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ForceDenver Police DepartmentMetro GangTask Force

Date:To:From:04-2999The Jefferson County District Attorneys OfficeDetecive Terry Demmel 78007 Assigned With The Coiumbine LawEnforcement Task Force

Supplementary ReportRef: interviewwith SeniorColumbine studentVannessa Grimes DOB05-18-81 at herhomelocated ar644 I So, QuaySt. [303]904-9695

On 04-29-99 otl0:25 A.M.DenverPoliceDetective TerryDemmel andColorado StareTrooperJillReuteler, hath assigned with theColumbine LawEnforcement Task Forceinterviewed ColumbineHign studentVannessa Grimes DOB05-18-S1 at herhome. Vaanessa's motherKarenBadalamentiand stepfatherCharlesBadalamentiwerebothpresent. Vannessa statedthat she knew EricHarrisand had met him this year after transferring over from BearCreek, Vannessa reported thatshe alsoknewDylanKlebold and that her good friendAljeandra [ Alex] Marschwas alsoa mutual friend.Alex had told her that theTrenchCoatMafiawas the art studentsand tha; they liked to wearthe trenchcoats, Vannessastated thatshe thought that Eric Harris andDylanKlebold wereon thefringes of thegroupand added that shehad neverbeen to eitherof theirhomes nor had theyever beento her home.Themorningof theincident, TuesdayApri120U'. Vannessa stated that shewasin 3" hour PhilosophyClasswith EricHarris. She describedEric aswearing blackcargo pants, blackboots.andwas unsureabout the shirt but thoughrit may have beena greenish color, She stated that the classwas talldngaboutChinesePhilosophy; that she had a discussion withBrooks Brownwhomshe wasclosewith andthat their teacherwas a Mr.Kritzer, Vannessa stated that Eric normally carried a darkblueor blackbackpack but she is notsure if hehad it withhim thatday. When askedifEric hadmadeanystatements that day or givenanywarningof whathewould be doingVannessastated thatEric made acomment about 4-20which she thoughtwas in reference tomarijuana dayor something. She statedmar she did not ever seeeither Ericor Dylan smoke marijuana bur that they talkedabout it a lor.Vannessareportedthat she had 5 hour off for lunchand hadwalked homethelast half of4 111 hourgoing then to the nearbyKingSoopers store to checkonsomeprompictures, She cameback to theschool at about 11:10 or 11:15A.M.and was in theCommons area near thecafeteria whenshe heard

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whatshe thoughtwasback firing, Whenasked toexplainthe sounds vannessa stated thata lotof thehighschool kids hadold carsand that theywerecommonly back flring. She explainedthatsome oneyelled andscreamedand that the studentsstarted leaving and she stepped back to see if her friendAlex Marschwas getting out. Vannessathen statedthat she then sawDylan Klebold outside thecafeteriawindowwearing a balaclava [ dark blueorblack1, and a trenchcoat; did not seeif hewaswearing a hat or not. When asked bybeth Investigators howshe knewit was Dylan Vannessa statedthat theymade eyecontact, that the party was the same buildas Dylanand that she just knew. ShesaidDylanwalkedup to approximately 15 feet from thewindow and then saw the window glassexplode with a boyinsidebeingshot and falling backwards. She stated that she thoughr the victim'swas a Brian Anderson butwasnot sure. Dylanthenwalked into the cafeteriathrough thedoubledoorsandwasapproximately 40 feetawaywhen theymade directeye contact and she knewwithouta doubtit was DylanKlecold,

In talkingabout herassociation and knowledge of bothEric Harrisand DylanKlebold Vannessa statedthatChrisMorris. EricandDylanbelonged to a paintball teamcalled the" FightingAmish" andtalkedabout doing it a lot, She describedChrisMorris as always wearing a black beretand sunglass'sthatwereprescription. Healsoalwaysworeblackarmy fatiguepantswith at times thematchingshirt.Vannessa staled shewasnotclosewith Robin Anderson and thengave the nameof a Tiffany Burkewho she said wasa good friend ofRobinVannessa then mentioned ZackHecklerand admitted to beingclosewith Zack and acceptingrideshomefromhim frequently. Sheadded that Zachworked as a stage technician and did the lightingfarthe theatergroupsand plays andwas reachingDylan how todo it; that he usedMrs. SueCrothers key'sto get access where he needed to go. Vannessaknew that Zachwas veryknowledgeable aboutcomputers and thatZach, ChrisMorris,Eric Hartis andDylanKleboldwereclosefriends.When asked about the kindsof videogames theylikedto playVannessastated that EricandDylanIilced toplay Dungeons andDragonsand a gamecalledMagie. She said that she had neverplayedanyvideogameswith them. Vannessasaid that they used to like toplaya card game in themornings thatconsisted of setting the cardsup like townsand knocking themdown,and thataspects of the gameincluded food shortages. diplomacy ect,Vannessa reported thatshewentout a door into the auditorium and out an east doorwithapproximately 40otherstudents, Shedid'nt hear anyexplosions or bombsgo offand denieshavinganypriorknowledge of theevents.

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CONTINtiA1101'1 CJ R ~ I X ) l ' l ; 1 ' l 8 Alene;.; RtpfJrtiIlgO f f l c ~ r CascReponSCPPLEYlE"IT ) ( JCSO ERZEN 99-1625-AAC \ l r ' l l ' l e c ; ~ l ' t g (::lSI: k.epon:'4o Victim 'S"JJM OrigitllU ~ p c t t Dm This Report""#2129 05-13-99

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On 05,13-99. between the hours of 0901 and 0940, r had an opportunity to speak with Emily Hackett in reference to theColumbine incidentthat occurred on 04-20-99. Also presentduring the interviewwas her father, DanHackett.

