Sgt. Lear

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and I searched the southwest area of the school's south parking lot for thesecond suspect vehicle, the black Mercedes. We found a black BMW about100 yards southwest of the school. The BMW, Colorado license plateGBZ-2636, had a "NIN° bumper sticker on the window. I looked into the carand saw two clear bottles in the front passenger compartment. One bottlewas on the driver's seat and the other was on the floorboard between theseats. Both containers contained a yellow/orange liquid and I noticedbundles of matches had been taped to the top of the containers. Theseitems appeared to be "Molotov Cocktails". I also saw two plastic gascontainers in the back seat of the car. I told Agent Marcus Motte of theBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms about the car and where it waslocated.

At about 1700 hours we left the building'S south side and the Lakewood SWATteam returned to the area of Laewood and Pierce.

See other reports for further details.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

I saw a black, plastic bottle on the stairs leading from thecafeteria to the second floor. I also saw what appeared to be the remainsof an exploded metallic pipe bomb on the landing. There were severalnails on the stairs and floor.

I also saw a white male, lying on his back in a room just to the east ofthe library. This male was not wearing a shirt and did not move. Heappeared to be in his sa's •

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OBSERVATION/INVESTIGATION:

ON 042099 AT APPROXIMATELY 1139 HRS SHOTS WBR.E FIRED AT COLUMBINE HIGHSCHOOL, 6201 S PIERCE ST. AT 1148 BRS, THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'SDEPARTMENT REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FROM THE LAKEWOOD PD SWAT '!'BAM. AT 1251BRS, I ARRIVED ON SCENE WITH AGENT SLATER, SGT HINKLE, AND SGT ROMANIEC.

AT APROXIMATELY 1302 HRS, LAKEWOOD PO SWAT TEAM MEMBERS RESPONDED TO THEWEST SIDE OF THE SCHOOL TO ASSIST DENVER PD SWAT WITH A RESCUE OPERATION.AFTER ARRIVING AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE SCHOOL, AGENT BARTLETT AND I WEREASSIGNED TO RELIEVE TWO DENVER PD SWAT TEAM MEMBERS ON PERIMETER POSITIONSON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING. I TOOK A POSITION BEHIND A SHIELDJUST NORTH OF THE EAST END OF THE GYM. AGT BARTLETT TOOK A POSITION ATTHE EAST END OF A TEMPORARY BUILDING, ALSO ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE GYM.

AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 HRS, I WAS REl.IEVED BRIEFLY BY AN ENGLEWOOD PDOFFICER. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES, I RESUMED MY POSITION. IREMAINED THERE UNTIL I WAS RELIEVED BY FBI AGENTS AT APPROXIMATELY 1650BRS .

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LAKEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENTSUPPLEMENTAL REPORT

CASE NUMBER: 99-38856

DATE OFREPORT: 4122/99TIME OF REPORT: 1700HRSREPORTING OFFICER: SGT HINKLE #1514LOCATION OFOFFENSE: COLUMBINE mGH SCHOOLNATURE OF REPORT: ASSIST OTHER AGENCY

ON 4120199 AT APPROXIMATELY 1210HRS I WAS NOTIFIED BY CAPTAIN GARNEROFA JEFFERSON COWiTY CALL ATCOLUMBINE mGH SCHOOL CAPTAINGARNER SAID THAT SHOTS HAD BEEN FIRED AND THAT BOMBS WERE BEINGDETONATED. I TURNED ONMYPOLICE RADIO AND BEGAN MONITORING IT.

SGT NATE MILLER, WHO WAS ONSCENE ASSISTING THE SHERIFF'SDEPARTMENT, ADVISED THAT THERE WERE 200POLICE OFFICERS ONSCENEAND THREE SWAT TEAMS. HE SAID THAT THEY PROBABLY DIDNOT 1'<'EED SWATASSISTANCE FROM OUR AGENCY,

AT APPROXIMATELY 1220HRS JEFFCOREQUESTED ADDITIONAL SWATPERSONNEL. I CONSULTED WITH LTCOLEMA."f, WHO WAS THE WATCH ONECOMMANDER, AND CAPTAIN GARNER. THEY INSTRUCTED ME TOGEAR UP THEON-DUTY LAKEWOOD SWAT PERSONNEL AND GO TOTHESCEc'lE,

I PASSED ONTHESE INSTRUCTIONS TOON·DUTY SWAT PERSONNEL AND WELOADED UPTHE SWAT VAN. WE LEFT THE POLICE STATION AND BEGANTOWARDS COLUMBINE mGH SCHOOL. ENROUTE, WE MONITORED RADIOTRAFFIC ABOUT SHOTS BEING FIRED ON THE WEST SIDE OFTHE SCHOOL.

WE ARRIVED ATTHE SCHOOL AT APPROXIMATELY 1245HRS. SERGEA'ITSTREETER WAS ALREADY ONSCENE, AND HE REPORTED TO METHAT HEHADALREADY CHECKED IN WITH THE JEFFCO COMMAND POST. THEY WERE NOT YETREADY TOPROVIDE A SPECIFIC MISSION. INTHE INTERIM, WE HAD RECENEDREPORTS FROM OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL THATTHERE WEREMANY VICTIMS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OFTHE SCHOOL WHO WEREWOUNDED AND NEEDED TO BERESCUED.

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BASED ONTHE EXlGE."lT CIRCUMSTANCES, IFORMED OtJRTEA1\1 AND PLACEDSERGEANT ROMANIEC IN CHARGE, WITH SERGEANT STREETER ASBACKUP. ISAW OFFICER BRUCE TOW FROM DENVER POLICE SWAT, AND I INSTRUCTED OlJRTEAM TO JOINUP WITH DENVER SWAT TOBEGIN RESCUING WOlJNDEDSTUDENTS. OUR TEAM DEPARTED THE COMMAND POST AT 1302HRS.

LT BRENNA1\f ARRIVED AND INSTRUCTED ME TORE-ESTABLISH LWSON WITHTHE JEFFCO COMMAND POST. I DID SO BYMAKING CONTACT WITH SERGEANTRANDY WEST. I INFORMED HIM OF OUR TEAM'S STRENGTH AND CURRENTOPERATION WITH DENVER SWAT. I ALSO POINTED OUT THELOCATION OF 0l3RLAKEWOOD SWAT VAN, AND SAID THAT WE WOULD BE STANDING BYFORADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS.

A LOOMIS ARMORED CARARRIVED, DRIVEN BY RON KORZEN. HE SAID THATLOOMIS HAD AUTHORIZED USTOUSE THEIR ARMORED CARIN WHATEVERCAPACITY WAS NEEDED. SEVERAL OTHER LAKEWOOD SWAT MEMBERSARRIVED, AND I FORMED A SECOND REACTION TEAL'vl:.

LTBRENNAN GAVE MEAMISSION TOLOCATE TWO POSSffiLE SUSPECTVEIDCLES IN THE WEST PARKING LOT. ONE WAS A BLACK OLDER MODELMERCEDES WITH A"MIN" DECAL, AND THE OTHER WAS A BLACK HONDA WITH A"RAMSTEIN" STICKER. OUR REACTION TEAM CONSISTED OFSERGEANTROMANIEC, ACCOMPANIED BYAGENTS KRAEMER, DEWHURST, SAWYER,HITCHENS, AND 'NILSON. I TOLD RON KORZEN IT WAS IDS CHOICE AS TO\VHETHER HE WOULD DRIVE, ORV,IE WOULD. RON SAID, "I'M HERE -. I MIGHT ASWELL DRIVE." JOECOUCH, A LOOMIS MANAGER, CHOSE TO GO WITH USINTHEPASSENGER COMPARTMENT OFTHE TRUCK.

WE LOCATED THE HONDA WITH THE "Rfu\1STEIN" STICKER IN THE SOUTHPARKING LOT. AGENT KRAEMER REPORTED THAT THE CARHAD WHATAPPEARED TOBEA PROPANE TAL'lK UNDER A BLAL'OCET ONTHEBACK SEAT. IRELAYED THIS INFORMATION TOTHE COMMAND POST. BECAUSE OFTHEDANGER OF EXPLOSION, WEMOVED ON. (EARLIER WE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT'PROPANE BOMBS' HAD BEEN USED BYTHE SUSPECTS.)

ONE OFTHE TEAL\1 MEMBERS INFORMED ME OF SEVERAL POSSffiLE HOSTAGESATA DOOR ONTHESOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING. I INSTRUCTED THE TEAlVf TORETRIEVE THEM, MID THEY BROUGHT BACK A STUDENT (FIRST NAME "LOUIS")AND A TEACHER ("''HOSENAME WAS NOT REPORTED TO ME). I ijAD DISPATCHCHECK THE STUDENT'S NAlYfE AGAINST A LIST PROVIDED BYJEFFCO SCHOOLS.(IDS LAST NAME COULD BERETRIEVED FROM DISPATCH TAPES, IF NECESSARY.)

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THE TEAM-POINTED OUT A SIGN INAWINDOW ONTHE WEST SIDE OFTHESCHOOL, SECOND FLOOR. THE SIGN SA4Y'I BLEEDING TO DEATH." AGENTKRAEMER REQUESTED PERMISSION TOFORM A RESCUE TEAM TO ENTER THESCHOOL AND GOTO THAT LOCATION, At"ID I TOLD HIM WE COULD NOT DOTHAT.(THE SMALL SIZE OF OUR TEAM, THE APPROACH THROUGH A FATAL FUNNEL -­THE INTERIOR STATRWAY FROM THE CAFETERIA -- AND THE PRESENCE OFOTHER SWAT TEAMS ATUNKNOWN LOCATIONS ALL POSED EXTREME DANGERSHOULD WE UNDERTAKE SUCH ANOPERATION.) HOWEVER, I DID RADIO THEINFORMATION TO THE COMMAND POST, AND SOON RECEIVED WORD THAT TWODE:t-.'VER SWAT TEAMS WERE CLEARING THE SECOND FLOOR.

A JEFFCO PATROL DEPUTY REPORT".J) THAT HEHAD.HANDS AND BROKENGLASS COMING FROM THE SECOND FLOOR, WEST SIDE. LOOKING UP, I SAWAWOUNDED STUDENT LEANING FROM AWINDOW DfRECTLY ABOVE THECAFETERIA. THIS STUDENT (LATERIDENTIFEID ASPATRICKfRELAND) WASOBv10USLY WOUNDED BADLY AND WAS DESPERATE TOESCAPE. ITLOOKED ASTHOUGH THESTUDENT WAS EITHER GOING TOJUMP ORFALL FROM THEWINDOW. I TOLD THETEAM THAT WE WERE GOING TORESCUE THE STUDENT,At"ID INSTRUCTED RON TO DRIVE FORWARD.

WE DROVE OVER A CVRB AND A PLANTER TOGET TO THE STh'DENT. STOPPINGIMMEDIATELY BENEATH HIM. SERGEANT ROMANIEC AND AGENT KRAEMERWENT ON THE ROOF OFTHE ARMORED CAR AND BROUGHT PATRICK DOWN.

I SAW A SECOND STUDENT LYING ON THE GROUND PERHAPS TEN YARDS AWAY.AND SAID. "LET'S GET HIM. TOO." HOWEVER, A SWAT OPERATOR FROMANOTHER JURISDICTION WAVED US OFF, TELLING USTHAT THE STUDENT WASDEAD. (HE WAS A MALE, TEENAGED. WITH BROWN MEDJ:UtvI-CUT HAIR.WEARING A UGHT COLORED SHIRT At"ID JEANS.)

WE REVERSED COURSE A.'ID BACKED om TOPIERCE STREET, WHERE WERELEASED OURTHREE RESCUED CITIZENS TOPARAMEDrCS A.."ID OTHER LAWENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.

LTBRENNAN THEN GAVE MEA SECOND MISSION, NAMELY TO CLEAR THEGROUND FLOOR AREA SOUTHEAST OFTHE CAFETERIA. I FORMED ANOTHERTEAM WITH SERGEANTS toAR AND ROMANIEC; WE BEGAN A SYSTEMATICSEARCH OFTHEAREA. ALL ROOMS WERE CLEAR. AGENT KRAEMER HADTOUSE TWO SHOK-LOK ROUNDS TOGET INALOCKED JANITOR'S CLOSET. IMENTALLY NQTED THE LOCATION OF FIVE DIFFERE.."IT SPOTS WHEREEXPLOSIVES HAD DETONATED, AND WHERE PIECES OFBOMB FRAGMENTS

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(BOTH PIPE AND PROPANE) REMAINED.

ONCE THIS MISSION WAS FINISHED, LTBRENNAN HAD ME RETURN TOTHETACTICAl OPERATIONS CENTER. THERE HE GAVE MEA THIRD MISSION: TOCONDUCT A MICRO·SEARCH OFTHE ENTIRE GROUND FLOOR FORSUSPECTS ORVICTIM.s. I RE-FORMED THE TEAM AND WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS MISSIONWITHOUT INCIDENT. SERGEANT ROMANIEC AND AGENT KRAEMER USED TWOADDITIONAl SHOK·LIK ROUNDS TOOPEN A DOOR IN THE KITCHEN THAT HADBEEN LOCKED.

I INSTRUCTED OURPROPLE TOCONDUCT AFURTHER SEARCH OFTHE PARKINGLOT FORTHE MERCEDES, WHICH HAD NOT YET BEEN LOCATED. SGT LOARDISCOVERED A BLACK BMW WHICH MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION (WITH "NIN"DECAl) AND MOLOTOV COCKTAILS INPLAIN VIEW INSIDE OFTHECAR..

FURTHERMORE, Vv"E ALSO LOCATED ABLUE DATSUN WITH AN"NIN"DECAl INAWINDOW, WITH A BACKPACK VISIBLE ON THE BACK SEAT. IT WAS ABOUT TENYARDS FROM THE DECEASED STUDENT WE HAD LEFTBEHIND DURING THERESCUE. BYTHEBACK BUMPER WERE ANUMBER OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE.223 CALIBER SHELL CASINGS.

INFORMATION ONBOTH CARS, INCLUDING LICENSE PLATES, WAS REtAYED TODlSPATCH FORLISTINGS At"lD HARD COPIES.

MEMBERS OFTHE AlCOHOL,TOBACCO, At"iD FIREARMS DENVER OFFICE!TACTICAlTEAM ARRIVED. I WAS TOLD BYLT BRENNAN THAT THEFBIWASGOING TO SECURE ALLDOORS, AT WHICH POINT WEWERE TO TURN OVER THESCENE TOTHEM. AFTER A PERIOD OFTIME, SGT STREETER INFORMED ME THATTHE FBIWAS NOTGOING TO APPROACH CLOSER THAN THE PARKING LOTABOUT 30 YARDS SOUTH OFTHE CAFETERIA. SGT STREETER CONFIRMED WITHTHE FBITHAT THIS WAS OUR"OFFICIAL" POINT OF RELIEF.

HAVING SEEN OBVIOUS ITEMS OFEVIDENTIARY VALUE INSIDE, I WANTED TOBESURE THAT THESE ITEMS WERE MARKED TOCRIME SCENE PERSONNEL SINCEATF AGENTS WERE ALREADY WELL WITHIN THE FBIPERIMETER, I CONTACTEDATF AGENT JEFF BROWSE AND TOURED THE CAFETERIA AREA WITH HIM ANDSOT ROMANIEC. I POINTED OUT THE EXPLOSION POINTS AND THE SHOK·LOK'DDOORS TOAGENT BROWSE.

I THEN REPORTED TO THE FBIAGENT CLOSEST TOTHE CAFETERIA (AGENTRICHARD GILL). I REMANDED CUSTODY OFTHE LAKEWOOD PORTION OFTHE

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CRIME SCENE TOHIS CONTROL.

MYACTIONS FROM THIS POINT CONSISTED OFREGROUPING TI:IE TEAlvI,INVENTORYING EQUIPMENT, AND TI:lEN REPORTING TOLEAWOOD ELEMENTARYFORTI:IE SHOOT TEAM DEBRIEFING. 1SUBSEQUENTLY DROVE TI:IE SWAT VANBACK TO OURPOLICE STATION AND SECURED IT PERPROCEDURE.

NOTES: FOREXACT TIMES, REFER TO DISPATCH LOG.

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ON 4-20-99, AT APPROXIMATELY 1245 !iRS. I RESPONDED TO THE LAKEWOODPOLICE DEPARTMENT IN RESPONSE TO A SWAT CALL OUT. I MET WITH AGENTSKRAEMER AND lJEWHtJRST. AFTER SUITING UP, WE DROVE TO THE COL1JMBlNE H. S. AT6201 S. PIERCE ST. WE WERE MET BY SGT HINKLE WHO TOOK US TO THE LITTLETONCOMMAND POSITION. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WE..'l.E GOING TO USE A LOOMIS ARMOREDTRUCK AND LOCATE TWO SUSPECT VEHICLES IN THE SOOTH PARKING LOT. SGT HINKLEWAS TO RIDE IN THE TRUCK AND GIVE THE DRIVER DIRECTIONS. AGENTS KRAEMERAND DEWHtJRST WERE TO LOCATE THE CARS AND PLACE STOP STICKS UNDER THE TIRESAS TO STOP THE SUSPECTS FROM EFFECTING AN ESCAPE. I WAS TO PROVIDE COVERFOR KRAElolER AND DEWHORST WHEN THEY LEFT THE COVER OF THE TRUCK. WE TOOKOFF FORM THE COMMAND POST AT 1408 HRS. TO THE SOOTH PARKING LOT. AGENTDEWHURST LOCATED ONE OF THE SUSPECT'S CARS AND WENT WITH KRAEMER TO DISABLETHE CAR. THEY ADVISED ME THAT THEY HAD PLACED THE STOP STICKS AND IN THEPROCESS HAD DISCOVERED WHAT THEY BELIEVED TO BE AN EXPLOSIVE DEVISE IN THEBACK SEAT OF TilE CAR. ( HONDA PRELlJDE) I PASSED THAT INFORMATION TO SGTHINKLE:. AFTER THE CAR HAD BEEN DISABLED, WE PROCEEDED ABOUT 25 YARDSFURTHER seers TERU THE LOT. I SPOTTED 11 SIGN IN A WINDOW LOCATED ON THESECOND FLOOR S/W CORNED OF TEE SCll:OOL. THE SIGN READ " I BLEEDING TO DEATH'. I TOLD SGT HINKLE ABOUT THE SIGN AND WAS ADVISED THAT DENVER SWAT WASHANDLING THE SECOND FLOOR. I SPOTTED MOVEMENT ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND ADENVER SWAT MEMBER MOTIONED ME OVER TO HIS POSITION. I WENT TO THE DOORAND WAS GIVEN TWO VICTIMS. I CALLED AGENT KRAEMER OVER AND HE TOOK THEYOUNGER VICTIM AND I TOOK THE OLDER VICTIM BACK TO THE TRUCK. WE HAD NOPLACE TO SECURE THE 1">'10 THAT WOULD BE AS SAFE AS THE TRUCK SO WE KEPT THEMWITH OS. WE WERE JOINED BY SEVERAL OTHER OF OUR TEAM SOON AFTER WE TOOKTHE VICTIMS. AT ABOUT 144 OHRS. I SAW SOMEONE ON THE SECOND FLOOR ON THESOOTH WALL OF THE SCHOOL. HE WAS BLEEDING AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT OFTHE ROOM i LIBRARY 1 I YELLED FOR HIM TO STAY WERE HE WAS THAT WE WOULDCOME AND GET HIM. HE APPEARED TO UNDERSTAND AND MOVED BACK INSIDE THEROOM. I'<"E DROVE THE TRUCK al? TO THE BROKEN OUT WINDOW AND SGT ROMANIEc ANDAGENT KRAEMER GOT UP ON THE ROOF OF THE TRUCK TO ABSIST THE BOY OUT OF THEWINDOW. THE REST OF THE TEAM COVERED THE WINDOWS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ANDABOVE as. WHEN ROMANIEC AND KRAEMER GOT HIM DOWN TO THE ROOF, TIlEY PASSEDHIM DOWN TO ME. THE BOY WAS BLEEDING FROM WOUNDS TO HIS RIGHT LEG HIP ANDHE HAD SEVERAL CUTS ON THE REST OF HIS BODY. AGENT SAWYER AND I GOT HIM TOTHE BACK OF THE TRaCK AND TRIED TO KEEP ilIM AWA.'<E. KRAEMER GOT INTO THETRUCK AND STAYED WITH THE BOY. THE TRUCK WENT BACK TO THE COMMAND SITE ANDAS THEY LEFT, THEY PICKED UP THE FIRST TWO HOSTAGES. AFTER THE TRUCK LEFT,1"dE REMAINING TEAM TOOK 11 POSITION BEHIND THE CARS. WE SPOTTED MOVEMENTINSIDE TilE GOUND LEVEL THAT APPEARED TO BE STUDENTS. WE MOVED UP TO THEFIRST ROW OF THE CARS SO WE COULD ASSIST THE STUDENTS AS THEY LEFT THEBUILDING. ABOUT 200 OR SO STUDENTS LEFT THE SCHOOL AND WERE EVACUATED

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70WARDS THE NORTH. THE ARMORED TRlJCK CAME BACK AND THE TEAM FELL L'I BEHINDIT AS WE APPROACHED THE LUNCH ROOM DOORS. WE ENTERED THE BUILDING ANDCONDUCTED A SEARCH ON THE FIRST FLOOR S/E. WE DID NOT LOCATE ANY STUDENTSAND THE ONLY INCIDENT WAS AGENT KRAEMER USING HIS SHOTGUN TO SHOT-LOCK ADOOR THAT WAS LOCKED. WE ENTERED THE LUNCH ROOM. THE SPRINKLER/ FIRESYSTEM WAS ACTIVATED AND THERE WAS A COUPLE INCHES OF WATER ON THE FLOOR.ON THE STEPS LEADING UP TO THE LIBRARY, THERE WERE SEVERAL SPEND SHELLCASINGS AND AN UNEXPLODED PROl?ANE CANISTER. IN THE LUNCH ROOM ITSELF,THERE WERE SEVERAL PIPE BOMBS THAT ll:AD DETONATED. WE WERE CALLED UP TOASSIST DENVER SWAT ON THE SECOND FLOOR. AGENT DEWHURST AND I WENT lJPSTAIRSAND WERE TOLD TO COVER DOWN THE HALLWAY TO THE EAST. WE TOOK UP A POSITIONNEXT TO THE LIBRARY. I COULD SEE SEVERAL BODIES ON THE GROUND INSIDE THEROOM. THEY WERE UNDER CHAIRS AND DESKS. IT APPEARED THAT THEY HAD BEENSHOT IN THE HEAD. WE WERE CALLED BACK TO OUR STAGING AREA IN THE LUNCHROOM. WE WERE TOLD TO CONDUCT A MICRO SEARCH ON THE FIRST FLOOR. AFTERTHAT SEARCH WAS COMPLETED, WE LEFT THE BUILDING. ATF ARRIVED AND I TOOKONE OF THEIR AGENTS TO THE CAR THAT ll:AD THE EXPLOSIVE IN THE BACK SEAT. HETOLD ME THAT THE JEFFCO BOMB UNIT WOULD BE TAKING CHARGE OF THE SCENE BUTHE WOULD PASS THE INFORMATION ALONG. I TOOK ANOTHER ATF AGENT INSIDE ANDSHOWED HIM THE UNEXPLODED UNIT AS WELL AS THE PIPE BOMBS. WE WERE THENRELIEVED Aml SENT BACK TO THE COMMAND POST.

