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FBI 174ADN57419JCSO 99-7625Detective: Marl!: Allen - Denver Police Department 1(303) 640-1183RE: CONTROL # 2608INTERVIEW:Michelle Castro6381 W. ElmhurstAv.Littleton. CO80123(303) 932-9804

Subject: Columbine High School Shooting,On5111199 I interviewed Michelle Castroather father's business230N. Federal Blvd.Michelle reported that shedidn't seetheduffel bags and shedidn't see anyone carryingtheduffel bagsinto thecafeteria area. Michelle saidshedidn't know any rCM membersandshedidn't speakto anyof them prior to the shooting. Michelle said sheentered thecafeteria at appro". I1.25AM withherfriend, Nicole West. Michelle saidNicole neededto usethephoneso they left thecafeteria area tousethephoneby therebelcomerstore.Michelle said they left theirbackpacks at table #Vbecause thatweretheywere going tosit forlunch. Michelle saidChristiWinfrey, VeronicaGriffith, SarahWaymeyer, SarahRosemary, Jessica Gertzweresitting at the table. Michelle saidNicole andherexitedthrough theexit doors bytheRebel Storewhen everyone started running outof thecafeteria.Michelle said they ran to thehill bythe fence onPieceSI. and then to a housein thearea. Michelle saidsheleftherbackpack in thecafeteria bywhereshewas going tosit,Michelle said that shedidn't seethe shooters orrCM oranyone suspicious inside oroutside thecafeteria priorto, or afterthe shooting.I asked Michelle allof thequestions onTeam #4 question list and shecouldn'tprovideany further information.Michelle's father, Gus Castro reported thatoneofhis employee'sJorgeSilvahad someinformation aboutthe incident. I interviewed Mr. Silvaand he reported thai hisnephew,LesterPortillo who is attending anEnglewood Middie School told himsomeinformationabouttheincident. Lestersaid hehada friend (unknown name) wholivesin thesameapartment complex that told himabouta girlwhowas saying herboyfriend claimed tohaveshotMr. Sanders. Thisparty also toldhisgirlfriend not to goto Englewood HighSchool becausethere wasgoing tobea shooting. Mr. Silvasaid that hebelieved theinformation because ofhowscaredhis nephew was abouttellingthis information. Mr.Silvasaidthat he reported the information to Englewood PoliceDept. appro". twodaysafter theshooting. Hesaid thatEnglewood wassupposed tocomeout and interviewLester but they nevershowed up.Mr. Castrosaidhecalleda friend of his in theFBIandreported this information.GusCastroB#727-8460Jorge Silva #761-6154** NOnew leads generated. JC.o01 002703

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** UPDATED APRIL 28, 1999 **TEAM FOUR INTERVIEW GUIDELINEMINIMAL QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED1. Didyou eyerseethe twO largeduffelbags in the cafereria?No2. Didyouseeanyone cllll}'ing or in the possession of Iho""duffelbags, at a previous time ? tV03. DidyouseeEdc !llu:risor Dylllll K1eboId eltller onMoIlday ofTuesday? What were tlleydoing?What didtheysay1 Were theywilh llIlyoDe else 1 (Ve4. Didyouleaveanytbing bebiDd in thecafereriaor anywhere elsein the seIlool ? ff!o.


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PIRNAAR Arvada police/Court Sy.temArvada Police DepartmentNARRATIVEPage 1OS/18/1999

Reported Date 04/20/1999 Time 12;39;32Status RTFRef # 99-12067 Type ASSTOALocat ion 6201 S P I ~ R C EDET72 05/18/1999 0 5 1 7 9 9 ~ ~CONNECTING CASE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CR#99-7625Control #3324

On May 13 , 1999, Inv, Duane Eaton of the Arvada PoliceDepartment was assigned invest igat ive lead bearing Control #3324,The source of the information was l i s ted as Michelle Castro (DOB:08/15/84). cas t ro i s l is ted as a student of Columbine High School.Said inves t igat ive lead had been prepared by Sgt . Calvin Hemphillof th e Denver Police Department on May 1 ~ 1999. The narrativeadvised that the .ource indicated that Lester Port i l lo had Cold herthat h is frie nd was to ld by a g i r l that her boyfriend said that heshot Mr. Sanders, lnv, Eaton was assigned the task of locating andinterJ iewing Lester Por t i l lo to find out the names of the personshe had received this information from in order to conducesubsequent in terviews.

On Monday, May 17 , 1999 a t approximately 1045 hours, Inv.Eaton was able to make telephone con ta ct w ith s ou rce, MichelleCastro. Inv. Eaton adv ised Cas tro of the information he hadreceived and asked her to elaborate upon th is information. Castroadvised Inv, Eaton that she was unaware of anything such as Inv,EatOn had jus t advised her of. Castro a dvis ed !n v. Eaton that sh edid not know, nor was acquainted with, anyone named LesterPor t i l lo . She advised that sh e had never given any informationsuch as !nv. Eaton had asked her ahout to anyone to any persons.She advised t ha t she has no such info and has never had any suchinfo, and t ha t she has never spoken with a Sgt. Hemphill from theDenver police Department. Castro advised Inv. Eaton that she hasnever heard anyone discuss with her being acquainted with anyonec l a i m ~ n g to have shoe Mr. San4ers or anyone else a t the school.

Castro did advise Inv, Eaton tha t she had been interviewed byDet, Allen of the Denver police Departmenc. She a dv is ed In v, Eatonthat she spoke with Det. A llen about her observa t ions on TUesday,Apri l 20, 1999, Castro advised Inv. Eaton that she had been on apay telephone a t columbine High School and she had given h erstatement to Det. Allen.Before concl ud ing t he interview with castro l Castro once againadvised !nv, Eaton that sh e is unaware of where t h a t informationhad come from, t h a t sh e was noe acquainted with a Lester Por t i l lo ,

nor had she given any such information to any police off icers orany other persons, In l ight of the information given by Castro toInv, E aton, this i nvest ig a to r w i ll no t be conducting any fur therfollow up information in referenoe th is lead and wil l noC beattempting to ver ify the existence of and contact Lester por t i l lo .