Emil; lold methat she arrived at school on 04-20-99,at about 0800hours, and that her fatherhad driven herto school thatmorning She stated that she entered into the school through the main entrance, located near the main office area. Afterproceeding to her locker,whichis locatedbetweenthemathis.iencehalls,locket#701.she went '0 her secondhourhandclass,taugnt byMr. Biskup, After being released from her secondhourclass.she wentto thirdperiod,whichis gymclass,which istaught byMt Marshall. Her fourth hourscienceclass is taughtbyMs.Wyattandafter being released fromthat class at about1110boars.she proceeded backto her locker.and thenWent directly to the cafeteriaand believed she arrived at I] !5 hours,

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CONTINUATION 0 Rtportmll A ~ C : ; ~ r t i n g Ot1k:r C ~ Re/Xlr(NoSUPPLEMDIT J( JCSO ERZE;\i 997625'-\ACtlM;llngCase Report No vrcn.n"'ameOriginal Repcrr DaleThIS Report1'''i#2729 051399

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CONTINUATION CJ Reporting ,4.gMcy Repol'tlrtg Off"u;t Cue-Report SoSll'PLEMECiT X JCSO ERZEN 99.162SAAC O l ' l n ~ i t l g CaseReportNo VictimNante" OriginalReporr. Dlte T b ReptlrtD"'I#2129 051399,.;wQn X fIRST DEGREE MURDER O Starns: Open X Exce;:nMllrCluad Q ~ ( I m m e n d C _ : Review CR ~ l l l . i l l , ; a t l o l ' l c C I ~ b y Vtwl 0 l,;tlfQ'.I1ld! o Closure :

i,= I I I OwlriP11rl IStriat NQ ~ ~ \ ~ f R V!hJt ! \ i " , u ~:-i t i ~ SI'\lI'IIINI.fU l l e C " ' ~ DamasJeffect. "Today isnot a goodday to be here,"

Emily alsostated thatoneof rumorsthatshe hasheardaround schoolis that thebodiesof EricHarrisandDylan Kleboid werefound in the gymnasium. She also stated that she heard EricHarris had shot Dylan KJcbold and that Dylan had run to to.gymnasium to get away from Eric Harris, but tater committed suicide in the gym and Eric also committed suicide in thegymnasium

I had Emily describeher dress on04-2099 Shestatedshewaswearing darkblueAbercrombie Fitch pacts She had awhiteGaptank top shin andOver the tank topwasa purple Abercrombie shirt. Shealsostatedthat shewas swearing brown AmericanEaglesandals, Emilycouldn't provide any additional information reference this incident. At the completion of this interview,I hadEmily depictwhere shewas seatedin the cafeteriaand drawhermovementsourof thebcildmg Acopyof thatmap isattached with this supplemental report

ADDITIONAL !NfOR..'I1AIlON:

FBI Case #4DN5 7419 (DN2843)

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When aSked about Dylan Klebold, he sa id he al so saw him a ~ o u n dschool before. He said Dylan was the s tudent who usual ly w o ~ e adark blue with red l e t t e r Boston Red Sox ba l l oap on backwardS. Hedid not know Dylan's name u nt i l a fte r the inc ident . He sa id Dylan'shai r always Was "f ly ing out" from under the hat . He had seen Dylanl a s t semester pul l ing in to the school lo t in h is BMW during luncht ime. He sa id Dylan would be with others who wore the black trenchcoats . He sa id tha t Dylan also wore a black trench coat to schooloften . When asked, he did not know or

When a sk ed about IIIIIIIIJ he said he graduated l a s t year . Heknew th i s because a fr ian'" of his knew He also knowswear the tre nc h c oa t l a s t y e a ~ .

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When asked about he sa id he thought he was thestudent he saw from time to time a t school also wearing a t renchcoat . He said tha t student was t a l l . He does not know anythingabout tha t stu" 'ent . (His mother thought tha t was the s tudent t ha tshe also saw a t tim es while dropping o ff or picking up Josh a tschool. )

He thought th i s stude nt a ls o played cards during lunch per iodl a s t year . He sa id th i s student played cards a t tab le WW ( r efer r ingto the diagram). He sa id he noticed tha t the card games w e ~ e"Dungeons and Dragons" and "Nuclear War."

When asked, he did not know any other t rench coat s tudent o rassociate . He thought only 5 or 6 students wore the t rench coats a tschool. He has heard of the name 'Trench Coat Mafia" befoX'e butnever t hought much about tha t name.

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place the day of th e shooting. When asked specifical ly, he did notsee any duffle bags. He remembered wearing is white t -shir t , hiking pants, and blacks a . ~ d a l s to school the day of th e shooting. On the day of the shooting, he had French class for 4th hour.When the class was over a t 11:10 a.m. he walked to the cafeter ia andto his lunch table . Looking at the diagram, he thought the table hewent to was Q or X. The backpack l i s t showed his backpack being a ttable X. Once he went to the table, he droppedto the second lunch l ine from the east .class to the lunch l ine with Mark Radtke.went back to table X.

off his backpack and wentHe had walked from hisAfter getting lunch, he

He said he was at t.hat table with Joe Tran. Dan Yeager, ZachThompson, Scott Streeb, and possibly Pat Rybal. He said that he was about 5 minutes into lunch when students inthe c af et er ia s ta rt ed getting down under thei r tables . He heardstudent.s talking about something going off in th e p ark in g lo t . Hegot down under his table. He then saw Mr. Sanders and a jan i tor running in the cafeter ia .He thought the si tuat ion was a senior prank. He heard yell ing foreveryone to get down. He said that a few students got up but wereyelled at again to get down. He had not heard anyt hin g up to this time. He said thateveryone from the cafeteria then began to run out and up the s ta i r s .He ran up the s ta i rs and once he got to the top, everyone began toslow down. He then heard 4 or S shots that he thought carne from thecafeteria below and to the west.

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He t u r n e d l e f t a t the s ta i r s an d r a n o u t th e s c h o o l v ia th eeas t d o o r s fo r tha t h a l l w a y . He d id n o t h e a r any other s h o t s ornoises.

* He r a n to ' Leawood park. and to a n o t h e r s t u d e n t s home. !let h o u g h t t h e to ta l t i m e from when th e s t u d e n t s s ta r ted to get u n d e rtab les to t h e t i m e tha t h e r a n o u t o f t h e sch OO l wa s a b o u t .2 m i n u t e s .T h i s c o n c l u d e d my i n t e r v i e w w i t h Jo sh u a H a l d e r .

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FBI174A-DN-57419JCSO 99-7625Detective: MarkAllen - Denver Police Department 1(303)640-1183RE: CONTROL# 3201I1'tlERVIEW:Ian Hales6347S. BentonSt.