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-----------------------------------------------.---.---------.-------------ON 042099 AT ABOUT 1351 HOURS SERGEANT LOAR AND I ADVISED DISPATCH THAT WEWElRE ENROUTE TO THE COMMAND POST ON S PIERCE ST, SOUTH OF W BOWLES AVENUE.WEI ARRIVED AT THE I.l?D SWAT VAN ABOUT 20 TO 25 MINUTES LATER. ABOUT ~O

MINUTES LATER WEI WALKED UP TO THE AREA ON THE EAST SIDE. I REMAINED ATTHAT LOCATION FOR APPROXIMATELY as TO 2S MINUTES. DURING THAT TIME PART OFTHE LPD TEAM HAD MADE ENTRY FROM THESE EAST DOORS AND I OBSERVED AS GROUPSOF STUDENTS WERE ESCORTED OUT OF THE BUILDING.

I NOTED AN ARMORED CAR RETURN TO THIS LOCATION AND AN INm STUDENT WASTAKEN OFF OF THE VEHICLE. WITHIN ABOUT S MINUTES, I WAS ASSIGNED TO RIDEIN THE ARMORED VEHICLE TO Il.ETORN TO THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF THE HIGHSCHOOL. WEI STAGED IN THE PAR.lnNG LOT AND WALKED UP BEHIND THE AR."'lORIlDVEHICLE UNTIL WEI WElRIl FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE CAFETERIA DOORS. WE RAN INTOTHE CAFETERIA AREA.

I NOTED A DENVER SWAT OFFICER (GRAY) ON THE STAIRS FROM THE CAFETERIA TOTHE SECOND FLOOR. I WAS TEAMED UP WITH AGT BEATTIE AND ALONG WITH OTHERTEAM MEMEERS WEI BEGAN TO CLEAR ROOMS OFF OF THE FIRST TWO HALLWAYS TO THEEAST OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE CAFETERIA. AFTER THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED, WERETURNED TO THE CAFETERIA TO AKAIT ADDITIONAL ORDERS.

WHILE IN THE CAFETERIA, I NOTICED BURN MARKS IN AT LEAST THREE SPOTS ON THEFLOOR WHERE SOME SORT OF EXPLOSION HAD OCCURRED. I SAW THE REMAINS OF PIPE:BOMBS (pIPES, PIPE CAPS, NAILS) AND A PROPANE: CYLINDER WITH DUCT TAPE:WRAPPED AROUND IT. I ALSO SAW WHAT APpEARED TO BE 9MM CASINGS ON THE:LANDING BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS. THE FIRE ALARM WAS SOUNDINGAND THE FLOOR WAS FLOODED FROM THE FIRE SPRINKLERS.

A SHORT WHILE LATER I WAS ASSIGNED TO ASSIST WITH DOING A MICRO SEARCH OFTHE KITCHEN AREA OF THE CAFETERIA. AGENT BEATTIE AND I WERE AGAIN PAIREDUP AND WE CLEARED ALL OF THE KITCHEN AREA. WE MADE NOTE OF ONE DOOR INTHE REAR OF THE KITCHEN THAT WE COULD NOT ENTER. WE LATER RETURNED WITHAGT KRAEMER TO SHOCK LOCK THE DOOR SO THE ROOM COULD BE CLEARED. IT WASCLEAR.DURING THIS KITCHEN CLEARANCE, I NOTICED A BODY OUTSIDE THE WEST SIDE OFTHE CAFETERIA. IT WAS MOSTLY COVERED WITH A WHITE: SHRET. AGT SWAINSON,AGT BEATTIE AND SGT ROMANIEC AND I ALSO CLEARED IN THE CEILING OF THETEACHER' S LOUNGE.

AFTER THIS CLEARANCE I WENT OUTSIDE WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM. SHORTLYAFTER THAT, SGT LOAR ASSIGNED AGT BEATTIE AND ME TO LOOK IN THE PARKINGLOT TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAFETERIA ENTRANCE. WE WElRE TO LOOK FOR

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.N OLDER BLACK MERCEDES BllNZ WITH A rtNIHrt BUMPER STICKER. WE FOUND ONLYONE BLACK MERCEDES BllNZ IN THAT PARTICULAR LOT. IT WAS IN THE FAR SOUT!!. OF

THE LOT AND TWO D!lNVER. OFFICBRS WERE STANDING NEAR IT. I ALSO SAW A DARKCOMPACT FOREIGN CAR (POSSIBLY A HONDA) WITH STOP STICKS BEHIND IT. I SAWA BLANKET IN THE BACK SEAT COVERING SOME TYPE OF LARGE OBJECT.

I RETllR.NBD TO THE FRONT OF THE CAFETERIA WHERE I RBMAINED UN'I'IL I WAS TOLDTO 11JmJll.N WITH THE REST OF THE TBAM TO THE LPl:l SWAT VAN.

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------OBSERVATION/INVESTIGATION: ON 04-20 99 I WAS INSTRUCTING LPD POLICEACADEMY RECRUITS AT THE RANGE ON PISTOL SHOOTING TECHNIQUES. OTHER RANGESTAFF MEMBERS AND I MONITORED THE SITUATION AT COLUV~INE HIGH SCqOOL ANDTHAT ON-DUTY S.W.A.T. TEAM PERSONNEL HAD BEEN DIRECTED TO RESPONl) THERE TOASSIST. I CONFIRMED WITH LT. BRENNAN HIS NEED FOR .a.DDITIONAL TACTICALAGENTS AND THEN RESPONDED TO LPD WITH AGTS. HITCHENS AND DEWdURST.

AT LPD THE 3 OF US DONNED TACTICAL GEAR AND LOADED OUR EQUIPMENT INTO AMARKED PATROL CAR AND THE PROPERTY VAN (THE LATTER FOR USE AS A RESCUEVEHICLE). WE RESPOi\tl)ED TO COLUMBINE: HIGH SCHOOL, PARKED OUR VEEICLES, ANDREPORTED TO THE LPD S.W.AT. VAN/COMMAND POST. SOT. HINKLE SHORT"YTHEREAFTER DIRECTED US TO GET A SET OF "ROAD-SPIKE" TIRE DEFLATORS WHICH WELOADED ONTO A VOLUNTEERED "LOOMIS ARMORED CAR SERVICE" TRUCK. WITH SOT.HINKLE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND AOTS. HITCHENS, DE~~ST, AND MYSELFWALKING/RIDING BEHIND ON FOOT, WE WENT TO LOCATE TWO POSSIBLE SUSPECT CARSIN THE S. PARKING LOT OF THE SCHOOL. WE SOON FOUND THE DESCRIBED CAR. ABLK, 2-DooR HONDA WITH A "RAMSTEIN" STrCKER ON THE BACK WINDSHIELD. WITHCOVER FROM AGT. DEWHURST, I DEPLOYED THE TIRE DEFLATORS BEHIND THE SUSPECTVEHICLE. I THEN LOOKED IN AND DISCOVERED AN OBJECT ON THE BACK RIGHT-SIDESEAT, COVERED WITH A BLANKET. VIA THE OPEN DRIVER'S WINDOW, I MOVED THEBLANKET SLOWLY AND SLIGHTLY ASIDE AN~ THEREUPON SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE ASPHERICAL PROPANE TANK OR SIMILAR CONTAINER. BASED UPON EARLIER RADIOEDREPORTS OF PIPE-BOMBS, I PRESUMED TRAT THIS TANK MIGHT BE BOOBY-TRAPPED ORSIMILARLY RIGGED TO EXPLODE, I TOLD AGT. DEWHURST AND WE RETURNED TOTIfE TRUCK, THEREBY ADVI SING SGT. HINKLE.

WE CONTlbiUED DRIVING SLOWLY W/B THROUGH THE S. PARKING LOT OF THE SCHOOL,LOOKING FOR THE OTHER SUSPECT CAR. WE OBSERVED SO~lE STUDENTS WAVING AT USFROM A SECOND-FLOOR E. WING WINDOW. WE INDICATED TO THEM TO ST.a.Y WHERETHEY WERE AND THEY GAVE US A "THUMllS UP", INDICATING THEIR ASSENT. WE NEXTOBSERVED A HAND-MADE SIGN IN A SECOND-FLOOR WINDOW W. OF THE STDuENTS NEARTHE MAIN S. ENTRANCE. IT sxm "HELP I' M BLEEDING TO DEATH". RELAYING THISINFORMATION TO THE COMMAND POST, WE WERE ADVISEO THAT DPD S.W.A.T. UNITSWERE ON THAT FLOOR AND WOULD HANDLE THAT SITUATION.

AGT. HITCHENS OBSERVED A DOOR OPENING SLIGHTLY ON TEE GROUND FLOOR JUSTBELOW THE "HELP" SIGN. HE WENT TO THE DOOR AND DIRECTED ME TO JOIN HIM TOASSIST. I TOOK A ¥OUNG WElTE MALE, LOUrS SCILIPEPPI, 030981, BACK TO THESAFET¥ OF THE ARMORED TRUCK, AND AGT. HITCHENS FOLLOWED WITH AN OLDER WHITE

MALE ADULT. AT THIS POINT, A CHANNEL 4 NEWS HELICOPTER SWOOPED IN VER¥LOW FOR A CAMERA SHOT, KICKING UP LOTS OF DUST/DEBRIS. I ASKED SGT. HINKLE

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JEOPARDIZING OUR MISSION; IT SUBSEQUENTLY DID SO. AT MY REQUEST, LOUISSCILIPEPl11 GAVE ME A VERBAL DESCRIPTIVE FLOORPLk~ OF THE AREA WITHIN THE S.MAIN DOORS ADJACENT TO THE CAFETERIA.

WE NEXT MAINTAINED OG'R POSITION AS SGT. ROMANIEC ~lD HIS TEAM (ACTS.SAWYER, SLATER, AND WILSON) JOINED US. SHORTLY THEREAFTER I OESERv~D AELOODIED YOUNG WHITE MALE ADULT AT THE SECOND FLOOR, S. W. WING, LIBRA.''''WINDOW WHICH WAS BROKEN OUT. THE MALE WAS LEANING OUT THE WINDOW IN ANAPPARENT EFFORT TO LEAVE THE: BUILDING DESPITE HIS HEAD-FIRST DROP TO THE:GROUND BELOW. I YELLED AT HIM TO STAY THERE. HE LOOKED IN MY DIRECTIONBUT SEE~lED 08VILIOUS TO MY DIRECTIONS. HE CONTINUED TO SQUIRM FORWARDOVER THE WINDOW SILL. I THEREFORE SUGGESTED TO SGTS. HINKLE ~~ ROMAlIIECTHAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE RESCUE OF THIS MALE BEFORE EE DROPPEDHmSELF FROM THE SECO~'D FLOOR OPENING. THEY AGREED, AND A PORTION OF THETEAM STARTED FORWARD, USING THE ARMORED TRUCK AS COVER.

I HAD THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OPEN SO THAT I COULD COMMUNICATE DIRECTLYWITH THE TRUCK OPERATOR, GUIDING HIM OVER Cu~BS AND PAST TREES, BICYCLERACKS, AND STUD8NT BACKPACKS. AS THE TRUCK CAME ABREAST OF AND tJNDER THEWINDOW, I DIRECTED THE DRIVER TO STOP AS I RAN TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLEAND CLIMBED UP OVER THE HOOD AND ONTO THE TRUCK'S ROOF. SGT. RO~~IEC

FOLLOWED, AND WE EACH GRABBED AN ARM OF THE SUBJECT AS HE REACHED OUT TOUS. WE WERE COVERED BY S.W.A.T. AGENTS ON THE GROUND POINTING THEIRWEAPONS AT THE WINDOWS TOWARDS l?OTENTIAL UNSEEN SUSPECTS. THE STUDENT WASCOVERED IN BLOOD AND WAS SQUIRMING HIS .IAY OUT OF THE WINDOW.

( THE POSITIONING OF THE TRUCK (2-3 FEET FROM THE WALL OF THE BUILDING) ANDTHE STUDEl'IT (STILL 9-10 FEET ABOVE THE TRUCK'S ROOF) NEGATED OUR ABILITYTO MAINTAIN A GRIP OTHER THAN ON HIS ARMS. AB HIS KNEES AND ANKLESCLE&~D THE WINDOW SILL, SGT. ROMANIEC AND I PULLED HIM FORWARD TO US ASWE FELL ONTO THE TRUCK'S ROOF. WE THEN LOWERED THE STUDENT TO AGT.HITCHENS ON THE GR01Jl,'D LEVEL BELOW US. ONCE AGT. HITCHENS HAD AHOLD OFTHE YOUNG MAN AND BEGAN TO CARRY HIM TO THE SAFETY OF THE BACK OF THETRUCK, SOT. ROMANIEC AND I CRAWLED DOWN FROM ATOP THE VEHICLE.

AGAIN OPENING THE DRIVER'S DOOR, I DIRECTED HIM INTO REVERSE, SLOWLYBACKING OP AND RETRACING OUR APPROACH PATH AS THE S.W.A.T. AGENTS COVEREDTHE WINDOWS FOR POSSIBLE SUSPECTS. IN THIS MANNER THE A&~ORED TRUCK WOVEITS WAY PAST THE TREES AND BIKE RACKS AND S/E TO OUR ORIGINAL STk~TING

POINT. THERE THE MAJORITY OF THE TEAM REDEPLOYED AND WENT TO COVER BEHINDAREA VEHICLES. I STAYED ON BOARD TO ESCORT THE TRUCK AND ITS THREEHOSTAGES TO A SAFE TRIAGE AREA ON THE SCHOOL'S E. SIDE. LOUIS SCILIPEPPITRIED TO COMFORT THE BADLY INJURED FELLOW STUDENT, ~~O WAS IN OEVIOUSSHOCK FROM HIS WOUNDS ~"D FROM THE ASSAULT. HE SAID HIS NAME WAS "RICK".

ONCE BACK AT THE CO~AND POST AREA, I YELLED AT NEARBY PARAMEDICS TO COMEATTEND TO "RICK". THE INJURED STUDENT WAS PLACED ONTO AN A!1B~"CE

STRETCHER ~~ TRANSPORTED FROM THE SCENE. LOUIS SCILIPEPPI AND T.~E OLDERWHITE MALE HOSTAGE WERE TURNED OVER TO COMMAND POST OFFICERS FOR OFFICIALDEBRIEFING.

l./ SGT. LOAR AND AGTS. BEATTIE AND KIMMEY JOINED SGT. HINKLE AND I ~~ WESOON THEREAFTER RETURNED TO WHERE WE HAD LEFT THE REST OF THE S.W.A.T.TE.l\M. IT HAD BEEN DIRECTED THAT THIS TE~"I' S NEXT MISSION WAS TO CLEAR THES. E. OFFICE AND CLASSROOM AREAS E. OF THE CAFETERIA. BEHIND COVER OF THE

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ARMORED TRUCK, WE APPROACHED THE S. MAIN DOORS AND ENTERED, ENCOUNTERINGSOME OPD S.W.A.T. TEAM PERSONNEL ON THE STAIRS INSIDE.

THE: CAFETERIA AREA WAS FLOODED FROM ACTIVATED OVERHEAD CEILING FIRESPRINKLERS, PUTTING UP TO 6 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ENTIRE FLOOR ANDRUNNING OUT' THE E. -MOST CAFETERIA DOOR. THERE WERE STl.,TDENT BACKPACKSSTREWN THROUGHOUT THE LARGE ROOM AMONGST THE TABLES AND CHAIRS. AT THE E.END OF THIS AREA I OBSERVED A DISCOLORATION ON THE FLOOR INDICATIVE OF ANEXPLOSIVE DETONATION. ))''EARBY WAS THE LOWER PART OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE APIPE-SOMB FILLED WITH NAILS; A PIPE END-CAP WAS ON THE STAIRS NEARBY,ALONG WITH ANOTHER SIMILAR DISCOLORATION AND A SMALL PROPANE BOTTLE WITHDUCT TAPE REMNANTS. THERE WERE NAILS AND 9MM SHELLS CASINGS ON THELANDING.AT SGT. HINKLE'S DIRECTION, THE S.W.A.T. TEAMS PROCEEDED E/B INTO THEASSIGNED AREA, CLEARING ROOMS AND OFFICES. MOST OF T'dE DOORS WE FOUND HADTHE WIRE-MESH-REINFORCED GLASS BROKEN OUT, GIVING ACCESS TO THE INTERIORDOOR HANDLE. SOME OTHER DOORS WERE EITHER UNLOCKED OR OPEN. ONE SOLmWOOD DOOR WAS LOCKED AND HAD OBVIOUS SIGNS OF AN ATTEMPTED AND FAILEDMECHANICAL BREACH TO ITS HANDLE. I WAS DIRECTED TO DEFEAT THE LOCK WITHMY SHOTGUN. I FIRED 2 FRANGIBLE SLUG BREACHING ROUNDS WHICH SHEARED THELOCK MECRANISM, GIVING ACCESS INTO A SMALL JANITORIAL CLOSET WHICH WASUNOCCUPIED. THE TEAM THEN CONTINUED THROUGH THE WING, CHECKING FORADDITIONAL VICTIMS, SUSPECTS, ORDINANCE, AND WEAPONS. IN ONE AREA, ALONGTHE LENGTH OF A WALL AND JUST ABOVE THE FLOOR, WAS A 3-4 FOOT LONG GOUGEINDICATIVE OF A POSSIBLE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE'S IMPACT.

SUBSEQUENT TO THIS, WHILE STANDING ON THE STAIRS FROM THE GROUND FLOOR TOrrlE SECOND (LIBRARY) FLOOR, I WAS ASKED BY A DPD METRO S.W.A.T. TEAMOFFICER IF WE COULD TAKE OVER A PORTION OF THE HALLWAY AT THE TOP OFTHESES STAIRS. SGT. ROMANIEC CONSENTED, AND AGT. WILSON AND I POSITIONEDOURSELii"ES THERE. IN A SMALL S.-FACING ROOM NEAR THE STAIRS, IN THEAPPROXIMATE LOCATION WHERE I RAn SEEN TaE "HELP" SIGN, I OBSERVED A WHITEMALE ADULT, SHIRTLESS, L"iING ON HIS BACK, HEAD TO THE N., APPARENTLYDECEASED. I ALSO OBSERVED, VIA T'dE LIBRARY HALLWAY WINDOWS, SEv"ERAL OTHERBODIES LYING WITHIN T'dAT LARGE ROOM. THE CLOSEST APPEARED TO BE THAT OF AYOUNG FEMALE IN A SHORT DARK SKIRT WEARING HIGHHEEL SHOES, HEAD TO THE W.

WE SOON THEREAFTER LEFT !RAT AREA, RELIEVED BY ANOTHER S.W.A.T. TEAM'SOFFICERS, AND PROCEEDED BACK DOWNSTAIRS. WE WERE DIRECTED TO PERFORMANOTHER METHODICAL SEARcH OF THE SAME AREA THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DONS,THIS TIME MARKING ALL CLEARED ROOMS WITH "CLR LPD xXxx", INDICATING"CLEAR", "LAKEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT", AND THE TIME. AFTER THIS WE WENTOUTSIDE TO AWAIT FURTHER MISSIONS.

AT APPROX. 1625 HRS. I WAS DIRECTED BY SGT. ROMANIEC TO GO TO THE KITCH~~

AREA TO BREACH ANOTHER LOCKED SOLID WOOD DOOR. AFTER I FIRED 2 FRANGIBLESLOG ROUNDS INTO THE LOCK MECHANISM, THE DOOR YIELDED TO MY SHOULDERING ITINWARDS. THIS ROOM, TOO, WAS UNOCCUPIED. I THEN RETURNED OUTSIDE ANDAWAITED CLEARANCE FROM THE SCENE. WE WALKED AS A TEAM FROM THE S. SIDE OFTHE SCHOOL AT AFPROX. 1700 HRS., RETURllING TO THE LPD S.W.A.T. Vh~.

WE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY DlRECTED TO RESPOND TO LEEWOOD EI.EMENTARY SCHOOL,SOME 5 BLOCKS E. OF OUR LOCATION, FOR A DEBRIEFING BY PSYCHOLOGIST JOHNNICOLETTI. AFTERWARDS, I WAS INTERVIEWED FOR A SHORT TIME BY JEFFERSONCOUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S INVESTIGATOR JOHN LAUCK REGARDING MY SHOTGUN

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TO: Debra Grainger, CommanderArvada Police Department

FROM: John Lauck, Investigator

DATE: April 21, 1999

SUBJECT: Columbine High School, 99-7625

OftJ:cer Don KraelllerLakewood Police DepartmentWeapon: Shotgu,"'1, 12 gauge Remington, modeL 870, "WP"

Serial number, W3290S3M

on April 21, 1999, I interviewed Officer Donn Kraemer, a memberof the Lakewood Police Department·s SWAT team. Officer Kraemerparticipated with other SWAT team members in the initial entryinto the school. Officer Kraemer fired two rounds into a doorstriking near the door' s mechanism to facilitate access into ajanitor's closet. He also fired two rounds into a door in thesame manner allowing entry into the ki tchen area. Each of therounds fired were frangible slug loads, also referred to as"door breaching rounds." The expended shotgun cartridges wereleft where they fell onto the floor.

Nothing further at this time.

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ON TV"ESOAY APRIL 20TH AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO COLUMEINEHIGH SCHOOL TO ASSIST OFFICERS WITH A "SHOTS FIRED CALL" AT THE SCHOOL.AGENT KIMMEY ACCOMPANIED ME TO THE AREA WHERE WE MET UP WITH OTHER MEMBERSOF TEE TEAM.

TWO TEAMS HEADED UP BY SERGEANTS STREETER AND ROMANIEC WERE: ALREADY INPLACE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL, I WAS INSTRUCTED TO STANDBY AT THETACTICAL COMMAND POST UNTIL NEEDED.

SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING AT THE COMMAND POST, SEVERAL STUDENTS EXITED TEESCHOOL (EAST SIDE, AND RAN TOWARDS OUR LOCATION. I ASSISTED WITH USHERINGTHE KIDS FROM THE SCHOOL TO A STAGING AREA WHERE THEY WERE SEARCHED ANDFUU~ED OFF TO ANOTHER TEAM FOR DEBRIEFING. I HELPED WITH THREE SEPARATEGROUPS OF STUDENTS BEFORE BEING ASSIGNED ANOTEER MISSION.

'<>.KEWOOO SWAT MEMBERS HAD RADIOED THAT THEY HAD JUST PERFORMED A RESCUE OFA STUDENT AND WERE ENROOTE TO OUR LOCATION. THE TEAM MEMBERS ARRIVED AT TEECOMMAND POST IN A ARMORED VEHICLE. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, I HELPED WITH THEWOllliDED STUDENT AND TWO OTHER COMPANIONS.

I ACCOMPANIED MEMBERS OF THE TEAM BACK TO THE SCHOOL WHERE WE MADE ENTRYINTO THE SOOTH DOORS, WE WERE TASKED WITH CLEARING THE SOUTHEAST WING,CAFETERIA, AND AUDITORIUM. DURING THE SEARCH, TWO LOCKED DOORS HAD TO BEBREECHED BY SHOTGUN. AS IDE FROM THOSE TWO SHOTS, NO OTHER ROllliDS WEREFIRED.

ONCE THOSE SEARCHES WERE DONE, WE REAMlNED IN THE CAFETERIA AREA ANDAWAITED FURTHER INSTRUCTION. WE WERE TOLD TO "MICRO SEARCH" THE SA.'lE AREAAGAIN BEFORE DECLARING IT SAFE. WE PERFORMED THAT FUNCTION I\NIJ THENREMAINED NEAR THE MAIN (SOUTH) ENTRANCE.

AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMAND POST, I GATHERED A TEAM OF FOUR SWAT MEMBERSAND BEGAN TO SEARCH THE SOUTH PARKING LOT FOR ANY SUSPECT VEHICLE(S).AGENTS KIMMEY AND BEATTY CHECKED THE SOUTHEAST LOT WHILE AGENT DEWHURST I\NIJI CHECKED THE SOUTHWEST. WE LOCATED A BLUE NISSAN SENTRA NEAR THE SPOTWHERE ONE OF THE DECEASED STUDENTS LAY. THE CAR HAD STlKERS ON IT THAT READ"NIN", "I HATE EVERYBODY", AND A PICTURE OF BORIS YELTSIN. APPROXIMATELY100 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THAT VEHICLE WE FOllliD WHAT APPEARED TO BE ONE OF THESUSPECT VEHICLES. IT WAS A BLACK BMW WITH SIMILAIR BUMPER STICKERS ON IT.INSIDE WE COULD CLEARLY SEE A HOMEMADE MOLITOV COCKTAIL, LIVE AMMUNITION,

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.NO OTHER ITEMS OF CONCERN. WE NOTIFIED THE SHERIFFS PEPARTMEN'j:' WHO IN TURNCONMSULTED WITH THE ATF. THE CAR WAS SECURED IN AN AREA MAR:KED OFF WITHCRIME SCENE TAPE.

THE LAKEWOOD SWAT TEAM REMAINED AT THE SCHOOL UNTIL RELIEVED lilY MEMBERS OFTHE Flil I TEAM.

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At approximately 1145 hours, 04/20/99, I, Sergeant J. Romaniec was notifiedof shooting that had occurred at Columbine High School. SWAT Teams fromvarious metro agencies were responding to assist. I was transported to thescene via the SWAT van, which was driven by Agent Gregg Slater and alsooccuppied by Sergeant George Hinkle and Agent Marc Direzza. We arrived atSouth Pierce Street. south of West Bowles Avenue at approximately 1250hours.

After gearing up, Sergeant Jeff Streeter and I were assigned to team upwith DPD Metro SWAT. We were escorted from South Pierce Street to alocation on the NW side of Columbine KS where we llIet DlIO Officers. ADenver PO supervisor requested that two LPD SWAT agents relieve two DPDSWAT officers Who were guarding exits along the north side of the highschool. Agents Gerald Bartlett and Direzza, who were armed with ARISs,were assigned that task. Two other LPO agents were requested to coverdoors on the west side of the high school and Agents Joe Wray and PatWilson were given that assignment.

A concern was voiced regarding the possibility that undiscoveredexplosives were possibly in the vicinity of where OPD and LPD SWAT agentshad staged, i. e. the NW side. Agents Brent Sawyer and Bob Swainson wereassigned to search under cars parked in the vicinity of the OPD SWAt van.Each agent was given a mirror from OPD for that task..

A concern was also voiced from DPD personnel that the high schocl roof wasnot secured and a request was made to have LPO SWAT agents ascend to theroof. Sergeant Streeter, Agents Wray and Wilson ascended to the roof,along with one OPD officer, who was dressed in civilian clothing. SWATagents ascended to the roof at about 1348 hours. Directions were receivedfrom Lieutenant Dan Brennan to stand down from the roof and atapprOXimately 1359 hours the agents descended. Directions weresubsequently given by Lieutenant Brennan to reassemble the contingent ofLPO SWAT at the SWAT Command post for the incident.

Upon arrival at the SWAT Command Post, I was directed by Lieutenant Brennanto assist Sergeant Hinkle and a team of LPO SWAT agents in the search fortwo suspect vehicles, which were apparently parked in the south parking lotof the high school. A description of the vehicles, a black Honda and ablack Mercedes. had been radioed earlier by the Communications Center.Sergeant Hinkle, along with Agents Kraemer, Dewhurst, and Hitchens hadalready departed from the command post with an armored car. Agents Wilson

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nd Sawyer and I departed from che command post on fooc co the south.,>arkins lot. Sergeant atreecer ana the remaining SWAT personnel stayed atthe command post for another mission. See Sergeant Streeter's report fordetails of that assignment. While enroute co the souch parking lot, Iobserved the Channel 4< helicopter hovering very Iowan the west side of thehigh school, by the glass rotund section which was identified as thecafeteria, with the library locsced above on the second floor. Thehovering heliCOPter was ~icking up dust and debris and the noise made itdifficult to hear radio transmissions.

When I arrived at the armored car, I was briefed by Agent Kraemer whoindicated they had located the Honda and had placed "stop sticks" behindthe wheels. A larsre propane type t~ had been found in chs Honda and itwas believed the t.ank may be an explosive deVice. Agent Kraemer alsoinformed me that he had observed a handprinted sign in a second floorwindow which said, "I'm bleeding to death."

At approximately 1430 hours, a student was Observed leaning out a secondstory window. The window was shattered and the opening was about 3 'X4' .Agents were shouting to the student not to jump and to hang on. We wereaware that SWAT Teams had been moving inside the high school, although wedid not ~ow exact locations for the teams. Information regarding thestudent was radioed, however, at this point in the operation radiobatteries were low and it is not ~oWn if the transmission was received.It was evident by watching this student that he was determined to removehimself from the library. It was deoided that a rescue attempt would be

ade by using the armored car. With Sergeant Hinkle directing the armoredcar driver, SWAT agents, using the cover of the armored car, moved towardthe southwest side of the high school. The SWAT agents consisted ofAgents Kraemer, Dewhurst, Hitchens, and sawyer. The armored car came to astep along side the building directly below the stUdent. It was evidentthe student was badly injured and would need help. Agent Kl;aemer ascendedto the roof of the armored car and called for assistance. I went up ontothe armored car's roof. The student's arms were grabbed and he kickedhimself to the outside. Agent Kl;a.emer and r held onto him as he fell tothe outside. His momeIltum swung his body down and he slammed against thearmored car. The student was lowered to Agent Hitchens. I climbed off thearmored car and assisted Agent Hitchens in placing the student into theback of the armored oar. The armored car was guided back out to theparking lot. Agent Dewhurst was inside the back of the armored car and hetalked to the student, who appeared to be losing consciousness.Information was radioed to the command post that a student had beenevacuated and he was in need of immediate medical attention.

Once the armored car departed the parking lot, Agents Hitchens, Sawyer,Wilson and I sought cover behind carS.

Sergeant Hinkle returned a short time later with Sergeant Loar, AgentKimmey and Agent Beattie. Sergeant Hinkle briefed team members reference amission to assist SWAT Teams inside the high school in clearing the school.Once again, the armored car was used to make the approacl:\ to the high

-::hool. Entry to the school was made at approximately 1456 hours, per~mmunications recording.

Once inside the high school, contact was made with slone DPD SWAT off;~~~

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'hoindicated that the lower level had already been cleared by DPD SWAT. ItJas decided that the lower level, which consisted of the cafeteria, anauditorium, and a pod of classrooms would be searched again. During thesearch, two locked doors were found. One was a classroom door and thesecond was a dOOr to a storage room located in the kitchen. Both of thedoors were shoe loc'd to allow entry. The entry into the storage roomoccurred at the end of the micro-search.

While clearing the lower level of the high school, I observed thefollowing: The sprinkler heads in the cafeteria had been activated andwater was covering the floor, up to 3 inches in certain areas. Severalhundred backpacks were strewn along the floor in the cafeteria. Ceilingtile had come down from the ceiling and light fixtures had been damaged.TWo pipe bomb type devices were found on the floor in the cafeteria.Evidence of some type of explosion was apparent from possible gun powderresidue on the floor. Also several large windows had been damagedprobably as a result of the blast. Along the east west hallway leading tothe lower classroom area, a large 4 foot gash was noted at the base of thesouth wall, most probably as a result of shrapnel from a blast. On thestairs which led to the main level of the high school, a small propanebottle with duct tape wrapped about the top was observed. Nails were alsoobserved at various locations on the floor. In the teacher's lounge,several sections of ceiling tile were down. It was later learned that someteachers and/or students had attempted to hide in the ceiling and hadapparently fallen through the ceiling. Although I did not specificallylook for projectiles, I did observe one copper jacketed projectile embedded

n a wall just outside the teacher's lounge.

Once the FBI SWAT Team secured the outside perimeter and ATF agents hadbeen briefed and given a tour of the inside of the lower level of highschool, the scene was released at approximately 1700 hours.

ADDITIONAL:During the time LPD SWAT personnel were assisting DPD SWAT on the northwestside of the high school, several groups of students were evacuated from theschool. Once these groups of 20 to 30 students reached SWAT personnel,they were searched for weapons. Information had been received that thesuspects had possibly changed clothing and may attempt to escape the areaby joining with the evacuated students.,,_, DEATH OF OFFENDER ""eo, 04/20/99

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ON 04-20-99, AT ABOUT 1200 ERS, AGT SWAINSON AND I RESPONDED TOCOLOMl3INE HIGH SCHOOL RE THE REPORT OF SHOTS FIRED, Ul?ON OUR AR.R.IVAI"SWAINSON AND I TOOK UP A PERIMETER POSITION AT THE NORTH WEST SIDE OF THESCHOOL IN CLEMENTS PARK. AFTER SOME TIME IN THE PARK IT WAS DETERMINEDTHAT THE LAKEWOOD POLICE SWAT TEAM WOULD BE USED TO ASSIST IN OPERATIONS ATHE SCHOOL. AT THIS TIME AGT SWAINS ON AND I LEFT OUT PERIMETER POSITIONSAND DRESSED OUT IN SWAT GEAR.

UPON THE AR.R.IVAL OF THE REST OF THE SWAT TEAM I WAS ASSIGNED TO GOWITH SE'JERAL MEMEERS OF THE TEAM TO ASSIST DENVER SWAT ON THE NORTH WESTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL. THERE I ASSISTED WITH THE EVACUATION OF NUMEROUSS~JDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL. NOT KNOWING IF THE SUSPECTS ~~ COME OUT WITHOTHER STU~ENTS ALL STUDENTS WHO CAM OUT OF THE SCHOOL WERE PATTED DOWN ~~

CHECKED FOR WEAFONS. AT ONE POINT IT WAS DECIDED THAT ALL LAKEWOOO SWATMEMBERS SHOULD MEET AT A CO~~ POST WHICH HAP BEEN SET UP IN FRONT OF THESCHOOL.

AT THE COMMAND POST I WAS ASSIGNED TO GO WITH OTHER MEMBERS TO ANARMORED CAR WHICH WAS LOCATED AT THE SOUTH "''EST SlOE OF THE SCHOOL. AS WEWAITED BY THE ARMORED CAR WE SAW A MALE JUVENILE START TO STICK HIS HEADOUT OF A SECOND STORY WINDOW WHICH HAP BEEN BROKEN OUT. AT ONE POINT ITWAS OBVIOUS THAT THE MALE WAS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO JUMP OUT OF THE WINDOW.THE ARMORED CAR WAS MOVEO UP INTO POSITION AS SAT MEMBERS COVERED. TEEMALE, WHO WAS OBVIOUSLY INJURED AND BLEEDING. THE MALE WAS RESCUED ANDTAKEN TO AN AWAITING AMBULANCE.

THE TEAM WAS TEEN ASSIGNED TO START CHECKING ROOMS ON THE FIRST STORYOF THE SCHOOL. ALL ROOMS WERE FOUND TO BE CLEAR. AT ONE POINT DENVER SWATREPORTED THAT THE HAP FOUND SEVERAL DEAD STUDENTS AND THE SUSPECTS IN THELrBRARY. AT THAT TIME WE AGAIN CHECK ROOM, THIS TIME MORE THOROUGHLY.AFTER SOME TIME IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SCENE WAS CLEAR AND IT WASTURNED OVER INVESTIGATORS.

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On Tuesday, 04-~-99 at approximately 1251 hrs., I arrived at astaging area near West Bowles Ave. and South Pierce St. with other membersof the Lakewood Police Department SWAT Team to assist the Jefferson CountySheriff's Department on a shooting incident at Columbine High School. Uponour arrival, I was assigned to be a member of a seven man reaction/rescueteam and instructed to stand by for a deployment.

At approximately 1252 hrs., the reaction/rescue team I was assigned towas instructed to meet up with Denver Police Department Metro SWATpersonnel on the southwest side of the school. Our reaction/rescue teammoved aut and arrived at our position at approximately 1306 hrs. Ourreaction/resuce team immediately conferred with Denver Metro SWATpersonnel and began providing cover and assistance in hostage rescues.Those rescues were being initiated from the cafeteria area of Colurr~ine

High School. Lakewood Police K9 Agent Roy Capp and I took a position neara Littleton Fire Department fire truck where we provided cover for hostagesthat were being rescued and moved to a position of safeey. Once thestudents were removed from that area, Agent Capp and I, and the othermembers of the reaction/rescue team, were instructed to return to analternative command post for an immediate deployment into the school.

Our reaction/rescue team arrived at the alternative command postlocated in front of the school at approximately 1420 hrs. and were advisedstand by for an immediate deployment into the school. Lakewood Police Sgt.Jeff Streeter instructed myself, Agent Capp, Agent Swainson , Detective W~ay

and ! that our mission was to enter the school from the east side andbegin to effect hostage rescues and attempt to locate the suspect(s). AtapprOXimately 1438 hrs, our team made our approach to the east side of theschool and married up with a Littleton Police Department SWAT Officer whoadvised assistance was needed in locating/rescuing!hostages. The Littletonofficer also stated that shots had been heard from the gym area and that hehad two officers covering the hallway leading to the gym.

As our team made entry into the school, I passed a number of live 9 MMrounds scattered on the floor leading to the gym. I do not know the exactlocation of that area. After passing the information on about the rounesto the other team rne~~ers, our reaction/rescue team took a position outsidea corridor leading to a hallway in what I believe to be the southeast areaof the school. Entry was made into that hallway and several rescues were

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made. Approximately 20 students were rescued from that area. Asmentioned earlier, I do not know the identification of that hallway, butwould be able to identify it if seen again.

From ~he hallway just mentioned, Agent Capp and I, along withLittleton Police Department SWAT Officer Chet Neil land other LittletonSWAT Officers whose names I don't know!, moved to the math/science wing ofthe school where we were told through communications that reports ofnumerous hostages with suspects were being reported. At one time, we wereadvised one suspect was holding several hostages in an unspecified locationsomewhere in the math/science area. In addition, that same informationindicated that one of the hostages was injured and hostages were preformingCPR on the injured hostage. I did not, and still do not know, where thatinformation came from or what agency was airing that information.

Once at the math/science area, our reaction/rescue team married upwith several Denver Metro SWAT Officers and two Jefferson County Sheriff'sDepartment SWAT Officers and made numerous rescues. Approximately SO ormore students were rescued along with several teachers. We did not locateany suspects or injured parties at that time.

From the math/science area, I continued to assist in clearing roomsand checking for hostages/victims/suspects. While working my way to thesouth west area of the upper level of the school, I came across a smallroom that appeared to me to be a storage like area. This room was south ofthe library and appeared to me to be in the math/science area. In thatroom, where the door was open, I observed an older white male with no shirtobviously dead. 1 continued to move towards the library where I came incontact with an unknown Denver Police Officer. AS I began tc enter thelibrary, the Denver Officer stated the library had just been cleared.While in that area, I observed numerous bodies on the south side of the ,library, under tables. These bodies appeared to me to be bodies of youngteen aged kids and all appeared to be dead.

From the library, I was received information that the "macro" searchof the school for hostages/suspects had been completed. I was subsequentlyordered to meet outside the cafeteria area on the lower level of the schoolfor a new mission. Once 1 arrived at the cafeteria, members of theLakewood Police Department SWAT Team were divided into groups to conduct a"micro" search of the lower level. Detective Wilson and I formed a"point-wing" team and re-entered the cafeteria are<i and began the search.During our search, we remained in the cafeteria area and found nobodies/hostages/suspects. However,! d1d see a great deal of damage tothe cafeteria area that included broken ceiling tiles, black darken areason the cafeteria floor, blood stained carpeting and a great deal offlooding due to the over head sprinkler system which was pouring water intothe cafeteria area. I also noted numerous back packs strewn allover thecafeteria and numerous purses and shoes.

At the conclusicn of the "micro" search, our SWAT Team was relieved bythe FBI SWAT Team who provided scene security. Our SWAT Team returned tothe command post Where we down loaded our equipment and were relieved ofany additional SWAT duties.

After a minor de-briefing of the incident, ! returned to the scene at

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approximately 1830 hrs. Up until approximately 2100 hrs., I remained atthe scene awaiting an investigative assignment. Sgt. Dan McCasky of the

~Department contacted me and requested I respond toLittleton, CO to assist in tne execution of a searcn

arrant on a residence. When I arrived on scene of South Reed St., Ichecked in'with the scene security officer (a Jefferson County DeputySheriff motor man) and entered the home. Inside the home, I met Sgt.McCasky, Lakewood Police Department Detectives Co~~ally, Greenwell andMowery as well -as members of th.....JefferS n County Sheriff's Department,and CSl. Sgt. McCasky told me is the home of EricHarris, a suspect in this incid .

As I approached the house to enter, I detected a strong odor of what Ibelieved to be gasoline. Entering the house, that odor became stronger, IwaS told by Sgt. McCasky that when he arrived, several gas canisters hadbeen located in the house or garage iI don't recall which) and that thefumes were extremely strong then, Due to the fear of an explosion, Sgt,McCasky stated the power to the house was turned off and the canisters wereremoved.

While at I assisted in searching Harris' basementbedroom and th garage. During e search of the garage with an unknowllAT" Agent, I located a roll of "duck tape" and a box containing numerousbatteries of different voltage. Also located in the box with the batterieswas a voltage meter. In addition, I located two black colored o~l

canisters which the ATF Agent advised me that those were similar to thecanisters found near the school. The ATF Agent stated the canisters werenot found physically on the school property, but were found down the streetand evidently detonated as a diversion prior to the shooting rampage in theschool, Those items previously mentioned were subsequently collected byme and placed in a clear plastic evidence bag.

In Harris' bedroom, I assisted in searching a "tv" area outsideHarris' bedroom. I specifically searched through miscellaneous paperslocated on top of a desk and inside the drawers of the desk. I placed anumber of papers and video capes in an evidence bag.

At approximatelyseized as a result ofunmarked police car.

2400 hrs. on 04-20-99, I assisted in moving itemsthe search warrant to Investigator Schottsky'sI then left Harris' house.

For specific items recovered from the searoh warrant, refer to theJefferson County Sheriff's Department property reports.

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On Wednesday, 04-21-99, Detective Pat Wilson and I arrived at thecommand post area at West Sowles Ave. and South Pierce St. atapproximately 0830 hrs. After our arrival, I remained on scene untilapproximately 1330 hrs. at whioh time Sgt. MoCasky, Detective Inskeep(Lakewood police Department), Detective Wilson and I were assigned tointerview the victims of the shooting at various local hospitals,

At approxi"ately 1430 hrs., Sgt, McCasky, Detectives Inskeep, Wilsona~d I a~~ived at SNedish Medica~ Center and contacted the ?ublic Relations

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Office. Representatives of the public Relations Office assisted us inattempting to contact the families of Shawn Groves, Anna Marie Hockholter.Veleen Schnurr and Richard Castaldo, With the exception of the Schnurr's,the other families requested they be contacted later. In addition, we wereadvised Shawn Groves, Anna Marie Hoc~~olter and Richard Castaldo were in nocondition to talk.

Sgt. McCasky and r met briefly with Mark and Shari Schnurr and wereadvised by the Schnurr'S they did not want us to talk with their daughter.According to the Schnurr's, Valeen had been shot nine times, had fourrounds in her torso area and shrapnel wounds to her chest. Mrs. Schnurrstated that Valeen is medicated and ~~available to be interviewed.However. Mrs. Schnurr said Veleen has provided some information to her(Mrs. SchnurrJ about the incident.

Mrs. Schnurr stated Valeen has related to her that she (ValeenJ was inthe library with Lauren Townsend when the incident began. After beingshot, one of the suspects staced to Valeen "Do you believe in God?" Valeenstated "yes" and thought they were going to kill her. However, thesuspeots moved on to other areas of the library oontinuing to shoot otherstudents. Mrs. Schnurr said Valeen told her she [Valeen) could hear thesuspeots laughing as they shot students and recalls the suspects laughingabout "blowing someones head off and their brains looking like spaghetti".

As our conversation continued, Mrs. Schnurr said Valeen stated thesuspects left the library at one point and a number of students fled thearea. Valeen stated to Mrs. Schnurr she [Valeen) saw Lauren Townsendlaying on the floor under a table and attempted to "wake Lauren up".However, Valeen did not get a response and sub5e~~ently got out of thebuilding.

When asked if Valeen described the individual who shot her, Mrs.Schnurr said valeen said the suspects were "Goths". Mrs. Schnurr did notprovide any further information.

While with the Schnurr'S, they stated to Sgt. Mccaskyand I thatnumerous law enforcement agencies have oontacted them in an attempt tointerview Valeen. The Schnurr's were frustrated and wanted to consult withtheir family attorney prior to providing additional information.

prior to leaving Swedish Medical Center, Sgt. 1MoCasky obtained aserious bodily injury form from Valeen's dootor desoribing Valeen'sinjuries. Refer to Sgt. Mocasky's supplement for further details.

From Swedish Medical Center. Detective Wilson and! went to CenturaSt. Anthony's Central Hospital. There, r contacted the parents cf KaceyRuegsegger and the parents of Mike Johnson. Detective Wilson contacted theparents of Makal Hall and for further details, refer to Detective wilson'srepcrt.

Mrs. Ruegsegger stated an unkncwn Arvada Police Department Detectivespoke with Kacey on 04-20-99. I spoke briefly with Mrs. Ruegsegger aboutKacey's injuries, but did not talk to Kacey due to her condition. AlthoughKacey was conscious, she was heavily sedated and r did nct talk with her.

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I ~~de contact with Gary and Kathryn Johnson, the parents of MikeJohnson, ~~d learned Mike was in surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson stated theyhad no information to provide and stated Mike had sustained gun shot woundsto the left arm, right knee and the right side of his jaw.

Prior 'to leaving the hospital, I attempted to talk with the parents ofPatrick Ireland, but was informed by a nurse Patrick's parents had justbeen put to bed and were sleeping.

On Thursday, 04-22'99 at approximately 1000 hrs., I spoke with JohnIreland, Patrick's father. Mr. Ireland phoned me and stated Patrick wasthe individual rescued from the library window. According to Mr. Ireland,patrick suffered two gun shot wounds to the head where one round wasremained lodged in Patrick's brain. Patrick also received a gun shot woundto the right foot, has paralysis to the rights side of his body and islli~able to talk or form sentences.

According tc Mr. Ireland, Patrick has made sporadic statements thatinclude "Face the angered, trying to kill you", "poor family", "killed usdead tl

, llTNT-Itm dynami.c e ", IIwars don't kill people, I dov, t'World War IIvery dangerous", "31 flavors" and "I hate :Dillon and Eric". Mr. Irelandsaid Patrick did not say if these were statements made by the suspect.

Prior to ending our conversation, ! advised Mr. Ireland I would beback in touch with him later.

This concludes my involvement in this investigation at this time.

WITNESSES

Mark and Shari Schnurr

John IrelandNo address obtainedparent of Patrick Ireland.O"l"" ADMINISTRATIVE Daeee 04/22/99

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On 04-22-99, I prepared a report describing my responsibilities andactions during the Columbine High School incident. In the openingparagraph of my supplemental report, I indicated I arrived on scene onTuesday 04-06-~9. That is mistake on my part. I arrived on scene onTuesday 04-20-99.

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HAR8AUVE.

SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTCASE HUMElElh

DATE OF REPORT.ss-eaeess

04/21/,>.,

On April 20, 1999, at apprOXiMately 1150 hours, I was oontaoted by Sgt.

leo'rge Hinltl .. who st"d'''d the SWAT rean, was being requested to 're"pond to ..

•hooting incident at ColUMbine High Sohool in Jefferson County. We were told

:;;0 have OU1' g@4\:r aVil.i lAble but not. 'to rl'f"9"9.$. out. at the cU"f"T'errt time.. At:

appro)(imatetly 1205 hau'rs'l Sgt. Hinlotl. adv1~ed us to d'ress cu-e , 1l\nd t:hat we

would be deplOy&rd to l::hE\' '$CfiH't1l.. I was in!li"h-rLtcted i::Q t::a.k" a ro(:\"("h.ed p s trr-o L c-er­

with Dl'ttect.iv&r Pat; Wilson lAnd lead the van t:o 1::h. ~omnio!\tld pos:i:; area. The

co~m.nd post area was establiahed nea~ the area of West Bowles Avenue and

South PieN'e St're,,". After dressing out and getting all of cur- gea'r, ",e

nded to that loc.~6\t:ton. Aft:sr i\T'1'"iving .at the loca-tion at apP'f"oximlRtely

1250 hou"r$, I obt-aineod my t.actical entl'Y Wf;?i\POli, Ml=-j~~ f,..oJ)l 'the SWAT van which

h~d t~"n~po~~ed the va~ious _quipment to the scene.

Approximately ten Minute~ later, I was deployed with Sgt. Streete~ and

thEt g'1"OUp 'to assi'P't DRYlV.· r- Police Departmen't in 'r"tttu:uing victilns.. We ~el"e

t.ken by a Denve~ Police D9pa~tmen~ SWAT offiee~ to the northwest side of the

bUilding whEt'l"'E! the Dttnve't" Police D~p• .,.t1'den't had es-<tablished a nlini c:omm1i\nd

PQ'l5t.. This was also 1:he lOC'i\tion whe·,..e the suspects h~d exchanged gunfi'f"e

wit.h polit:ft pe"rs.cru1ttl p·rEtYiou.-sly.. Detective Pat Wilson ~nd I took up

positions Q'l'l il doorway in th.. ncnthwe.t ccrne r- wtHi!'T'e thf!' SUSipe:c-ts had been

and !I~i.nt«ined cont.,..al of that doen'" a·r .....

At apP'~oxi,"atelr 1345 hour-e , I \lIti\S inst"f"L\cted to dlSStst on the r-oo f ..

Detectiv~ Pat WilsOl"t, Sg;t .. Jeff S1;'{"eete"t, it. Denve'r j:·olic.-e Depai'tMent office't'

ilnd I we ne up on the 'roof to estAblish high g'round COl"rtrol. A few minutes

1 at,s.'1'"" we wer-e inst'rue'ted to di'!u::an"tinue tuta:rening ot'i 'ChI! 'roof itS t:he'rf! W-fu"e

.1 SWAT r"ams in"ide th. school ~ho May Mist~ke our fQot~~.p" on the

r~"OT as possible su~peot~, At app'cexirn"tely 135::; he"....", ..., ~e~e b'c""ght baek

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LAKEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENTREPuRTIWG AGENT. WRAY, JOEVICTIM'OFFENSE, ASSIST OTHER AGENCY

SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTCASE NUMBER,

DATE OF REPORT,':l'3-1113885c.

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ShOT'tly af~i!'''' 1400 hOtH'S, I., t\lo\"lg. with the ent:i',.. L.~~tewood SWAT Ta-am.,

~etu~nQd to ~ command cen~er on South Pie~ce 5t~eet~ A~ ~he comm~nd c.ntvr~

w. Wlllt.,.e l"'eo'f"ganiz@d, And I was plilced on an ent'f'-y team with Sqt. Jeff

3t,.....t .. ·0, I)..t ..ctive G'o .. gg Sl .. te,., Age"t Roy C"pp A"d Ag.."t Bob S.."i""o". We

...,. .. to m....t up with th .. Littleto" Police D..p",.tm..nt SWAT T....m to the south

of the f't'ont MaiY"l en'C"ram::'e whe're W8 would b. s&i:\t'ring the bu.ilding and

•.."cuing ho"tag ..". I""lde, we initially met with th.. Littl ..ton SWAT T.. am.

Agent Bob Sw.infion .. nd I covE!'l'ed 'the main cO'("'f'ido't" while the "renHdnde'r

eecur-..d a seien" .. ....r .... wh i"h ...."t to th e "outh. Ag,,,,t Bob Swal ""on ..nd I

we.,.e then deployed with th.. D.. nv.. 'r Polic.. I)..p",.t:...."t: to ....cure the a·r,... to

the we .. t ""d the" back to the "o,.th of th .. building.

At app,.oximately 1505 hou~$, Agent Swains.,,, and I we.,.e pulled ba"'k with

3gt. J .. ff St'ree;;"'r ''''d a numb"" of Littleton SWAT offi",,"'''' We then

~ontlnu..d th....e .."",h to the south end oj th" building and, at va.,.ious time.. ,

-na.d. cont..ct with nl,.lm~n"ous students*" W@ assisteod in e .....acuating th·",•• ~r"'oups

,1 ~tud.nts. app~oximately 29 to 25 in each group, from va~ious ~ooms and cut

co a ..afe area. Aft.. .,. th.. ar.. a to th....outh had been .... cu.,...d, Sgt. 9t.,.....t .. r

."d oth .. -r- team l"ade,." w."re pull ..d baek fO'r a briefing. Detectiv" G·O.. gll

Hat"'r, Ag ..nt Bob 5w<\i""on ..nd I made conta",t .. ith othe'o offi",er" in the

$outh'Hf1'5t ct:n'nQ>T of thEf ",\ppe'f' lavel by the lib'ra'ry wne'f'e num.e'f"oU'5 bodie'S ",e1"E

locat@d and fAPPd:re},\t exploiioivt!!' devic~s had been detonated. We met: up with

che rest of the La~ewQod te~m in the down5~ai~s c~fete~ia at ~pprox~m~~ely

l545 hou·r1i ..

We were reorganized, and I WAS teAm@d up ~ith Agwnt Donn Kra~mw~. Fou~

JOirlt-wing 1:eams were 'then deploYitd to C'onduC't til. miC'l'~ 9i4t~'I"C'h of the low@T'

Jffit:'e area f'('(JIn the cafete'ria.. Agent Kl"ailitnter and I, .and the other two-man

;eams, seoured the lowe'~ 1.vel at- that: time" The team as a ",hole thel1 caMe

th,..,ugh the ""fO't",.ia and "djolnl ng ro.,.,s, " .. ,.i fying 'l:hO'rO' ",e,... noldditional victims 0'(' suspect-s.

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SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTCASE NUI'IElER.

DATE OF REPORT.99-03&&56

lil4/IH/99

A1:: app'co, i ....il.. ly 1 .. 20 hOll'CS, .. e l"ft: ilh" 10....... level ilo ilh .. 1Ilauilh .....'l:

outer c\Y"ea.. We .,...mAilled 'the,.. unt:il appT'oxiMa't:e1't 1640 hou·rs when we

cetu'cned t:o au'" SWAT Van. F",o.. the'c", eT'e di",ect.. d t:o go to L ood

E1 ......nt:.....y School fo'l' .. d.. b...iefing by 0 John Hieolet:t1 and th.. J .. ff "on

Count:y "Shoot" T....... O..tective Pat: Wil,.on .. nd I l .. ft: L......ood Element.. ·cy .. t:

.. ppN'X i .... t .. ly 1745 houn, and .....tlll"ned t:o the L .. k ood Police Oep.. ·.."I:III.. nt: 'roll-

e .. 11 'cOOIll for ""''1' d..b'l"i .. fing. I left th .. L ..k ood Polic.. De p.. 'I't....nt .. t

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OBSERVATION/INVESTIGATION:ON TUESDAY 04/20/99 AT 1200 HOURS I WAS ON DUTY IN THE INVESTIGATIONSDIVISION OF THE LAKEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WAS REQUESTED BY SERGEANIGEORGE HINKLE TO PREPARE FOR A MISSION AS A SWAT TEAM MEMBER.

I GATHERED MY GEAR, AND ACCOMPANIED DETECTIVE JOE WRAY IN A MARKEDLAKEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT VEHICLE TO THE AREA JUST SOUTH OF COLUMBINE HIG~

SCHOOL IN UNINCOR?ORATED JEFFERSON COUNTY.

MYSE:'F AND SEVERAL OTHERS FROM THE LAKEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT SWAT TEAMVl'ERE THEN SENT TO THE NORTH Vl'ES'I' COR..'lER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE WE MET U;;:WITH THE DENVER POLICE DEPARTMENT SWAT T~~.

I WAS FIRST ASSIGNED TO PROVIDE COVER ON AN OPEN DOOR ON THE WEST SIDE OFTHE SCHOOL. THIS COVER WAS REQUIRED FOR STUDENTS WHO WERE BEING EVACUATEDOUT OF THE CAFETERIA AREA.

I WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO GO UP ONTO Tr'..E ROOF AND PROVIDE COVEI'. W!'!H MY MP-SSUB MACHINE GUN. AFTER ONLY A FEW MI~JTES ON THE ROOF I WAS TOLD TO

!. THEN STAGED NEAR A COMMAND POST JUST EAST OF THE SCHOOL. I WAS THEN SENTWITH r.~~EE OTHER LAKEWOOD SWAT MEMBERS TO MEET UP WITH OTHER LAKEWOOD SWATMEMBERS ON Th"E SOUTH SIDE OF TIlE SCSOOL.

ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SCHOOL, I MET UP WITH THESE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS WHCWERE STATIONED BEHIND AN ARMORED CAR.

r WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO PROVIDE COVER WITH MY MP-5 SUB MACHIl>'E GONE ON razBACK OF THE ~~ORED CAR AS WE RESCUED A MAlE STUDENT FROM THE SECOND FLOORSOUTH SIDE.

I THEN ENTERED THE SCHOOL ON THE LOWER SOUTH SIDE THROUGH THE CAFETERIA &~

SECURED TK~T AREA. I THEN ASSISTED IN SECURING A WING OF CLASSRoOMS TO THEEAST OF THE CAFETERIA.

I THEN WENT TO THE SECOND LEVEL TO ASSIST THE D~IER SWAT TEAM THAT WASCLEARING THAT AREA.

I NOTICED AN ADULT MAlE VICTIM IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN AUDIO VISUAL TYPEROOM JUST SOOTH OF THE STAIRS ON THE UPPER LEVEL. THIS MAlE WAS DCA.

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I THEN ENTERED THE LIBRARY AAE:A WHERE I SAW APPROXIMATELY 10 JUVENILEVICTIMS. 1 NOTICED NUMEROuS GUNSHOT WO\'JNl)S. ALL THESE STUDENTS WERE DOl'..

I THEN EXITED THE LIBRARY AND WENT BACK DOWNSTAIRS, WHERE WE RE CLEARED TIlESAME EASTWARD WING. THIS TIME THE DOORS WERE MARKED TO INDICATE TO OTHERSTHEY !lAO BEEN CHECKED. I MARKED THESE DOORS WITH "CLR/LPD" wnE THE TIME I,;MILITARY HOURS. I REMEMBER MARKING SEVERAL DOORS AT 1600 HOURS.

I THEN WALKED AROUND THE CAFETERIA AND SURROUNDING ROOM, CHECKING FORVICTIMS THAT MIGHT HAVE GOT PASSED OVER. NONE WERE FOlJNIl.

I THEN EXITED THE BUILDING Al~ ASSISTED IN ~rtECKING CARS FOR POTENTIALEXPWSIVES. A BLACK OR DARK GRAY HONDA WAS FOONIl EAST OF THE FRONT DOORWITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE EXPLOSIVES IN IT. A BLACK BMW WAS LOCATED WEST OFTHE DOORS WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE EXPLOSIVES IN IT. THESE CARS WEREPOINTED OUT TO ATF WHO WAS NOW ON SCENE, AND SECURED BY THEM.

I THEN MAINTAINED SECORITY 11.7: THIS SOUTH ENTRANCE UNTIL RELIEVED BY Th"EFBI.

1 THEN RESPONDED TO LEAWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE WE WERE DE BRIEFED. ITHEN RESPONDED TO L?D WHERE WE WERE DE BRIEFED AGAIN,

ON 04/21/99 AT 0830 HOURS I RESPONDED BACK TO COLUMBINE HIGH SC~OOL TO ~CT

AS Al'l INVESTIGATOR.

ON 04/21/99 AT 1330 HOURS I WAS ASSIGNED WITH LAKEWOOD DETECTIVE GREGGSLATER ROLLIE INSKEEP. A..~ S£RGEANT DAl'l MACCASKY TO RESPOND TO THE AREAHOSl?ITALS Al'lD INTERVIEW THE INJURED.

ON 04/21/99 AT 1430 HOURS WE ARRIVED A SWEDISH HOSPITAL. THERE WERE 4INJURED STUDENTS IN THE HOSPITAL. WE MADE CONTACT WITH THE PUBLICREr..ATIONS MA..'1AGER FOR THE HOSPITAL.

ONE OF THE STUDENTS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK DUE TO BREATHING TIJBES, TWOOTHER STUDE~~S REFUSED TO SPEAK INDICATING THAT TOO MANY POLICE OFFICERSHAVE ALREADY Il'TERVIEWED THEM, THE: FOURTH STUDENT ALSO REFUSED TO SPEAKDUE TO TOO MANY OFFICERS CONTACTING THEM. THE: PARENTS OF THE FotJRT"i! STUDEN":"DID AGREE TO SP~ TO SERGEA.'lT MCCASKY ~~ DETECTIVE SLATER.,ON 04/21/99 AT 1600 HOURS I ARRIVED AT ST ANTHONYS CENTRAL HOSPITAL TOINTERVIEW INJURED STUDENTS THERE. I RESPONDED TO 4 WEST TO CONTACT STUDENTMAKAI F~, I WAS GREETED BY CAl'! AND SUSAL'! HALL, MAKAI'S P.~NTS.

DAN HALL TOLD ME THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER GETTING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM,MAKAI WAS I~~ERVIEWED BY DETECTIVE JAMES NELSON FROM THE ARVADA POLICEDEPARTMENT. DAN F~L TOLD ME THAT DETECTIVE NELSON HAD ALSO SPOKE TO MAKAIFOR A SHORT PERIOD THIS MORNING, Al~ SAID HE WOULD RETURN AT 1800 TOCOMPLETE HIS INTERVIEW.

DAN HALL SAID IT WAS TRAL~TIC FOR MAKAl TO TELL DETECTIVE NELSON WHATHAPPENED, AND DAN DID NOT W~~ MAKAI TO RAVE TO TELL IT ALL OVER AGAIN TOANOTHER DETECTIVE. DAN ~SKED THAT DETECTIVE: NELSON BE ABLE TO GATHER ALLTHE !~FORMArION NECESS&~Y.

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OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE FAMILIES WISHES I DIn NOT INTERVIEW MAKAI HALL.

THIS CONCLUDES MY INVOL1;'EMENT TO DATE WITH THIS INCIDENT."'s.'" ADM IN;STRATIVE. "'Ol'" 04/22/99

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OPOA .y l.ri,al at the scaae I coatacled I Jefferlon COlnll 9gt. aadasked hi. if Ibay mded oor SVAi Iu. to rupo.d, lie shhd tblt .edid, so I 'Dnta,ted 19l. ~erte, a.d reu.ested he .ake a 'all out. I alsoreomted that .e han tha Ne'!otiat.,s ttlp..d to set a up a 'llaud postQOstiRg board.

offl,ar Wood ar,i,ed oa sc••• a.d .. s.t up the posting ,e.te, 01 thesid. of iibe Vood's poll,. ,.hiel.. I 'onta,tad the principal of theCol ..bin. High S,hool, Fraol D,A.'!el,s and t,o S,hool ld.lnistrators,e.rbm NO_stU .1Id Ri'b, Kaofun. I intmimi the principal Fra.1Oelnqelis tho told .. that h. liS 'onftonted i. tht s,hool by a arltd gonIan .sO WIS ,arrying a rifle. H, st.t,d lhat h, ushered se'eral stodeatsinto a ro.. aad 10,led tb, ~o.r. He .1,. state~ tblt Ilt aAd the ,too,.lsme Inh te ,scape.

we galhered .1.., of p.ssibl, sos~..ts, I r,qve,ted tbat thest. ,d.lnistrato" obtain their dob's, h... addresm a,d otlltriqfomti~n. This lnf"utl•• lIS posted. ! rtllQlS!ed that DeAo'l'l!, drat; llyout ,I tbe s,h••l 50 that .e ~oQld ideatify where bostilts ,etehidl,g, Ihl,b be did.

IS students "d t,a,hers, .ho fer .. biding in tbe s,hool ,a11 ..6 theirh.ll, lubers .. wm ,hi, to get t,l,ph.n, n'''ers "d call tllt,eslud"ts a,d tea'hers bad. va ude Bsts 01 ~rs..s hidi,g;ndestabllshed wlltre the, me hidi,g. Ihis inf~r..tio, was .lso posted I'dpass,d on t~ the tacti,al tell.

ee,.o,e of the .an, tel.ph... 'aIls thaI "re o.i.g .. de f' .o,ed lh,posti,gs to the Arap.h.. Count! SrlT Ian. Tbe flI pl.,.d thtee 'ore h.rdt,l,pho,e line, i,t. the 'an so f' ,ere able to .ale "lis on tbe,e,ho... rather tban call ,"""'.

ho l.I....d .fficm and a FBI "lftt alse Iltl.e' fith the 'Vlti,gdue to the large alOunt .f hostage infor.,tion and nale,.

lfter lhe bull~in'j bad beea ,leared t,i,., we t.ok daw, ta. pa,tingsa,d 1ists af stad••t and ha,hm nalfs larked lhet fm aur tittletoa PO,a" ,olber. ie tried ta gi,. lhi, lnfor.,tl.n to Jeff,o, but wereunable to find. ,afa place ta k.~ the ,,'fUce. I brought thei,for.ati•• beck to tbe littl.ton '011,. O.part••,t aad pla'ed It i.ton' e. I W' i,ft" .y card and told th•• ,ber. the "Idme ... ldb. ,AIACA i.Ol 0.2199

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!IPOtt HAI!~llVE:

I tiS ad,lsed at lpprotilalely 113S taal JeffersoR County S.O. fasre!\londing to a '!hots fired' call at tolullbina aiga Sobool. .t/stlf andC,l.&Ohlen "!\lORd.d. At tbia ti.. Ofc. laea had arri,.c anc ad'iaectaat there fife lultio1a susoeets aad 1.ltiola ,iolils inC Ihtt Jeffeoiii reqwostinl m SVlT unit. r acnlec OilO1lelt 10 page out sm, 'hloltfli dOIlf at lilt. I mind Ihortly. tneflfhr. I liS "rhed by captainArtatrong of ~raoaao. Co,nty s.O. taat our \IAT unit fas the clolest andtaat 'It'l ,o,r ,robl'".' Ha offered to pro'ida adliniltrali,ea!Siltance. Sgt. C.I.61act a,rlred and 1 f.1 ad,ile4 to lat. charge oflae tactical unitl al la.y wore deployed. I tool a positioo oft the tastperi ..ter, lier. 1 laS later joined b, Lt. villiall of 'rapaloe S.O., Lt.arenAan of Lakewood IG, and Capl. Gilanna of Oen,er PO. I rllained atthla ooat until around 1100, coordinating tactioal rel¥onses ~! they,riO'ls units, wilen! ttt wil~ Col. tatoliff inlide the Nh ..trane. tob. bri,fed b! ~i., .nd to aSlist in c.ordinating f.rl~er .,are~ ,fforts.va .ere reliend at ."rol1••t,11 1100, and .fter omidill9 naHS 'ndranks to Jefferson County ,erso'n,l, 'e ,1t.red the so.ne aAd r.turn,d toLittleton '0 lO,millhly 1100.

Mo further action b' tbls offioer.\gt.D,~,'arl,r 1\04 042100

SOPPtEIEHIAt " "FfICEt 1000:Upon r,,,;,;,g IMorello. of a possible sho.ting i,ddut at

Col"·'in, High lohool, I WlS ,"ign,d to ,ichll, and tranillort allno tio., e,ui'"ent te the Icm. Upon arriving at L.nood andS.. "St" 1 illallahly ,e!in miltlng lactioel Glfloer leali. ,rep.rltlon for ,nt,ring the lobool. Realizing that no Criticallncldent C••llnd '.11 hid hee. sot .p, I be,an setting '0 a le,pora"~ritiOil Incident C•••and 'ost "Ing Littleton Poli" Unit 1m.

U!'On !ttting ., I con.nd poat, I witb Ofo. 'ICS hegn to intmiu •I.bj,ct 'ao w,. id,ntl/i,d al lbe .ob.ol prinoipal, Hr.oeAnseHs. Using. d'l ohall board, Mr. Odngeli, ,o"lelid • ,eh•••tiedialrSI .f th' sohool for tactioal tUI entry. I liS tb,n inf.....d ofcall rmlud ,i; cellular phone of , tncber 'ho was trapped inllde theEngl1lh ~lfioe .m lix otMr teICber'l, and ho It~cantl. I thIn btguto tali ,ltb the l.aoher, !rlc Friesen fbo inforled .. of all ouildinginforlation and poslihl. looatiool of ,iolili. r tailed lith thil t,ocherfor approlilalily 1 houri IS I was also milling in the coordinetion ofc,lti,al io,ide,t posting, aod the let-,p of the bostag, negotiati,nst.h,hm. I ulilt.d ,to. 1m 10 deliillng lists of ,o"ihle mpeet(I).as .ttl as ~o1sibl! wttnesses.

lit" It .as l,t",in,1 lbll Coluuine Bllb Sohool flI cleared offurther lospeot(ll, I mllted in collection of all ,olaud lOltInf.',atlon, 1ao.llng lal•• and giYing c,stody to oto. 6aoa.

I. forta,r actio. h, thil offloe,.MoD.WooO 8212 041199

5UPPtEHEMT Il m. ,m llillLEI:On 04!191 i liS tOrking oatrol duly .hen \10 r",i"d til< "qunt for

II .(! frol Jeffco. I relponded to the am .lth ok laea IRd 5gt.Par I miYed on lCene •• S. llat" 5t I t"lOod, .t .b.,t llllhouri. I i•••di,t.ll b.gan to prepare .ith "' SWAT ',ul,l.nt, ,he. Ill!eontaot'd oy a I,eber .f 'fficers fr," J,ffco and Oenm '0. Arlq~est'11 oade of ., alll,tanol aod If .e had an, ba'li'llo sai.lll, II LIO h,c

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SOle •• lhe lirsl SUT officers 00 scene. I offm4 holh ocr shields, itlh.t lile Officer le.1 .rri,ed, aod he Iiso beio! oa SVAT, ,e .e"r.q,est•• to a.sist , g,,,p of olher SVAT offic.r., Ve tool lhe sii.lds,tnd Sgt. 1.,ler ,pprm' .. miltin! the other SVA! officers.

it lit up with officers frol DID aud J.ffco .a li"ee St, jIstoorlheast .1 the sch..l, .here lhey h&d al,••dy prepared aa LFO firet,.ci10 ,mi" UI COf" te '0" l...,d the I<hool. I wu ad,i"d that llltr•••r. ioju,ed studenls do,o on tbe outside of the school, aId ,e ttr. toto,. 10 that area and alle..I to relCoe th, .Ii4eots Irol th, ar,•• Ve.a," IP 10 the norln.ast lntr.ac. of lhe school. FrOI lh.r... coel4 It!what app.ared 10 he a studeal io on. of lhe ,iadows. 9fficer le.l .....UP to,log to the dOOf.ay ., had reached, aad assistiag lhose officers.lhis 'is at a",t IllS hoers.

