Columbine timeline

A fairly brief timeline of the shooting put together by myself. Perhaps it shall be useful to someone, and please let me know if I have made any errors.

4/20/1999 timeline:

11.10 am (approx.) - Harris parks his 1986 Honda Prelude in CHS junior student lot to southeast, Klebold parks his 1982 BMW in senior lot to southwest.

11.14 am (approx.) - Harris & Klebold plant two large duffel bags containing bombs set to go of at 11.17 am in cafeteria. Both then leave the building.

11.19 am - 911 call received reporting explosion (set up by Harris & Klebold) on Wadsworth Boulevard, between Ken Caryl and Chatfield Avenues.

11.19 am (approx.) - Harris & Klebold begin shooting at students from the top of the west exterior steps, the highest point on campus.

11.19 am (approx.) - Rachel Scott killed and Richard Castaldo injured by gunshots at the west upper entrance, near the north side of the library.

11.20 am (approx.) - Daniel Rohrbough, Sean Graves, Lance Kirklin injured by gunshots after exiting cafeteria through side door en route to ‘Smoker’s Pit’.

11.21 am (approx.) - Klebold & Harris shoot at five students on grass to west of stairs. Michael Johnson & Mark Taylor injured by gunshots whilst fleeing.

11.21 am - Deputy Paul Magor, whilst patrolling the south Jeffco area, dispatched to scene of explosion at Wadsworth Boulevard.

11.22 am (approx.) - Klebold goes down stairs to area outside cafeteria, shoots Rohrbough & Kirklin at close range. Rohrbough killed by gunshot.

11.23 am (approx.) - Klebold rejoins Harris at top of stairs after a brief trip into the cafeteria. Harris shoots at and injures Anne Marie Hochhalter.

11.22 am - School custodian begins recording again after rewinding cafeteria security footage tape at 11.14 am. Calls Deputy Neil Garnder to ‘back lot’.

11.23 am - 911 call from CHS student reports girl injured in south lower parking lot of high school. Deuputies Gardner & Magor notified. Gardner responds.

11.24 am - Dave Sanders and school custodians Jon Curtis & Jay Gallatine enter cafeteria and direct students to get down. Students hide under tables.

11.24 am - Harris & Klebold shoot at teacher Patti Nielson & student Bryan Anderson through west entrance of school. Both injured by glass fragments.

11.24 am - Harris & Klebold enter school through west entrance. Harris exits building again as Deputy Gardner arrives in response to report of injured girl.

11.24 am - Deputy Gardner parks in school’s lower south parking lot. Harris & Gardner shoot at each other, Harris then enters school through west doors.

11.24 am - Students in cafeteria escape up stairs to second level. Sanders directs students to safety, telling them to follow hallway to east exits.

11.25 am - Jeffco Sheriff’s office dispatch advises south units of situation. Patti Nielson, hiding under front counter in library, calls 911 to reports shots fired.

11.26 am - Deputies Scott Taborsky & Paul Smoker arrive on west side of school and begin to rescue wounded students on ground.

11.26 am - Harris shoots at deputies with rifle through broken window by set of double doors. Smoker fires three rounds in return, Harris leaves window.

11.26 am - Harris & Klebold walk down north main hallway whilst firing weapons. Student Stephanie Munson injured by gunshot.

11.26 am - Harris & Klebold shoot at Dave Sanders, who is in the library hallway, from the north main hallway. Sanders injured by gunshot.

11.27 am - Deputy Gardner radios Code 33  to dispatch. Deputy Magor sets up road block on Pierce Street, at southeast corner of student parking lot.

11.29 am - Harris & Klebold enter library. Both make way to west windows on opposite side of room. Kyle Velasquez killed by gunshot from Klebold.

11.30 am (approx.) - Harris & Klebold put bags on southern computer table. Both then shoot at law enforcement officers through western windows.

11.30 am (approx.) - Klebold removes trenchcoat, then opens fire at nearby table. Patrick Ireland, Daniel Steepleton & Makai Hall injured by gunshots.