Littleton, CO80123(303)730-8287Subject: Columbine HighSchool Shooting,On 5/14199 [interviewed Ian Hales at his residence, 6347S.BentonSt, Ian reported thatheentered the cafeteriaat 11.12AM and hesatat tableAAorN withAli Boukalfa,Jeremy Orban, SethBiggi andRavikanth Rao, Ian saidthathedidn't See any duffel bagsand he didn't see anyone carrying the bags. Iansaidhedidn't knowanyof the reM andhedidn't seeany of them in thecafeteria. Iansaidhemighthaveseenone of the suspectsStanding overa kid nearthecementstairs. Lan said he hid underneath his table foracouple of minutes and !henhe ran outwhen everyone started leavingthe cafeteria. Iansaidhe ran OUt through the commons areatothe foreign language hallway andthenoutsome exit doorsbythe juniorparking lot area. Ian saidhedidhear gunshotswhile insideandoutsideof the school. Ian saidhedidn't see the shooters and hehasn't heardanyrumors aboutwhat happened

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SgpPLEMENTAL REPORT

COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOLDate: 5/17/99CONTROL NUMBER: 2757

Docket Number'FBI #, 174A-DN-57419Inveatigator: VQndenkamp

On 5/17/99 I in terviewedhome in Litt leton, cc ,in terv iew.

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Kr is t a was in s ide the ellS ca f e t e r i a on 4/20/99 when the shoot ingsbegan. She stated she had l e f t Ms Haringls his tory c las s around11:1sam and w alked with Lydia Perry, a r r iv ing a t th e ca fe t e r i a a fewminute1s l a t er . I showed Krista a drawing of the cafeteria with thet ab les depicted in t h i s drawing. I p oin te d o ut speci f i c areas o f theca fe t e r i a such as the west windows and k i tchen to g ive her a be t t e runders tand ing of the draw ing 's lay -ou t . K ris ta looked a t thedrawing, and re ca l led th a t she and Lydia s topped a t t ab le QQ.Si t t i ng a t t ab le QQ were Nicole Markham, Jess ica Brown and AlexMarsh. She be l ieved t h a t Pat r i ck Leiker came by the t ab le , bu t shecould r eca l l i f he s a t down. Kris ta s ta ted she sa t down fac ing thewest a t t ab le QQ fo r a few minutes , wait ing fo r l ess people in theserving l ine .Kris ta s t a t ed she d id not see any large duf f le bags anywhere in theca fe t e r i a , nor d id she see anyone car ry ing a l a rge duf f l e baganyt ime.

She s ta ted t h a t she, Lydia and Nicole go t up from the t ab le topurchase a lunch. She be l i eves t h i s was about 11:25am. Kris tareca l led walking to the eas t window in the serving l i ne . While inl ine , she recognized Chris Markham's voice ye l l "get down". Shebel ieved Chr is Markham came in from th e door by t ab le WW in the

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northwest corner, but was not sure. Krista, Lydia and Nicole a l l goton the f l oor . She looked towards the west and heard a loud "boom'' rthen saw smoke outside. She does not recal l hearing any gunfire typenoises pr ior to th is . Krista did not see anyone carry:lng, orshooting a weapon.Krista stated that she, Lydia and Nicole ran around the cornertowards the auditorium doors. They waited a few seconds outs ide theaudatorium doors near the elevators. Alex Marsh said tha t she sawDylan Klebold shooting a gun. Krista recalled she did not believei t . Krista stated t r ~ t around this time, she can not remember where,or how she got out of the building. Her friends, Nicole and Lydiahave explained to her the following information. The three gir l s ,along with about 20 other students went into the auditorium, ranthrough i t and exited out into th e north hallway upstairs . Theycontinued out passed the counselor! s area and exited out of thebuilding behind the gymnasium. Outside they had to jump over a highfence, which Zach Heckler helped her over. She recalled, she did not"freeze up", and was defini tely running. She jus t could not recal ldetai ls of her exi t out of the building. Krista ' s mother stated thatKrista has been attending therapy to help her with th is trauma. Hertherapis t advised them that memory lapses ff such as these under thesecircumstance are not unusual.

Krista s t at.ed she has no memory of seeing any gunman a f t e r leavingthe cafeter ia . She stated that her gir l f r iends have told her thatthey did not encounter anyone carrying a gun upst.airs, or outsidewhen t.hey exi ted. When they exited the building, they ~ a to Clemontpark. then onto the Hop'S restaurant an Bowles to make phone ca l l s .She recalled that her boyfriend, E ric Jackson was now with them. Shecalled her mother, who is a teacher at Ken Carle middle school. Hermother confi rmed she received a cal l from Krista around 12:00 noon.Krista s ta te d th at Eric JaCKson'S father picked up the kids from Hopsand drove them to Nicole Markham's house on S. Pierce Ct. Nicole 'shouse was locked, so Nicole's neighbor offered ill telephone to thekids. Krista had promised her mother she would cal l a second time

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when she got to Nicole\s home. She went inside to ca l l i and when shecame out , Chris Morris had arr ived a t Nicole ' s house with h is f r iendCory Freeson. They had arr ived together in Cory 's sm all blue Or greypick-up t ruck . She bel ieved the t ime was about 12:2Cpm. ChrisMorris i s Nicole ' s boyfr iend, and was hugging Nicole ou ts ide herhome , Chris was wearing black army pants, a black "eout.hpar-k"t - sh i r t . and "probably" h is black bere t which he f requent ly Wears.Kris ta did not sp eak w ith Chris Morris, as she l e f t with Eric Jacksonand his f a ther .

Kris ta ' s mother s t a t ed tha t Detect ive Rick Gr i f f i th from CEI andanother Detect ive had cal l ed to speak with them a few days ago. Theywere asking questions about Kristals involvement with the TCM r as shehad been i den t i f i ed as an a ss oc ia te o f th i s group.