Iy group th.a Imd aloa9 lire no,th side of lhe school, al which lhested.at It saw inside .as ab Ie to ~et 10 a d..r aad run 10 oer aosition.IH. 'as lahr uat ,ia oth" offioers to oee of lh. Co's), W. rorked our.ay to the 'er, far so.th••st ,ornar of the sch.ol. Th. firelr.c' liSbac'" into • oositi.a by tb. do.rs oa lbat sid. ,f lb. s,h..l, Al lhallocation I obs.rved throe st.d..ts d..o .n 1M fr..nd. rb", .... iPO aadJeffeo s'a.r,lsors at this loc.ti •• wilh .s. They d.cid•• tbat olfice,s.ould '0" forward to issist lh.se st.4ents. Tbis ,as ah.ut Illl bours.At I',t Ii•• olficers ..,.d t••ard lh. scb••l, iad lh.y .n•••n,.d thatth, uld b. pr..Wnf e•••rlse"rtlsh. tiro during lh. rosc... Ista in a co••r a.sili.o h.bind lhe flr.tr.c' aOd co,.r.d .pen aod.os.o.r.d door.ars. I ,ro'ided n. suppr,ssi •• fir•• 0•• st.d"l wasr•••••d. H. "d a ju.,hot .o.nd and ••s ,till ali,•• I j.ff,. patrol carliS IlOltd to us lod r Ilsis!ed io l",dln9 hi. lnl. lh. "bid. aad h. liS

relmd frol the scm, As<i:o.d shd..l i. this sat. o.sition .asr'lo,ed i. the sa.. fashlon, lh••as OOA. Th.r, liS i .ale sl.d.,t at theb.llo. of the ,Ili" at thi< I.cation, 19ain ,ffi"rs ••"d te hispositi ••, fou.d hil also 3QA, i" 1.fl hil at that locali... I the.stay.d at tbat 10cati", 0.,erln9 tho s,h.o1.

AJ.flco IVIT .nit ar,i,.d, and tb., lo••d up to the sohoo1, at ,hiehtil•• larf' ,ulber .f studenls ••re .,acual.d tbrougb 0., 1.catioa. Ilar~. ~r.u, of st.dents ler! als. ahl. to esoap. oa lheir .In, r.anings••th th,o.gh the ,ar,lnf 1.1 la a f.oc. II•• and lh.a runnl., ••st.Offic.r ••r. s.nt to thai I.eall,n to inlereepl and assisl.

After an .n'nola p"i.d of tl.e, .. I.ft .ur ,.sill..s, at which tileI ....d bac' 10 lim. st, and .. t with S91. 'ar'er. r .is tben d.,lolldto the hsld. ,I lh. ,eh.ol fro. tha ml sid" t, sel up .ith C,I.Ratcliff and the rut .f L'O sm. I lh.n lor••d with our t... I.contln.e In lh. ol.ara.el .f lh. area .f lbe scbool, We ••r. able to,l.a, a larf' ar.a .f the s,ho.1. Voriin! .ith OPO, La"wood, and J.ffc.,•• I.cat.d .nd .",ual.d a large n.lb.r st.deols and a4.11s, all frol lh.Sci.nc., lath, aad finance ara•• VI .ari,d ell r,••s lhat •• cle.red aad$II • 11l shd,nls lire semhed .nd Ie" out .1 lh. b'ildhg andtvr ol.r t••ther Offic.rs, On,. lh.sa ar.iS ••r. l.c.r.l, ,ur lea••as .rd.r,' to r.spood t. lb...i. antri"', Ve sta,.d at thai ar.a .nli1II let. Instrucled I. clear lh. lcen••N.t hi.g further,

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IE'Oll HARIITIVE:

smmEl! &! m. MEAL:On 14lOS! at IIlI lrt I '1$ ••rtin, an off dutl iob at Union hilt.

At &#pro, 11]$ h" I Atarnhroug' "t. Pa,ltr tnt an IInm call cut·'11 bflnS ..de and that all IWAT cWcm nuded to rtport at S. Plmeand Sowle! an.

I llliidiahll rIlilondad t. LPO and retrland ., pitrol ear lnddlrtctll proeeedad t. lhe scene flth I' SVAT ,qllnlent.

I attl'ad .1 Scana at anpr•• Illl h,s. I las a4.isad to gatilletialel, suited up as lhera .era rl10tted I,jurtt students ,utsld••flh. se...1 that n..d~ rmuins.

11,.11 and Cpl. !ohlen for..4 a tea. consisting of SWAT offictrs f,..Omt' P.O. lid Jefleml CounlY 1.0. It IPnto. IISI " 1101" hto thear'l atound the south llstetn ,nttl~' of the ,ch••1 u.ing I fite troeifor eo'er.

It this pohl the teue ,plit UJl aid I m slpmtad frol ,pI.Iohlan. IYSllf and .mcers fr.. Denier lnd Jeffer,o. county antmd theschO<lI buiWns. Ve anl ...<J th, buildins at lh, 'oalh aul .atme. just,oaU 01 t" uln ..tranCi. This was It a..to' 1290 10 IllS hr', XYl.IIlnd the Omer InG J.ffc, .ffl,.rt began clurlng the in.diate Irt!in,14, the building vhm .. enl",d. ~ cleared thi, am f.r GPuro. IIIlautU.

•, 115a ht' I fa, ,hla 10 d.t.rli.e thai the re,t ~f IY lIAr lea. hidar, lnd was outside. It v.. ~tlrlin,d thlt I vould go and filld IIt,., _ief th.1 and th.n re-.ntet tb. bulldi., to conti nUl cl,aring theinsiiJ••f t•• bui1iJlng. At Ibis point 110 stud.ots or tuch.rs had h•••found.

Finding IY tm and bti.fing lhn .e thn tlter,d the bulleing underthe "nand .f TUI Luder C.1. IItclifl. rbt offlcm 01 the tealcmistld of Ofc. Vm. Ok h ..n, Ole. Brauch, and Ofc. Sutherllnd,

Ie th.n sGo,I,••nt.d lh' Oen••r teal lhat lad Ill, had ,or, t.a.ItlOers miling.

It lhi s poi 01 .. lliJ auu'" II Officers in the buil di ng .nd .. heganI SlSlllal;, e1ming .f lh. building. Ye lOVe<! frOll the Soath Ellthall.aYI i.t. lh. liolnc. ~ffici. an4 lhen lO,iog into tht 11th Indsclenc. ,Ific.,. ie .ere th.n lurther ,up,I"lntad by offic.r, frOll lh.Lat.,o.d SYIT teal. is •• ant.rld the financ. and ..th and sci•••eoffl,., •• ancount.r.d appro I .1 per,ons consisting of lilnly ,tadentslocled in oWcn through..t the area. These stu40ats and haohars werethen morted oat to safe areas. Upon eluting r~OII in ae building .e'.uld write on the door ',I.ared. lPO ind tilt el.ar.4.' Our ,aitehended a,on reaching the area .tir tile front of the Jibrary. nil ... Itappro, 1m hrs. It vas raported that Thl library had alrtaify hm'heelad by one 01 Ina Om.. tn.. operating In the building. 1I1 of .yacti.III ,.eurred pn Ihe second lerel of the building.

Kothin~ furthar .t this tilt. C. leal 1m omu

SUP/LEMur 6Y omenYf IRmH:1i2019 at appro,ilal.ly 111\ houts, I 'If in I' offic. and heard

dis. .0 'd,is. 19t. Parler of the ,hooting Incident it Colalbine HighS,hee1. It approlieataly IllO hoars, disJlatc! stated that JeffersonCounty .as requesting Issistance fra other ag.nciu. CliJr. hcilll'd'is,d " t. be II,il.ble In tb. det.cti'e .ar on the stte.t. At

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lEPOiT HAiiATIVE,

app,." ..t,l, 1111 hou,s, dispateh advised that J.fl.rsoft Ca,.ty 'IIrnquesting LII SVAT aad I r.turaed to hoadquarters aad chinged ilt, IIIVAT .aif,,". It appr"ilataly 1201 hours, I arriYtd at I. Piuee st.,a.d V. Leav••d .lire I e,etinued t, de,loy II liaT aqaiplfnt. At thattile, Igt. alaei asied that I rellio hI the C? lod .,it-for tha othartUI ..."s t, min. At Ippraxilllell IllQ !>om, I AS ad'had toItet 11th SIt. Parier an the aut ,Ide of c.l..II.. High Scho,l. IIIlked aYer to Igt. Parier" locati.n ,m Ole. 1m aod .,itnd until tbe'sllinder .f oar t.,1 a,rivnd.

Cpl. iltollff, 010. E'lan and Ole. \uthe,ll.d arrived lad Ole. NealItt us .n the ust ,Ide .f tb! high ,cbool. ft. advised II of tbe mathlt he a.d the m ollims had mrched. Cpl. iatcliff instraeted thlt.,a to go to thlt Irel .nd ve ••tered tha door ,,,thaa,t of the Iliaentraaee. Ve aet vith O'D SlaT aad eoatiaued ,earehlag the building.Thm m. ,mral loohd d"rs that ws farced open. !!lpmilltel, 151,t.;,.t, ind telch,r, .,r, f,.n; in le"ral ,f the roOl, thlt .ers,.aroh,d. Ill,lf and .ther LID ,ff;cer••elfoh,; the ,t.d,nt, indttae'ers and t,c,rt,d th,a ,ot thrGUgh th, loutb'i,t do,r th.t ,e had,nter,d tbr.o,h. Ve r,lea,ed th.1 to otber ,flicer' .h, ,sc,rted tb.1 t,the CP.

Ie eontia••d our learoh ind Ole. H'tl aari,d the d,or, that veresw·'.d in the huildlng. At i"",Ilthll 1110 110m, ,e 'er! t.ld tbattho i" hull ding had bm lurohed .ith tbe halp ,f the other !VAItea. .nd ••re inltrocts; to ..,t at the .ain entrance of the b.ilding t,..it ior hrth.r InltmU... At i,pru,illt,ll 1110 hoors, .a ••r.r,limd hI other sm teill. nero is nothl,g further fr.. this ,tHm.lngela irouch 1101 l.lOI!

SUPPLEftENT II Oft VlEft:On 111m it approxilahlr Illlhrs I reeeived a oag. for all IVAT

officers to respoad to tb. im 01 C,luabl" High Sch..1 t, mi,tJeffu... C,unt, ShotHf', I.partlent .ith a critical incident. Iarrived at that I,eation at about Il1Shr, Ind eontactad Igt ilacl. lit!Iaci dlr,et.d Ofc ira.ch and II,elf to ...t .ith Igt Parker ,a the oastsid, of seh..l. V, lit .ilk Sgt Parier ind ..ited for th, rUlinder ,fth, t,al to ar,i". Atttr tho arrival ,f (pi tatclill, Ofc ',aa., OfcSotherland and (pi iugl., ,••er. let bl Ofe leal, rho had or,vio.,I,entmd lht 10ho.1 .ith lIuher! ,I ,ther dePart"ntl. At approlilatsl,tltlhrs, Ofc Nul lad th, t,.. int, th, building through a d.or an tb,".th.a,t 'ide .f the 'eho'l. One, i~,ide, .e lit .fth .Ifie.rs froaOea,er 0,0. and Jefferl,n COijnty. lft,r ,."rll ai'ut••, Ofe Suth!rlaod.nd I".lf r,li.,.d t.o Ot.,er P.O. offic.r. c,vering a hall,a, in tb.south.est corner 01 the 'chool an the ,,,ond floor. Ofo Sutherlaad anda,sell Itmd at that ~.itl,. far om an hour. ie.ere thu mnltad.ith the r.,t ,f the teaa at 10cati... It that ti••, I ."flted lithcltaring rooa, Oft the ,oc,ad fl.,r in lh. lootheist corn.r. V. l,undnul s ,hduts and tuehm hiding" 1ooied in the r..... Once It

fou, ."a, I mistud in hading the suhject! t, • do.r 00 the liSt,ide, ,he.. they ver. turned ,m to ,ther 'fficers.

I th.o .ht .m Lai...ed \VIT II the, elm.d the ClIeter!a ladOOlllon, area oe the I."r floor. lh. r.,t ,f the littleton t.all

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IEPOIT IAIIATrY!:

contloltd to clear rools on tbe second floor. I then let ,Itb the tealand It 'ere ordor.d to clear aod r.turo to tbe Po1ici Oepartllnl, 10further actloo taken, J,lron n81 81ml .

S,np!m.tal leport bl ~pt iltclilfr

on 012011 at Ibelt 1250 hOlrs ofc Sltherlald and ! I,rl,od on SClle ItCol,.olno High icbool, ie 'are directed to a. araa near tha front ef thelcbool bl Sgt Parko" Vo tralsPOrtod tba IIjorltl ef LPO's SVAT.qoiplent,

Sgt P.rkor ald Ofc iaal brlafad os Oft tha current sltvatlen. I ,as tillleader for lPO's .Itrl toal. 1 tool Ofes. I,el. Irllc" leal, EYIII aa'Sutherlaad and It IIda e.trl Into tit scbool by tbe deer sa.th of thelall entrilce it iboot 1115 hoors.

Ie ,et ,m a Om" SlAT tnl 'nd bag.. , 'tarch of tba laiR hallny,'ltendence effice, classroOl' te tba north of tie liin ilall, seutb of the..I. hall, Ind the 11th Ind ,clence 1"11,

I. located ,nd .,acuated 100 to 150 students ,ad tlachers. These per,oos,.r, taie. outside of ,ailing la. ,.forell,.t perso.nel,

I, • 'urld frOl 'IU' m!g.ll,,"t b, about 1110 h,urs, 10 additionalin ,tio., Cpl IatcHll, 012111.

SUP It/liNT 8, OFFIc!R SUTHERLAND:On 012081 at iopro,ilately 11\0 heor, I .a. pa,ld te e,slst Jeffco on

e crHieal Incident. I mind at LPO and mist.d Cpl Ratcliff ,ith tillilT "uhlnoL ,:,1 R.teWf 'od I respo.ded te colu.bine High lcboel atapp",I"I,ly 1m hom. Ie 'espond,d to the u,t side ef the schaol1111 11t Parker, Dfe 1"0 ,.d Ofe Bruch ,ere leeated, Olc leal tbures,on4ed to our loeollo. frel insld. of tbe sebeel and .e wer. brief'db, hil and Sgt. Pa,'''' Ofe Nul tie. Iud us inside tbe scllool through,n east ,ide door just south .f th. lain !Dtmee, We the. iere I.ccotact ,iti O,o,.r SWAT, Ofc Ir.o aod I wer. staged on I i,llilY andI.. doubl. door' " tht sem4 floor locahd 01 the south side of t~ebuilding,

Cpl. Behlen, Col latc11ff, ofc ieal, Dfc Braoci, and ofc E,lan theoclur'd the h,lI.a, just tQ tb, wth of our location. Ve tbl! sllrtedt. cl.ar se,eral 10'1,d r.OIS 00 the secood floor. Ie found se.eral.tudents and teach.rs hiding in se'era] reels. Tbe, ••re ,II ,.tled downa.d "corted .ut a last door .er, othe, police officers .er, r,ady toprecelS th.l.

I' clure4 all of the ro.u that IIr, auigned to us. We iU.i.f.md that tb. mp'cls .m dead a~d thaI tbe rest of lhe sthool was'lear. I. Ih!D left lhe )oilding.Nolhinl furth,r,lvth,rla.d 1201 012119

SIPPtEiEMTAL IEPOIT II CORPORAL MICHAEL P. IElLEl, 1101:I, .,ed, p,ge to r,s,o.d ,t appro.itet.1, 1155 heurs 0. 11-28'11 t.'."ond to the ar.a of V. leawood Dr. aod 5. 'ier,e St. to Isslst ourSlAT leiI i. r,fere,c. t•• Col'IOi.e High school shoeti.g I.,id'lt. Upc.ar,i,al, I contacted ~e90tialico, le.bers Baea, Daphne and 10.6, ~Ikl rho

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If/OIT HAIRATIV!:

had S~l ~p I tllP~rlry p~sllftg eeAter Oft Ibe sid. of a p~llee lehlele. IcnAtaeted Sgl Ilaek Ilso aho ad,lsed tblt .e Allded 10 sll u, a ~o.aaAd

p~st tn assist Jlfllrs~A CnuAtl nfllclals .ilb the lalheriAg aIddhsmoatioa nf iAhretiol. Ie duplicated all tbl lAforeti.. omcnsBRa and Wood had accuhlahd 011 suspects, 'UPOAS, u.nostagls aAd gneit to theJellmoA C...ty OIPuties i.slde I'eir c.lNod p.st. I au t.ld by Ih~J"',r... C,uAI, UAd.rsheriff, OUAaaay,Joh., Ihal .e ••Id.d I. s.I up forA"lolhtioAs h tb' nnt of eoAtatt ailh the SiS"CtS. W. tond all ofour pOltiAg Ilteriall aAd equip..At 10 the Arapaho. Cou.Iy lh.riffs .al,.d s.t " OIr,tioll Ibir.. we C'AtIAU.d g,theriag i.lor.,ti'l 'Asusp.cts, ..apoRS, hoslagls aAd Ihelr locations, parlAt lists, phOA.Ixl••IioRI f.r stude.ts inside the sthool bulldi.q aAd .aps .tc ••1 thescbo.1. we pamd •• Ihis iAhraatioA to Sgt Ihtk lnd J4Ilm•• touoty

p.rsoAn.1 IA their cOilald post Aext to ourl. Officers aita, Wood, aad.!sell lilked 10 ,tId.,Is Mdiog at diflmnt locatim lo.ihIhe high sClool aAd Irild 10 alsora Ibtl 01 our aclions 10 lin. tbt. lAdget Ih.. 0,1 laf!ly. I talked to lattb.. C"mil f. tke Yocal hsicRoCi along .ilh om ,1 'Ihn ,tudenls thrll Hits darh! a t.o koorpariod 'Atil the! nr! rescue;! h, the SVAT Tms. Alter htthews groupr!lim, I morlid thel to the bUllS frol Ihe com.d posl for trmpo,t10 lu..od !Im'llry lcbool. lIltr our SWAT tUI .as rel1md, I'aullt!d ,atharing ail 01 our lnforutioA Ujl and ioslrucl!d 9fflcer Bata10 -' 'eit an nidme locker at IIH! littlaton polici hurl...t at theflq,._, 01 the Jelhrso' Coulty 13triffs ~part...t, Our l!goliations ttalus mil!!. 10 our acthitiu al Ihl cOIlind po,I hy lah..od 19t Cole,Jim and Ebeling, ,ric. We atr, also assislld by fIl lieots fUSIlilr,Dal,ne alld Hohtll., MarL lo additional I,forillio. at this tilt, i'KElm, 1101, OHHI.

SUPPlEMEHTAl mOlT i! COR PORAl nun, Me. 110\, 912199: I roc imd thapackel co.tai.ing all thl pOlling dotule.II Iroo lab <vldl.c. Tachalcla.Iruca ldlll I.d op,nld Ihe dOCUlI,tl to rltrilve SOIl intorlilioR. Ic!llalld the pack'I ~ontlining all the doc....Is and placId into I,ide.c,lockar I 2 aftlr u,a, MP XEllEY, 1111, 1\-21-19.

lUP,LEMENTal REPORT BY OFfiCER ROWERO 1002 0\-21-99

On ;1-/1-" II Iboul 1210 ~rs, r rocined I snt plqo to mponed 10lmocd nr. iAd So.'ie", It. Uoon I' arrival at ibout 1m Hrs, Istirled to sil up cur l,al N,gotiators phcl. I .as a',is.d b, Cpl. IttllTIlAT [mid be io charga of tha pho.a nd our ,quipltnl lor legoliatio.s.Th' Iquip.,nt .as oel up next 10 .n. our "Irol ,.ils parkad on So.Plm, st. lboul two h~.rs later I was asked to lOY! all our equl,aenti.Io Ihl lraishee C'untys Coulnd posl flbicle ahich au parked on se.PrOm sr. I tIS contacled by ena of Ihe FII iquls a,d ed.ised I ns 10tan the deer to the 'Olund post,as onl! lo.e Mlgilialo" rtf. 10 I.I,o,d in. I .al at lhis po,t ,.tli Ihe I.cid.nl ••, cver.

turther ictioA 11 thil Gllim 16 IOWIRO II 1m11-. ,I

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iiPOiT HAiRATIY!:

SUPPt,,(HTAt iEPOiT IY OFFICii H.P. ITIAIOn 1.2091 at I,rodaaltly lIS. hoors, I ,,,,iltt a SIal Patl that

adT;s,d LID Swat to r,spond to tha ar,a of l'arood and Pi"". to assistJaffa,son CounlT 5.0. 00 a "iti,al ineidant.

r arriv.d on se'na at colu.bina High School at app,o,;.at,ly 1255hoars. On ., arriYal I .et lith .eliars of LPO Srat, ltd ,ere atyiSld!hat ••••re n.ed.d f' lh. sooth,as! liog of the school to fl.t lithOeo,.r S'lt offie.,s. I 'II ad,is,d that s.,.ral state.ts h'd b••n lhotand th.re I." pa,sibl, fo,r ,.soeets in the school a'flt rlh lhot~••s,haodgans and ,nssin1y a rifl••

Upon .ntry in to tha soatha.st ling of the s'hool. I. anteret 01 th.see,od 1".1 illt soath of lh. tha uin .nlrane•• At lhat ti .. It , ••tlith oifi'ers fro. OPO srat ant assisted tia. in ,la,ri~ the lIin,ffi,. am lnd lima I adjaoant 'OOIS. !!tar misting OPO it lISdetar.i.,d that ,P' SIlt 10,ld ~raak off and ,I.ar tho sa,theast ling anttht S,iao.a ,oaIS. O,riog th. search LPO Silt nffi:ars antat.d aet'hlttd nu.erm 'O<lIS in tha s:ia." ball ••d so'lhmt ,ing. Ourin! thesear,h •• 100ated possibl, ,p t. 100 bastagas, .blch 'are .11 sea,:h,da't "wht .,t of the Schoal.

LPn Slat offl,er. did assist a ioinl Ie•• of 0'0 5••1 aot JeffarsonCo,ntl 5'it Offieirs in the r.s,ae of Ii ited,nt. and f."I;11 fro. thear•• k••,. to 's as S,i••e. I.

fnlry vas .ide into '00.' ,ether locked or ,.locked. L""lod roo.swar' 'tared by br••'iog lb, glm .ladon lit reaching through theIi, 'nt \llIenlng tba doar. Each roOI tlllt 8S clmed hI IPO officers.as ,ed advl'ing tn. tila that to. roOi III ,hared ant tha totters t.p, 0, ,riltan o. tk. d••" LPO offioers fer' 'aIled .at .f tha soe., .ta"r.xilataly 111\ hou,s, l.d .dvised to claa,.

~. further i'farulion.Ofe, H.P.!Y.A. 1\1199

IUPPlEMEMlAL 1,101l IY SGl. C.W. IlAC[

0' 1.2099/11\0 r .,s advised through ratio at .1 ho.o .f a possiblohOlta;e inoidant at Colaeblae HI, Sgt Parkar lRd Co....d'r Ira.dt .e" i.ro,le to the mne. I las adTised that JCIO "q,esht our l¥AT ten. in.1 ,ositi" of mT C••rdinet.r, r res••nded fr•••y b....

