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On August24, 1999, at approximately 1600hours, I responded to 4103 WestEldoradoPlaceto contactand interview witness

PatrickSean Kelly, who is a student at Columbine HighSchool. This interview was in reference to the shooting OIl 4-20-99 at Columbine High School.

JC..()01· 005001 Patrick Kelly said on 4-20-99, at approximately 0645 hours to 0650 hours, be arrived at Columbine High School for his scheduledclasses.Patrick said be drove hisred Chevrolet MonteCarloto school, and parked it in ClementPark. Patricksaid he enteredColumbine High Schoolthroughthe maindoorslocatedon the east sideof the school by the administrative offices. Patricksaidwhenbe enteredthe schoolon4-20-99, bedidnotobserve anything unusualor outoftileordinary. HesaidheWent to his "men's comedy group"at about 0650hours 0114-20-99, and priorto his scheduledfirst hour class, which he said he is a techlab assistant. Patricksaid he nextwentto his secondhourworldhistoryclass,then wentto his thirdhourcalculousclass. After calculous, Patricksaid he went to his fourthhour German class,To get to his German class, Patrick said he had to go down the stairway fromthe upper levelof Columbine HighSchooland down to the lower level.This stairwayat the bottom eads into the cafeteria/commons area of Columbine HighSchool. I showedPatrickthe photographs ofthe dufflebag and the Unit

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Mr. Andresand the studentsthattherewas somebody in the downstairs portionof ColumbineHigh Schoolwith a gun. Patrick said Mr. Andres told Brandon Reisbeckand the students in the class to calm down. Patrick said the doors fromthe interior of the classroom thai lead into the hallway was open. and he said he then heard an "explosion" that he said was either an explosivedevicethat bad detonated or a shotgunthat had been discharged. Patricksaidthis explosion soundedto him likeit came fromthe downstairs area of Columbine HighSchool. Patricksaid at thistime the studentsfromthe choir classroom got up and begun running. He said approximately half of the classran onedirection and hid in an office locatednext to the choir room. He said the other half ofthe class, includinghimself, ran from the interiorofthe classroom. out the east doors.andinto the hallway, and towardsthe auditorium. Patricksaid he ran intothe auditorium, and said as he ran alongthe backpartof the auditorium he heard between7 and 9 shotsthet he described as beinglessintensethan the explosion he heardearlier. Patrick saidthese shots were fired veryrapidlyand said he first believedtheywere shotbyan automatic weapon. Patricksaid he then ran out of the auditoriumand into the hallwayby the gym. He said he then begun running towardthe east side main doors of the school.and said as he was approaching thisexn point. a window was either shotout, or fell out of the frame as it shattered in front of him. Patrick said when this occurred he did not hear a gunshot that may have shatteredthis window He said at

about this sametime the fife alarm went off insideof Columbine HighSchool. and said he ran out of the school through the main doorsand into the facultyparkinglot. north and east of the school. Patricksaid he then kept running into Clement Park.

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I asked Patrick what information he could provideto me about the-trench coat mafia, the trench coat mafia students. and in parncularwhatinformation hecouldprovideabout Dylan Kleboldand Eric Harris. PatricksaidDylanKleboldandEricHarris

bad a first hourvideoproductions class a1 the sametimetha1 be had his techlab assistantclasshour.duringthe first andsecond school semester. Patricksaid DylanKlebold workedthe soundfor the schooltalent showwhile Patrick workedthe lights for this talent show. Patricksaid he talked to DylanKlebold, but did not recallDylanKlebold talking about anything out of the ordinary. He said he was not sure if Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were trenchCOal mafia students or not. He told me that

DylanKleboldand Eric Harrismadea videothat was violent in natureduringthevideoproductions class. Patricksaidhealso

hadan accelerated chemistryclassduringhis sophomore yearthatDylanKleboldwasalso in. PatricksaidDylanKlebold wore a black trenchcoat that he describedas not beinga true trenchcoat,but rather said it was a "duster," possiblybeingmade out cfleather, however, he wasnot sure. Hesaidthistrenchcoathungdown toappmximately calvelength. Patricksaidthat Dylan Klebold would hang around with Eric Harris and Nate Dykeman, and said he had seen Dylan Klebold in the hallways of C::olumbine High Schoolwith Robyn Anderson.

Patrick Kelly said be knew Eric Harris because they had a Getman class together during his sophomore year in the first semesterof his junior year. Patrick said Eric Harris was "quiet and moody" and said he sat at the back of the classroom. Patricksaid he had seen Eric Harris wearing a trenchcoal. Healso saidthat Eric Harrishad a backpack and on this backpack Eric Harris had a "marksmaasliip medal"that may have been a United StatesMarine Corpshooting medal. Patricksaid this medal was the type that would be pinnedonto something, suchas a uniform. He saidthis medalmayhave been goldin color at one time, however, he said he believed Eric Harrismayhavepainted it black. PatrickKelly said he knew who. . . . .as, and said he had heard that~as "mentallyunstable." Patrick said in the pas! he had talked to _ i n thecafeteriawhen Patrickdidn't have anybody else to talk to. He saidthese conversations werelast year. Patricksaid

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however, said he did not see Eric Hams in the class on that date, Patrick said he remembered this because he thought at the time it seemed Outof the ordinary for Eric Harris not to be with Dylan Klebold in this first hour class.

Patrick Kelly said thinking backto 4-20-99, hebelieved he rememberedhis choir teacher, Mr. Andres, possibly yelledat Brooks Brown in the Choirclass for talkingto Charlie Sim:lnons while Mr. Andres was trying to talk to the class, Patrick said on 4-21-

99, the day after the shooting at Columbine High School, he saw Brooks Brown in Clement Park, He said while talking to Brooks Brown, it appeared that Brooks Brown was upset about the shooting, and said that Brooks Brown said somereing to the effect of, "I can't believe they are gone," referring to Rachel Scott and Dan Mauser, two victims of the shooting. Patrick Kelly said Brooks Brown considered himself'to be a "masterphilosopher" and said Brooks Brown "tended to lie a lot." ~

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harass otherpeople either. Patrick Kelly said he does not know of anybody, nor has he heardrumorsofanybodywho may be manufacturing explosive devices and/orbuying, selling, or possessing firearms.

PatrickKellysaid on 4.20-99, when he ran out of Columbine High School, he left his backpack (describedas a blue Cypress backpack) and its contents in the choir classroom. Patrick said he has since picked up these items from Columbine High <;Chaol.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Patrick Kelly told me on 4·20-99, he did not see any ofthe suspects, nor did he see anybodywith firearms and/or explosive devices at any time.

Patrick Kelly said that during the 1998/l999 school year at Columbine High Scheel, Brooks Brown was engaged to an Arapahoe HighSchoolstudentbythe nameof Sabrina(unlmown lastname). Hesaidit is hisunderstanding that Brooks Brown and Sabrina have since broken up their engagement

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WITNESSES, PATRICK SEAN KELLY, DOBIOS-12-82 4103 West Eldorado Place Denver, Colorado 80236 (303) 934-1731 Student Columbine High School

BOBLYNN, DOBI09-IO-27 4103 West Eldorado Place Denver, Colorado &0236 (303) 934-1731 Grandfather of Patrick Sean Kelly

INVESTIGATION; On 03-28-00 Investigator Kate Batten asked me to re-interview Columbine High School student Patrick Sean Kelly. This office had received information that on 04-20·99, witness Kelly spoke to a news reporter and l d e n t i f i e d _ as a shooter at Columbine High School, along with Eric Harris and Dylan K1ebold. The purpose of the re-interview is to clarify Kelly's information and observations on 04-20-99.