I asked Kris ta about h er co ntac t with the TCM. She s ta ted tha t l a s tschool year she began hanging out with Nicole Markham and ChrisMorris. They would go midnight bowling and watch m ovies. A coupleof the boys in t h i s group began wearing t r-enchcoa t s and the termt rechcoat mafia was s ta r ted . She s ta ted t ha t a the r s tudents gavethem th i s name. They a l l thought the name was cool , because it se tthem apart from other stul:ients. Krista s tated she did not wear at renchcoat . Kris ta took a picture of the group, and gave it to theschool yea rbook ccmmitt ee to have it prin ted in the yearbook. Allpic tures submit ted l ike these , required a nar ra t ive about thepic ture . They decided to w rite t renchcoat mafia and a few words tha twere pr in ted . She s ta ted th at Dylan Klebold and E ric H arr is beganhanging out with the group sometime a f te r the pic ture was taken.Eric and Dylan were close with Nate Dykeman, but never gave anyind ica t i cn they were so angry a t the school . Kris ta sa id she knewnothing about any plans o r the in tent ions Eric Harr is and DylanKlebold.

Kris ta asked me why so much at t en t ion was given to prom night . Shes ta te d th at during "a f te r prom" it "'as very d i f f i cu l t to get in andout of the school because of the amount o f teachers and parentsthere . The s t a f f would not allow any backpacks o r bags ins ide the

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school , for f ear of alcohol. Krista s ta ted she went to prom withEric Jackson and they were with Chris Morris and Nicole Markham. Shesaid she was with them the ent i re night and a t no t ime did Chris orEric leave the p ar ty . K rista indicated tha t she read in the mediatha t some kids may have brought "bombs" into the school on promnight . She r ec all ed t ha t Dylan Klebold, Robin Anderso n, Nate Dykeman,h is date and Eric Harr is l e f t the af t e r pram par ty between 2 and 3am.Krista stayed w ith E ric Jackson, Nicole and Chris Morris unt i l aroundSam, when they l e f t to go ea t .I asked Krista i f there was anything e lse she could t e l l me about thekids in the TO!. She advised me tha t her f r iend Nicole and ChrisMarris are still dat ing . She sta te d th at mast eRS s tu de nts are notaware of t h i e r r e la t ionship , so Nicole has n ~ b l e m s withother s tuden ts , Krista i s aware tha t .............., ~ underinvest igat ion regarding th is inc ident , and s ta ted that" hasalways l e f t the eRS campus during h is free 4th hour. He has doneth is most of the school year .

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Docket Num.l:>er,FBI# 174A-DN-S7419Invest igator , Vondenkamp

On 4/27/99 I interviewed 15 year old CHS student J i l l i a n Harta t her home i n L it t l e to n , Co. J i l l ' s parent were present for t h i sinterview. J i l l agreed to speak with me about the shootings atColumbine High Sohool on 4/20/99 .

J i l l s t a t e d she i s an "A ' lunch student, and had arr ived a t the CHSc a f e t e r i a on 4/20/99 around 11 .z csm. She went t o a t a b l e and s a twith Brandy Wiseman, Tasha Olson, Jamie and Tiffaney ( l a s t namesunknown I . J i l l r e c a l l e d she s a t down facing the west windows. Iprovided J ~ l l a drawing of the c a f e t e r i a which d ep ic te d th e tablesand t h e i r locat ions in the c a f e t e r i a . I pointed out areas such asfood l i n e and west windows t o give J i l l a b e t t e r understanding of thedrawing's l a y o u t . She looked a t the drawing and believed she andh er f rie nd s were s i t t i n g a t e i t h er table AAA or ZZ. She c i r c l e d bothtables on the drawing.J i l l recal led t h a t she had j u s t arr ived a t the t a b l e , when she heardMr Sanders y e l l "get down". She also heard someone say there was agun. She then heard noises, which she believed were gunfire earningfrom the West. She got under the table and was looking towards thewest, out the windows. She saw a person wearing a long black coat ,carrying what looked l i k e a long barrel ~ ~ She described the gunas dark in color with about a 1 2 ' barrel . The person was near thenorthwest corner of the bui lding, on the outside. She never saw t h i sperson's face, as she only saw the back of the p erson, and the gun.J i l l could give no descr ipt ion, and was not sure of the height , or i fthe person was wearing a h a t . She believed he was earrying the gun

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in h is r i gh t hand. She reca l led th i s person was lo ok ing o ut towardsthe parking l o t ,Most of the s tudents inside the cafe ter i a began to run fo r the ins ides teps . She also got up and ran, and was towards the end of the pack.As she ran, she heard mora gunfire and an explosion behind her . Shedid not look back, and had no contact with any gunman. Jill turnedin to the auditorium doors by the ca fe t e r i a res t rooms, as somestudents were running tha t way. She eontinued out through theauditorium, into the main hallway, then out th e b uild in g behind thegymnasium. She did not. encounter any gunman upst .a i r s , but. d idcontinue to hear gunf i re behind her. She d id not know i f those wereinside or outside, or how close .

She l e f t t.he school and ran to Clement Park with severa l others tudents . She was carry ing her backpack, as she had no time to takeit off When she sa t down. J i l l s ta ted she d id not see any largeduff le bags inside the cafe te r ia on 4/20 /99 , Or any previous days.She had nothing more to add ab ou t the shoot ings.

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CONTINUATION 0 Reporting , a . . ~ n c r R.epefling Officer C Report \; 0SUPPLEMtNT v JCSO ERZEN 99.7625..QOConottlil'l8Cw Re:{Xlfl No Victim NamOriginal RI!lJOO Dal( Tfns; ReportDN1I3944 06-11799C 'UI!on x Ftnt Degree-Murder Q( f _ 5 _ Open X ~ ~ * I : ; ClMned 0 Rti;ommend c R.view CR ' l \ . , ~ j f i ' ; M o C ! ~ b Y A r m t a (JrtlOi.iIHfed a C]OOUR: c

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SllPPLl!MENTAL REPOR.T

DefendAnt,Oa.t.. ,Deputy 0.A. :