On ~y arti'al I ,ontaetld Co.und" Srandt and Sgl Par'ar. It flS anext".al, ,ha.ti, situtlion. I ,as anbab], t. i...dialaly 10Cit! aninddtnt eonandH and b.san lSsisting In the arrival a.d doplol...t oftha wi.us SIlT nnitsl littleton PD. J,ffC~SO. ArapCOSO, Laktl'lod PO,Oan'er PO, and f,1 .1 tbao ,••la,tad Lt Val char, JCSO and adYistd hi. of.y letlo,. He aSled .. to IIlist in tha de.lo,...t and dir.otio, of tbatactieal "its, t oontacl.d Sgt Pari" 'h" had s.t-" a SlAT sta~in! am;ast of tba school 0' 'j"ot st. Ind nd.Ised hi. Ibat Lt. tal'herreqnnst,d .a asllst i, lb. taotieal depl.y.eot of tba mioul rupOlldingttais a~d h. ne.ded to ,nordinate .ith a la:tleal lu••/,isor fro. naehunit

I tL ,imted ill, Iaea and V.,d t. s.t up n Tadleal !)peralionl Centerfor the eol1.,ti.n and dils••ination of infor.ati~o, I tha. alli,l.t Ltlal:." i, the :olland pOlt,

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mmmmm:

At lhe conclusion of the ioit!ll tacli'll ,lel'lo,e, I resp0n4ed to tneschool at the direction of tbe JCSG to ad,ls. tilt sm tms thatpl'll<di" ,ould rlspond to cneet tht ,ondition of tke deeeised lId thatIdaHiml hili .ere reouested 10 ,lear the lehool 19lia, directin9tkeir lthntiot 10 lhe ouums nprosive duim" and 1~,atiOll- of bodin.fltl were to r..ain i. OOSWOlI 'ntil r.lined. Th. ti•• '"ijIprodul.11 1100. I .ntmd lile school to b.tter debd.f the mpOllding'nils as to tho situation.

It ,"millt.), mo, at tb. requost of It Velder, I brielod theCOller.e Cit! PO, loolder PO 1 SO, Thornton PI a~d !ortkgl'l~ 'I, ,10then r.lie,ed tht inits 00 ,etn•. I then 'ontaet,d It Valek.r and clta,edtho sctoe .t approliaetel! 1110.

In lillll I ,ootlcted Ott JOkOSOll LPI, to .d,is. kl. of soppleltntalreports by lPI offielrs aod of the TOC oostings hold in e,id.n,•• He.d,i"d that h. ""ld ,oordinate the mhange ,ith Jcsn. ENO OfSUlnEMEKTAL REPORT

SUPPLEMENTAL IT CPL. lEAN " IUGAN:: rmh'4 a pa~ at 1151 ~'s. to respond to tke ma of V. lUM04

ind S, 'itre, Sl. to mist J.'.l.Q. OR , ,rltlcal i'cidfnt. 5gl. Tar4!and I rll~ond,d to th. I"n. Codl 1 and Ht up .ith 5gl. C.T. Ilact ItiW 'I.t,l, IllS hrs, Sgt. 5laet directed us 10 ...t illl ,itk 5gl. OOllg,.. in fronl of th, l,b.01, on S. Pleree st., In front of the uinent, •••• Om tbm, Col. Iilcliff direde4 .e, on, olLPO SVAT', tvosni,e", to mist tho lUIS' approa,b 10 the school ,ith rilla m.r. Iobser"d a••aid,.tilled IVAI offi'er covering the ••in ,ntran" to th.s'h.ol fm • corm located iust lo,tb 01 the .nttance. [toot IIjl aoiniti.1 position at six o',loct .n4 app,o,ilat,l, 11 ,.rds Irol the liin"trance .here I ,o.ld ,."r tb. Hjorlt, 01 the ,ast llde ,f thesellool. To bethr cow • n..be, of 9round Iml .indo.s located on thenorth,rn east side 01 tho seho.l, 1 IOTed to. position of 1 .'dock aadappr.xi.at,l! ,I ,.,ds fro. tbe ••in entranel, and positioned .,selfbene.th , parked ,ebl,I•. frol tbis ~oliti,., .e and tb, otber.nldnlifild sm offi,er, wer. abl, to oroTid. com for LPO STATofff"rs condu,ting "aeo.tlons of ltudints frol an ,ast,rn ,xlt I.c.teddUI lOUlh of tbe lain i~trae,a. J held this oositio. untll such tl.. JWI! Instru,t.~ to elm the inelde.l. Nothing f~rthu t. "po,t.U ,Dugan/Olll!!.

;ij'Ol!NE~TAl IEPOll I! DilECliVE JACISON~

On April 10, 19S1.t approxilatalr I!:>! houri to relpond t, Pl;reestreet and L..,..d Streat on an mill to J'llmon eouolr S.O. nn Icritical Incident at eolu.bine Hilb Scho.l.

O. mllil [ usislld .m postings 40d otber fu~dions at tha ,oua04post Al ltudents and taachers wert abl! to exit the buiJdift9, Iai' i ,itk inter,ie.ing thesl subje,ts and ,olla~t.d writtenst"...nts frol tkill subjects. Th." state..nls wer, sub"quantlyI~r'ed om to i,fi".

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JC. 001·008670

IEPORT NAIRATlVE:

I spoke to Intral "h..l ,ersoM.l wllo gin ,ossibl. associlh nolS ofDa'id Ca,av.n, wh. 'as .,p.ll.d f,o. tb. school ar••,d Dctob.r .rHo'eaDer .f 1111, .nd Eric Dotra, ,ho is not ••tr.ntl, a sludtnt at'olulbio. HI gh S....1.

Ont .t tbe 1n,.1,.4 Itud.ots, A4•• H.n••!, did .lso .d,ls. It th.t I JonoSa.". hid b••o 1.,.1,.d ,ill the Ir.n.hcOlI ilfi. ,aog io lh. p••l, a.d'0,14 know a 1.1 about th••, h'l dido'l Sl•• to b. elosol! ass.cialedwith th•• !lis !m, lid hado't beo seen hi lI. wearing a trmhcoottMs school !eor.

r 'as all. ad,is.d th.t the foll.'ing p.opl. ,.r. r••ort.dly in th.offie. area of Ih. sch.ol at lh. tI...f the incldut, r did notpusonall! c.atact ao! ef thm 'ielin: liki '.yba, Sido.y !latini, JaoFi.ld'r, Ch,i! iik'I.II, P.t.t Hor"th' Frant D'lng.lo, N.oa Naddeo,Darl.o. Ne,.h. aod Jud, Ir.el••

I 'II advised that I ... ld be assigned to a lab hal for the ,eho.l, andr••,in.d a~ standby ,ntil a~proli.at.l, 113D ho.rs, wnan I .as rel.asedlor th! ni ght.

0, A~ri1 11, 1m I respcnded ~aci to the scan. and 'as cn slall4b, fcr alab ha., b,t wal "Osap"nll, assigned to ocnduot follow-1llI inter.im.

I , nded to__ te alhllll te cont$<:I a !bcotin,,i, •.• ,ho had "blOqu.ntl! b.u released Iroa littltton Porltr Holpilal,a Patricia ~ialsen, ~hone _0 on••as at hOle ,t the resldeno.,and a card ,u 1<It.

I later r,c.i,ed a phon. ,.11 fro. ii.ls.'. who indi.at.d that tb.re ar.t'lO 'strida _ialsans .or'i,g for lhe Jeflco school !lSt.., and Ihal tha'ielia was her daugM"'in'law, lhe "Pjlliad tha pbo" nillber for the,ietla, and this infor.etion ,as turned "ar t. "'.wo04 P.D. Serg.antOan Mct.,ke,.

I then respond.d to t itt1etoa Hospilal t. allujll to locate aRRlbar,i'lia, the nale I had hetn given liS lob varder. I ru advised at theh"pilal that this <I, aetuall, Robart Imier, rho Is tha step-hlher ofa Ihooting ,i.ti. bl the naae of 8rl,n Anderson. t '15 Id,is.d tn,tVarnler hid rl,ponded t. the 5cho.1 after the i,old.nt had b.g,n, and'han h. diseOlmd that his !On hid hm a shooling vioti., h' apPlrantl,IQff.rarld eh.,t pains and ,as transported b! par,.,dle.. varni.r ,asnot int",I"'d. I liter eonHrled that lnderson hid 0..0dimlad tolulh.,an !osp!tal, and 'as int.rv'e..d br an.the, int.r,iew i••••

On April 22, 1m I mp.nd.d to th. 5eho.l and misted lith f.mrdinle-,al1 inlor••iio. "eei'ed 01 'iitl.ton P.O. to tha Fil for f,rth.ranal ISis.

III ENTA, REPOIT II DETECTIYE 'ACKSON:Als. _,ntacted .n '12QI~~ ,as Oaui Johnson, a biolngy t.aeh.t, Jobnl,nad,I,.d the 1011011ng:

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JC- 001-008671

ifPO!1 MAliATlV,:

nat h. was h science roo. Il, l~eal!d at the 'o,thnst eor,.r .f tiehijilding .a the upp.r 1.,.1.That h. h••rd ..i"s, t',a h.ard .~t,.

lhat h. ,a. a aa1. "bl,ct, we.riag a black t-lhirt, 5'11' t. "II, thiab.ild,

nat h. mistid in dragghg 0... Saader, oat .1 oa. are. aad iat, a lOt.letut~ are,.

'h.t S.ad.rs was bl"ding fro. th, aooth,

'h.t tb. tiadow ••s ,••1 "t ia biology roo. II,

hat oth,r t.ach,r'l Th,r". Mill.r, aad Rich loa, also assisl,d .ithlo'ing Sanders,

, Jaehon 921l OlIn!SUPPLfMEMlll RETORT 11 OF" I,A,ROIERIS

On 011099, at ao".,ilat.ly 11.9 h.U'I, 1 r"o~nd.d lith O.t. Jack,o,I. ,01,..1•• High lchool. I Inler,i...d m.ral ,tud.nts atter th.y ..r,"ae,at.d lrol th. school and had tvo stud.nt••rit. 0'1 .tal•••nts .hichrer rn.d ".r t, lb. J.Il.r,on Cl'oIY Sierill'l In,.stigatio,s I...,

1.1191, [ allist.d Ott, Jaek,on liln atto.pting to 10,at, 'ictlll01 I". C,l,.bino In,ident lor inteni.w"

sr'PlEMEtIIL RE?O!T SI ,MDi iiAtiT:On ~tll la, 19!~ at a"t"i ••t,ly 1I10brs I ruoond'd to 'olu.bi••

Hign lenoo! ,n , ro,'t,t l,r al,lstanee by the Jefferson ,o'nty Sheriff's;flic. on shots lir.d and Itudent, inj,rl~, I arri',d at S, ,i.reo It.and V. l..wood It approxiut,ly Imh" a.d ,.nllchd It. !alchtr Iho 11$

tb, ineid"t co...nder for tho ·J,Il"'1ll\ ,,,at, Sheriff's Ollice,I ro,u.sted that Olf. ilea ••tablish a ,egolillions GPerltions ,.nt,r

Ind .tt with Sgt. 8le,k ,ho had j,lt arci ..d. Sft. llact and I rminedlOst 01 thll incident lith lt. Val,h,.. at H, :ol..ni po,t 'nd pt..id.dasliltanc. II need.d .ith the conand lAd acthilia' 01 tbll h,ddent. I'learod fr,. the s,.n. at ,poroxi.at.l, 1l00hrs and ra'ooodad to LID lora debriofing.RCIUMDT 16il 041199

00 111099, ,t Ibo,t 11S1 ho,r" I liS pagod aod dirocl" IQ rl,poadto Col'lbino Higb School 10 "si,t Jolforson COioty on a lbooling ,t Iiischool. Upon mi"I, I wa, directed to iohni .. students, teaehm aodothtr '1II'1,y." as tb,y wer, nacuahd fr,. the school. I inhrri ...dl

-n Ricbard v"d,••: illSll5411 i. Ca'IOn Traillitt1,to, 101ll

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tltolr ~ltIArIVl:

mdeat fiNl bi" in lb. biolot! roOl: didn't 1ft tbe shooters

J'l>tlte !lb.,"!DOl: nUll12&1 I. hgalls(1Il) !1H2ll

studeet who bid in lho ~~oir roo.: dido'l s•• tie shooters

Itephaoi. ~m,l001: mm1210 S. f.oton ct.littleton(lOll m·ml

student who hid in lhe ~hoir roOl: didn'lm lie shootus

•s ~lKCao1er

:O&Dlli,.,t I, 1,lishur! It.LatelNlooIlIl) lll'IUl

ill • th.r: had.aAd ~.rris in bo,lIog ~lass: .asn't m. ifas in ~Iass on 0.2091 a••• : Harris eas in ~lass 012011 a.I.;

u I" s mall! wore hlatk, hu~ out tog.t~er, didn't tingle ,ith.ther sludents; subiects lhre.tenff anotber sto"ent befor, X••s, hutno ml prohlus sinee lh.n.

Kam Christi ne ~i ,I un001: almo1111 V. Hinsdale Dr.(l01) IlHOIl

ahout 121\-1220, al tb•••st sid. door, p.ople husting in, shuuting'g.l d..n, g.t do'f1)', hmd shots fir.d, sounded m. a pistol aatand a 'h""h,' hut soteon told her it JlS a sbotgun hlut, lstudenboutside sbot, on. in the Il<e, on. In tbe hack, on. d.adi soteon.~all.d Ill; tb'l hid in the halhrool; h.ard i~l.raittept ,uufire,shootin, ;~ kitcbe~; a kid ,ll.b.d i~to Ih. ceilin, to fln4 escape''''h, III a iid .m a rifl., hullet ,nad tbe H,d of Ite iid

iftg to ,eeape; sa, one lohject il • black Ireatheoal; at leasl,., luhj,,11 In'olv,d, beard lhe. talkin" iic\i~, ltufl around,sboollog.

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IE,OII NAIRATIVE:

lmrna Hell008: milllill S. Saari dan, 11-\Oemr 10m[IOl i Ie'-ouo

litean urker; aid in laendrl Mar liteMn .m IS othm; didn't'tt ta. slootm

Jak. ApodacaIlll I. Vme St.(ltl) IOO-ml

at ,omr fi.ld .m i friepd iPd heard wilat sOlnded lik.firecracker,; sal I ,ubj,et. ne.r ,oaool, saooting! one lare,aota, Otto roof of soaool; I.bjecll Ihot sholS" to.ard hia indai. friend; h. ind hi. fri,nd ran to , hOOl1 aId oall.d Ill;h. sa. a ge'la, dooked do., ,ila i ,hotson io lea,.r 'arl: ,Wijeelswere V/N, ! .earing black tre,eheoat., alaek berets, alael p.,ls,alael Ir., boot., black l-s.irts, earr,i.g ,holg,ns: ht has 'een the.at IOhool before, but did not flnd the. in the yearbool h .as .ho.o;" thir' subject had Iighl bmn hair, wearing a .hile r'shirl alld

os, thrn.ins bolb. ento the roof: ... 0.. nplode: I.odeea has nol..•nhil at Sohoel b.for, (lEE 111TlEN SIIIEIENI).

IlIdl lml~OOO: 'i1l1161

1!1 S. !low It.tlk"o~d

Ill11 m-llSS

?E teae~er; prniousl, had a• ~mis and llebold In elm;saw injured IIdl outsi'e sehool: ma'l m the Ihooters

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liltleto, Polioe Officer Harlan Viugh also interviewed .~ple as ther'ere ."cu,ted frol the ,ch~ol. Offieer laugh intervie"d:

Chris Hoear~ Illcher000: 0l19ili5l1 Y. Calhoun PI.littleton 11m(101) 1lI-11l0

10d his Irien~. me about lOa ldl. lrol lhe sohool; thel sn I..,jects, ! 'Iari,g trenoheolt., o,e ,e.riog I White shirt: IhlYheard .hat th" thought 'Ir. lu,shot., '0 thel slarted running '.11;then the! fisur'd 'hat th,! h.lrd .11 fireerlckers, so the, slartedbae' tomi the IOhool: one of the subjeot .ioed and fired I luO al

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REPOlr NARRATIVE:

l~e., ,e lkel dr,pped te the greued, lheD sal lh. kid ialhe 'hile sAirt lbrel Ihal leeted Iii' grlaad" cIte the school reel:h. IDd his Irlead' r•••tly, 11ag9.d delD a tir rie,e occ~••ls lcekth•• t•• hcu,. south .f the 'cbool: Wi,cher al,c sal a slbj.ct lilh ag~ua in Wum Park, bef 4ida'l knn if If m- oee el lh ,keel'" Ireilh, 'chocl cr Dati .ther kids Tr.acbcoat Hifia (MOr THE SROOTE2S11..1,41 rh44d." loles, Roberl 'erry, Iri'l Slrge.l, JOll,h Slii,{grad,.t,d 1a,1 ,earl: Dotalio., 'D hact of Iritl,n 'tal....t alsoi..],o. lDlcrllll.. abcut a blue Tnycla r,rc.1, HOa-SII or HOO-SII,aad • "bi.cl i'-"l', .ar-loDIlh br... hiir, lie-dy. shirl lid

jeans (SEE wIITm STUElEHT).

Tmy Hile.,ooa: mm111l S. r.rr•• Wy.Uttl,!., 10121(Ill) Ill-1m

Nth tucher: at.,l 1111, hmi 1 disH"t shcts: ,n lid. ro••ill'ld••, hall ,.r.ali.gi fire liar...,I clf: be lc.k hi, ,lal' .,t the!IS! .ntmce iat. lmood Plrk; III girl at laaned Park .hc had. ',Sh.t i. lhe leg; kidl in'ol,ed p."ibl, le,in Harri',lIIIIIII'

Illan lh.bau1t?

Elil1 !1. lil1ing.lcrlhOOB: 01lS1lsm S. Holland st.Littleto, IUIll(lOll 9lHIll

stud"!j did,'l ,.e the ,bont,r,

l"i5 Ho;] C,lhy-l.rg009: 111111

1101 W. S.]le,ieY A"., 10-101Lilt!;!.. lUll!(1Il1 141-1110

51,do.tj heard kids ,ay th" ,a. a kid ,itb c.r]1 or". hair, ,eari.ga Irmhc.at, lhooting

v ; ..,if,r lie Ham001: 121110im 5, tatol Cl.Littl!!cl lOll!

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tEPOtT NARRATIYE,

lori, a,remooa: 011181\141 i, laplelooG ~r,

LittltlOll I8Ill1m) 19Hf18

ltudent; didn'I sal tbe lhootarl

JOltpb liebaal R.gol.008' mm5211 I, Elt" i,.Littleton 1Ol!1(l01) m-I!II

student; did.'t See th lbooters

On 012111, Officer iaugh and I ,ere ditecte~ to inter'ie' Ad•• IlehaelXyler, ooa: li!112, 'ho ba4 been tteattl a.~ relealed fr.. LittletoRKospHl1. " ",pond.d to Xrler's bOle aud inter'iewed bit iR Ih.ptmm 'f his pamts. 1,Iet bas a lurning disabPily aM m unaohto co"lela a 'tillaR slahunt al that Iile, Ve did 'btai. a "diealr,cords rel",e sign.d hr Xrl.r a,d bls IOther (attachad to i,ter,ie,,otu). X,lar reporlid th.t,

h. 'enl t. I'ncb in tha cafeteri. loo,t 1118 brl,

at lo"t IIlI brl., tuchm startad ,em.g at the kidl 10 get dowl

he and R,an Oathridge, Jill Siko"k, I.d anoth.r girl got ,ad,r Itable

h. heard ,bal ,."d.d Ilk. a plane fl,;.g 10, aod the~ lV'lh,l1

1'0 SVbjlcts .ere r,nni,g a.d firiag sbots

II.ry••• ,catllr.d, and he gol hil ,itl a cbair ia the rib, durin,the cOI••ti,n

~. t.ld his fr;e.d, OVIl, Roffschn.id.r, to sta, 'ilh hi., bvt ~"tT

'.d the fir. alar. aad ran ,ot

Ad.. ,.at into the kitcben

h. saw one.f the ma.ell, a VII, IHI ,earl old, I', unkaown

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IEPOIT NAIRATIVE:

.. ,ght, lcag htildkhiic.,ardl eap, black traacbcoat,ha.ds i. cOlt poctatl, coftriag flct 'ftb bl.d, didn't Itt 't"OOIItbougbt bt hid lun tbi, tid bafm - ITOlInd Ius, tbil 1i4 aid biliriuds bad threatm<l Adal

IYla told Idll ha ,a, IOrt subjact, fitb tbe ,vsp,et; I,aa took .ff

lie 1mb laliu i& tie b,et of lilt titcb.n told the kldl to COlt

baci tbere ,ilh tbtl; 1'0 j •• ior girl, frol Adal', hiltorl cia"...t blck tbtrt 'ilb Adal; II p,oplt hid thir. altOftt!.r; tbtl ftr.barricided i.tbt rGOI for bOllrs; tal114 0. tb. pbo•• to Gln'er 10;SVAT teal I,ld tbe. t, get i. tb. bilhraol and than tfaeuatad tb.1tbrougb tbe ficult, lo.age

Kyltr's Ilartnts told Officer Vltgb lad u tbal Adil had al'o told tbtltbtt:

wbt. ht I.d Iht otbers rtra barri~dtd i. Ibt kitch.n, theyburd lbols, rola.di"'l and pto,h t.lki,g

lbal btlrd al leelt tlO different ii,ds 01 gonsbatl, ~ssiblr

sholguns and pillols

"'y 'tre unsort if tbt gunfirt yas fr~. the pollet or Ibe sus~eetl

.f haard ,h,ts ,utsie lbt kitchen

thel rtrt bthind I Ittal r,lling 9att, and tht! beard 1-1 shots hitit

around lliS 1991, \ kids i, 11ack leather treneheoats lhrietintG Adal,hiling hil Ihtl 1m g,i,g 10 \ill hi. if bt went to elm, Ind 11ht l,iG "rone ai"l lht Ihroat!, thal woold sh..t hi.

AdUi Inn tbtr drt call" the french C,at Mafia

the Tr,neh Coat Ilfi. kids h,ng o.t near tbt post-grad center itb-7thhour

Ada. t,ld hi, pare.t, a.G lhe foll,.i'i 'ehool perso'nel abo,t lbtIhreals: Sid leating, Irad lutls, Rudy Nlrtin, Irs, Park, PeterHorlath, levin La'd,

On DillSS, I reell'Id a phont eall fro. Oet. Chrlltian ConI,s of tbeI.;le'ood 'olic! eeparlle.I, who reI Ired inf~rlation ab~ut a suspiciousi.cid••t th.t o.'orred at the King S~~~Irl, 1010 S. Fadtral IlIG. Ott,C~.t~l told It tbut:

1\1199, 0910'1100 hrs" u sobject in a black trt.cbeoll e.ttred. stor, and por,haled fi,t l·lilar pop bOltles

the sobject m Ii'll yUIS old. my tall and Ihin. filb lotg br~..Ya'r hair, narl., mglllltl

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iE/otT IliIATIVI:

t•• sobjeet ellt.ge4 in murs.tlon vilb the eaelker .bout theColulbln. ~S ineld.nt

g,.ffiti w.s I.ttr lound In tbt store restruol ta,l s.id, '1 boiledfht liga Ieiool and !04d.rd (Ifddle sehool fA Utthfunl1s ant'

J eouuol,ahd tail infmatiua to litthton Pullet COIII~m arandt,a.eklOo and Christens.o, vbo stat.d tlll I,d ,I,••d! ,eeei'ed this reportfrot Ilglevood PD. 10 fu,thtr action us tai,n b! tail offletr. arl".ll",h/110 1/11\19$$.