11.31 am (approx.) - Harris opens fire at nearest northern table. Steve Curnow killed and Kacey Ruegsegger injured by gunshots.

11.31 am (approx.) - Harris bangs twice on southern table, bends to shoot underneath. Cassie Bernal killed by gunshot. Gun recoil breaks Harris’s nose.

11.32 am (approx.) - Ireland shot by Klebold while moving from hiding place. Isaiah Shoels & Matthew Kechter killed under eastern table by gunshots.

11.32 am (approx.) - Klebold shoots out trophy case near door. Klebold then shoots under southern table. Mark Kintgen injured by gunshot.

11.33 am (approx.) - Klebold shoots under table to his left. Lisa Kreutz & Valeen Schnurr injured, and Lauren Townsend killed by gunshots.

11.33 am (approx.) - Nicole Nowlen & John Tomlin injured by gunshots from Harris. Klebold shoots and kills Tomlin whilst he tries to leave table.

11.33 am (approx.) - Kelly Fleming killed by gunshots from Harris. Harris fires under table housing Jeanna Park. Park injured by gunshots.

11.34 am - Harris & Klebold reload at table in middle of library. Klebold identifies and allows John Savage to leave through main entrance.

11.35 am - Daniel Mauser killed by gunshot from Harris. Harris & Klebold fire at south table. Jennifer Doyle & Austin Eubanks injured, Corey DePooter killed.

11.36 am - Harris & Klebold leave library, walk back down hall to science area. Students in the library begin to flee through northern emergency exit.

11.44 am - Harris & Klebold return to cafeteria. Harris fires from stairs at duffel bag containing bomb. Klebold tampers with something on floor to no effect.

11.46 am - Harris & Klebold leave cafeteria after trying to ignite bomb in duffel bag with smaller bombs. Small fire created, but large bombs did not go off.

11.49 am - Harris & Klebold walk to main office area. SWAT team arrive at east side. Undersheriff Dunway arrives and allows SWAT team to enter school.

11.53 am - Harris & Klebold leave office area and walk towards art hall. Both continuously fire weapons at ceiling and building whilst walking.

11.46 am - Harris & Klebold return to cafeteria. Fire started previously in cafeteria has now been put out by the 5 sprinklers it set off.

12.00 pm - Harris & Klebold leave cafeteria, briefly enter kitchen. Both then head back upstairs towards library. Armoured vehicle arrives outside.

12.02 pm - Harris & Klebold fire out of library broken west windows at law enforcement officers and emergency workers. SWAT team approach school.

12.04 pm - Sean Graves, Anne Marie Hochhalter, Lance Kirklin rescued by paramedics. Dan Rohrbough deemed dead and left behind.

12.06 pm (approx.) - Harris & Klebold commit suicide in library. SWAT team arrive at east main entrance. First team of five enter through southeast doors.

Only 3 mistakes I see upon reading.

In the first line. Not sure that it matters but Eric drove a Prelude not a Civic

at 12 and after should be PM not AM

And at 12:02 It should say they fired out of library windows not the cafeteria

Good job putting this together!

Lizpuff wrote:

Only 3 mistakes I see upon reading.

In the first line.  Not sure that it matters but Eric drove a Prelude not a Civic

at 12 and after should be PM not AM

And at 12:02 It should say they fired out of library windows not the cafeteria

Good job putting this together!

Thankyou very much Lizpuff!

As for Eric's car - where did you read that he drove a Prelude?

I read that he drove a Civic from these sources (among others):

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I hate to use Tumblr links but from here
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The second site shows answer 78 as given straight from Eric.

Sorry to double post but to also say that there used to be more links here and I think they mentioned it too but since that one member destroyed a lot of the threads they are now removed.

It may well be in the 11k but I am only 1500 pages in so far

Lizpuff wrote:

Sorry to double post but to also say that there used to be more links here and I think they mentioned it too but since that one member destroyed a lot of the threads they are now removed.

It may well be in the 11k but I am only 1500 pages in so far

I don't have time to dig through it now, and I don't remember where anything about the model of car was stated.