{Columbine shooting)052099

Docket Number, S9A062 {JJICa.s" Numb"r: 99-7625Investigator, Mike Heylin

WITNESS,

Anthony Hassman OOB: 0921824231 S. Yarrow Ct.Lakewood, CO 80235303-969-0566cia mother : Kathleen Bennett (wi United Airlines

s tep -f at he r; S tu a rt Bennett {wi 303-866-9400-CBS student; in c afete ria in lunch l ine when incident started; inlunch l ine with Pat Hume; backpack at table N; l? J . Capra, MielHatfield, Dan Abrams, and possibly Chris Cox a t table N; no suspector Cluffle bag information; in i t ia l ly hid in bathroom by cafeter iaand then exited via the auditorium a.,d the doors east of the gym; a ttime of interview he ha" a frian" over named Jason Wood (5454 W.Canyon Trail , Lit t leton, CO 303-904-3758, parents are Suzanne andKodi Hooper) who was in Mr. l?eterson' s science class (room Science2) when shooting bega., and remained there unti l rescued by SWAT;this student not interviewed because no parent was presentINVESTIGATION:On May 18, 1999 a t 1830 hours I contacted Anthony Hassman at hishome for an interview. His parents were present. Anthony told meth e following: He is a sophomore a t Columbine High.

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,. On the day of the shooting, he wore a polo sh i r t , tan short.s,white so ck s and Teva sandals.

,. On the day of the shooting he had Miss Nicannon' s 4th hourAmerican L ite ra tu re c la ss in Language Arts classroom #11. Uponget t ing out a t 11,10 a.m. he walked s t ra ight to the cafe te r ia and tohis table . He thought he was a t table M or N. The backpack char tshowed him a t table N. He said the o th er s tu dent s a t the t ab le wereP.J . capra, Pat Hume, Joel Hatf ie ld , Dan Abrams, and possibly Chriscox.

,. He dropped off hi.s backpack and went to the lunch l ine with PatHume. He went to the second li.ne from the aast end, the I ta l ianfood l ine .

,. The f i r s t thing he nct i.ced was tlllO di f fe ren t soundi.ng muffledpcpa . He said One of the sounds was deep an d r ich sounding whilethe other was a shor ter , h ighe r p it ch ed sound. He said the poppingsounds were coming from outside th e c afe te ria to the west.,. He said th at a j an i to r and Mr. Sanders came r unni ng t hrough thecafe te r ia from the west door area te l l ing everyone to get down. Hethen ducked down by the lunch l ine . He thought tha t th i s was a l l asenior prank. He sa id Mr. Sanders ran eas t t e l l ing everyone to getdown tha t s o m e ~ o d y was outside with a gun.,. He sa id th a t everyone in the cafe te r ia s ta r ted to run outtoward the s ta i r s . He thtught he saw a dark figure run along thewest window to the cafe te r ia and to the southeast . He only saw thef igure running and could n ot d es cr ib e it any fur ther . He then ran eas t from the lunch l ine and then turned l e f t(north) into the men's bathroom in tha t area. He and severa l other

b ~ i s hid in a t o i l e t s t a l l . He was with a wil l Beck and pat Hume.He heard a voice say outs ide , "everybody get ou t . ' They s tayed inthe s t a l l un t i l the f i re alarm went of f . They th en d ec id ed to runout of the bathroom and they met Mr. Andres J r . who was sending

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students in to the door that leads to the hacl< s tage area of theauditorium. He heard severa l more s ho ta while in the auditorium. He and others ran up the l e f t ais le of the auditorium am i outthe door to the main hallway. As he went out to the main hallway,he looked west toward the l ib rary and ssw ",hat he thought wss al igh t mist and unknown pieces fa l l ing down in tha t area... He ran down the main hallway toward tne main eas t doors but wasdirected by a teacher to turn north down the hallway jus t pr ior totne main off ice ares . He ran down ths t hallway and out the schoolv ia the doors on the east s ide of the gym. He ami o th ers ran to thesmoker's p i t , over the fence and into Clement Park.This concluded my interview with Anthony Hassman.

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Dateaf Ir.II:ucriplion 05/07/99Ryan Benjamin HASTEN, date of birth: 03/20/84, wasinterviewed a t h is residence, 7842 S. Lamar Street , Lit t le ton,Colorado on April 27, 1999. He was advised of the personal andprofessional ident i ty of the writer and the purpose of theinterview. HASTEN's mother, Terry HASTEN, was present for the

i n t . r v i e w ~HASTEN advised that he is a freshman a t Columbine HighSchool, and did in fact leave his blue Nike backpack in thecafeter ia a t the h igh s choo l on April 20, 1999, following theincident there . HASTEN stated that he i s on "A" lunch schedule,and had entered the cafeteria at approximately 11:25 AM. HASTENbought lunch in the cafeteria, and took a seat in the main

cafeter ia area. HASTEN was shown a map of the cafe ter ia by thewri ter , and advised tha t he believed he had been s it t in g a t tableQQ on tha t map.HASTEN stated that he was s i t t ing with Kyle MICHELSON,Chris CARLSTEOT and John STOCKING, fellow freshman. HASTENpoin te d out what he recal led to be the i r s ea ti ng locat ion on thatdate.HASTEN s ta te d th at he had ju st sa t down to eat When heheard a noi se out side , which he described as a bang which soundedsimilar to a firecracker going off . HASTEN saw teacher DaveSANDERS ex i t out the west door by the faoulty lounge to the areaoutside the cafeter ia. HASTEN stated that as he was going out,he heard SANDERS te l l ing everyone to qet under the i r tab les .Within ten to f i f teen seconds Mr. SANDERS came backinto the cafeter ia through the same door, and was yell ing foreveryone to run. HASTEN did not think that Mr. SANDERS appearedto be injured at tha t time.HASTEN s ta te d th at he ran up the s ta i rs on the eas tside of the cafeter ia and into th e hal lway above. An unknownteacher was te l l ing people to go into the aUditorium, and HASTENwent ins ide. Not feel ing comfortable there, HASTEN continued torun through the cafeter ia , down the main hallway pas t theadministrative off ices and out into the faculty parking lo t onthe south side of the school. He then began running north toward

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Ryan,.Benjamin Hasten ,"'I' _-=-_Clement Park. He saw a marked police un it d ri vi ng south throughthe park toward the high school, and as he approached i t thedeputy driving i t to ld him to keep running.HASTEN advised tha t as he ran out the main entry doors,he saw that several of the doors and windows were broken out. Healso stated tha t he heard several bangs whil e running th rough thebuilding, which were not too loud. He did not know i f the bangswere coming from with in or outside of t he bui ld ing.HASTEN stated that he did not see the suspects a t anytime during the incident. He also did not see any duffel bags orother suspicious objects while in the cafeter ia .HASTEN s ta te d th at he did not know Eric HARRIS or DylanKLEBOLD. He saw their pictures in the newspaper, and did notthink he had ever met either of them. HASTEN stated that he hadseen some individuals in the past wearing dark trench coats oncampus, and had heard tha t they were known as the Trench Coa tMafia. HASTEN did not know anything else about the group, andwas not acquainted with anyone Who belonged to i t .HASTEN stated that he had been wearing a white andgreen plaid button-up shir t and green shorts on that date.A copy of the cafeteria map depicting HASTEN's seatinglocation is attached to this FO-302.