SUPPLIIEIT IEPDiT SY DETECTIVE JOlJ SCKIDElj

11ft ~pri! 10, 1m, I amd tbe call COM 1. Irol Jtfferson Co. M.tb,t tbart hid httA Ihotl Ilred at Coluthint Bigh School. I responded tota. Ichool. I l.t."l•••d the 10110v;11 Ittd.ntl il thtl cale out 01 theschool.

Til lastleDilS mUI1m I Brandt PIlittletoo, eo 88m m-!l1-19l1

stat.d ta,t he val II ta. eaf.t.,la wh.1 Eric Bar';1 aod Dl1anll.~ . me in lId were lhooti~ g'ns. H. rao to tb, rutr.ot IA tietmhers loung,. it cml~d 1/11 II lhe cell In, frol lh. restrool to tr.od mao~. Is !, did this he 100M taet it was a falsi ceiliog aod h.fell th,ooga 10 the 11,0'.

~I !i fell be found lil$,lf il Iroot of tb. ho. lh. one vith th.I.ng hlack hair poillid the ,if], at !ll lead. H. taen ran IllIt the 400r.la,tl••rot, .,t a ,late.elt which ••, giT'. t. J.ffc, D.le,ti., at th.lCIne 10 help ,r'lIire , vanul.

Ma,y C••ph,11~~! .mn1911 I ,1ilgu PI.litll.to., Co 10111 101-171-19"

Ina ,tited that ,!, wa, in lh. eaf.teri••hen ta. tvo h." eoti'~d.

She gaT' lh, f,110vl,g de,eriptiol of lh. tvo 'QIP,ctllII bl.cl c••t, I'l-S'l,d.rk Iki., 10.g br... hair, dark ey'l,

ro,gh eOIPI",o., a.d ••s •••,iog a cap. She ,aw thll sospect ruo to tb,stai'l a.d 'hot p.opl, II th.y ver. going lIP the stairs. Be .as car,yioga 'hlg bl.ck g•••.

lito I!. se. a.d a,.,d tai, sbe '.0 to tha COI..O, area.

" 5'1-1'10, ha ,al ,i,i., .rd"1 to tb. oth., ',sP.ct, a. wal ailiag,t " .ith hil long l1aci dfl., h. US ,hooting at tai.g, 10 theeaf, ", lh. Aotle'd lhat he V" at"I.g a h.l1 that b.d oth., g,ol aoiauullitlol'l.

I cu,todi,. 'al t.11ing tl. kids 10 gat d••••

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IEPOII MlllATIVE:

1". l~ mpeeis ere lelliag IS lhl sbot lbe rifles. nlY litelillla9 ii~t ho' fup this ,al and th'l ,.r, laugh la, al lbll did all oftRil.

TIll ho mpeels stlrtsd a fire 1a lhl mlm tIld lbll rai 'ai. lhl·fire looled differeel heealse it ,as oraate la oolor,

shl lefl 'ilh 1'0 olher sludesls. lealy Ooolel and DrlltalY loodel.

Ca.ell ,role oul a slala"al 'hioh Is atlached.

lyu Oa'ldOe.ihragelOB 012511ms V lale Phee-ittlelop, co 10m

He slatad th.t he dids't 'bser'e iallhi.g, Vhe, th.y heard lheguofire they ra. to the kilehe•••d slayed thera ,atll the po110a arri,ad"d 101 lhee oot,

Eric A.ftDO' "Dl8#JQlO Peeos st.

De. Co 10221 103·'12-1ISI

Eric flad ea11fd the Lililah' Polles 0.,1. aftlr he hmd 'hal ,as,ol,g oa at Cohlll>ine, AC••firca Cily .fficer ru,••d.d to his address,ad br.ught hi. to lh, sce" a, .. h."d h' ,.,ld pro'id' 1,1,11 fo,tios! It ti. le.ne, Autt provided the f.ll0,i,g inf.,matios;

lhal " Yl! , ".ber of the trenehe..t ulia 'ha' 'e 'IS ,till Islodent It (ol"oia,. I' facl ie h!lp to start it ., teari,g alreneie'at, Dlis ea.git 0' Ind oliers foll.,ed. It ,as not a "l,fulgroup II thi; Ii". He was a 'm that il hal 1m" lhi I ,ay,

lhal ,a s,spected thai th, o'es i.lh''0 01 II,e ,robabl, Eric, whoalse goes h, lh. 'III 'prmhe,' and The, are p,matly the1'0 .ain pe.pl. la th, ,r.up.

lhal othm h. In.. thai ,It! lnvoh'd in lile ,roup ,ere J•• Stairs,lid 8a,l.s, Xarla Ilast nl., unk,o..}and Juli, Dauli,l,

lhal lh'l did,'t 1ik, school, lh', al,ays lall'd aboul ...li,g t. do!hints to the dna .f shde.ts car,

lhll lhel rer. lalo sata.lc IOr,hip.

Thai Eric has III anmn;sl co.lbo.l .

. talk'd ,ooul I.lling b.obs arou,d scho.l aad ,ooul bl.,ing ,plh, lch.,1.

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REPORT MAaR'TIVE:

,,,.< th., tllkH about hOI it 10114 be ho is a mior pmi to ridethrough the sehool 00 I dirt bikes with JUA' and shoot il .p.

That th., hatld CraIg Pilee, the delo. The' baled hll beea.'twIMnmr they got Inlo trollble he val the on! lhat oall1hl thel;

that Itlt year lher. lal a Ilgbt b,t,••n the ston.rs aId the IIflaatainst the joois, The aafla gro., yo.ld ohalt litaolo 'trses a, tie,walked hI the joeks.

That~aeh COII,.tor sYltels. He haeked Into Ih. sehool!'OIptltr~ ••e. to chaog. grades.~ule 10 ,ori at lurger rl.g.

Inat lbe, use to hang ••t lith I DustIn se.hold!.

lhal liey UI' 10 dri,. around a frIends vbi! Sroneo.

o. Glllll Deboti .. SIm Jobnson ... I r"p..d.d to lilllthn Ho"it.1and Inlmiewed tbe bo relllni,g shootin, ,i:ti" ,ho wert slill ther••They slated Ih. lollollno;

Ihat he Is a j.oior st Colulll .. ~Ioh Senaal tnls ,tIf.Ihat he .as i. the library .Ith tlO Irl.ods, wlcay .akia and Pat

Italand. lhe! ,ert slttiog at a corner tabla by tha ,indol.

lhat ha heard a loud 'haner' nolsa. like the lotrnds wera ,o.ln~ frillthe '111. Ha h.ard ',ops' 'hich h. latar figured out 11$ the b...s gol.Oolf. The, the. hu~dlad under tha tabla.

That th.re .ara tlO sUSp.,tl. ORe .as tall Ind las on. short. Theyhad on long tr,neh eoats, THey I.ra both .aarlng blaek c.ps, backlards.

That tha, ••r! 1.lling things 11k•• 'This is for the loor years ofIS you hale gl,an us' and 'III jocls die.'and "hite hats ,llld1.' Da.said he was Imhg a .hlli hat 10 h. took it off and put it b'heta hislegs.

That the tl' .f th•• I.te la.ghing tha Ihola ti•••

lhat tb.y pointed Ihl iUn .t a hlack stodlnt and said, 'Stand IPniggar boy and then shot hi••

That they then shot the thr•••f th•••

. Pst vas hit trlc. in the hnd.

lhat ha kapt hitting Pat to try and ia.p hi. awaka.

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,."< lhe 110 ",petts Ii•• l~t... bOib .1 th... K;(a, ('l9ht it ••dthrew il I. lhe cor.er. Th., Ih•• a(!ed d.ld.

Tha! lh, cops .ere oulside b, tbis ti.e·ald lbe, ,hot a! lbeoffiom. -. - .

Tbat they lbe. beard Ibots il lb. ba11.a, 50 Ibey MI, OIt lbt hack00.,.

Tbat !be, Md behi.d a poll(. m.

That be aAd Miear lad. it Olll togelber.

Tbal lb, lal1.r Ole II lbe Oil thol sbot hil.

Tbat Micay rocog.hed o.e of lbe•••4 ,aid, 'Thal'1 nlh••'

Thai bolb 01 lhe. had gu.s Tbe otber 0•• had a. autotalic. The, hotbhad backpack! tb.t h.d hoob' in lhe•• The ho.bl bad lUll, COli., OQI 01duct lape.

That JI•• , 001]; fIR ..I,m lb.. flltn lb. 110 mped,.m il theha Ilwal.

VI thl ,p.t. oith :Je.nil.r ne,l. 006 011982

the ,t,l.d lb. 1011e.i.g;

nat ,h. is , Juni.r at Coloobi .. ~i,h Seheol.

nat ,h. fa, I. tb. Ilbrar, .b•• tii, bappened a.d e.ded u. uodar tketable fith tbm I'YS; Cor, {uat last 11m), '"l IH', lilt1••iti b1.ad.hair, and Au,till Uhenk••

That Cory had bee. sbot, Sbe .a, alraid he tiS dead bl(aull 'ie .a,la,ing on to, of hil and 'be not!(ed "Iood leakill9 out.'

lbal ; kid ~a.e in lb. libra', who hid bo.n ,hoI in tb. ;toli~b. ~etold ,s to 9.1 und•• lbe la'I••

lbat she saw bullets boming off th. ul1.

That 'he heard ,uAsbotl and bo.b, aAd the! klpt 91tliAt louder.

t 'he sa. o~e of thl bOlb' thr01n out the 1ild~••

ThaI lh" told tbea to COle out 1m uAder the table.

ThlY Ihen I.fl Ibe libra" and (all bact.

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IEI':I" UlllmEl

Thai .ben ther Cat. back tbe, pulled the ~bait Qut frol the tlble.~h. III the bllci boots and thought ot Ill'tbe police. on. of tbempeds Ihen pointed his 91n at IH!nlld sborfOUl tiles. lhnos slrud'i, the right lland.

That sbe ,as litliog 'ilh ber inttl lucked up and htr head ,as In herarts.

Thlt Ibe Iboutbl Ihat Ihe one 'Ro Ihol ber 'IS Eric .artis. Sbedisn'l inn his nale ~rior to Ihis inoident but III bi! ~ichre 01 1.1.~h. said 1M fU ..tobint Chann.l " and it "I th pictor. on Ihe ritft!lid, of the lcr,en. Be '11 .e.ring bl.ok bootl and blloi ~Inll and he ,"la dirt, blond••

Tbal lh, holrd on. 01 th.1 la, to the olber oat, 'Do ,ou iao••hal,11' I',. been .. nliwg to do? Slab I4It0n,,'

Tbat Cory oal. 'I Ir•• the bacl of the librar, 'nd got uod,r thetaile,Tbat lb. h.d be.n litting at the front t.bl., Sbe bad. blaci baeipael.it' . calculitor in It•

.t Austin llid (aft.r Ih. sbootint), 'Vt gol 10 g.I out of bm.'T•• to fiile.o of tb," tben rln to Ih' baci goor and out of tht lebon1,TOt, tb•• dock.d b.hin' a polic. ~ar.

That shots oonlimd lh•••lit. tilt. lh. uid tblY hurd boahs loin!off, Tb. eops said thty ~.rl ~01in9 frol Ibt litchi' arl'.

That botI lusp~ts .etl clrr,i~g 'long gu.s'.

That II. sa. ooly two ,tople doi'i lb. shooting and tbrowing thebOlbl.

Lltlr on alllSI I ,al asild to iSlisl tb. fOtt'l!e I.al 15 ialide Ibelehool. I eonlimd to rorb .m Ibis t.1I througb 012199, l11~aomorifor tm 1\ .as lur.ed om 10 lirbor' .ith ?u.blo Dhhion of C3I,

SUPPLE~ENT 31 DETECTIVE STEVE JOHNSON:

On April 10, 1918, J fU at tba Littleton Polic. Deoarllnt aM at atound11,1

'.. h.ard litllelon Polict Dilpalch.r Xllbi CHRIIT iir a ,.pOtt Ihat

th ad bt.n a sbooting at Colvlbi•• Hill Sebool l.d tbat lb.r. ,.rt's, Is do",' I Ibl. slart.d to mpoo, to the area ~f V. 3..los Ait,a,d S, pi.tc, 51, ,h.re I h.ard a co....d pOll Wle b.i.g allablisbtd.Vh•• I arri"d tl.r., Jeff.tlOn C,u,ty lltrifl's p.rson••l ,.qaesled tbit

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IEPOI' HAIIATIYE:

ilt, '"~ be "ntuct.d ,f ,tud••t, fo,nd 11 tbe scb~ol. I ;,t."i.vtdtb. thr.e b.l~o studelts .b~ off.r.d follo'i,g sllt••••t,:

lile Nicbolas mmnDill tNHI1m s, E.l" ct., littlet.. co 1m) lIS·om

Illt be 'as ',l,id. sitt;,g by tie d'or tbat I.d to tb. lu,.iroOi ,ithJI••S ,TEVART, Harl 11a,t 'oa. ,.I,o~J. aId ViiI aECI aod he he'rd ',11thes. po",' aRAMLITT offared tiat tbere ,ere a lot of pops that beIs,..d 'ere "n sbol" H. f,rtber s.id 'lilb. 10.' TOtt b. tbe. sa! alid cOle l1li I'd start Strmhat 'a.t II off of Ie' nieb BWlHT ,.id,. did not k.., ,bat tb. kid WiS referring to but thougbt it lust of b••,tbe "oshut ,o,.d,. alAILETT said b. did not k.o. ,bat bi,p.n.d to ti.tslud.nt b,t we.t into tb. s.iaol efter tbet end Slid tb.t the sHt,'ontin'ed. alAMlETT also off.r.d tbat h. tbe, SlY I 'g" ,.ari01 a blacltr...b""I 'a.. uul of th. ,ebo~l ,booting.' ORA.LETT off.r.d tbat tbekid nad long blaet hair. iRA.IETT of!.r.d t~at h. 'do.s not kn" ti.ltnd.nt bnt h. has 1"8 blond hair a'd ',••ryon. calls hi. o,la.,'UAILEH said that h. sav anal. stud,nt hy,na on tit gm.d tb. tbissubj.tt had shot. iRAll£TT said that h. th•••••t in a ,torag! rool andhid .m 11 .ther students ••til SVAT got tbe. out.

It'" iate"'md:

HI, le,e! REIllY000: IHHl1m V. o"id Ir., littlat .., co (IOl) m·ml

mll1 n!fmd tbat ,ha was in ne liology roo••m II to 11 'tbber kids'nd 10 ,th.r kids tn•• In. IEILlY ,aid that lh. haard ',.ise' tbet sb.d"trib.d IS 'g,ns, b.obs ,nd shots.' Tb.t sbe In... teaeher bid ba..sn~t a'd sh. sao too tlds h.lp hil. Tbat sbn .ait.d for SVAT end Ibn'ran frol the seho.l.

r thn i Ithrvi ~.ltd:

Tyl,y .;mOiHHaoo; 11-11-11n98S v, Pr.nti" i"., llttl.t••t CD (lOll notoo,

CHEIOYETH .ffar,d that ha .as ia bis II. logy ,la" .nd .a, titioa • test.hu h. heard IURshots end th.. the door .as sh.t. Ibat h. ina' there '"• leecher by the nue ef Mr. 'aund.ts ,ho lOS ,h.t aod injured i. tb.n.,! rOOI. CHEMBYEIH .ff.r,d lb.l b. h.ard 'l.t's of g,.,botl' '44h.lp,d p,sh des,'s ~p iglinst th, d.or nntil tbey '.re resc'ed.

I thu misted .ith linor t"ts llll,gfl tbe other i.TUlialtorl. II.m,d that nmrOtls 'bolbs' .m still in the sebo.l l44 It lOu14 beSOl e bef." imstiaalors ,are ell.,d i. lb. lehool.

~. Ipril 11, Ii!!. I raturned to tht school to milt in tbein,estlgati••• is pa,t .f tbis, I r.nt ,itb littl.ton ,.li.e G.tecli"Joan ,mOlt to littltt" aospital and int.rviewed Danny mmm and

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I£POIT IAIIAll'E:

Jm, .•f iOfU. limned tilt both of thm vlctllS IItrt ift tilt 1I1lmland had sustained gunshot tounds. Iht content of those ioter.ltlS Iseo.talMd vithin ht~the smOEl's supplmnt. I JU .It to mure aserlOis bodily injury for. for STEPlETOW tbat VIS sl~ntd by Dr. JOUf lb••ffured tlat STEPlETOll kadtrea!tt ill for I to [gunshot umd! to thtltfl Ie.ur.

I HS then migftUd to tht interior of the school to mist in crl..scent docUltntation. I las Issignned to tea. Ii and assisted tbat te..alSt! oa lilTil U, 1m.

I haVt beea ••,Iga.d 'UI.r.us .ti.r i.t.l reports that uil1 beiA.estigat.d, doeu..,ted and forvardad to tha Jaff.rso, (OUftt! sheriff',Daparuut.

StmJOHNSOll 110 I illIII

SDPPl,NENT IDETECTIVE R. HOIFIAN:Oa 1·10·9S at appruxllat.l, 11:11 A.N., Litti.toft Poi Ie. Dispatch

aired tlit tbm had b... ,hot, lir" at Cololbi .. Hish Scho.l all4 thatJeffersoa C.unty Sheriff VIS rtq.estln~ asslslalc" I '.sp.lded tl tbeart' 'lhe ~lgh scbool vim 1 Ht .ith Jeffmol C.ulty lutborities.lh. ou.,l.d alailabl; i.,esllgil¢,s 10 illaf";V st.~ells lId tiicbersis Ir, 'ro.,hl fr•• tb. l~bool.

I ialer.ie.ed tba foll¢liag peopla as tbey ;xltad the buildll~:

Tyle, Re, Jacital I/II/II"'"a VIS .llill! to parkini lot vithf,iends. That h. saw a p.,s., laoln l¢ hll as ~ylaa carr,IIg a sawed ,ff,hotgua. lh;t it 100;;d as if M had Ih.l a 1\11; studeII UI' lb. hci,.li, area. That he alsa onn".d Dll'I liiht a pi" bOI',· th,ow It and'Itch,d it e,plod.. Jacilan als. liv IIoth.r Ill, .'ari.g • dart lr,achcoat, iat,ovl .ho. He ne.rd s'la,.1 gunshols, .ad ., he loot'd ,roundsa. a ~rsoa sbot in the log.

. J.shia Eugm Hielsun 1/2Im'-He did 001 ohsm. anyoat thit liS,h••ti.g; Did s•• that the freat doo, had be.a shol .ul.-~ _ ,,--'" -- -.- ..

l•••da Hieol' Stair 1/11/11·-lh. I.S la lbe libr.ry ,t the tile.,i,1 el,l. in I'd ,tated that a guy had • gun. She got u.darualh a dust10 hid,. TIO sales (unk..,n aales) .u,lag Iruchc,ats Calt In, 'necall'a the othe, 'lid'. Th' Illes yall.d t, lh. ,tuda,ts that ttrahldlag 'G,l up oow or ft .ill hloa lour huds off.' Alandl stay" Daderth. tabl •• The h. Itl" sl.rtlng lidag m",1 'hols lnsidt to.lIbruy. lhn htard 50' i peepI< hll! bann s"1.

Joel Ralhan Hatfield 5/21/81"ge vas i' the cahhril ah,n thtsh. ! sl'rtnd. Then rln into tht kitehna t. gat allY. au S,I on,ltl shot in thn 1,g .utside the caf,t.,ia ne., lha 'hl]I', ,hich i,near the South pa,ti,g lot. Th, ,hQOter 'is described is tall, vmillil atrench coat, red hai" "ari.g, ....ball styh eap.

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JC- 001-008684

REPORr lAiRATIV£:

••.+b llhl,y Slat,r 51211'i--S~ .as Ittting in the tafatarla atapproll.atlly 11,11 i.'. rhan sh. helrd g.nshots. She hid und.r a tablafor a f., .inutls th.n rin to thl iiteaen to hide .ith .ther,. D'I.ribe,hoot.r al .elrl., a trench coat, should.r 1e.,lh blondt ,.'y hair, blaetb.,.ball typ. eiP b.i~g ,or. baet,ardl.

Jmihr Jmila lindall IBlUm"She us .,t in th. stodent pariinglot at appmilatelyll:iO a.l. vllta sh. hmd smral gu.shots. She 'avtvo Ill. s,bj,etl ~eir • stairwell. She des.rib.d .,bjeetl •• lbe fir.tone b.ing tall/slinny, tUring a rilil. ,hirt, broVil hair, pmibl, ti!dba.t. He ',s ,arring ,h,t she "lle,.d to be ,. aatOliti. rifle, thehi.d lhe h,s s.e••• tele,is;... lb. I.tood .ubjl.t had o. a lo.g bla.ttren.h ...t, bl,., h,i, li.d b,tt, h,." Sit. Did .ot III hi. eirrfi'9i'y g,ns. Sbe 1111 tbe area illt,ialel!.

- Smool Lei MeW III*/Il--Sn. '1$ ie m ho~r Icience dUI. ShlIta!ed ie th. roo. tho eelire liae. Sbe heard m.r,1 gmhots b~t 4iinot "e io!thi.~.

li.a I.e Becer" 1/l/8l--She .is in the choir ro~.. ~.ard 5eleralsbols but ,•••r sa, s,ylhieg.

Craig Dennis 'l,ee 1/1'111··He is • PE teicber. He VIS iust cori01bar' "0' I.,eh "~d las o. the lo,lh,id, ,I Ibe b~il;;og. He sa, se,er,lIi. ,nnlng fro. the Ich'ol. H. hmd mml ruid gmholl b.t didno .h~ 'IS snooli.g. H. It,led he does 1'0' of tb. t,e,ehco.tging. Ihl! drm in bhek and re., c.,b,t boots. lbe! are d"eribed is

bti.g anti·establish..n:'

C.role Jli' f.ld 1011/l8--Sbo is a libr.ry ta.hnicii'. Aild b, the'i" of leis lu. VIS ,ilb her. lh., heard • 'soppl.~ 001,,' so tbllrent to .heck ,. it. Ib.y iii h. 1,I.s ,m rifles, lo.,! ud black,ifle,. On••f tb, ••10. h.d • loe~ tub,l.r piPl, j••• ing Ituff do,••loth tben hid in i loued mof ro...

All ,f the aim doe.... ts .nd Italm.ll ,ill b. farrard•• toJ,ff,r••n C",ll .~thoritil'.

I did .1so assilt ,ith th.ir i,I.ll gro., at th, ••h,ol on Wedo,.d.!ind lhi'!dl1, Ap,il ll,t ind lind, 1m.~. Hoffaan ISil, Ill09t.

JC- 001-008685

BLACK, C

Je- 001-008686

** FOR OlUGINAI. SEE:AGEllCY REPORTS:LI'l'TIZl:OB POLICE DEi'ARTMEllT:MCA. D. A.

IU~~lEMENTAl iE'ORT II I'T. t.l. ILAcr

Oa OIIOU/lltO t m .d,ised tlrouih r.dlo at II hOlt of • ,ossiblehostatt laci ••at It coillbi'e HS. Sgt ~arier aod COIII.d.r Ira.dl ler. i.roule to the seellt. t IliS .d,hed thlt IC,O r..uested oar nAt teu. hII positioa ot IWAI Coordi.itor, I respo.ded tr.. I' h....