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** UPDATED APRIL28, 1999 **TEAM FOUR INTERVIEW GUIDELINEMINIMAL QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED1. Didyouever see the two large duffelbags in the caferetia? 1102. Didyouseeanyone carryingor in thepossession of those duffel bap. at a previous time? { \ 0J. DidyouseeEric HamsorDylan Kleoold either on Mooday ofTuesday ? What were meydoing? (\ 0Whatdidmeysay? Were meywith""yoneelse ?4. Did youleaveanytblng bebind in mecafeteriaat anywbere else in tbe school? '\ '?

v a.l'Q "",-mIce ...5. Who were youwithin the ~ e t e r i a ? \!(bore wereyousitting? " - ' ~ ~ e ,"""",.,l 0 ~ ~ 1 "{V' 0.. . Q e6. Didyouseeor talk to anyof theTrench CoatMafia members onMonday? Tuesday? How about mepriorweekor weekend 1( \ c7. Have you beard a o y t b i n ~ from anvbo ~ \ 0 v f l ' A . ' c " ' ~

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Suppleme.ta1ReportJCSO 997615 J FBI174ADN-57419 I CONTROLNUMBER:2611lavestlgatorDan PfamleDJtiellWest Metro FireJ303-989-4307 Extenioa 530OnMay6, 1999at about 1100 bollI'S Imetwith1;homas Allen Clagett(dob110-13-82) at6465WestLeawood Drivein Littleton, CO for thepurposes ofan interview. Mrs.Clagett, Tom's mother, was alsopresentThomas AllenClagettprovided the following int'otmation regarding theApril20, 1999incident at Columbine High School: Tom livesclose to schooland therefore walks. Hearrived at schoolat &:15 am, anddid not see any oithe "so-calledTreachCoatMafiamembers (TeM), butwasn'treally lookingeither". Tom figuredthat!t was a normal day at school. Tomwasnointhecafeteriaareapriorto his lunchhour. Tomhas cmunies class4dl bouraild gOt oUt at 11;10 a.m. His ceramicsclass isupstairsand heweotto his locker (near theMathHall) before iO!ng to thecafeteriaviatheinteriorstairs. Tom stated that he was bybimself and did DOtnotice anythingunusual at thet time. Tom identifiedthethe was sitting at table"00" pertheFBIEvidence Diagram. Tomwasfacingthe westwindows andthe following students were with him:

TunMatteson viDaniel Yeager /Zlwh Thompson ../JoshHalder ../ScottStreeb. / 'JoeTranv Tomcarriesa dark greenREI backpack which contained spiral notebooks, a sketchpad, sunglasses a baseball hat anda Leathennan tool. He leftthe baclcpack in thecafeteriaandoneof his sandals, whichfell offwhile running, Tomdeniesseeinganylargebackpacks or duffel type bags eitheronthe floororbeingbroughtin to thecafeteria. Tomstatedthathewas eating lunchand "heard a commotion in theparkinglot",Morespecifically, Tomstated that"peoplewere gathered around thewindows" andthenit "got realquite". Tom stated thatthejanitors came in and toldus to "get downandunder thetables" at which pointhe did. Tom statedthat he was under thetablefor'about 15seconds and did "peek outthewestwindows briefly and sawa puffof smoke comefrom behind a black car", Tomdeniesbeingableto seeany"shooter" or "movements" outside of thewindows otherthan the"puffof smoke". Tomstatedthat "peoplestartedto crawl awayfrom thewindows (thewestwindows)and towar ", Tom stated that nt withit and gotupand ran", Tom

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Sllpplemmtal Rep4lrtJCSO 997625 I FBI174ADN57419 I CONTROL NUMBER: 2611InvelltigatorDM PfaDJleJHtiel fWest Metro Fire f 303-989-4307 EneusioD 538stated thathe anda bunchof others"startedto jumpoverthechairs" to get tothestairs.

Tomstatedthatonceat the top ofthe stairs "teachers toldus to walkandstay calm",to which''they allwa.lked fast andwent outtheMathHa.1I doors". Heslatedthatheheardabout "fouror five gunshots(rapid fire) frombehind (downstairs in thecommons)". Tomdenieshearinganyexplosions at that time. Tom slated thathe rantoLeawood Plllk to try and locate somefriends andthen ranhome fast, Tom denies seeing anycars leaving thearea at a high rate ofspeed Tomdenies seeing any "shooters". Tomstatedthat he was aware of the Trench CoatMafia(reM) asa "groupofoutcaststhatsat by themselves", He stated that the frequently sat by thewestwindows in the cafeteria. Hestatedthathedidnot knowthemand"reallyonly sawthem in passing". Tomdeniesevertalkingto any of them. Tom stated thathe does havea computer and he uses the e-mail addressof

IAC101382@AOL,com fOl'''school stuffand to talk to friends". HEstatedthat he is notfamiHar with"ICQ" butdid :frequent "chat:rooms awhileagountilhe startedgettingpornstuffand then he changedhis e-mail address andneverwent to a chat roomagain". His old e-mail address was lbomascl.. [email protected], Tomstatedthathe has no treceived ~ a n y t h i n g weirdsincethen", Tomstatedthat he doesnot knowanybody witha double pierced eyebrow anddidnot seeanyTeM members the dayof theincident. Tommade two observations thathe thoughtwas important; Theprint on the Rebel NewsNetwork thedayof the incidentwas "unusuallylarge", He statedthat"April20, 1999"was in boldletters, which was "notnoJ:Illlll". Tomslatedthatin January of this year, there weresmall 8W' by II " signstapedto the wallsin the cafeteria andtheCommons. Hestatedthattheyweretypedorcomputer generated andthat they said"Apri1191l1 ??'I??".

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I have read the foregoing statementand the facts contained therein are true to the best ofmy knowledge and belief. Ido not maintain that i t comttl"" all of the fect" or detail" of the incident, but only those facts about which I have beenasked.

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JEFFERSON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICESlJ1>PLEMENTAL REPORT

Defendant:nate: 4-26-99Deputy D.A . :

Docket NU1nl::>er:Case NU1nl::>er: 99A062Inves t iga tor : J .l lu rkhe lt e r

Leigh Ann Clark, dob 7-24-846461 W. Elmhurst Ave.Litt leton, CO 80128Ph. 303-932-6390This investigator met with Leigh Ann and her mother, Wendi Harder a tthei r home.Leigh Ann was given an opportunity to review her $tatement made onthe date of offense, 4-20-99, af te r which she stated it is correct.Leigh Ann was asked to explain where the Jewelry Classroom i s inrelat ion to the res t of the school. After Viewing a map of theschool she s tated it is On the top f loor above and behind the gym onthe map.Leigh Ann s tated she SaW the weird" student as she was approachingthis class room around 9: 00 A.M., and the person was looking a l laround while walking s lowly down the hallway. The susp ic ious personwaS alone and wearing his hat on his head back wo.rd. She went on tosay he had sunglasses tha t were plas t ic and a l l black w ith circularlenses On. An insignia was in the center of a long black coat .The coat was almost knee length. I t had pockets on the side and hewore it With the col lar raised up in the back. Leigh Ann feels thejacket was open and had buttons to close i t , in ste ad o f a zipper.

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The suspic ious par ty was carrying a black back pack over h is r i gh tshoulder . He had metal chains on his ha t , backpa ck and pants . Hisblack pants were fabr ic , no t jean mater ia l , and had pockets on thes ide . His boots were black and high, alm ost to the knee with blackshoe s t r tngs . Leigh Ann doesn ' t th ink she knew him o r would be ableto i den t i fy him if seen again .

Afte r th i s Leigh Ann went to class and then afterward around ~ 1 : ~ 0A.M., a f t e r 4th . . per iod she was in the Commons Area next to theCafeter ia . She heard gunshots ooming from outs ide and then glass onthe outs ide wallS s ta r ted f ly ing . She s t a t ed she heard 2 o r 3 shotsa t f i r s t . She d.escribed them as rea l ly loud and they kep t oomingr i gh t a f t e r each other .