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On 04-03-00 at about 1525 hours, I met with witness Kelly and his grandfather, witness Lynn, at their residence. As documented in Investigator Peterson', report, Kelly was in the choir room when the shooting started. Witness Kelly subsequently ran out of the school through the east doors and then to Clement Park. Witness Kelly told me that he was at Clement Park when he spoke to a reporter. At that time, the reporter esked Kelly "Who could possibly be involved?" Kelly recalled naming _ a l o n g with Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris as possibly being involved becau-e of Moms' association with the Trenchcoat Mafia. Kelly told me that he didn't then, and doesn't now, have any first hand knowledge t h a t _ w a s in fact involved. Kelly also told me that he now doesn't believe that anyone other than Eric H

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On 06·21·99, I was assigned teed #3904, to interview Aagela King. A Tami Biehl reported thaI King had been shot at by a

suspect wearing a mask, whilein the auditorium of Columbine High School on 04-20·99. This leadwas originally assigned to nry Etten on 06·15·99.

On 06.28.99, at about1542 hours, I received a phone callfrom a female identifying herselfat Angela King. Thiswassubsequent

to my havingattempted to contacther and leaving messages at the listedhomephone numberof (303)971-0406. I told King that I was calling referencethe Columbine High Schoolincident on 04·20-99. I told King that I had received information that she had been shot at and had actually seenthe gunmen in the auditorium on 04-20-99. King statedthat shehad been through the auditorium, but hOO not been shot at and hadnot seena gunman.

JC..()01- 005009 King statedthat her fourth bour class was German whica was on the lowerlevelof Columbine High School. She stared that

following that class she went up the stairs, going past me cafeteria areaanddirectly into the choirroom. King then statedthat she may have gone to her friend's locker which is directly acrossfromthe choirroom. She Slated that was typical for her, but shedoesnot remember if she did thaton 04-20-99. I asked King if shesawanything unusual in the cafeteria JlJJd sbe Slated she did not

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understanding was that fifth period class started at 1115. I asked herwhathappened at thattime. She statedthat the choirclass warmed up anda boy namedBrandon Reisbeck wentto the hall10 geta drink of water. She statedthat Reisbeck carnebackin

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saying. "Mr. Andres, there's a guy downstairs with a gun:' King explainedthat Mr. Andtes was the choir teacher. She SUlted thatno OIIe in the class believed Reisbeek,as he is the type thet would tend to playa joke like that, She stated that a girl came in right behind him, sayingthat it was true and telling them to get out !lOW, King stated that she left the choir room mrning left and going directly into the auditorium. She stated she went across the top of the auditorium and into the main hall, whereshe

turned right and went out through the front entrance/main officedoors. She stated the glass bad already been shot out at that point. She statedtherewere other kids going the samedirection she did. I asked her if she heard Or saw anything, She said that when she was in the auditorium she thought she did hear gunshots, which sounded as if they were coming from the lower commons area. I asked her if she saw or beard anything when she was in the main hall. She stated that she might have heard one or twogunshots at that point, however. she did not know for sure. She stated that once she gut into the main hall. she saw one of her mend's younger sisters, Becea Goodwin, She Slated that Goodwin was crying and scared and that she grabbedher and took her out of the school. King stated that she and Goodwinwent outthe main entrance.across the teacher's parkinglot

Jd into Clement Park. She Slated initially they were in the parking lot where the kids park, but the teacherscontinued to push them further and further hack until they were eventually in the public library. I asked King if she bad either heard or seen anything outside and she stated she had not.

I asked King if she had been in the cafeteriaat any point earlier that day, She stated that she had gone down to Germanclass, thus passingthe cafeteria, and had also possibly been there during first or second period I asked her if she noticed anything unusual in the cafeteria at any of those times and she stated she did not.

I asked King if she knew eitherEric Harris or Dylan Kleboid, She stated she bed Harris in German class fur the first three and a half years. I asked her if she had seen him on 04-20-99.and she slated she had not. I asked if she had any classes with him duringthe last semesterand she statedshe did not think she had. I askedheragain about Klebold, She stated she knew who he was, but did not know him. I asked her if she had seen him on 04-20-99, and she said that she didn't remember seeing him. I asked King if therewas anything she had either heard or seen, either prior to or since the incident, which she thought might be of assistance to us. She stated there was not.

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Jason, Kirk DOB: 123081 _ Address: 6277 W. Elmhurst Dr. Littleton CO. 80128 Phone: 303 972 0657 Student: Columbine High School

INVESTIGATION: I telephonically interviewed the above listed witness on 081199. Kirk

reportedthat he has not been interviewed by police regarding the Columbine High School shooting prior to this date. Kirk was at school on 042099 and in Mr. Andres Choirclass. A student, Brandon Reisbeck ran into the choir room and told Mr. Andres that somebody was shooting in the school. Kirklooked out in the halls and heard what he thought was shooting and saw students running crazily in the halls. After he heard the shots, he ran out of the auditorium and ran out of the school near to where the post graduate area is. Kirk ran to Clement Park. He remembers running out of the school between 1115 and 1120hours. He reported hearing the fire alarm going off as he left the school. Prior to exiting the school he recalled looking out into the hall from the auditorium and seeing a student with a gun. He said the person with the gun was at the top of the stairs hear the SE hall. He saw a flash from what he thought was a shotgun. He told me he could not identify the person with the gun. He said that he was running away and did not have a good line of sight at the suspected shooter. Kirk reported to having no prior knowledge of the shooting incident. He had seen guys in trench coats on campus before throughout the school year and knew that there were tensions between the jocks and the TCM. Page 1 of2 JC-001- 005013

One JUly 4, 1998 Kirk had a run in with who he thought, was Harris. Harris was waiving a shotgun at him because he threw a donut at Harris as he drove by him in a car. This occurred at a 7-11 store located at Platte Canyon and Coal Mine. Kirk told me that this incident was reported to the police. He further alleged that he only thought it was Harris because he was a member of the TCM.

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Kevin Robert LARSON DOB: 07/31181 7991 S. Lamar SI. Littleton, CO 80128 (303) 9794790

ContactedLARSON, who was interviewed in the presence of his mother, Valerie LARSON at their residence. He is a senior at Columbine High School. LARSON was acquainted with HARRIS. He had previouslyhad a Philosophy class, and three years of German classes with HARRIS. He did not particularlycare for HARRIS, whom he described as sitting in the back of the class and not participating much. However, LARSON said that he was sometimes randomly paired with HARRIS in the German class, and they had no problem working together. LARSON is not an athlete, although he reports that in his sophomore year he did go out for cross country track. LARSON recalledthat occasionally, in his freshman year, he used to eat lunc with KLEBOLD. LARSON was a singer in a band which Brooks BROWN also was a member of. The band fell apart in about January 1999, because none of the membershad time to practice. LARSON recalled that in addition to BROWN, the band also included Aaron BROWN, Brooks' brother, and at various times one of about 4 guitarists, including Doug PRADER, Carl IVES,and Joel (LNU). Joel was described as being 22 years old, and working at "Wells Backstage". LARSON recalled that about a year ago, he was staying over night at BROWN's residence, and someone drove by and shot paintballs through a garage window. Aaron BROWN. Brooks'

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brother, got outside in time to see the car and said it was HARRIS. This is not confirmed, and it is not known that there is any specificsignificance to this incident. with LaurenTOWNSEND e believes she was a victim due to LARSON did not see any of the shooters. He said he did see students panicking up the stairs. He said he heard shots, but no yelling. He did hear explosions, but at the time he thought they were shots. At the time of the shooting, LARSON was in the Choir class. This is the same class which BROWN was supposed to be in. LARSON does not recall seeing BROWN,and does not know if he was in class or not. Larson said some of the students went into the Choir office, where he went, and others left the class room another way. LARSON left a shirt, a brown hooded sweatshirtwith "lndependent" written on the front, and his school notes in the Choir room. He also left his trumpet in his band locker.