Oa I, arri,al I coalacted COllaader Iraadt aad 19t Pirl.r. It Iii I'eltrel.l, ehlolie litUltio,. I IiI uftb"le to ilildiatel' 10.ite a.iocidant eOlu,der a,d hegio misli.g io the milal lod deplo,Hat otthe lirious llAI u.its; llilletoo Ii, J.flCOSO, IrIPCO,O, Latelood PO,'ea'er 00, iad flI .1 th.a eoalieled It 111.her, JtSO and id'lsed hil ofIT Ielioa. H. IIhd I' to mist iA tit <ltplo'llIt ald direetio! of thtlctleal uails. I eoatacl.d ,gt Parl.r Ibo ..d s.t-,p a !Wil slaging ar.a'iSt of the school o. Pbm It. and ad,i"d hil that Lt. lilchorrequos!!d I' mist la lh. tactical d.plo,ltat of the miolS res.oadiAgleils a.d he needed to coordinate .itb a tattical super,i,er frol tach~nit.

I lbe. directed ~fc laca aad ~od to set ~p a Tactical O,erations Canterfor t~. colhction and dimlinatioa of i.forutiOll, I than misted ItIiIther In tbe com.d ,ost.Al th. co••I,aio. of thi i.itial tittical cleara.ce, 1 res,ood,d to the

sch.ol ,t tb. directio' of th. Je,o to 'd'iae tho lWAT teala thatparaledics ••uld respond to cb.cl tho conditioa of the doceas.. 'ad thatadditioaal hals me requestN to cJear the Ic~ool liain, direclin9thair att,.tio, to the ,ulerous explosi,e d"ice' a.d locatio. of bodie"The, m. to rlliin io .ositioa u.til reHalld. lh. lin .asapproliut.i, 1101, I ,etered the scillJol to better debrief tbe mpoadlng~aits il to tbe lituatio••

Al approxllitel, 1ll0, at the r.quest of Lt W,lcher, I bdef.d theCOllerc. Cit, ,0, lo.lder PO I 10, Tborato. ,0 a.d ~rtbgl ••, PD, 'hoth•• reli.,ed the ueits o. lee••• I the, tontacted Lt W.lc~,r and cl.aredth, 'te., at IJprolilatel, fIBO.

JC- 001-008687

BOHLEN, GREG

JC- 001-008688

** FOIl. OlUGINAL SEE:AGElICY REPOll.TS:LITTLETON POLICE DEPARTMENT:ll.It.CA, D. A•

S~PPL!lINT II CPL. GRIIloHl,!:On 111811 I '.s ,orklnl patrol dotl 'hen LPO r,olivo4 the raqotst Itr

a.,I,t•••• IrOI J,ff.o. I r.'Pt.d,d to the ar•• ,Ith Ofo. la•• a.d Sgt.Parker. I mhd •••Otn. o. I. Pl.t•• It I L.notd, at tOo.t IIllhoars. ( in.dlatall b.gan to prepm ,m IT IVIT eqoip..,t, 'hao ( m.onta.lad by a ,olb.r of offl••r. frol Jaffoo a,d Oa.,.r PD. I rtqatstWlS .Id. of II mlsta... and if It II" anT hallisU. shi.lds, as lPf hadSOli of lb. Ilrst SlAT offl.lrs Oft ••,tt. I off,r.d both GOt Ihialds. Atthat tl.. Olliolr laal arril,d, and h, ilso balog on SVAT, la Itt!

t.qoalt,d to iSlist a groap of othar SVAT olfl.,rs. V, took the lhi,ldl,and Sgt. Part.r ~pr'l.d os 'Isistlng th. other SVAT olll••r••

Va Itt ap ,Ith ofll••rs Irol lPO and J.ff.o on pl.r•• st, j.st..rtb.ast of the lohool, ,h.r. tb., had alr'adr or.plr.d in LFD Ilr.tr••1to pro,ld, IS oOYar to 10" tov.rd the Ichool. I WiS ",iled tb.t there,.r. injured IlYd.all do,. Oft tb, oul.id. of In. 5<hool, aD4 ,. ,ttl to10" to th.l ir•••,d .It...t to ra,••' tha ,t••••ts fr.. tbe .r'a. W.1O,'d u~ to th. aorth••st .,treac. 01 th••chool. Frol lb.r. II could I••,h.t .~~.ar,d to b. a ItYd.at in 0•• 01 tbe ,Iado,s. Ofli.,r lial end.dUP lO,ing t. tba doo"e, ,a bad reacbed, and lllisting those oilleet••!hil us at about IlII ho....

" group tb•• lo"d .lo.g the aorth sid. of th. scbool, at tbich theltudut II sa, Insid. ,as .ble to gat to. door aBd r•• to our i>'JlitiO"(H. liS later mt ,i. othar Offi...s to 0•• 01 tb, CP'sl. It 'orked OlIr"I to the ,.ry far south,.st ••r.,r 01 the scho.l. Th. flretr.ck 't,b.ck.d i,to a .o.itl.n b, tb. doors o. tb.t lid. of tha sch.ol. It th.tloc.tlo. I ob,.rv.d thr.a ,t.d••t, do.. o. the gro"d. !h.r, ler. OPD .,dJeff" slIjlmilo,. at thi, l...ti.. ,m us. Th., deold.d thai oflic'"mld 101' forward to milt thm stud..ts. This WlS about 2m hours.At tb.t ti.. ofliotts lOild tmrd the !Chool, and th., moumd th.tthey IOUld b. ,,,,W.g .o"'/Iu"""i" flr. d"l,g lb. ",.ue. Ist'fed i' I CO"t positio. b,hlad th. llr.tr.,k ••d ••"red .pe, .,d.. "cur.d doorw.ys. I pro,id.d no loppru';iI firs. a•• shd••t ,,,rSlond. H. bad • guashot lOu.d and WlS still ali". AJ,ffee "trel carliS med to us and I misted i' loadl.g hil hto lb. ,.Mde a'd it ,••r,."ed frol the sceo,. I seco.d slud,ot io this sal' ,ositio. ,al"'.... i. the $I" fuhi••. Sh. iii IlilA. Tbm n, • ul< .hdut .t tb.bott.1 of Ihe "iirs It this lo.atio•• Ig.in ,Iflcers I.'ed to hispOlitio., lou.d hil .150 Dal, .,. 1,lt hil .t that 1.catlo•. I thenltaled .t th.t 10••ti••, .o,.ri,g the s.ho.l.

JC- 001_008689

** FOR ORIGINAL SEE:AGl!llCY lll!l'ORTS:LITTLETON POLICE DEPAIl.nrEN'l::MeA, D. A.

I Jellco SWAT unit ar,i.ed, and tie, lO,ed Ui to lie loiool, at ehioiti.e i larta nu.ber of students .,r••'acuated tirou,h our 100ation. Ilarge groop 01 Itod..ts It" also allle to mape on ti,ir Ollft, rontings..th tirouth tie parling lot to a I.." line and tha ruooia, lest.Offioer lore slnt to that locatioe to iot,ro;ot aod aSlist.

mer in ookeolO "riod 01 ti.e, ,e hit on posi!iOQl, at liIion li.er .o,ed back to 'f,rol St, aad .at lith Sgt. 'arlar. I u.s tban d,ploladto tba Inside a! tb. IChool fro. the last side , to ,et uo litb Col.l.toll!1 .nd the rest 01 lPD SYIT. I tien fOrked .ith our tea. tocant;,•• i' tbe ,lea,a,,; 01 the are. of the sc'oo1. We .,r, ail, to'lear a large ma 01 the ICbool. 'Iorkillg .iti 010, le"'ood, aod !etloo,.. looated aad ;,.o.at,d a large .,.ber st,dentl and adllts, all fro. tieSoienc;, Hath, and finance araa. We lirk,d all rOOtS that It olamd andSio,,,d• .Ill students .." surch,d aad lead ..t 01 the olildio, aodturo.d o••r to other Offio;rs. OOC! t••s. areas lOre sl(,r,d, o,r teatliS ordered to respond 10 tbe IIln ~,lrin,e. It stiled it tiat are. n,til" were instrocted to ,lear th, loene.IIolilng /urtner.

JC· 001·008690

BRAUCR

JC-00\-00869\

•• FOil. OIlIGlNAL SEE,AGl!J!lCY REl'OR.TS,LIttLETON POLICE llEPA.Il'I'MEllT'llACA , l) • A..

SUPPLEMENT 81 ,ETECTIYE BlAUCH:On 002019 at a"milO!!ll 112S htlU~I, I m in It olli'e and hmd

dis,at,h ad'ile Sgt. 'a~t.~ of tho shoGting !a,idant al Colijlblne Highs,aGol. At iP"olilat.ll 1110 hOU~I, dil'itob slat,d tb.t .effa~IGn

C.untl 'il r",.sting .ssiltalol f~~ otbl~ iill,i.s. '"d~. ito'.,"ad,ind .. to bl afin.ble in Ih. datetth. ea~ Il1\ tb. strut. Atip,rosi••I']1 IllS h"~I, dis,'I'b .d,i"d Ibal J,ffo~son Countl 'asrl,.osliftg lPO SYAT iod I rllu~ntd to ht.dqua~ttrs aod ,halged inlo "'sm uRiftlr•• At appro,i'.t,l, IlOS hours, I arrhod at s. pi;~Ot st.,ild Y. le...od vb.r. I ,oltinttd I. deploy II SWAT lqulp..nt. At thatti." Igt. Ila,' ""d tbat I ralOit bl tb, CP .Id ••it for the .Ih.rI,•••••b.rl 10 arri". It approsi ••ttl, 1110 hO'~I, I '" id'il.d to."t 'ith Sgt. '.rhr on tit ust sid. of Cohabina High S,hooI. Ilalt.d ,m to Sit. 'ark,r'l Ieeation .ith Of,. Vren ind liited untll t~r...inde~ of our t,•• arri.ed.

CuI. t.t,liff, Of,. E,.a. and Ofe. Satkarlan4 arrilad and Ofe. NealItt UI O. tht .ast ,ide ,f tho kioh I,hool. H, ed'iled us of the a••1

that h, aod the OPO ,ffi'trs had s'arehed. Cpl. ilteliff inltruot,d thet••• t. SO to that area and ,••ot"td tht door so.th,ast 01 the I.in••t~••". v, Itt lith OPO sVAT .od "otiolt4 st••,hi.g lbt hull/ing.There "r, !t',~al l,ek,d do'~1 thaI le~, fore'd op'.' APPr.,i.altl, IsOstud.ets 1n4 t.aeh.rs .,r. f.und 1. 1,••r.1 of the r,~s that 'ires••,ehed. 'lself and ,th,r lPO offl,t.s s••r,hed lh. st.dents andt,aeh.r, .nd .".,t.d th.. out th"ooh Ih' so.lh.,'t door that ,. ,adente.ed through. Va relaased thtl to oth.r offic.rs ,h••se.rt.d th," totit tp.

V. ,.nti•••d .,r la.r,h atd Ofe. N,.I .arl.d the doors th.t ..rasamh.d io the huilding. It approli••t']l !lOa h.m, .. ,ert t.ld thatthe e.tir, bui]dlng had be.n se,r,hed ,lth the hel, of the ,thor SVATt,••, and ••r. Inltr,oted to Itet .t the "in ••tr••" .f the building to.ait for f,rthor lnstr"li... It app••li"t.ll 1110 hours, " 'irereli••ad bl other SVAT te.... There is oothing furth.~ fro. tbis ,flleer,Ing,la Imoh IlOI mm

JC. 001-008692

DUGAN, S

JC- 001-008693

** FOR OllIGlNAL SEE:AGlllICY lilU'ORTS:LITTLETON POLlCE DEl'AB.TMElIT:llACA. D. A.

SU~~lEMEN!'l BI ,Pl. SEAN P, DUliN:I retli," a pa,e al 1151 hrs. to respo14 to the area of Y. Leatood

a.d I. Pierce It. to assisl J.e.l.a. on a 'rilieal incldenl. 1,1. Tartla•• I responded to the see,e Code 1 a,d let "' ,Ith Itt. C.I. alack atapproall.tel, 1115 hrs. Sgt. Black dlreclea IS to ..el .p ,itb Sgl. Dou,Parier i, fro.t of the ach~l, Oft I. Pler,e St., I. fro.t of the tai••nlranee. Once lhere, Cpl. lalell!f direcled ", one of L19 SVAT's 110soipera, to asalal tb, te"s' approach to tb, school lith rifle co,.r. Iobsar,ed an ••Ide.lliled SW'T ofll'er eo,ering the lain .ntran,e to theschool frol a ,orner lo,at.d iost so.th of the entran,e. I tool .p aeinitial posilloe 'I ail o'eloci and ."roall,teh 10 ,ardl frol the ninenlran,e there I ,0.ld ,o'er the lIioritT of lh, easl sid. of lheschool, To heller com a ,1IIb.r of gro.nd 1...1 .indon lO"'lhd on thenorlhern ••st lide ,f the Slhool, I lo,ed to a pOlltion of 1 o'clock andappro,il'!", II lards frol the .ain eatran'e, end pOliti.aed 111,lfheneeth e parled ,ehi,le. Frol this p.siti~, •• aad the olherunidenlifiea IVA! .f!l{er, ••re abl. t. pro.ide ,o.er f.r LPD SilTofflo'rs ,0ndu,liWi e,a,uali~s of sludeats frol an .aster••,it laeateddue south of the uio ,ntran,.. I hel4 this .osition until such the I'il illtru,t.d to el.ar lhe in'iaeat. Molh;ng further to r.,ort.s,P.DuainIOlllIS.

EYMAN,!'!

JC- 001-008695

*. FOR ORIGINAL SEE:AGENCY REPORTS:LITTLETON POLICE DEPARTMENT:MCA. D. A.

REPORT NARRATIVE:

SUPPLSlENTAL REPORT aT afflcrl I.'. rTIAIOn 0'1119 At Apro,;oatal, 115' lour" I reel!vtd a Swat ,a91 that

advised L'D Sw.t to "Slollll I~ tilt ltOa of L';lIOO1l 1lI4 'iarca, to mistJaffarsoa Counlr 5.0. o. a ,rltical 1..ldaot.

I mhad on mOl At Coluei.a "Iih !chnol At a,pmiut,IT 1155howrl. Oa 'T Arrival I .at .Ith ,allbars of ,'0 Stat, I.d 'erl ad,lsadthat we .ara .aadad i. the loutheast ,I~ of thi school to ".t withDenier Sv.t offl,arl. [ wal advisad thit li,aral studl.ts had baan IhotInd that. lOr. p~sslbl, fout sus,.,ts I, tha I,nool arled wth Shotguns,h.ndguos and possibly a rlfl••

Upoo .otry in to the southeast ling of the s'hool, ,a a.tated o. the!e,~d 1,val just south of the the .ain ••tranci. At that til, wa .e,t,Ith offl,ers fro. GPO svat al4 Issilted the. i. 'Iaaring the eaiaoffice area I.d selarll adja,••t rOOIS. lft.r assisti.g OPO it ,asdeta••lnod that LPO Swat wa~ld broak of! a.4 clea. tha laatnlast wl.g aadIh. Selaac. rOGls. nuting tha Ilareh LPO Swat offieats .nt....d lad'Imed n'll.roul roo.. la the schoc. Ilall ana "utheut ,iag. nud.g thesmch we I.catla poulbl, up to 119 hastilgtl, wIlleh me all soarched••d .scort.d 011 of tba School.

LPO Slit offIcers did mist a joint te...f OPO Swat a.4 loll..."Co.,I, SWlt Offica.s in th••esc•• of II st.de.ts and facallt, fro. t'eat.a k.o'a 10 us as SCience l.

e.Iry 'as .ada into rOOal valhar !o,k.d or u.lnc.ed. 'oct.d rOOiItere ••t,re4 b, breaking the gllss wind.I' a.j raiching tiroogb tba,l.dol I.d ",eal.g the door. rach roOi tbat WiS claared bT ,P9 .ffi,e,slas .arted ad.islng the li.o that the roOi liS cloared Ind lh. L.tters L.P. n••ritt •• oa the daor. ,PO offlcars vara call,d out .f lhi sce.e .tAllprodele!y 1m hours, ud ad'isad to dur.

M. furth.r iafor..llon.Ofc. J.P.!!.A. a,119!

JC- 001-008696

KELLEY, M

JC.001-008697

** FOil ORIGINAL SEE:AGENCY Il!POIlTS:LITTLETON POLICE DEPAIlTlmlT:llACA. D. A.

!~PPtEMI"TAl IEP~IT 3' CDI~IAl IICHAlt P. lltllY, 1'01:I recieTt~ a page 10 respond al appr••,..tely 11!5 hours oe 11-l0-19 tompond to lbe am .1 ~. lenood Or. nd 5. Pime 51. 10 assist oursuT I... i. "Imote Ihe Colu.i.. High Sch..l ,h..ling incidenl. Illna,ri,al, I contacle~ "tg.tlations le.bers I'el, ~.phnl and lood, likl ,hohad stl up a te~orary po,ting cetler on tbe side 01 a police 'thicle. Ico.lact.d !it 81.ch also ,ho ad,i,.d tiat ....,d'd t. Itt UP a COlllndpost I. Issilt Jtflerson C..nty .Ificills Iilh Ihe glthering anddim....Il.n ef i.hrulio•• Ie duPlkald all the inhrntiOll .Ificer,l.cI and v••d hif accu.. leled •• ,uspect" le.p.ns, .nd host.gts .od IITtII to theJeffers.e Couety Deputies ilsldo thoir .....ed posl. I ,.s 1.ld b, l~Jofl.r,.o C,uIl, lod.r,ht,;ff, Duealiy,Johe, lhat ,t netdld t. ,et " foroe,oti.ti.es ie Ih. e,eel .f c.et.cl .ith Ihe Iis\llcl,. Ve .o,ed ell .four posliog uterials aed equipl.et to Ih, Arapahoe Counly Sheriffs Iiiaed sel up otraliols Iher.. W. cOltillltd "thri., i,lorllti'l i)ll

,uspacts, teap••s, hoslages eR~ their l.catioos. ~a,eRt lists, ph.l,e,le,lioo, ior sl'd.nl, ieside tae sea..1 ;uildl., .nd liPS elc. of taaschool. V. pmed on this ieforlltlol t. 5gt 81;tl ,nd Je/hrsot emty

per'•••• l io their c••lled oost .e,1 to .urs. Offic.rs iacl, Vo04, aIdI"ell tailed 10 studenls hidi.g at diff.r.11 locali.ns Insidathe .iga sc;ool and Iried 10 assure lb•••f ovr actioos 10 fi.d Ibel .ndgef th.1 out s.feh. I talked to ~illa.. Core.. I I i, the Vocal ~uic

I... al .., .ith OYer SD oth.. ,hduts thr.e lim d"ing a bo h.urp.,i.d u.til th'y .... relcued oy tae lVlT Teals. Aft.r ~ilth'.l groupr.l.ase, I ,sc.rled thai to Ihe .'S.S Iroa Ihe COllild p.st lor Ira'l~orl

10 L.elOod EI ••••tar' 5cn.ol. Alt.r our lVAT tea••as reli.,od, Iassisted galh.ring all ,I 'ur iel.r.ati.. up aed inslruclad vlfitir BiCate placeit into en .. ideoce looler at tbe LitlleloA '.lic. Siparluol ,I Ih.reoml .f lb. Jflfeme C.uety Shriffs Stjlarlml. Our Negotiations leulIS ilsisled in ... acli'itiu al I,. c.....d ~.st by lalnood Sgt Colt,Jem aId EbeliAg, eric. ~ .... alse misled., m .,eltl fuselier,O.a,ne and Holslla., Mirl. 10 additioeal ilforoali •• it this ti••, ~,

nun, 198., 0'-l1-99.

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** FOB. OIUGlllAL SEE:AGENCY REPORTS:LITTLETON POMC! llEPAllTM!NT:aACA. D. A.

SUPPLEMEMT II Ofe. MEAL:On 1.2099 at l1l0 h" I ta5 ao,king an off dvtl joe at Union lank.

It ap"a, lll& "5 I ••a.d th,ovg' Sgt. Pa,tl' that an All ,VIT cI]1 outfa5 bling a&i' aId tbat 111 S'AT offl"'5 n.ld.d to repo,t It S. 'iereland 10fln lYe.

I itltdiatlly ,.spondld to l'O Ind ,.t,illed If pat,ol olr aIddi,••t], pra...dld to tho "10' aitb " SIlT tquipa••t.

I itrivet 00 Sc... at tOpro, l1S2 h,.. I f', advi'ld to ttti,aedi.to]1 5.itld vJ I' the,. tt'l rlported fljtred stvdents outside ofthe sohoo] that atedtd te••oi~.

"YI.lf .nd Col. lobleo fO'Jed a tlaaeOo.i5ting of SWIT officer' fra.Den'e' P.O. aad Jeffetson tount, S.O. At a",o, llSI at ao,.d into theat.a arouod to. so.th ,a.tern .ntralo, of tit .,hool o,iog i fi'l troetfor ,,,., ,

It thi, point the tu.s ,pll! cp ind I m samitad Iro. CpL80hlln. MI,alf and Offie"s fro. D.n"r ind J.ffatSOA Countr .nterld the$Ohool b.ildi.g. WI ,.t...d lh. building ,t Ihe louth ,a.t ,nt,••<. iVltsooth of the Hin mmoa. !hie.u at ippm 1100 10 fl15 hr!. MYlolfand the Den,e, ind Jeffco offie.rs began el.ari" thl i...di,t, ar.ainside tb, b.ildiog .here ••••t.,.d. W. el,a,.d this "., for approl 0;Ill\lttu.

it 11;0 hrl I .IS able t. deter,ina tbat the '1st .f .y SW.l tea, bad'rrifed ind .as 'utsid,. It .as data,.intd that I rould go Ind fi.d Iyteu brief th.. aM thao rt-enter the b.ilding to c.,li"e clmiag thelo,id, of the b.ildiog. .t this p.i.t n4 ,t.dents 0' taiehe" b,d ba••found.

finding .y teal and bri,fl,g th., •• Ih,o .nl.r,d lh. building vnd.,Ih. e...,ad of T,a. L.ada' Cpl. Raleliff. The .ffi,.rs of t" Ie,.eonsisted of Ofe. W,en, Of" EYlan, Of,. 8raoen, and Ofe. SIth.,land.

v. tn•• loppl ...nt,d th, D••,.r t.al that hid ils. had ••r. t••••••be'l arri,ing.

it tnis point .. h,d appm II "fim, in Ihe boi]ding ..d .. b.g,na slsle.,!le clming of tb. b.l1dhg. w••qv.d f'ilI tho lout, Euthallflll into th. lime. Offiet, alld th.n lO,i.g i.t. the .ath and"j,ne. offie's. ~••,r, tb.n f.rtb., s.1Pl ••••tad by olfioers Irol tbeLak."od sur lei•• is ...,terad th. fi"m ,nd .,th and sei.nceollic" .. +ftCo.ntmd .,pm II p.,soo, eOA,istin, 01 "i.ly studentslock.d in offic., thro,gbo.t the ir'a, Th.s. stld.nts and t'l,h.rs "reth•••,cort,d o.t to slf. ar'I,. Upon el.arint '001' in the building ••,ould trite 0' th. deor ·cl.ared, LPO and ti•• ,l.ar.d.' O.r I.ar,'..d.d OJon ruehi,g the am nil' tha front of the mrary. This nl ataPJrol 1810 h,s. It ,a' r.ported that Th. lib,.ry had il'eady bee,ch,ct.d i' on, of th. O•••,r t.all op.rating i. the building. All of a,a.tilit! occ.rred on the mood 1m! of ta. building.

Mothing fu,tber at this Ii... C. Mu] 9284 9WII

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