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Supplemental ReportJCSO ')9.7625 I FBI 114ADNS1419 I CONTROLNUMBER, 1994Investigator DanPfannenstiel I WestMetroFi",,1 J03.989-4m ExteftSion 5311OnApril 29. 1999" 1300aouea I metwithJoel Hatfieldandhis father,JohnHatfield.at atC)Drivein Littleton, CQlorado fur thepurpose ofan interview yJoelHarfield provided tbefc , ' ' O c l _ ' ' ' ~ _ ' ' _"cwTai onApril 20, 1999: Joelwas in ECll!lsh class umilll 10a.m, wilen thehellrang. He 'wed !ha' be got CUt of classandwent to hislocker across from theMath Department. Hestated thac be was with "Pl" forashon t:ime

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DET34 05/04/199, 050l99!BOATRIGHT!SHapproximately 1110 hours Kyle ~ a y e s ~ d e n t i E i e d tha t class as"Spanish," which is caught hi" Ms. Ki.llon. Kyle Hayes seated thataforementioned class was locaced i t he "downs ta ir s" port-ion of cheschool. near che "commons, ,j Fo r purpo$l!!s of


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r e la t iv e ly ce rt ai n tne forenamed was not located a his t ab le .When asked why he may be associated with t ha t individual (pursuantto the recovery of backpacks), Kyle Hayes s tated he did recal lhaving a ~ a t h paper of Jordan Grimm's in his backpack Kyle Hayeswas unable to provide any additional explanation ccncerning t h a tpoint.When asked iE he ~ o u l d recal l any unusual act ivi ty occurringin th e cafeter ia during th e time he arrived and found a place tos i t , Kyle Hayes responded in ~ h negative. When asked i f he hadobserved any i nd iv idual s ca rr yins unusual backpacks or duff le bagsinto th e cafec$ria during that tim$ f r a m ~ , Kyle Hayes againresponded in ~ h negative. Kyle Hayes ~ ~ l a ~ e d it would noe beunusual to see s tud.nts with ei ther a backpack or duf : le bag in thecommons area Kyle Hayes pointed o ~ he was r e la t iv e l y ce r ta i nmost students at lease car r ied a backpack when at tending schoolIO again s t ressed wlth Kyle Hayes, th e possibi l i ty of seeing anyindividuals carrying what could be c o ~ s i d e r e d an unusual duff le baginto the cafeter ia area Kyle Hayes continued to respond in chenegacive.When asked i f he observed any unusual a ~ t i v i t y in thecafe ter ia that dace, Kyle Hayes responded in the affirmative. KyleHayes $ ~ a t : e d approx.imately "f ive mimit:as" af te r sit t . ing down a t hds

~ a b l e , he observed a teacher, whom he lcent i f ied as ~ M r . Sander$,"enter th e commons area an d begin "yel li :: .g . " When a.sked t.o describethe t.e acne r , Kyle Hayes $cateq, e h f,:>renamed was "older" and .....aswearing a l ighter colored shi r t ana jeans. Kyle Hayes s tated hewas e i ee cer tain th e teacher was '... e a : : : ~ : 1 g "glasses. J1 As thei ~ t e r v i e w continued, Kyle Hayes s t a ~ e c he was cer tain as to hisidentification of th e teacher Jrefer=ins to Mr. Sanders) as he hadseen t h forenamed pictured on televis ion during a news ~ ~ p o r t .

Kyle Hayes was next asked to describe the specif ic act ivi ty asic related to Mr. Sanders, Kyle ~ a y e $ state4 he observed Mr.Sanders en ter t he ca fe t. er ia from th e "west door" near th e facultylounge. Kyle Hayes seated Mr. Sanders was "running" a t the timeand began y ell in g fo r students to "get down, he's goc a gun>" KyleHayes stated Mr. Sanders repeated Chese commands several times ashe proceeded in an eas te r ly d i rec ti on through the cafe ter ia 10subsequently had Kyle Hayes idencify the locat ion where he f i r s tobserved Mr Sanders. Kyle Hayes subsequently af f ixed an nx" andwrote Mr Sanders on the diagram where be had previQusly idQncifiedhis location in th e cafeter ia . ro would rtoce ehe locat ion w h ~ r e heor iginal ly observed ~ r Sanders as close to the facul ty loungearea, in addit ion eo a western entrance to the commons area.Kyle Hayes next reported to 10 he forgot Qne point p rio r toseeing Mr, Sanders When asked to elaborate, Kyle Hay&s s tatedju st p ri or to seeing Mr. Sanders, he saw a group of people movingto th e west windows of che commons area. Kyle Hayes s ~ a t e d hethoughc p e o p l ~ were going to thac l o c a t ~ o n because there was a