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LAKEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT CASE NUMBER: 99-38856 .'ORTING AGENT: KARLA SARNACKI VICTIM: COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL DATE OF REPORT: 04-29.99 OFFENSE: AOA/COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE! JEFFCO SHERIFF'S OFFICE

SUSPECT: ERIC HARRIS DYLA.N KLEBOLD

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On 04-30·99 at 0900 hours I spoke with Kristen Long on the phone. She stated she walked to school the morning of 04-20·99 and arrived at approximately 0735 hours. Kristen stated she knew DYLAN KLEBOLD and ERIC HARRIS. She stated she was good friends with them in the 10th grade (She is now a senior) She slated she got to know them because she was a good friend of Zak Heckler, who was good friends with Chris Morris, who in tum is a good friend of KLEBOLD and HARRIS, She stated she became a pretty good friend of Chris MOrriS. She stated that recently she had become more of an acquaintance to them. She stated she would sit and eat breakfast With the group a lot but stop doing this in December of 1998 since she wanted to spend more time With her boyfriend instead. Kristen stated that they didn't hesitate to talk freely with her around She stated they talked a lot about guns and bombs and killing people, She stated they weren't specific about what their targets would be, but that they were, "obsessed" with it. She stated that they would talk about, "hunting each other" and about 'plaYing the game", Kristen didn't know for sure but she thought'this could be possibly a computer game Kristen stated that ~as also obsessed with guns and death

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Long statedthat she walked to school,arriving atabout0730 for her first periodclass. First periodis Government Economics with Miss Karamigios, Second period is a free period for Long, She stated that she did not make any observations of announcements since she is free that period. She walkedhome, got her car, then wentto the Conocostation on SOUlh Pierce SI. and West Canyon Avenue10 visither boyfriend, Shereturned 10 schoolfor thirdperiod.arrivingat about0930 hours. She stated she was slightly late for that third period class. Thirdperiod is MusicTheory with Mr. Andres. Sr. Fourth periodis Psychology with Mr. Johnson. Fifth period is Choirwith Mr. Andres, Sr.

I asked Long about any prior contact she bad with the suspects or the Trench Coal Mafia, She Slated she had been friends during her sophomore year with members of the TrenchCoat Mafia, She staled she did not socialize with Ihem outsideof school. This year during the first semester, she andTadd Bowles would gel together during first periodand have breakfast. Sometimes Harrisand Kleboldwouldjoin theminthe cafeteria. Shestaledthat Harris wouldopenlytalk aboutdeath,butnever specifiedany particulartarget for death. Longworks at the Cooper 7 theaters and often had somethingto eat at Black Jack Pizza where Harris and Klebold both worked.

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Long stated that she was one of the last students to enter into the auditorium from the small hallway outside the choir roam. She stated while she was waiting to get into the auditorium. she looked to her left and saw a really tall male wearing a black trench coat,jogging east through the south main hallway. The individual jogged past the hall that Long was in. Long believed that the male was white, because she believes she saw part of his arm. She stated the suspect was dressed in all black and 'XIssibly was wearingblack gloves. She saw a gunonthe right sideofthe suspect. She stated she did not believe it wasa sawed off shotgun. She stated it was long and swinging by the suspect's right leg.

The suspectwas not shooting when hejogged past the hallthat Longwas in. Longstated she could still hear shots comingfrom the west when she saw this suspect. Long stated the suspect she saw running past the hall looked as though he was wearing panty hoseor some kindof nettingover hIS face. She statedshe couldtell that he hada large nose becausehis nosewas sticking OUI from ius

face. She stated that his hair was maned down and she was certain that his hair color was dark and definitelynot

blond, His hair was an unknownlength.Long stated she didnot know if'anyoneelse saw the suspectrunningpast the hall while they were waiting to get into the auditorium. 1asked for the nameof the studentswho were around her at the time. She stated she could not recall.

When Long entered the auditorium. she stated she was standing by the sound booth which is near the top of the auditorium. She stated she could hear three to four gunshots very clearly. She then heard a male voice yelling. She could not distinguish the words. Long thought that the male voice was coming from the stairwell, which leads from the Commons into the auditorium. She also thought the person who was yelling in the stairwell was shooting. Unit

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There are double glass doors at the main entrance of the school. As Long was runningtoward the interiorset of glass doors, she was aware that both sides of the door were intact. She decided to take the glass door on the left side. As she began to go throughthatdoorway,the glassshattered. Shecontinuedto proceedeastand exitedthe secondset of glass doors. Onceoutside the school. she ran along S. PierceSt., towardsClement Park. Thereshe founda cell phone and called her mother. I asked Long if she sustained any injury from the shattering glass door. She said "no".

.eng then told me that just before exitingthe firstset of glassesdoors at the main exit, she turnedand looked back westward, Shestated she briefly saw a personora shadow ofa person against the westdoor whichis in thedoorway leadingfromtheTech center hall into the north main hallway. She thought the person was tall with long legs. She thought perhaps she was seeing lus silhouette. She did not see any weapons. Shebelievedit to be the sameperson she bad seenjogging pastthe hallwaygoing east in the south mainhallway.

Long stated that some of the students who had come out of the auditorium into the north main hallway went back to the auditoriumbecause shots were being fired. I asked Long if anyone came to mind when she saw the individualwith the gun runningeast in the south main hallway. She staledthe person thatcame to mind w~She didnot clearly seethat individual's face and could not positively identify the person as

Longstated that numerous students from Columbineended up being on the front yard of her house after vacatingthe school. Longlives in the subdivision just eastofColumbineHighSchool, LongSlated she remembers lack Heckler's girlfriend,whose

first name is Devon, saying she bad heardthe TrenchCoat Mafia saying they were going to get even with the school, Devon did not say who specifically made that comment.

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Sara Jean Martin. This interviewwas in reference to the shooting that occurredat Columbine High Schoolon ~20-99. Sara's mother, Tori Martin, was present during this interview.