Leigh Ann ran down the hallway and upsta i rs near the L ibrary andthen down the ha l l by the math ha l l and outs ide to Leawood Park,which i s next to the Teacher ' Ii parking l o t . Leigh Ann s ta ted sbecould "have sworn someone e l se was upsta i rs shoot ing." Sheremembers hearing two shots coming from th e L ib rar y area .

Leigb Ann remembered seeing someone in black near the pop machinesin the commons area when the shooting s t a r t ed . She s ta ted she can ' tdescr ibe him. She s t a t ed when she was in the park she heard moregunshots , but didn ' t see the source of the gunf i re .Leigh Ann s ta ted she then got in to the car of John Bohanon (sp) asen ior whc dr ives a black Geo Metro. They drove over to herf r i ends ' house, Emma Coxall Ph. 303-797-0736. She doesn ' t knowwhere Emma l ives .

Leigh Ann s ta ted she d idn ' t leave anything behind when she ran out .

Leigh Ann s ta ted she knows a freshlnan g i r l who i s I I f r iend of TeMmembers and has her own web s i t e . She s t a t ed the g i r l i s I I Wiken(Devil Worshiper) and has mental problems. She s t a t ed the g i r l haseven threa tened her in the pas t . She s ta ted the g i r l ' s name i s

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Courtney van Dell who l ives a t 6463 Canyon Ave.she didn ' t see Courtney a t school on 4-20-99.

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CONTINUATION IRoepom48 Atm"Y I-'otlk --"'"WPPLEMENT Jeso M.Russell 99.7625...;QIU1eU& C:ae R..pott No - - ... ...... 0528-99CIlWificaaoo OJ!""" Swus: Opes ~ y a e . . . . l RtrorrJTI'!l'll1 Case: -eda$Sificatioo Cltared by Arrest Unf


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JBJ'PDSOJI COtl'll"J:'l' IlIS'R.ICT ATTOIl5BY'S OJ'I'ICB

Ilef_dant I ColUlllbine ShootingDat. . May 6, 1999

Deputy D.A. ,

'Docket JIWllb.r.Ca JIWllber'

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Cobb, zach5758 W. Elmhurst Ave.Litt leton, CO., 80123303/979-4628

CHS student, cafeter ia witness.On April 28, 1999, this investigator spoke to Debbie Cobb, the

mother of Zach Cobb. She advised that her son had been previouslyinterviewed by a Detective Terry Demmel. This investigator contactedDet. Demmel by phone and he advised that he had interviewed Zach onApril 26, 1999.

On May 5, 1999, this investigator met with Zach Cobb at hisr es idence . P re sent dur ing the interview were his parents.

Zach advised that after completing his fourth hour foreignlanguage class, he went to the cafeteria and arrived there atapproximately 11: 12 avm, He was shown a diagram of the cafeter iaand was asked i f he could recall where he had been seated. He f i rs tindicated the table marked OW" but then realized that he had been atthe table marked "FF." He stated that also present a t his tablewere: Kyle Hayes, Austin Steckler, Chris Donnely, Jeff Maroney, TimMiller, Devin Casteel, and Jacob Hemmelstrand.

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He s ta ted t ha t within minutes of s i t t ing down, he heard a loudexplosion CO\1ling from the area of the outside parking l o t . Hedescribed i t as a "loud boom.' He advised tha t he then saw Mr.Sanders standing on a cha i r near the serc ice l ine counter and Mr.Sanders was t e l l ing everyone to get down. Zach said t ha t before hegot down on the f loor, he looked through a window in the direct ionof where he had heard the explosion but did not see anything. Hesaid he then began to craw l towards the s t a i r s . He said he heardWhat sounded l ike f irecrackers and added tha t the pops werecontinuous, very quick in succession, and la s ted about f iveseconds. He said tha t once he reached the school 's main f loor heran to h is l e f t and ended up in the auditorium. While there , he saidhe heard more "pops , ' much l ike What he had heard before. He advisedt ha t he ran out of the auditorium and down a hallway which leads tothe administration off ices . Once there , he said he could see tha tg lass in the doors had been shat tered as well as g lass in windowsand he sa id th ere were bul le t holes v is ib le , in the glass and doors.He s ta ted th at he ran out the main doors and continued running toClement Park. He said he heard more "gunshots" while a t the park. Hethought he was a t the park for about f i f teen minutes when he got ar ide with a fr iend, Dave Hooker and Dave's fa ther .

Zach sta ted that they drove away and were in the vic in i ty of S.Pierce and Roxbury when he saw a person known by him to be a memberof the Trench Coat Mafia. He said th is person was on foot by thePizza Hut and had waved down a Toyota Tercel, b lue in color . Hedescribed the male as being very t a l l , approximately, 6 '5" , withvery long hai r , wearing jeans and a t i e - dyed sh i r t , black and redin color and a black and red cap, worn backwards. He said he did notknow the person by name.

Zach advised tha t Eric Harris had been in one of h is classesduring h is f i r s t semester but he did not associa te with him. He saidhe did not know Dylan Klebo ld . Regarding the Trench Coat Mafia - itwas zach' s opinion that most students knew who they were because ofwhat they wore, but not many students had anything to do with them.

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Zach s ta ted tha t h e was aware o f t h e p h r a s e o f t h e d a y b r o a d c a s t on t h e Rebel News Network. He t h o u g h t it was You'd. wishyou w e r e n ' t h e r e to d ay . " He said it d i d n o t mean a n y t h i n g to him a tt h e t i m e . Zach said tha t he c o u l d n o t remember what h e had beenwearing on t h e d a y o f th i s i n c i d e n t .

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JEFFERSON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICESupPLEMENTAL RDORT

COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOLDate, 5/5/99CONTROL NUMBER, 2513

Docket Nulnbe:nFaI t 174A-DN-57419Investigator, Vondenkamp

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On 5/5/99 I interviewed 16 year old CHS student William Cochran a this home in Li t t le ton , Co. William's mother was present for thisinterview.William s tated he was in the CHS cafeteria a t 11:30am on 4/20/99. Hehad come from Ms Abbotts language arts class on the east end of thebuilding, He was walking alone, and arrived a t the cafeter ia alone,waiting for some fr iends, He sat down on a concrete bench near thebathrooms below the steps into the cafeter ia , Another student satdown by him, but William did not know his name, As William waitedfor his fr iends he heard "popping sounds" outside towards the west,He then saw students standing up. He heard a jan i tor say "get down,he'll got a gun". William circle the area of the cafeter ia he waswaiting a t a t 11 :30am on 4/20/99 on a cafeter ia drawing I providedfor him.William sta ted he got on the ground and did not see anything, Heheard more popping sounds while he was on the ground. They appearedto be coming from the same direction, William said that the doorsinto the auditorium opened up and Mr Andrious (teacher) was waving a tpeople to come through those doors into the auditorium, William saidhe got up and ran towarde these open doors w ith about 20 students.They got inside the auditorium and Mr Andrious locked the doors intothe auditorium, The group sa t inside the locked auditorium for about10 minutes. While inside William heard several "popping sounds"o utsid e th e auditorium, unknown direction. A jan i tor then knocked onthe downstairs auditorium doors that led into the cafeter ia (same