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"fighc out s ide" Kyltt Hayes s tated a t the c.ime hEt had. no otherexplanation for why groups of people were going over to th e westwindows of the commons area10 clar if ied with Kyle Hayes the f ~ r s t unusual event heobserved in th e cafeteria was when people began moving cowards chewest window and it was moments l ~ t e r , he OO$erved Mr, Sandergin the cafeteria, !C subsequent ly asked Kyle Hayes to explain whatoccurred af te r Mr Sanders began warning students. Kyle Hayesst.ated he recal led everyone, "drops to the ground. ,j Kyle Hayesreported he next looked out towards the west windows of checafeter ia and observed a "brownish black smoke" coming from avehicle parked in the south senior parking area When asked to bemore specif ic c o n c e ~ n ~ n 9 th a location where he saw the smoke, KyleHayes stated he belieVed th e smoke was coming from one of th e"f:t.rst couple of cars" parked facing north in the south seniorparking lo t .Kyle Hayes s tated about th e same time he made thatobser ;a t ion, he obs er ved one of cbe suspeccs e n ~ e r th e cafeter ianear the same location where he original ly had seen Mr. SandersKyle Hayes was speculating both Mr Sanders and t he s us pe ct hadentered th e cafeter ia via a west doer, r t e a ~ the f a c u l ~ y loungearaa When asked co des cr ib e c hi s suspect, ~ y l e Hayes s tated heappeared to be iii white male, approximately 6'1" in heighc, wich a

t h i ~ build. Kyle Hayes specif ical ly d e s c r i b ~ d the e u s p e ~ t as"skinny, '1 poin t ing out the aforemen::ioned WAS "hunched over" as heproceeded to move into th e c a f e t e ~ i a , In respect to th e suspect 'sclothinS, Kyle Hayes s tated the s u s p e c ~ was wearing dark ~ o l c r e d ,sk i s ty le mask, w ith h ol es cue Q ~ fo r th e ey es, nose and mouth,In addit ion, the suspect was wearins a black "trench coat;" wi.t.h oilblack hac, which was worn backwards Kyle Hayes was unable toprovide any additional description regarding t he s us pe ct . Pursuantt o ques ti on ing , Kyle Hayes stated he c o ~ l d not reca l l seeing anyweapons in poase ss ion o f th e suspect: during the above observation.

When asked to des cr ib e t he suspect 's actions af te r enteringthe commons area, ~ y l e Hayes s tated , ~ don' t know, I just saw himrun i n " Kyle Hayes stated, a that point, numerous people beganfollowing Mr. Sanders, who was now moving towards th e s ta i r sleading to the upper level of the school. Kyle Hayes explained i was his perception there was a maS$ exodus of the l ibrary at thatp o ~ n t r and he could not p rovi de any addit ional description of chesuspect 's actions, other than his i e i t i a l observation. Kyle Hayesc lar i f i ed he began following th e group o f peo ple which were movingtowards the s ta i r s

Kyle Hayes explained as he followed th e group (he along withnumerous others) ran upstairs to th e upper level of the school.When asked why he did no t exit the school via the south common$area door, Kyle Hayes s t a ~ e d he was uncertain, adding, ~ was jus tfol lowing the cro'Wd. ,1

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Kyle Hayes explained after running up ~ h e s ~ a i r s , and arrivingIn the upper l evel of the scheel, he ~ e c a l 1 e d a female c e a c h ~ r(unabLe to idnt i fyl y el l in g to a l : of t he s tu d en ts to Uget in theclassIooms. h Kyle Hayes s tated he e nt er ed t he f i r s t classroom hesaw with an open door. Upon a rriv a: a t t ha t l oc at ion, Kyle Haye sstated he believed ~ h e r e were approximately e i g ~ ~ students{including himself} a lo ng w ith one t e ~ c h e r lo ca te d i n that room.IO subsequent ly provided Kyle Hayes with a second d i a 9 ~ a m whichdepicted the upper level of th e s choo l, Kyle Hayes was asked toident i fy hi$ path of t ravel a f ~ e r reaching the upper level area,Kylt Hayes subsequently drew an ar=ow to a room which he idencif iedas che chemistry lab See th e afo=ementioned diagram for deta i l s .Kyle Hayes was next asked to identify any others present inth e rOom. Kyle Bayes seated he knew only t ~ stlldents by name

Kyle Hayes ident if ied those scudencs as Bartholomew Foster a ~ Just in Albert i b o t ~ ninth grade=s: Kyle Hayes ~ e n t on to s t a ~ ethere was another male scudent h. = e c Q S n i z ~ d from his Spanlsh classwbom he knew as nBrad" (also a n i n ~ h grader) Kyle Hayes reportedhe believed there were a t leas t four ether gi r l s in th e class whowere possibly " juniors and seniors," but he did no t know the i rnames. When asked to ident i fy the ~ e a c h e r , Kyle Hayes s c a ~ e d hethought the t.eacher's name was "Mr. Graves," but l at e: : i nd ica tedi t was pOSSibly Mr Kraft Kyle nayes was unable to be morespecif ic concerning that point

When asked what c c c ~ r r e d af te r he ente4ed t he chemis tr y labroom, Ky:e Rayes r ~ l a ~ e d it was scmewhat chaotic Kyle Hayesstated, eventually, th e teacher locked the door from the inside andplaced a ".barricade," l a t e r d e s c : r ~ b e d as a. "lab table," in front. ofthe door In r e s p e c ~ co a time frame, Kyle Hayes s tated hebelieved it had only ~ e @ n "a couple minutes U a f ce r ent er ing th ec h e m i s ~ r y lab when th e door was l o c K ~ d and the barricade was putinto place When asked what occur=ed after the barricade was putlnCO place, Kyle Hayes stated i t was approximately One minute l a t e rhe was looking out th e window of the chemiscrf lah from behind atable and cceervee the "same guy" (=efe -r ri ng"to the suspect he hadseen in the cafeter ia p r i o ~ to going upstairs l . Kyle Hayes ppintedout when he saw that suspect for th e second t ime, theaforementioned was not wearing a mask and had long, clark brownhair When asked how he knew i t Wa$ th e same Suspect, Kyle Sayesexp la ined t he individual was w e a r i ~ g the same clothes and had onthe same hat {backwards}, Kyle Hates went on to s tate he wasposit ive that suspect was "Dylan." Pursuant to quescioning, KyleHayes confirmed his idert t i f icacion of "Dylan" came from photographshe had seen of that i ~ d i v ~ d u a l on te levis ion a fte r th is incident .