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eastboundin the cafeteria towards the commons area. Sara 'aid she walked in this direction because she was going to her Frenchclass that was locatedon the lower levelof Columbine HighSchool I showedSarathe photographs of the dufflebag and the propanetank that were later recovered in the Columbine High Schoolcafeteria/commons area. Sara said she did not seeeitherofthese items,or anyotheritemsof a similardescription. Sarasaid after her first hourclassshewent tothe following classes: Secondhour AP English,third hour Music Theory, andfourth hourPhilosophyclass. Sara said after her fourthhour Philosophyclass. she went to her fifth hour Choir class. Sara said she arrived at her Choirclass at approximately 111 J hours on 4·20-99. Sara said she talkedto someof her friends for a few minutes in the classroom, and then the teacher. Mr. Andres, told the studentsto sit down. Sara said approximately five minutes into this class, she heardwhat she believedto be people laugaing in the downstairs part of the school. Sara said a student by the name of Brandon Reisbeck and another student. unknown name, suddenly came running into the Choir classroom and told the teacher, Mr. Andres there were people in the downstairs of ColumbineHighSchoolwith guns. Sara saidabout this same time she heardpeopleoutside of her classroom in

the hallwaysrunning, and said she alsoheardapproximately threegunshots that soundedliketo herwere comingfromthearea of the top of the stairway. I asked Sara if she ever shot a firearm, or if she had ever been present when a firearm was discharged. and she said no. Sarasaid, however, thetshebelievedthe three shots heardwere from a shotgunbeingdischarged. She said she believed it is becauseshe later heard shotsthet were not as loud as the first three heard. Sara said she got down on the floor for a short time and then got up to run out of the classroom with the other students who had beginrunning. She said some of those students ran into an office area that is next to the Choir room, and said the other students in the class ran out of the classroomand into the hallways. Sara said while running out of the Choir roomand into the hallway, she heard several vsmaller shots." She said she heardaboutfourof theseshotsandsaidthey sounded like to her they werecomingfrom the top of the interior stairway that leads fromthe cafeteria/commons area on the lower levelof Columbine High School, to the upper level. Sara said she ran into the auditorium where there were several other students. She said she heard what she believedwere two bombs being detonated, possibly in a hanway. She said she ran across the auditorium and into the gym hallway, where she said she turned to her right. Sara said she was running towards a back door of the band room on the northwest side of ColumbineHigh Schoolto exit theschool. Sarasaidas she gotapproximately 15feet fromthe door,the glass window in the door shattered. Sara said that although she did not hear a shot at that time,she believedthe window was shot out. Sara said when this occurred she believedthere was a shooteroutside of Columbine High School and the door, shooting towardsthe interiorofthe school,Sara said she stoppedto lookaround to see if she couldsee somebody with a gun, however. Unit

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I asked SaraMartin what she knew aboutthe TrenchCoat Mafia., the TrenchCoat Mafia students, and in particularwhatshe

knew about Dylan KIeOOld and Eric Harris. Sara said she had Eric Hams in a class ofhers during her sophomore year at Columbine High School. ShedescribedEricHarris' styleof dressduringthattimeas"preppy"andsaid hedid notwear atrench coat duringthat time frame. Sara said the first time she remembered seeingEricHarrisweara trench coat was approximately one to rwo weeksprior to the shooting on 4-20·99, She said Eric Harrisdid not talk much and described him as being"quiet. closed up, and bitter." Sara said she did not see aayoae harassor pick on Eric Harris, nor did she see Eric Harris pick 00 or harass anyoneelse, Sara said she had DylanKlebold in her French class duringher junior year at ColumbineHigh School. She saidDylan wouldget very angry in class with the teacher(KathyLutz)and the other students. and would start throwing things around, Sara said sue got frustrated by these distracting actions of Dylan Klebold, and his inability to get along with others.She said anotherstudent by the name ofZach Hecklerwas in this classandcaused similarproblemsas DylanKlebold. She said DylanKIebold and Zach Hecklerwere suspended, and sincebeingsuspended from the class, Zach Hecklerchanged the way he acted accordingto Sara. She describedZach as being"very nice" and said she did not see him wear a trenchcoat.

Sara Martin said she attended the 1999Columbine High Schoolprom,and said she saw Dylan Klebold and his date, Robyn Anderson, at the promtogether.Shesaidshedidnot see EricHarris, however, atthe prom, Sarasaid she did 001 seeEricHams or Dylan Kleboldat the after prom party held at Columbine High School,

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On 04-28-99. a~ about 0945 hours, j met with Salli Melfi at ]C50 forthepurpose of an interview Melfi statedthat on 4·20·99. at about 0830hours. she was in her homeroom class. which is the second hour. She Slated that daily, between 0825 and 0830 hours, scbool announcements are made over the public address system. Announcements are made on the T.V in each classroom via graphics. The T.V. does not show a individual speaking intothe camera. Each day the RNN,which stands for "Rebel News Network". the official station of Columbine High School, displays a phraseof the day. On 4·20·99 the phrase of the day started with."Todayis Hiller's birthday." Melfi thoughr thetoilowing graphic stated something aboutmatdaygoing to be a badday or about the studentsnot wanting to be in school that day. She couldn't remember the specific phrasing.

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Melfistatedthat On the day of the shooting she was On the choirroom. It was about 1125 hours or shortly before. Shestated the choir room is sound proofand that they did not hearmuch untl1 a student named Brandon Reisback came running into rhe choirroomsaying."There's a shooting downstairs in the cafeteria." Melfi stated she then heard a loud "pop, pop. bang" and saw kids running down the hallway screaming. She saw a teacher named Mr. Andres yell to the students to go into the auditorium, Someof the students began to exit tilewest door of the choir room. which leadsto a hallway on the south Thrs hallway is nearthe stairs which leaddown to the cafeteria, They weremetby a teacher named Mrs, Miller, whotoldthe students they could not go iliatway but to go out the opposite door. Melli said thestudents, including herself, exited theeast door of tilechoir room and went north down a hallway which leads to the auditorium,

Melfi went Into the auditorium and walkedalong a set of seats, then exited the far doors which led to the main hallway, The firealarm was now ringing. The fire doors in the main hallway. which areJust to the left of the doors she exiled from. were shut. She turned to her rightand began running east downthe hallway which goes into the uppercommons area nearthe from entrance of the school, Melfi did stated that therewasapproximately 60students thatwentfrom the choirroom into an adjacent office and did not leave the same way she did, She believes the office belongs to Mr. Andres,

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Melfi and her fellow studentsran northdownthe hallway thatpasses the counseling offices. They then found a way to exitthe school. Once they were out of the school they ran towards the Clement Park parking lot along Pierce Street, where several Columbine Students park their vehicles.

Melfi stated that she knows the girlfriend of Nathan Dykeman, whose name is Christy Epling. Epling told Melfithat Dykeman had moved to Florida to live with his dad on 4-26-99or 4-27-99. I asked her about Christy's reaction to the news that her boyfriend hadlett thestale. Melfi stated that Epling wassurprised because it hadhappened so suddenly. Eplingtold Melfi that Dykeman had not said anything to her aboutany plans to attack theschool. Melfi stated that her friend, Scott Rathbun. (303) -l72-4867, also talked to Epling regarding Dykeman.