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doors William had gone through 10 minutes ea r l i e r ) . The j an i to rident i f ied himself to Mr Andrious and had a walkie t a lk ie . He to ldthe kids to leave the auditorium and run out through the cafe ter iathen ex i t out. t h e . building by the foreign la nguage depar tmen t.William sa id the group ran through the foreign language department~ ~ exited out int.o the junior parking lo t .The group ran across Pierce st .reet into Leawood park. Williams ta r ted to walk to h is house, when CHS student Evan E rnes t p ic ked himup in his red toyota cel ica . They drove to Will iam's house onMaplewood Drive and contacted h is parents.William did not see any gunman a t any time, nor did he see anyunusually large duff le bags in the cafe ter ia . He did not noticeanything unusual on 4/20/99 or the previous day. He was wearingjeans with a black shor t sleeve sh i r t . He l e f t behind a blackjanspor t pack with a CD player and headphone in it. William had nofur ther i n fo rmat ion regarding t he shoot ings on 4/20/99, o r t.he TCM.

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On 5/21/99, E lsa Coffey-Berg, DOB 4/6/84, 8801 WestBellview, Lit t le ton, Colorado, was advised of the identity of theinterviewing Agent, ana the nature and purpose of the interview.She was interviewed in the presence of her Mother, Sue CoffeyBerg, DOB 12/26/52, and her Father, Ron Berg, DOB 2/22/48. Sheproviaed the following information.On 4 /20/99, E lsa arrived a t the Columbine High Schoola t approximately 7:15 a.lIl. She went down to thecommons/cafeteria area and sat with her friends a t ei ther table

KK or LL. There were a to ta l of approximately 50 students seatedin the commons durinq this time frame. She was seated with thefollowing individuals.1. Erika HcClarety2. Margo Brown3. steve Dreadn4. NiCk Antonio

She sa t in the cOllllllons unt i l approximately 8:30 a.lIl. She did notnotice any large duffel bags or packages that seemed out of theordinary.Her l as t class p rio r th e f i r s t periOd lunch was choirclass with Mr. Andres Jr . After th is class , a t approximately11:15 a.m., she proceeded to the cafeteria. In the cafeter ia,she sa t a t table FFP. She was seated with Catherine Sloan, andTory OWens. Also seated in her Vic in ity a t table KK were thefollowing individuals.1. Katy Jorgensen2. Sarah Schweitzberger3. Nick Antonio4 Candace Kuslullan5. Erika HcClarety

Shortly after she began eating, she noted a janitor , and Hr.Sanders running arouna the cafeteria yelling for people to getdown. She got down under the tables, but was under theimpression th at th is may have been a senior prank going on.Shortly after th is , she realized that this was not a prank, and

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2'---'--lsa Coffey-Berqalonq with lllany o ther students, q ot up and ran to the auditorium.She ran out of the auditorium, and down the hallway that leads tothe front office, and exited near the quidance counselorsoffices. Once outside, she ran towards Clement Park, and climbedthe fence into the park. Eventually, she and lllany other studentswere directed to the public l ibrary in Clement Park. Her Motherpicked her up a t th e lib ra ry la ter that afternoon.

Elsa didn't know any of the Trench Coat Mafia members,nor associate with them. !n fact, she had not even heard of thenalllB Trench Coat Mafia, however, she had seen some studentswearinq trench coats in the school from time to tillle. She knewwho Brooks Brown was, but didn't know hilll well, or was not awareof any association with the TCM. She also knows Brooks Brownyounqer brother.She does use the Internet, however only for schoolprojects. She uses the screen nam.e of LCB. She has no ICQaccount number, however she does use chat roOlll8 throuqh hernormal Internet service.

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I hlWe "'ad the foregoing sta_tmrd the facts contained therein are true to the best of my !cnowledge and belief. Ido no tmaintain that it cont1Iin:s ;sIIof the facts /H'details of the incident. bu t only those fBCts about which I have beenasked.

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I have read the foregoing statement and the facts contained therein are true to the best ofmy knowledge and belief. Ido no tmaintain that i t contains all of the fliets or details of the incident, bu t only those facts about which I bev beenIJSked.

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I have read the foregoing statement and the facts contained therein afe _ to the best of my knowledge and b",li",f. Ido no t meintam that it COlItair>s sJIof th e fscts Of deteils of tha incident, but only those feets about which I have beenasked.

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I have read the foregoing statement and the facts contBined therein are true to Iha best ofmy knowledge and belief. Ido not maintBin that i t contains all of the facts ordetails of th incident, but only tbos facts about which I have beenaSKed.

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** UPDATED APRIL 28, 1999 *""TEAMFOURINTERVIEWGUIDELINEMINIMAL QUESTIONS TOBEASKED1. DidyOll e _ seethe two larseduffi:l hap ill tile cafeteria ?No2. Did you "" anyoue ",-,ds ~ " ' ' l ' ' :

13, Doyouusethe I1lli:I:net? If so,who/; is yours=en Dame? DoyouhaveI I I rCQ (aka:[ seekyou fsimllar to a chat line) account?::: ....-e , ,AoL. 1 - : f J I " ~ ~ . " : o ( A < t . . ' , . . . . ~ ~14. Doyou know anybody witha "double pieteed eyebrow" ?N d .

15, Didyouseeor hoaranyunusual announcements priorto theshootings? DoyouImow who/;lI1e"Thougbt of thedaywas" overrheRebelNewsNetWoc< (llNN) ?A/r:;16, CIlII youprovide 1liiy furthe< illfarn:w:ioo on themelllllmof theTrenchCoatMafia ?

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:Def end.ant::Date,Deputy D. A. ,

HARRIS/KLEElOLOMAY 4, 1999

Docket N'wlI.l:ler,Case Number,Invest iga tor ,

99A062DOYLE, PJ

303 791-0003AVT 303 730-7333

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FBI CASE 174A DN-57419

WITNESS CONTROL NUMBER 2570

JeSD CASE 99-7625

Reporting invest iga tor , 'Ii'.J . Doyle, i s a commissioned peaceoff icer employed by the Dis t r ic t Attorney in the Fi r s t Jud ic ia lDist r i c t serving Jefferson and Gilpin Counties. I am current lyassigned to ass i s t in interviewing witnesses from Columbine HighSchool.

On May 4, 1999 I spoke with Jenni fer Mutsumi Colby. She i s aSenior.6593 S. Sau lsbu ry C t.Lit t leton,CO 80123303 972-1604Dad: Raymond Colby Work:Mom: Hiroko Colby Work:

Jenn i fe r ' s father was present during the in terv iew.Jenni fer to ld me the following:

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She had been to her classes a l l lIlOrning. She went to thecafe ter ia l a te r fo r lunch. She l ikes to go la te because there i sless of a l ine . she ta lk s to her fr iends before get t ing in the foodl ine .

