At this time on this day seventeen years ago...

12:11

· The heating and air conditioning repairman, initially thought to be a possible sniper, is removed from the roof.

12:12

· A television reporter positioned at the Yukon and Caley triage area describes the scene as a “very bad situation.” He tells the television audience that four or five students are currently being treated and some are bleeding extensively.

· Sean Graves, critically injured outside the cafeteria, is transported to Swedish Medical.
12:14

· Dispatch tells the command post that a dispatcher is still on the line with students who say that there are suspects in “Rooms 1, 2 and 3” and several parties are shot, including one faculty member.

· The Jefferson County, Denver and Arapahoe County bomb squads begin to arrive and stage in the parking lot at Clement Park north of the school. As the incident progresses, bomb technicians from Littleton Fire, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) join the initial bomb squads. A total of 16 bomb technicians share in the initial response, some sent to evaluate the construction of the divisionary device, others sent to the homes of the suspects, still others providing safety information to the responders, and many later entering the school to deactivate and/or remove the explosives.

12:15

· Sgt. Hy, at the command post on Pierce, reports a possible shooter and hostages at the front door of the school.

· Moments later a lone student comes out of the main doors and runs to the fire truck. The teen is quickly checked for weapons and injuries, then picked up and put in the back end of the truck’s cab. The boy reports that no other people are in the office area.

· A news helicopter lands at Clement Park. Jefferson County Sheriff’s Sgt. Phil Domenico is put on board and uses the helicopter’s camera system to survey the school’s roof. He remains in the helicopter for the next several hours surveying the area.

· The Jefferson County administrator, emergency management coordinator and public information officer arrive at the Sheriff’s Dispatch Center to offer assistance. They soon are asked to help field the escalating media calls as the word of the Columbine shootings begins to spread worldwide. County Commissioners Pat Holloway and Rick Sheehan arrive at the dispatch center soon after the county staff.

· The Victim Services Unit of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reports to the command post. Personnel are assigned to Columbine Public Library to provide services to the students and parents collecting there. By 12:45, additional counselors and volunteers respond to Leawood Elementary School where high school students and parents are also gathering.

12:17

· Deputy Byerly reports that a male wearing a white shirt and black pants is walking on the west side of the school. The young man had heard of the shooting on TV and ran through Clement Park towards the school carrying an unloaded .22 Caliber rifle and a knife in order to “help the police.” He subsequently is contacted at gunpoint. Deputies determine that the individual is not involved in the incident.

12:18

· Medical personnel at the Yukon/Caley triage area report four critical, four serious and three stable patients and request 10 ambulances and one helicopter.

12:19

· Deputy Walker reports that he has six students with him.

12:20

· A student being interviewed on air by a television reporter says that the gunmen shot one of his friends. He recognizes the shooters as Columbine students and members of the “Trench Coat Mafia” but does not know their names. He also reports that there may be two or three shooters and they have pipe bombs, sawed-off shotguns, and automatics.

12:21

· Lance Kirklin, shot outside the cafeteria during the first few minutes of the shooting rampage, is transported to Denver Health Medical.

12:22

· The Air Life helicopter lands in Clement Park in preparation to transport critically wounded to area hospitals.

12:23

· Dispatch reports that all cellular lines are busy and it is unable to call the command post.

12:25

· Mark Taylor is transported to University Hospital. Mark was injured outside as he and a group of friends sat on the grassy hill to the west of the stairs where Klebold and Harris first began their shooting rampage.

· Dispatch advises that parents are to go to Leawood Elementary School. Law enforcement and victim advocates will assist in coordinating the reunion of parents and children at the elementary school.

12:26

· Mike Johnson is transported to St. Anthony’s Hospital. Mike was shot as he fled the grassy hill to the west of where Klebold and Harris first began shooting.

· The news reports that there are possibly two gunmen and eight victims at Columbine High School.

12:27

· Jeanna Park is transported to Denver Health Medical. Kacey Ruegsegger is transported to St. Anthony’s. Both girls had been injured by gunfire in the library. All of those who escaped the library ran out of the emergency exit next to the west entrance to the school. They ran to Deputy Taborsky’s patrol vehicle and hid behind it until Deputy Searle and several Denver officers were able to load the students in their vehicles. The officers then transported the students either to Deputy Schwieterman at the shed by the ballfields or directly to triage.

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