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Denver,CO 80236 MELFI was interviewed on June 15, 1999 by telephone from her residence, with the permission of her mother, Karen MELFI. MELFI acknowledged that she has already beeninterviewed, but I explained that I needed to get some additional Information in regard to her conversation with Stephanie BRESSE at the Columbine Library on Apri120, 1999 following the shootings. MELFI remembered the conversation, and I asked her about her comment that someone she knew had said the incident had been planned fora year. She said the person who told her that was Alex MARSH. According to MELFI, MARSH was in the same world literature class as MELFI during the first semester of the 1998 -1999 school year. In that class, MARSH wasthe "boisterous" person in the class. MELFI remembers that MARSH was made fun of a lot, because she would stand up in class and speakher mind abouttopics thatwerebeing discussed, but that her statements would evolve into"nonsense". On the particular daythat MELFI was referring to, which she recalled was during the last part of November or the first part of December, thepeople whowere teasing or making fun of MARSH were jocks butMELFI said they weren't the onlyones who made fun of MARSH. MELFI described MARSH as being "pretty tough", andthought MARSH didn't have many friends, because she would see MARSH alone in the halls between classes. However, MELFI said thepeople with whom MARSH did associate were members of the Trench CoatMafia. I asked who those people were, and she gave me the names of Cbri~sten TIiIEBAUtt, John SAVAGEand Pauline COLBY. I asked if _ _ •• as part of that 1

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Mr. Andres, that there was someone in the cafeteriaof Columbine High School with guns. Megan said she did not know if Reisback or Rutledge went to the cafeteria and actually sawthe gunmen or if someone in the hallwayhad informed them that there were people in the cafeteriawith guns. Megan saidthatwhenthe student told Mr. Andresabout the peoplewithguns.

Mr. Andreswent out into the hallway from the classroom to try and determine whatwas taking place. Meganadvised that while Mr. Andreswas gone, she heardan unknown number of gunshots that werecomingfrom an unknown location inside of Columbine High School. Megansaidthat the gunshots ceased fora few minutes and then she heardfurthergunshots that sounded to her as those as they werecorning from the area of the cafeteria/commons area whichwas locateddirectly below theChoir room that she was in. Megan advised that Mr..Andres had the students go intoan officelocatedinside of the Choir room where she hid with approximately 60 other people from thisclassroom. Megan said that while in this classroom. they barricaded the door that entersthe officefrom the classroom, by putting desks upagainstthis door. Meganadvised thatduring this time. she heard additional gunshots that sounded like they werecoming from close by. Megan said that whilein hiding " this office,therewas a telephone insideandthe students insidestayed in ccntactwith J.C.S.O. dispatchers sothat theycould OffiC¢f Signature

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I askedMeganMorrisonwhat she knew aboutthe TrenchCoatMafia, the TrenchCoatMafia studentsand in particular. Dylan Kleboldand Eric Harris. Megan said that the Trench Coat Mafiastudents are "just different" according to the other students at Columbine High Scbool. Megansaid that she has known Dylan Kleboldsince the 8" grade when theyattendedKen Caryl ,wddle School together. Megan saidthat at that time. Dylanwas "preppieand a jock." Megansaidthat's why shehasa hard time believing that he was capableof committing the shootings at Columbine HighSchool. Megansaid that she didnot know whoEricHarriswas priorto the shooting on 04·20·99. I askedher if she knewanyof the Trench Coat Mafiastudents or their associates. and Megan said that she knew Chris Morris fromthe school and said that Chris Morris had always scaredher. Megan said that Chris Morris was known to pick On otherpeople. and therefore she said everyoneelse also picked on Chris Morris. She said that Chris Morris wore a trench COal. combat boots, and sunglasses all of the time. Megan saidthatshe did not have any conversations with ChrisMoms other than on one occasion approximately two years ago when she asked him whyhe dressedin thefashionthat hedressed. Megansaidthat he toldherthat"MaybeI'm normaland everybody else is not." Megan saidshe had not had any furtherconversations with him. Megansaid that she knew who Brooks Brownwas andthat he seemednice to her. Megan said that Brooks Brown began wearing a trench coat she believed during his junior year at Columbine High School. Megan said that she knew Tad Boleswho she believedwas a Trench Coat Mafia student, andsaid he had droppedout of the Columbine High Schoolapproximately Marchof 1999. She said that he Was friendswith theother Trench Coat Mafia students,and said he alwayswore his trenchcoat. Megan said that at times Tad Boles had a bad attitude towardother peopleand life in general. Megansaid that she knew whoRobert Perry was from Columbine High School, aod Ire said that he was alwaysridiculedby other students dueto the fact that he hadno friends, painted his fingernails black, said Unit

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Megan Morrison said that during the fall of 1998 while she was employed at Miller Stockman at the Southwest Plaza. Tad Bolescameinto the store a lot and also said that she had seen Brooks Brown in there. Megan said that several of theTrench Coat Mafiastudents bought their trenchcoats in this Miller Stockman storeat the SouthwestPlata. Megan said that these trench coats wereusuallymade with an oiled type of material to makethem waterrepellent, and saidthat they wereheavy to wear. Megansaid that thesetrench coats would cost approximately $100and if they were linedwould COst morethan S200 She did say that MillerStockman carried leathertrenchcoatsor dusters, however, they were veryexpensive to buy.

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I asked Megan if she knew who Isaiah Shoels was, and she said yes, she knew who he was, however. she did not know him well. I askedMegan if she had ever witnessed any type of racial harassment or racial intimidation by anyonetoward Isaiah Shoels. Megansaidthat she had neverseen hirn racially harassed or intimidated and said that he was a verynice person and everybody liked him. Meganalso said that she had neverseenanyof the other minority studentsat Columbine High School racially harassedor pickedon.

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in the classroom. Layne said her teacherby the nameof Mr. Andres was in the class talking whenshe arrivedand sat down Layne said during the first few minutes of this Choirclass, the students are allowed to go to the restroom or get a drink. etc while the teacher is taking roll call. Laynesaid a student by the nameof Branden Reisback went out of the Choir classroom duringthis time On 04-20-99, and Laynesaid he came running back into the classroom and told everybody in this classroom to "Get out of here. Someone's sheeting downstairs." Layne said about this same time period, two students (names are unknown hut Laynesaid she believes they were freshman students) ran into this Choir classroom and werehysterical. Layne said she and other Chair students ran out

of the Choir room into a hallway, then ran into the auditorium at Columbine High

School. Laynesaid when she got into the auditorium she tried to bide behind somechairs. Laynesaid she was behindthe chairsfor approximately thirtyseconds andsaidshethensawwhatshebelieved wassmoke comingunderneath theauditorium door from the area of the cafeteria. She said the cafeteriawas locatedon the opposite of this door than the side that she was on, Laynesaid shetherefore got upandexitedthe auditorium through anotherdoor,andsaid she heardwhatshe believed were three to four gunshots in the area of the hallway. Layne said she was running with a friend of hers by the name of Charlie Simmons. She saidCharlie Simmons told her later that while he was runningwithher, one of the gunmen'sbullets shattered a window next to him. Laynesaidshe did not personally see this occurbut saidshe did hearthe shots. Layne saidat no time on 04-20-99 did sheseethe gunmen and/or: suspects withfirearms or explosive devices. Laynesaid afterhearingthe gunshots she then exitedColumbine High School by running out of the doors located by theteachers' parking lot and said she then ran northbound intoClementParkwhereCoach PeterHorvatch told her to keep running awayfrom the area of the school. Layne saidshe ran to a friend of hers by the nameof EricaJennings' bouse, whichbacksup to SouthPierceStreet in the area of West Fair Drive.