She thinks she was s i t t ing a t table AA o r table N. (The backpack l i s t dsted 4/29/99 shows the table as t ab le DO.) With her a tthe table were:Nicole Markham 303 904-3539Kris ta Hanley 303 973-5964Jessica Brown 303 933-0669

Alissa OWen 303 932-0215Lidle (Liddy) Perry 303 904-9253Alex Marsh (always wears a hat, has black hai r and glasses)

Jenni fer thinks she was s i t t ing between Jessica and Alex. Shewas not sure where the others were s i t t ing .

Jenni fer l e f t her back pack a t the t ab le when she went to thefood l ine . She sa id there were four lunch l ines . She was a t theth i rd ene from the windows. (See diagram)

While she was in the food l ine , she heard an unknown guy withglasses shouting to get down. She didn ' t know the boy. She saidtha t she hes i t a t ed . She thought it was a senior prank. Then, aj an i to r ran through the cafe ter ia and everyone s ta r t ed get t ingdown. She got down where the X is indica ted on the diagram. Thenshe heard some bombs going off outside. She was guessing they werebombs because there was smoke. She saw the smoke coming from thewest parking l o t . There are windows on the west side of thec af ete ria th at she could see out . She saw a wave of people get up

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and s t a r t running to the st .airs. She stayed where she was. Sheturned around and saw a teacher waving students back: to a doorwaytype i n l e t where the ki tchen people go in . She went in t .here, as i fto go to the kitchen. Then everyone was saying to go t.o theauditorium. She saw people running up the s ta i r s , out the door, andto th e righ t.. She ran with them to the upper commons, to the l e f t ,pas t the phones, toward the band hal l , and to the door o pp os ite th epost grad center . There she met up with Andrea Cook (303973-8299) . Jennifer saw a lo t of peop le coming and teachers sayingto jump the fence. A t.eacher was on the other side of the fence,also saying to jump over the fence. She d id and ran through andacross the basketl:lall cour t and up to th e fo un tain . Then, she ranback toward the parking l o t . There were pol ice cars there .

Jennifer l e f t her backpack in the cafe ter ia . I t i s red withwhite ribbons with cross f lags . Inside of the pack was herchemistry book, a book t i t l ed Bean Trees, house keys on a key chain,a b la ck ske tc h book with s t ickers on it and miscellaneous i tems.

Jennifer had been wearing her Colorado Guard jacket .black with red cross f lags on i t , her name i s on i t , andWinter Guard i s wri t ten on the back.

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/Jennifer uses the In ternet . Her screen name i s Jenrncolby.Jennifer doesn ' t know anyone with dcuble pierced eyebrows.Jennifer ' s s i s t e r i s Pauline Colby. Jennifer to ld me tha t

Paul ine used to be in the TCM and qui t l a s t year. Paul ine came into the room and to ld me tha t a boy named Louis Ske lip ie (s pe lli ng )had to ld her yesterday tha t he Saw Eric Harris and Dyla.l'l Kleboldbehind his house by where th e d iv er sio n bomb was se t o ff on the dayof the sheoting.

Paul ine to ld me tha tt ha t he i s a senior now.dating Chris Morris.

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Pauline also said that Joe Sta i r s o m e t i ~ s wore a trench coat .

Jennifer said thatshooting or on Monday.in the c af et er ia o r the

she hadn' t seen Bric or Dylan the day of theShe also said th at she never saw duffle bagsschool.

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SlJPPLBmTAL REPORTDefendant,Dat.e,Deputy D.A.,

HlUUUS!KLEBOLDMAY 9, 1.999

Docket Number'Case Number: 99A062Investigator, DOYLE, PJ

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FBI CASE 1.74A ON-574l9

WITNESS CONTROL NUMBER 2571.JCSD CASE 99-7625

Reporting investigator, P. J . Doyle, is a commissioned peaceoff icer employed by the Distr ic t Attorney in the Firs t Judicial,Dist r ic t serving Jefferson and Gilpin Counties. I am currentlyassigned to ass i s t in interviewing witnesses from Columbine HighSchool.

On May 4, 1.999 I spoke with Lindsay Jean Conwell, a Junior.DOB: 5-28-825273 S. Holland StreetLi t t le ton, CO 801.23303 973-3911Mom: Lori Conwell Work, 303 980-681.5Dad: Timothy Conwell Work: 303 363-5655

Lindsay's dad was present during t he in te rv iew.Lindsay to ld me the following:

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S h was ae school a l l day on the day of the shooting. She didnot go in to ehe cafe ter ia before lunchtime. She got to thecafeter ia a t about .11: 15. That ' s the time she usual ly goes. ThetllOrning was normal. She never saw any th ing unusua l. She sa id t h a tlook:ing back, the fee l ing a t school was unusual. I t seemeddepressed fo r 1'10 reason.

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She got to the cafe ter ia and se t her bag wheres i t s , a t t ab le W with Sean Lee, to her r igh t .Prommersberger (5469 S. I r i s Stree t , Li t t le ton , CO972-4298), another g i r l , maybe Elysea Zahn (not suresi t t ing) then Diana Cohen, then Steve Cohen. (Steve347-0151)

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Lindsay went to the lunch l ine go get lunch. The l ine wasn ' tlong. She came back to her sea t . She put her food down. As soonas she s a t down, Mr. Sanders and a custodian were running from thedi rec t ion of the teacher ' s lounge. The custodian went by thewindows and Mr. Sanders went the way of the lunch l ines . They wereyel l ing a t them to get under the t ab les . Everyone was down underthe tables fo r about 15 seconds. Lindsay heard n dth ing . Thes tudents s ta r ted to get up. Mr. Sanders yelled to s tay down. Abunch of s tudents s ta r t ed running toward the s ta i r s and some towardthe kitchen. Chairs were being thrown out of the way.

Lindsay heard a gun shot when they a l l s ta r t ed to get back up.She 's neve r heard a gun shot before. I t was high pi tched, k:ind of1 ike a f i r e cracker . I t sounded l ike a toy cap gun. She didn ' thear a bomb. She never saw any smoke.

She sa id tha t a mob of kids s ta r t ed going up the s t a i r s . Atthe second t i e r , there was a g i r l s l id ing down. As Lindsay reachedto grab her, she saw some of the cement "f lying" . (Like a bul l e thad h i t i t . ) When Lindsay go to the top of the s t a i r s , she l e t goof the g i r l . Lindsay went s t ra igh t eas t down the hallway by themath area . I t leads out to Pierce Stree t . As she was running, shelooked down and star ted heading s t ra igh t down to the door. She

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could see in to the main cour t yard. In the hallway going to themain cour t yard she saw a person with a trench coat on. Shecouldn ' t t e l l if it was a t rench coat or a duster . I t went down tothe ground. She only saw the back of who ever it was. From the waythey walked, it wasn' t a woman. The hai r wasn' t rea l ly shor t , butkind of shaggy. The hai r was not down to the shoulders . The personwas not wearing a hat . She did not notice anything on the trenchcoat . This person seemed t a l l e r than Lindsay. She couldn ' t t e l l i fth i s person was holding anything in the i r hands. She ran pas t thehal l t h i s person was in .