When asked what th e suspect was doing a t th e time he made theabove obser7ation. K y l ~ Hayea s tated th e forenamed was moving in aneaster ly direct ion down the hal l ~ n had stopped in front of thechemistry lah Kyle Hayes s tated it was at that point he observed

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Kyle Hayes r ~ l a t e d af t e r arriving in the adjoining $cienceroom, he a lo ng w it h the others present simply "sat around andwaiced n Kyle Hayes est imated during ~ h next 30 m i n u t ~ s , i t waspossible he heard approxlmately five to six gunshots corning fromin sid e the building. Kyle H a y ~ s seated thoae last five to $ixg u n s h o ~ $ seemed as though they were close to hi$ locat ion.

Kyle Hayes reported he was in that second science room forapproximately One hovr prior to being c o n t a ~ e . d by SWAT off icersand escorted oue of t he b ui ld in g. K y ~ e aayes s tated to hisknowledge, SWAT off icers evacuated h ~ (along wieh others present~ that room} Que a east e n t r a n c e / e x i ~ of the school,

ro did confirm with Kyle Hayes t ~ writ ten statement which hesigned dated Q4/20/99 a t 1540 hours, ~ a actual ly prepared by adetect ive who had conducted a br ief or- Scene interview. Kyle Hayesdid indicate the writ ten 5tatement p r e p a ~ e d by Dat. t rank Rino,~ 7 4 0 5 3 , appeared a c e u ~ a t e . IO s U b 6 e ~ . n t l y concluded h ie c on ta ctwith Kyle Hayes. IO would noce the d ~ a s r a m s referenced in thisreport were in i t i a led by both Kyle H a y ~ s and IO and chose d iagr amswill be maintained as evidence in th is case. IO wil l maintaincare, custody and control of th e above diagrams unt i l they areturned aver co th e Jefferson County S ~ e r i f f ' s Office.

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on 5-18-99,Inv. Reker did conduct an interview withAshley Heesch a t her r esidence w ith her mother present.Heesch states that she was in the cafeter ia when a girlcame in the west door of the row of doors that face south in th ecafeter ia and that the unknown gir l was asking for help.Heesch t hen heard 2 shots and then got under the tableand after a minute then ran to th e stairs and then to a roam inthe lanquage arts r ooms.Heesch then went aut a s.e. daor of the bui ld ing toa house on the carner of Pierce s t . Heesch was si t t ing withJul ie Brunaugh,Kim Dottenwhy, Brent Sessions and Emily Stuart ,al lof which have been interviewed.Heesch s ta te d th at she had been in the cafeteria

duriung second period and did not notice any unusual duffel bagsa t that time.She also states that a girl whom she believes is namedBae GattoniJand works at the pretzel time at S.W. Plaza had anunknown gi r l sta te to her that she "was glad i t happened"refering to the shoootings.Heesch also states that when she was running to thestairs that she glanced b a c ~ # a = d s an d did see a gunman in a blacktrenchcoat in the cafeteria and he was holding what she fel t wasa pistol,and as she was running she was unable to p rcvide afurther descr ip t ion of this g ~ a n .

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~ . r ~ ~ ~ . 06/02/1999Laverne Helm, 3663 South Sheridan Boulevard #K4,Denver, Colorado S0235, telephone (303l9S4-0460, a kitchen worker

at Columbine High School, was interviewed a t her home by SpecialAgent (SAl Ricky V. Wright regarding the incident that took placeon 04/20/1999 at Columbine High School. After being advis ed asto the identi ty of the interviewing agent and the natu re of th einterview, Helm provided the following information:Helm has been working as a kitchen worker at ColumbineHigh School for the las t two years. H e l ~ s duties includecooking, cleaning, and serving. Helm normally works from 7: 30 amto 1:.30 pm. On the day of the shooting, Helm a=ived a t work atapproximately 7: 30 am and served breakfast unt i l 9: 30 am in thebreakfast serving l ine. Helm did not recal l seeing anyone bringin any large duffle bags that morning. Helm advised that thejani tors have the r espons ib i li ty o f cleaning up in the commonsarea, but Helm thought i t unlikely that any duffle bags orbackpacks were in the commons a rea before t he s tudent s Came in

f i r s t period. Helm had read in the newspaper that there was abomb in the kitchen area. Helm did not believe that any largeduffle bags could have been in th e k it chen area, because of thet ra f f i c from the kitchen workers.

During lunch, Helm was serving lunch in the eas te rnmos tlunch l ine. Helm f i r s t became aware that something was going on ,when she heard squ eals and saw students running and climbingunder tables. SOmeone yelled for everyone to get down becausethere was shooting. Some students r an behind the luncb l ines .Helm and other members of the kitchen s taff took COVer in thelaundry room located at the back of the k it chen area. Helm l a te rlearned that other students and members of the s taf f hid in theneighboring office. Helm advised that there were 18 individualsin her room, including t eacher s, s tuden ts , and kitchen workers.Among th e k itc hen workers were Linda Last Name unknown(LNUl,Marlene Netterman(phoneticl, and Sue LNU.

The laundry room door is a heavy door and lockedautomatically. The laundry room is quite small and was verycrowded. Helm and the others were in the room for approximatelytwo hours and 20 minutes unt i l a SWAT team came and rescued them.About 30 minutes af te r the shooting star ted, Helm heard voicesIn>. . .ption on 06/01/1999 I t ..:L::;i:.;t:.;t:.;l:.;e:.;t;:.o::;n:.:.


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Laverne Helmoutside the door. Someone outside th e room t r ied the door knob.but i t was locked. Someone then knocked on the door and said toopen the door because they knew there were people in the room.No one moved or answered the people outsid e th e room. Helm couldnot distinguish how many individuals were outside the room.Approximately 30 minutes la ter , th e same people came back anddemanded the door be opened again. They did not shoot throughthe door and did not t ry to break down the door.

While Helm was in there, she could hear shots andoccasional explosions. At one t il lle, Helm heard one explosionwhich was l ouder than the res t . Helm s t i l l thought she heardshots unti l about ten minutes before she was rescued by the SWATteam.

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CASE NUMBER 99-7625SUPPLEMENT REPORTREPORTING AGENCY: JEFFERSON COm-.'TY SHERlFF'SOFFTCEREPORTING OffiCER: S.KWYGANT 1001DATE OFTHlS REPORT: 081799CASE STATUS: OPENWITNESS INFORMATIONCO!'


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