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students, and specifically what she could tell me about Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris. Layne said she went to Ken Caryl Middle School with Dylan Klebold. She said she did not remember anything unusual about Dylan Klebold during this time. Layne saidtwo to three weeks prior to the shooting at ColumbineHigh School on 04-20.99. she had Dylan Klebold in a History class ofhers. She said for a project in this History class, the students were told to pick a partner to work with on this project. Layne said she noticed that Dylan Klebold didnot have a partner,so she asked him if he wanted to be her partner. Layne said Dylan Klebold got upset and turned her offer down, refusing to be her partner. Layne said prior to the shooting on 04-20-99, she knew who Eric Harris was. but did not know anything about him, Layne said she knows who Robert Perry is and said he was in an Advanced English class with her daring the first semester of 1999. She said she remembered Robert Perry gave the teacher in this class trouble. She said Robert Perry would not talk to anybody in the class. Layne said she believed Robert erry dropped out ofColumbine High School daring the Spring of 1999. Layne said she had Tad Boles in her Concert Choir class daring the Fan of 1998, and said she did not know if Boles was a Trench Coat Mafia student or a Trench Coat Mafia associate, bur said he did wear a trench coat. Layne said she knows who Brooks Brown is, and said she "would not trust him at all." Layne also described Brooks Brown as being "a good talker." Layne said that since the shooting she has beard rumors that

was involved with Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris and was going to help them during the shooting at

ColumbineHigh School on 04-20-99, however. . . .'chickened out" She said it is unknown where this information came from. Layne said a friend of hers by the name of Erica JellJlings told her that she saw Brooks Brown walking on South Pierce Street just prior to the shooting on 04·20·99.

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hour when the incident occurred; the concert choir room is above the commons area next to the staircase that connects the firs~ floor to the second floor, I failed to ask Olejniczak whether she was escorted out of the school building by the SWAT team or whether she left the building with some of the ocher students when she became awa~e of the dangeroug situation. She told me that as she walked out of the building on the west side, she saw water allover the floor and shoes and back packs strewn all ove~ the area, inside and outside the school. Olejniczak saw twO bodies as she exited the school: one male lyinS on the sround with a wound to his side and one body, unknown whether male or female, laying at the tap of the stairs. ~e~ther person was moving at the time and she was not able to identify them. Throughout the interview, Olejniczak was very ar~ious and distraught and told me that her sister Sarah Olejniczak was also a student at columbine and had been in the school building. Alicia did not know where Sarah was and asked me if I had heard. I took her to the school counselors who were standing by to assist the students and they told me they would take care o~ her. I did not retrieve any furthe= information from A:icia during my ahort interview, I conducted no further interv~ews at the site, This case report is connected to Jefferson County Master Case Report #997625.

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On 05-07-99 at about 1000 hrs., this Investigator responded to 7769 W. Frost Dr. and conducted an interview with:

OLEJNICZAK. ALICIA MARIE DOB: 02·14-81 (303) 933-0376

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OLEJNICZAK. RICHARD LEE DOB: 10-16-42 and

OLEJNICZAK. JANlCE ELLEN DOB: 04-04-4{j Alicia related she has not been interviewed before except briefly the day of the incident. Alicia related she was in the choir room office. There were about 60 kids in there with no teachers. In the choir room, the teacher is Mr. Leland Andres Sr.

Initially the class was joking around and they started warming up to sing. It became quiet in the room. Brandon Reisbekeck, ran in and said there were people shooting downstairs. They thought it was a senior prank. Then they heard some bombs.

Half the kids went out the doors, the other half stayed in the class. Alicia was later told that the half which left, went into the auditorium, As they were attempting to leave, a gunman came. The group went downstairs, then went out through the commons doors. Since the incident, about 120 students have gotten together and talked about it. When asked what happened in the room without a teacher, Alicia stated that a kid took charge. She identified the person as: FOSS, ADAM Alicia said that Foss took control along with another kid identified as:

CARTUAIKI, ZAKE Both subjects are seniors, While in the choir room, they were at the door watching. At one point, they saw the barrel of a gun come around a comer. Alicia said she saw the barrel of a gun. She does not remember what it looks like.

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INVESTIGATOR BRICE MOOMAW Alicia relates she did not see the gunman. When this occurred, she was shoved into the choir office. Alicia indicates they heard shots, bombs ami screaming. At one point, a custodian came in and told everyone to get down. She identified the custodianas Jay. Alicia related thet Foss pushed filing cabinets up against the door. There was a phone in the office and someone had a cell phone with them. Kids in the 0 ffice called their parents and told them to can 911. The person with the cell phone was a senior, who was identified as:

CURRY, KENDRA This Investigator asked Alicia if she ever looked at a clock. She related there is not a clock in the office. During some of the cans to the parents, they were telling the students to turn off the lightsin the room and to push stuff in front of the door. So they used desks and filing cabinets. While in the room Alicia said it became hot and she wanted to know about her sister. Alicia tried calling her parents. Foss tried to calm her down. At one point, Foss backhanded Alicia because she was getting out ofcontrol. Alicia sat down and cried.

Finally the SWAT team came. The students openedthe door from the inside. They took the students out ten by ten. When she looked at the clock it was 1525 brs. Alicia's parents said she is on the video of the students leaving the school. Alicia is wearing a yellow jacket. It took the SWAT teamabout 10 to 15 minutes to get them all out. When they left, they went downstairs to the cafeteria. They went in front of the kitchen, then out the side door. They went up the stairs, past the two guys that were dead. They ended up in a little corner at the north west part ofthe building.

This Investigator asked Alicia when they first knew something was wrong. She indicated Choir class is Sib hour. The class starts at l l lS hrs, At about 1130 brs. is when they knew something was wrong. Alicia never saw either person involved in the shooting. She only saw the gun barrel for a few seconds. Alicia also related she never heard any names being used or any other statements by the suspects. This Investigator then interviewed Alicia's sister Sarah. After that interview was completed, this Investigator asked Alicia the following questions during a second interview. This interview was conducted at about lOSS hrs.

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INVESTIGATOR BRICE MOGMAW Alicia describedher back pack as Navy Blue,"Collection" Series. The back pack if Iilbric with an emblem on the llap. The emblem is the letter "C". It is also not really a back pack, it is described more as a purse. It is located in the chemistryroom. Contained in the purse is a five star day timer. There are also lots of papers which have her name on them. Her glasses are also in her purse. In regardsto the shooters, Alicia related the following infurmation. She knew Eric Harris. She had a class with him, Creative Writing. The teacher was Ms. Kelly. She said Harris was really intelligent and always nice to her. They use to make fun ofthe teacher. Alicia talked about a incident that happened severalmontbs ago, possiblyafter their spring break, which was from 03-16- to 03-20. In Creative Writing, one of their papers, they were to identiJY a character or object as a person. In the paper written by Harris, his object was a bullet and his best friend was a shotgun. They got into their discussion groups and they were to pick the best one. Alicia believes that Harris read his paper to the class. She believes that possibly the paper was turned in.

These papers were written shortly after spring break. Alicia related everything Harris wrote was reallydark. In regards to the school announcements for the day, Alicia relates her second period is Economics. She does not listen to the announcements. He sister, Sarah, stated there is always a quote of the day. She possibly remembers something in the quote as this might be a bad day.