She ran out the doors. So many people were t ry ing to get outthe doors. She h i t a se t of steps and tr ipped. When she lookedback, there was someone on the roof. I t was j u s t a glance. Shecouldn ' t t e l l what the person was wearing or holding, or what theperson looked l ike . She kept running a f t e r tha t .

She ran down the s ta i r s to Pierce and across Pierce to LeawoodPark. Then, she caught up with Megan Minger. They j u s t keptwalking s t ra igh t out of the park. They followed some g i r l who sa idshe l iv ed c lo se . They went to her house. This g i r l i s a cousin ofLindsay Blevins: 303 973-4783.

At th i s g i r l ' s house, when they got there , there were 5 or "people already there . She stayed there a l i t t l e b i t , and thensomeone came and sa id t h a t people were sheot ing a t the s cho ol. Morekids came, close to 100.

Lindsay sa id tha t when she s tar ted to head upSanders was pushing kids up the s t a i r s . She knewwas close behind her. She could hear his voice.the top of the s ta i r s , she l o s t h is voice.

the s t a i r s , Mr.the Mr. SandersWhen she got to

When Lindsay f i r s t got to tha t g i r l ' s house, Megan Minger to ldLindsay tha t she 'd been trying to get r id of a boyfr iend and hadhurr ied down the s ta i r s to avoid him. Lindsay didn ' t know i f th i sguy was a member of TCM or a former member. Lindsay sa id t h a t Meqan

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seemed scared. Megan had men tioned someth ing to Lindsay aboutt rench coats o r TCM, but Lindsay couldn ' t remember in what context.Megan said t h a t .she'd been try in g to ge t th is guy o ff her case fo r along t ime. Megan tOld Lindsay tha t she thought it was weird t h a tthe guy was there . Lindsay said that Megan seemed weirded out"because the guy was a t the school . Megan went on the France t r ipw ith Linsdsy, and Lindsay knew her from spending t ime in thepubl icat ions room when Megan was there . {No fu r ther in fo . avai lableon Megan or the boy.)

Lindsay was in the g i r l s rea t room e ar l ie r in the day and spoketo Rachael Scot t while in the bathroom. Rachael said somethingl ike , I t ' a going to be a crazy day." Lindsay didn ' t know whatRachael was re fer r ing to . Lindsay said th a t in the morning, ShannonSekora had been crying , b ut Lindsay didn ' t know what that was about .

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**UPDATED APRIL 28, 1999 ** ~ i ! : : . ~TEAM FOUR INTERVIEW GUIDELINE ~ ~ " *MINIMAL QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED : : l ~ - / /I. Didyouever see the twolargeduffelbags in thecafeteria?NO2. Didyousee anyone carryingor in thepossession of those duffelbags,at a previoustime?

3. Didyou see EricHarrisorDylanKlebold eitheronMon9,ay of Tuesday ? Whatweretheydoing? IV 0Whatdid theysay? Weretheywith anyoneelse?

4. Didyou l e a v ~ ~ y t h i n ~ behind \Q the cafeteria or anywhere else in theschool?C ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ f " " " ' \5. Who wereyouwithin the cafeteria? Where wereyousitting?

6. Did you seeor talk to any of the TrenchCoatMafiamembers onMonday? Tuesday? Howabout the priorweekor weekend? . . . . N 07. Have youheard anything fromanybody else aboutother suspects, bomb making,

gun buying, etc. ? kJ 08. Whatwereyouwearing? Did you havea backpack?Whatdidit I ~ like a n ~ V o r ' \ !have in it ? O l ' V - < - ~ ~ \ . . . . . . , ) , - ~ l a o l < - ( !c-(\'tj ~ ' - . , / '\ .

~ . . o . e v - - )9. How did youleavethe cafeteriaor the building? Whatwere the events thatmadeyouleave?

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**UPDATED APRIL 28, 1999 **TEAM FOUR INTERVIEW GUIDELINEMINIMAL QUESTIONS TO BEASKED

I I. Havethemmarkwhere theyweresitting, their routeoutof the building andwhomtheywere with(if known) ?

12. How didyouexit the building? Where did yougowhenyou got out and whatdidyousee on theoutside of thebuilding? / ? c 0 o0.'"_ Jr"13.Doyouuse theInternet? If so, whatis yourscreenname? Doyou haveanKQ(aka:I seekyou I similar to a chat line)account?

14.Doyouknow anybody with a"doublepierced eyebrow" ?NO15.Did youseeor hearanyunusual announcements prior to the shootings? Do youknowwhat tlfe "Thought of the daywas" over thl ~ e b e l . : : e w s Network (RNN) ?y....... c \ c . . ~ y - J.... 0 _C..IL,. .p, S

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LAKEWOOD POUCI DrPAIlTMENT SUPPUMINTAL REPORTREPORTING AGENT: DETECTIVE GEORGE MCGLYNN CASE NUMBER:99-38856VICTIM: COLUMBINEHIGH SCHOOL DATEOF REPORT: OS/20/99':FENSE: AOA/COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE/JEFFCO SHERIFF'S OFFICE,FORMATION CONTROLNUMBER: DN35S!. FBI: 4A-DN57419. CR#99-7625

SUSPECTS: EricHmrisDylanKlebold

INVESTIGATION:On 5115199, I was assigned informationcontrolnumber DN3554 forfollowup investigation. The informationccntrcluarranve statedthat ShawnNossamanindicated thata lunchemployee,Ms.Caruthers,was in thecafeteriawhen thisoccurred. The information controlsheetwaspreparedby SergeantCalvinHemphill, DenverPoliceDepartment.

On 5/18/99, I contactedJefferson County SchoolsAreaAdministrator, Barb Monsen, and requestedanyinformation shemight have on cafeteria employee by the nameofMs. Caruthers. She said that shehad no

..:ormation on such an employeebut would providemewith information on themanager andother employeesof the kitchen. On 5119199 I received a fax transmission from NancyCookforBarbMonsen with a listof theColumbine HighSchoolcafeteriaworkers. Ms. Caruthers is noton that list.

ADDITIONALWITNESSES:I. LindaTibljas, KitchenManager

12183 W.TuftsAveMorrison, Co 80465303979-2574Additional cafeteria workers:

2. Dewlaney, Suzanne10605 W. QuarlesAveLittleton, CO 80127303-972-8663

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1. Did youeversee the two large duffel bags in the cafeteria?~

2. Did yousee anyone carrying or in the possessionof thoseduffel bags,at a previous. ?ume .

3. Did you see Eric Hams or Dylan Kleboldeither onMondayofTuesday ? Whatweretheydoing?Whatdid theysay? Were theywith anyoneelse ?K ~ l ; ) ! M ! : : . " n I ~ OJU!4j JV{ Sl"3NI-

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** UPDATED APRIL28, 1999 **TEAM FOUR INTERVIEW G U I D E L L ~ ~MINIMAL QUESTIONS TOBE ASKED

11.Have themmark where theyweresilting.theirrouteout of thebuildingand whomtheywere with (i fknown) ?