Alicia asked this Investigator about Brooks Brown. She indicated she has known Brooks for about two years. She indicated Brooks hung out with Dylan. Brooks did a lot of plays and Dylan ran the sound board. Alicia related she hung out with Brooks last year all of the time. Alicia indicated Brooks told her last year someone was threatening him. Brooks did not tell Alicia who it was. She said he was scared. Brooks did not know what he had done to make someone mad. This Investigator asked Aliciaif Brooks ever told her someone was setting off explosions and she said no. Brooks brother Aaron told Alicia that Brooks knew somebody who was making bombs. She does not remember the exact words. Brooks parents were concerned about his safety. On the Monday befure the incident, Alicia and Sarah had lunch with Brooks.

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Richard then asked this Investigator wba.t information had been obtained reference any other participants. Richard stated that while be was at Lea Wood Elementary School, waiting for information about his two daughters. he talked with two girls who came from the school. The girls said they had seen two guys in the cafeteria, wearing all black. There were also two guys who entered the main door from the parking lot. One was in black, the other in white. The girls said they all bad guns. The two girls \VCtC in a group of six to eight girls. Richard described the girls as one having short, darker hair. The other girl had medium blond hair. One of the Sheriff's Deputies spoke to the girls at the door and sent them in to sign up. He described the deputy as being a big guy.

Janice also advised this Investigator she was told by a Isdya churchof the following, The woman is identified as Cindy. Cindy's son is: SAMMAURO, MlHONY (TONY) (303) 972-9243 7264 W. Walker PI.

Tony was in the careteria. When the suspects first entered, he was able to get our quickly. Since they live in back of the school, he ran through the field. Tony stated that two suspects came in the front door and one came in the sidedoor. At the end of this interview, Sarah talked about two brothers that went to the school, identified as: POOL, STEVEN & RYAN Steven indicated when the incident started he got in the elevator and went down. Ryan was in the cafeteria. Ryan looked at the soccer fields and saw two people shooting. Ryan also related they tried to trap the people in the cafeteria. Richard indicated at around 1200 hrs., he was near a State Police motorcycle which was located at the bottom of the hill, south of the schoolon Pierce. The officer was directing traffic and had his police radio turned up. Richard heard over the radio someone saying there was a shooter on the roof and they were throwing bombs. Finally a supervisor in a white car told the officerto turn down his radio. This Investigator did have Alicia complete a drawing of the school. Where she was at and her escape route.

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Joshua Ortwein. Christopher was out of town. Janice confirmed that her son was in schoolon April 20th, 1999. She said that Christopherwas in Mr. Andres choir class when the shooting incident began. She said Christopher hid in the choir officeroom with 60 other students until being rescued by a SWAT team. Janice said that her son did hear a lot of gun fire and knew somebody was in the school shooting only because students in the choir room were in contact with the police on cell phones.

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A.'vlANDA M. PETERSEN, Columbine High School student, Littleton, Colorado, (303) 972-1429.

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Telephone The Reporting Agent conducted an initial interview on April 20, 1999, with Amanda PETERSEN. A follow-up interview was conducted with PETERSEN on August l l, !999 PETERSEN stated shewas in the choir room when the incidentbegan She statedBrandonREISBECK carne into the choir roomfrom the hallway and told everyone there was someone shooting in the commons area. She stated he did not savwho it was. PETERSEN Slated the students in the choirroombecameconfused and everybody started to get downon the floor. She stated just after REISBECK statedsomeone was shooting, she heard several firecracker type sounds coming fromthe commons area PETERSEN Slated students in the choirroom divided into two groups She slated a lot of students wentfrom the choirroomto the auditorium, and the groupshe was with went into a back office area. She stated Ms MILLER. CHS teacher, came into the room andtold all the students 10 he quiet. PETERSEN stated she continued to hear shooting, and could also hear students running throughthe hallsof the school. She stated MILLER left the room. PETERSEN stated there was a phone in the officeand several of the students she was with called their parents She statedCHS student, Joshua ORTWINE called 911 from the phone and told the policewhat was goingon. PETERSEN Slated she andthe other students waited approximately 3 hours, andthen the SWAT team came in the roomand evacuated them to the park Shestated she never sawany of the students with a gun, and saw nothing unusual during the school day beforethe incident began She stated her only knowledge of the KLEYBOLD andHARRIS was from her

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photographs of thedufflebag and the propanetankthat werelaterrecovered in the ColumbineHigh Schoolcafeteria. Shesaid she did not see either item, however, she said she did not go intothe cafeteria. She said when she entered the schooldoorshe turnedto her right, away from the cafeteria,to go to herclassroom. Amanda said her first hour class lasted from 0730 hours to 0820 hours,and said she then went to her second hour Government Economics class that was located on the upperlevel of the school. She said thisclass lasted form0825to 0920 hours. Amanda said $he then wentto her third hour Math classon the upper level ofthe school and said this class lasted from0925 to lOIS hours. Amanda said next she went to her fourth hour CreativeWritingclass, locatedon the upper levelof the school, andsaid thisclasslastedfrom 1020hoursto 1110hours. After the CreativeWritingclass, Amanda said she wentto her fifth hourChoirclass, which is also on the upper levelof Columbine HighScheel, and said she arrived at the Choir room at approximately 1115 hourson 04·20·99. Amandasaid the Choirclass began singingand then Brandon Reisbeckcarnerunninginto the choirclassroomfrom the hallway and told the teacher. Mr Andres,to stop becausesomebodyinside of Columbine HighSchool was shooting. Amanda said at this point, she heardan unknown numberofwhat she believedwere gunshots. Amanda saidthe gunshots sounded10 her likethey were coming from

the downstairs area ofColumbineHighSchool,but shesaidshecouldnotdetermine ifthe gunshotswere from Insideor outside of the school. Amanda said some of the gunshots sounded like fireworks going off and said others sounded louder. I asked Amanda if she had ever shot a firearm or been presentwhen a firearm was shot She said when she was very youngshe was present,possibly with her grandparents, when a firearm wasshot,however. didnot recallexactlyhow it sounded. Amanda said after hearingthe shots, she heard the fire alarm go off and then heardpeople in the hallways outsideof the classroom running and screaming. Shesaid Mr. Andrestold everybody in her classroom to get downon the floor, so she did so. Amanda saidshe was down on the floor for approximately one minute and then anotherteacherby the name of Ms. Miller began waving the studentsinto an officethat is locatednext to the Choirroom. Amanda saidthere were approximately 60 people in this office hiding. She said there was a telephonein the officethat theywerehiding in and said someonewas on the phonewith J.e S 0 duringthe timetheywerehiding. Amanda saidthe peoplehiding in this officebarricadedthe door by putting file cabinets and desksagainst the door to try and keep any of the suspectsfromgaining entry intothis office. Amanda said the people in this office remainedIn there for approximately 3to 3 1, hoursuntil SWAT rescuedthem, and she said this was at approximately

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I askedAmanda Petersonwhat she knowaboutthe TrenchCoatMafia. the Trench Coat Malia students,and particularly what she knew aboutDylan Klebold and Eric Hartis. Amanda said duringthe 1997/1998 school year at Columbine High School, sba believedthere weremany more Trench Coat Mafiastudents than therewere during the 1998/l999 schoolyear. She said

that although she knew very little about the TrenchCoatMafia andTrenchCoat Mafia students, sne couldremember seeing studentswearing trench coats more frequently during the 1997/1998 school year. Amanda said, however, that she did 1I0t believe that the only studentswearingtrenchcoatswereTrenchCoatMafiastudentsorTrenchCoat Mafia associates. Amanda

believedthat the onlystudentswearingtrenchcoatsweretrenchcoatmafia studentsor Trench Coat Mafiaassociates. Amanda said she believedthat other students other than themwore trenchcoatsas well. Amanda said that duringthe lim semester of 1999, she had a Creative Writing class at Columbine High School and the teacher was Mrs. Kelly. Amanda said also in this class were Dylan Klebold, Eric Harris, and Brooks Brown. They were 1l0t in attelldance in this class OIl 04-20-99. Amanda said she did not associate with any Trench Coat Mafia students or associates, nor did she pay much attention to them and therefore couldnot providemuch information abouttaem. ShesaidthatshethoughtofDylan Klebold as "a kind offunay guy"

and said he would "joke" with other people. She said both Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris would wear their trenchcoats. however, she said they would not wear them all the time, especially if it was hot. Amandasaid Eric Harris seemedto her as "a seriousperson" andsaid he "was quiet and withdrawn." Amanda toldmethat BrooksBrownwas in this classalso,andsaid he mayhave worn a trench coat, however,she couldnot remember for sure. She describedBrooksBrownas "really outgoing and loud." She said BrooksBrown was tall and skinny. Amanda said NateDykeman "was goofy looking." Amanda saidshe did not pay anyattention to them to knowifthey ';'ereassociated withjust TrenchCoat Mafia studentsandassociates or if they would associatewith other people in the class. She said thatshe did not remember observinganybodyharass tbe people that she believedwereTrenchCOa! Mafia students.ncr didsheremember the TrenchCoat Mafiastudentsor associates harassother people.

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Amanda Petersonsaid she does not knowofanybody, nor has shebeardrumors ofanybody, manufacturing explosive devices and/orpossessing, buyingor selling firearms.

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[asked Amanda Petersonand her mother,CynthiaPeterson, howtheyhavebeendoingand howthe restoftheir family has been doingsincethe incidenton 04-20-99. Amanda saidthatshebas beendoingwelland hermother alsosaid thatAmanda basbeen doingwell. Cynthiaadvised that she has seen a therapist on occasionsincethe incidentand feels that she is doingfairly well at the present. I gave both Amanda Petersonand Cynthia Peterson oneofmybusiness cardsand asked them to contactme in the futureshouldthem Or anyOne of their family members wanttospeakwithJ.C.S,O.Victimadvocate. I advisedthemI would make the necessary arrangemeatsfor them at that time.

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On OSQ699, l!Jis Investigator contacteda subject idelll:ified as: Rathbun, Seon OOB: 081680 6417 S. PierceCt. Littleton, ce. 80123 Ph# 303·972-4867 Sean advised the following; That Scott went to school with Eric (I:lalris) and they playedon the same soccer team for the last Two to three years. that I1e considered Eric a goodfriend OIl the soccer team. although they did not Sociali1.e with each other outside of SOCCer other than sayiag Hi to each other in the halls at school.

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rwo years ago, and describedit as "militatislic"stating that they postedthings like, "Vodka and Reb egged a house luoigh('. That Scan had heard rumor that Eric bed architectured a "doom level of his neighborhoodand school", hut stated that be never saw it, That Scottdid oot believe that Encwas real1y a member of the TCM and _mat Eric was en outcast like the members of the rCM, so be bUllg out with them. That Scott furtber advised that Eric wasan outcast becausehe chose to be.

Thet the peoplethat used to cease Eric and Dylanwere Seniors and graduated last year. so Scott did not understand whyEric and Dylanwoukl do this to the kid's that bed never done anything to thelll. Thet on the day before the incident(041999) at about 1:25p.m., Scon saw Eric ""d Dylan leaning Againstthe wallby the gym(at CRS), and as Scon passedthem. he and Eric said Hi to each other. That Eric neversaid anything to SCOlt that wouldindicate that be plannedto do this.

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Brandon Reisbeck, date of birth December 13, 1979, 6391 West Brittany Place, Littleton, Colorado, was telephonically interviewed. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing Agent and the nature of the interview, Reisbeck furnished the following information: Reisbeck is a Senior at Columbine High School. His first period class and second period class are in the Ace classroom. This is a joint class with Mr. Tucker and Miss Gomez. First period runs from 7:30 a.m. to 8:20 a.m. Second period rJns from 8:25 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. Second period is an'additional five minutes to allow the schocl announcements tc be made. The announcements are made on the Rebel News Network which is broadcast over televisions within the classrooms. On April 20, 1999, Reisbeck did not watch the announcements. His third period ciass is gym with Coach Place and Coach Lowry. This class runs from 9:25 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. His fourth period class runs from 10:20 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. and is economics with Miss Kay. Fifth period class runs from 11:15 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. This class is choir and is held in the choir room with Mr. Andreas, Sr. During fifth period on April 20, 1999, Reisbeck was in chcir and the choir had just begun warming up. Students are allowed to leave the choir rOom to get a drink of water at a fountain located across the hall against a science room. At approximately 11:20 to 11:25 a.m., Reisbeck went to get a drink of water. Another student from h~s class, Julie Cole, was also getting a drink of water from the fountain. Reisbeck, after getting a drink of water, heard two sounds he thought were gunshots. As he was walking back to the room students came running up the stairs from the cafeteria. The students were screaming 'he has a gun." Reisbeck stepped into the choir room and yelled to the class "they're shooting and they have a gun." Mr. Andreas told everyone to "sit down, sit down." Reisbeck thought Mr. ~~dreas wanted to figure out what was happening before letting the students go. Reisbeck did not sit down but ran out cf the classroom and headed into the auditorium. Numerous other kids from the choir room also ran into the auditorium. JC-001- 005088

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174A-DN-57419 and Jeffco 99-7625 arandon Reisbeck Within the auditorium were students from the choir room, cafeteria and a class that was being held on the auditorium stage. After getting in the auditorium he heard an explosion that sounded like it came from behind the stage and appeared to be downstairs in the commons. He then heard several gunshots which sounded like they were also coming from behind the stage. He does not specifically remember how many gunshots he heard. He then ran to the north side of the auditorium exiting into the main hallway. He looked left, or west, down the hallway and could see that the fire doors were closed. He turned right and went down the hallway and was told by Mr. Ken Holden, a Counselor, to go down the hallway by the counselor's office. He ran down that hallway and exited out the doors located on the left side of that hallway and on the north side of the gymnasium. He then ran to the 'smoker's pit' located near the tennis courts. He then started jumping fences until he ran into Clement Park. Reisbeck only heard gunshots and explosions and never saw any gunmen. Reisbeck has a black Jansport backpack that he left under his seat in the choir room. The backpack contained books and schoolwork. Also left under his seat was a North Carolina baseball hat. Reisbeck does not have a locker and only uses his backpack. Reisbeck saw in the media a picture of the Trenchcoat Mafia which included Bryan Sargent. Sargent is in Reisbeck's first and fourth period classes. Reisbeck does not recall him being in those classes on April 20, 1999. Brooks Brown is a member of the fifth period choir class. Reisbeck does not remember if Brown was in the choir class on APril 20, 1999.

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