12. How did youexit thebuilding? Where did yougowhen you got out and whatdidG,u: ; ; ,n p ; = : ~ : m ~ : ~ d i n g B ~ J " N u

13.Doyouuse theInternet? It'so, whatis yourscreenname? Doyouhavean ICQ(aka: I seekyou / similartoa chatline)account? ' J ~ J Do '2.'1

14.Doyouknow anybody witha "doublepiercedeyebrow" ?j'J ';)15.Didyouseeor hearanyunusual announcements prior to theshootings? Do youknow whatme ""{hought of thedaywas"overtheRebelNewsNetwork(RNN) ?IV\)16.Can Y O N r ~ V i d e anyfurther information on themembers of the TrenchCoatMafia?

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05/01/99Lindsay Ruth Crandall, white female, date of bir thNovember 24 , 19BO, 6330 South Fenton Court, Litt leton, Colorado,telephone number (303) 797-0734, was advised of the ident i ty ofthe interviewing Agent and the purpose o f the interview. Alsopresent during the interview were Crandall's parents . Crandallprovided the fol lowing informat ion :Crandall is a senior a t Columbine High School (CHS) .Crandall personally knows Dylan Klebold. Crandall had acomposition for College Bound language class with him. Crandalldoes not personally know Eric Harris.On April 20, 1999, Crandall went to CHS a tapproximately 8:15 a.m. to meet with student Tina Bernacohi andMichelle Fox. The three met and l e f t the school a t 8:20 a.m. togo to the marketing banquet at the Welshi re Inn, Denver,Colorado. The three returned together a t approximately 11:00 to11:15 a.m. Bernacchi drove her oar and parked in her space,space number 50.When leaving the school with Bernacohi and Fox,Crandall believes tha t she observed Klebold pul lin g i nt o t.he CHS'parking lo t . He was driving his black BMW and Crandall did notobserve anyone with him. Cranaall believes that Klehold may havebeen wearing a black basebal l cap backwards on his head. This

would have been approximately 8:20 a.m. a t the beginning of thesecond hour. Klebold has an early morning bowling class and didnot have a f i r s t hour class.Jennifer Payne, a Chatfield Senior High student ,telephone number (303) 933-4734, reported tha t she had heard froma friend of hers tha t h er fr ie nd had observed both Harris andKlebold ear ly on April 20, 1999, s i t t ing by the i r vehicles,possibly the BMW, smoking cigarettes a t the bowling al ley wheret.hey had class .At approximately 11:00 to 11:15 a .m ., C randall went toher f i f th hour lunch class a t the Rebel Corner. Crandall was a tthe Rebel Corner with Louis Scileppi and Liza Madden. Crandall

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2l'1lge _windows. Crandall observed one black student who sta ted thatpeople had been shot. Mr. Sanders was by the elevator and toldeveryone to get down. The students in the cafeter ia got down andran out the cafeter ia doors. Crandall heard gunshots.

Crandall, Scileppi, and Madden went into the off icewhere Mrs. Kathy Frommer, Tina Bernacchi , and NiCk Schumann were.Crandal l adv ised them that people were being shot . Crandallheard more gunshots. Seileppi ran out of the Rebel Corner andl e f t .At approximately 11:30 a.m., Crandall, Madden, Frommer,Bemacchi, Schumann and Carrie Green hid under t he cou nte rs inthe business classroom adjacent to the Rebel Corner off ice .Frommer locked the doors. Crandall heard g u n s h o ~ s and loudexplosions. Crandall thought that she heard a motorcycle enginein the hallway a t the bottom of the s ta i rs . Crandall heardsomeone laughing. Frommer called the Lit t le ton Police Departmentfrom the telephone in the room. At approximately 2:00 p.m., the police made entrythrough the Rebel Counter door into the classroom. Crandall thenwent to Clement Park.Crandall had heard from other students and had read in

the newspaper t h ~ t ju st p rio r to the incident Autumn Hettingerhad seen Harris ~ the schoo l parking lo t wearing a trench coatand that it was puffy l ike something was under i t .Tammy Schwartzott said that Klebold was in her secondhour class and that he had acted normal.Pauline Colby was supposed to work a t the Rebel Cornerwith Crandall on April 20, 1999. Colby is an a ss oc ia te o f theTrench Coat Mafia. Colby was a t the market ing banquet and shetold Crandall tha t she was not going to work a t the Rebel Corneron tha t day because her father had made her a doctor'sappointment.Nick Schumann saw s o m e o n ~ rol l ing down the h i l l outsideof the cafeteria .

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CONTINUATION 0 Reponing A p Reponing Offiet Cu e RepattNoSUPPLEMENT X JCSO Gary Muse 9')-7625-FCotll'leeiingCaseRepon No VictimName: ~ a l . Report Oa. .ThisRoport

Bumal1, Cassie, et al 4--24-1999- ,,""" X Homicide Offense StItUS: OPft X ExceptionallyCIaml n ~ e c o m m t : l 1 < l Case; R.oview aRee:JauifianiQn 0 Cleared byAnul: a Un_ a C l o s u ~ a

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CONTINUATION 0 RepoltlngA_ Reporting Offic:lIf Case Repott NoSUPPLEMENT X Jeso Gary Muse 99-7625-FComtl'CtingCaseR.eport No, ViCtim Nattte:Ori&1na1 Report Date This Report

Blll'Ilall, Casste, et at 4-24-1999I-;- "'on X BOJ1\lelde OfftlMe Stttta: Open X """ ,_c_ O ReoommendCase: - 0Rbclauifiwian a CieuedbyArmt 0 U._ o Closul"t D' . j Quantity l Brand NMll-t" 1-.- I SeriIINo ..'\:i I R e v ~ r e d I D ~ build,darkbrowncollar-lengthhair,and saidthat themaleWall wearing"a blackduster." Curtis alsotold methathethoughthe could see"somethingyellow" insideof thedusterwhen it swung openat one point.

Curtis told me that he was evacuated from the buildingalong with fellow custodian Jay Gallentine. I also spoke withGallentine, andhe toldme that he did not see the gunmen, nordidhe witnessanyonebeingshot or injured.

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C,)NTI,.jUATION 0 R.eporting Agl:ftCY ReponlngOfficer Case hport NoSUPPLEMENT v JCSO FELSOCI 997625KConnecting CaseReponNo. ViC"'Jm Namo Original: Repon Date ThisReport

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PROGRESS REPORTCASE TYPE: HOMICIDECASENUMBER: 9916215PAGE IOF3REPORT BY INVESTIGATORBRICE MOOMAWOn 04-24-99 at about 1350 hrs., this Investigator responded to the Arapahoe CountySheriff's Office and conducted an interview with:

CURTIS, JOHNALANDOB: 1229.53HomePhone: (303) 5825870Curtisindicated TonyArnold is the head custodian. Johnis part oethe daycrewcustodialstaff.Thirty five to forty five minutes before the first shotwasfired, hewas on the tractor. Hewas dumping the trash canson the field. At about 1050 hrs., Tony and Jay were eatinglunch.Curtiswentdown to get an Amy's and his lunch. He thenbegan eating. At about IllSbrs., he wentdownstairs in Jay's area by the lower common entrance. Tony and Curtiswent to the area, thenCurtiswent to thewest sideof the cafeteria.Curtis indicated he saw these kids around before lunch. Hewent outside and saw SeamGraves on the ground. Curtiswent outside. Chris, a teacher side there was gun lire.Curtisthoughtit was a prank. Curtis then heard a loud explosion. CurtissaidthatDavidandLance were down. Curtisthenwentbackinside.Curtiswas yelling to get the kids away from the window. There were about seventy fiveto two hundred kidsgoingtowards the auditorium. Curtiswentthroughthe kitchen. Hethenwentback to Seanand therewasa lot ofgunfire.Curtis grabbed Sean's handand triedto puD him into thekitchen. SeanGraves said. "No,I don't want to be paralyzed. Jay Valentine and Curtis ran all over and went upstairs.They were thinking of evacuating the library upstairs. Theywent towards their office.Curtispeaked arounda pillar nearthe library doors. When he peaked around the pillar, hesawthe shooter.The shooterwas reloading his gun. It looked like and under load 12 gauge. Curtis sawthe side of the gunman'sface. Theshooterwas tallwith darkhair. Thegunwas pointingdown to the groundand hewas shoving shells into thechamber.Curtis wentback to the steps. He beard gun fire. Jerry waswithhim. They picked up ateachernamed Eric. Ericwas possibly hit byshrapnel from the pipebomb. Curtissaidtheshooterwas chasing them. Curtistook Eric into the kitchen.

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PROGRESS REPORTCASETYPE: HOMICIDECASENUMBER: 9916215PAGE20F3REPORT BY INVESTIGATOR BRICEMOOMAWCurtis crawled inthe kitchen andEricwas saying something. Curtis statedwhere the hellis Jefferson Countywhenyou need them. The cafeteria was completely covered in gunsmoke.They left. Therewas random shooting. Curtis said it sounded like a .22 cal. Curtis thencrawled back out to Seanto see howhewas doing. Curtis said he stayedwith Sean aslongas possible. Curtistold Sean to play dead.At about that time, a shooter started popping rounds off around them. Curtis heatdrounds and saw where theywere hitting. Sean toldCurtis to leave. Tony, Eric and theother staffwere inthe kitchen. Curtiswent to the storage room freeze. lay was in thewalk in refiigerator.Aftera while the cafeteria was clear. Curtis wentto the serving line and looked for theshooters. When he lifted his head to look, he heard an explosion. Jay and Curtis hidunder the sink near the stove. A bomb then blew up and everything was engulfed inflames.lay wentbackto the refrigerator. CurtisSlated they tried to makea gameplanand founda big bottleofKetchup. Curtisgot a cookie rack to put in front of the door Jay got aniron pot. Curtis was in communication with Andy, the campus supervisor. Andy toldCurtisthat a SWAT teamhadenteredthebuilding.At one pointthey saw shadows outside. Whoever it was said its OK to come out. AsCurtisstartedopening the door, he heard a gun shot.When asked how many suspectsCurtis saw, he said one chased them. Explosives weregoing off upstairs. Curtis indicated he thought therewas possibly two to four shooters.. This Investigator askedCurtis i f it was possible hewas only seeing the same two peopleandbe saidyes. Therewas one at tbe entrance and onedownstairs. He indicated it couldbeverypossible theyare talking aboutthe same ones.When asked howmany Curtis saw, he said two. Onewas at the west entrance and in thelibrary. Hesaw the other one outside. Curtisdescribed suspect# I, who was at the westentrance as:

Tall,blackcollar length hair, carrying shot gunCurtis indicated hesawsomething yellow inside histrench coat. Possibly an ammo bag.Suspect # 2, whowas observed outside, is identified as:

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Male, about3 inches shorter than the one inthe hallway. Wearing a black trench coat. Lightbrown hair, collar length. This subject lookedlikehe had a handgun.This subject was seen on the westsideon the steps towards the commons. Curtis relatedhe was in no big hurry to go any place. At one point he was waIIdng back toward thebuilding.Curtis indicated Jefferson County Sheriff's Office at onepointcontacted a tall, dark baredsubject, then they released hint.Per Curtis, the shooting startedoutside, onthewestendof the building. Mr. Sanders wasinitially outside and he ran backin the building. David Sanders stood on a chair and toldeveryone to get down.Curtisrelated he only sawtow people with trench coatsand guns. This Investigator askedCurtis i f he had spoken to anyone about the incident? Initially he talked to Gary fromlefferson. He toldGarywhatwasgoing on inside.Curtis indicated heverywell couldhave continued to see the same two people during theincident. At one point, Curtis related thet lay saw some of the shooters through themirrors. Curtis identified lay as:

GALLENTIlNE,IAY(303) 8058230Curtisindicated the foodmanager, Glenda, gets there about 0530hrs. and starts the foodpreparation. lay gets to work between 0400 to 0430hrs. and Tonyarrives at about 0730hrs, Curtis related there would have been plenty of people who would have seen asuspicious package.


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Atthis pointI askedBrittanyif sherecallswhenshewalkedintothe cafeteria if she remembersseeingtwo largedufflebagsgymbag type items. I describedoneas beingblue incolorand theother beinganorangish/red, which were in the general awhereshewasseated. She thoughtfor aminuteand stated,"Youknow. I didsee a largebluegym type bag," atwhich timeI hherrefer to a mal' I had provided,and she stated tharit wasjust on the east sideof the tables, depictingtableH through BBI asked Brittany if sheknewwhothosebagsbelonged to or ifshe saw anybody bringthosebagsintothecafeteriaarea.She stashe had no ideawhoowned the hagsandsaid thatshejust remembers thatshe lookedover at a friendof hers bythe nameNickiLawson, whowas seatednearthe bags. She statedafter shesaidhi toNicki she glanced awayshe remembersseeingbagand thinking to herself,"That's weird.whywouldsomebody bringoneof thosebig sportsbags into the cafeteria and leathem."

Brinany stated that shortly after she sat down and started to eat her lunch,she remembersshe sawMr. Sanders coming frooutside thecafeteriaand enter throughthe northwestcafeteria doors. She statedthatwheneverMr.Sanders gets excitedoris trying to emphasize a point he gets real red faced and she knows that he's serious. She said that when he entered intotcafeteriashe knewhe wasn't messing aroundandhetoldevery bodyin the cafeteria toget down. She saidthat Mr.Sanders "

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