I will have a look later. I wouldn't trust tumblr though, especially if the user says 'If I remember correctly' before their answer.

Eric's car is definitely a Honda, Prelude. There is a video they made where someone is driving behind Eric and filming, the back of his car says 'Prelude' on it. There is also a CarFax report floating around the internet for his car, also stating that it's a Prelude. And the VIN number, which is JHMAB7227GC016578, will also verify that it's a Prelude.

Jenn wrote:

Eric's car is definitely a Honda, Prelude. There is a video they made where someone is driving behind Eric and filming, the back of his car says 'Prelude' on it. There is also a CarFax report floating around the internet for his car, also stating that it's a Prelude. And the VIN number, which is JHMAB7227GC016578, will also verify that it's a Prelude.

Thanks Jenn, I'm annoyed to have read misinformation from multiple sources, considering one of them was acolumbinesite - which is generally always accurate and trustworthy. I will edit the timeline when back on my computer.

While were on the subject, does anyone know if someone has Erics car? I know Dylan's car was sold and someone bought it, but not sure whatever happened to Erics.
Maybe parents just trashed it since it wasn't worth that much?

I would think that car would have been trashed. If it was sold to someone I don't think that information was ever publicly revealed.

Lizpuff wrote:

I would think that car would have been trashed.  If it was sold to someone I don't think that information was ever publicly revealed.

I remember there was a website of the guy who was selling Dylan's car, I believe it was buykleboldsbmw.com, and it got shut down because of backlash. Then the guy tried selling it
on ebay, but they wouldn't let him either. This website has the pictures the guy selling it took, including the title:
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I also noted Dylan's car was a manual. Wonder if his dad taught him how to drive stick.
Also this is what the inside of Eric's car looked like: [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I may be mis-remembering but didn't the cleaning columbine guy try to buy Dylan's car?

Lizpuff wrote:

I may be mis-remembering but didn't the cleaning columbine guy try to buy Dylan's car?

I have no clue. Pretty sure he said he was from Australia or somewhere out of the USA.
I guess its possible to have a car shipped to another country, but it would cost probably 10 times what the car is worth.

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Where did you find that pic of Eric's car?

Freezingmoon wrote:

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Where did you find that pic of Eric's car?

Off a Columbine Tumblr. If it's not his car, it's the same he drove, so that's what he would see everyday.

slippy123 wrote:

Freezingmoon wrote:

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Where did you find that pic of Eric's car?

Off a Columbine Tumblr. If it's not his car,  it's the same he drove,  so that's what he would see everyday.

Ok, thank you.  I wonder if that's his visor hanging from the rear view mirror that he had to wear for work.  Looks like the visor I had to wear when I worked at a pizzeria in high school. 

I bet Eric was the type to keep his car clean and tidy and Dylan was probably messy, lol.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] oh yeah. huge diff between eric and dyl is eric's kinda OCD and he's very prim and proper whereas Dyl was lazy and messy and grubby, hahah.

I always found it interesting how this 'not so relevant" bomb on Wadsworth Boulevard worked as planned as the main ones in the cafeteria had failed. Also, do we know when and where exactly Eric took off his coat? I remember long time ago it was said that he left it by the west entrance.

Vii wrote:

I always found it interesting how this 'not so relevant" bomb on Wadsworth Boulevard worked as planned as the main ones in the cafeteria had failed. Also, do we know when and where exactly Eric took off his coat? I remember long time ago it was said that he left it by the west entrance.

He took it off to the left (his left) of the west entrance staircase near the fence. I believe there was a fence there at the time. He did that after shooting Rachel and Richard and (I believe) before shooting at the 3 boys at the bottom of the staircase.

Jenn wrote:

Vii wrote:

I always found it interesting how this 'not so relevant" bomb on Wadsworth Boulevard worked as planned as the main ones in the cafeteria had failed. Also, do we know when and where exactly Eric took off his coat? I remember long time ago it was said that he left it by the west entrance.

He took it off to the left (his left) of the west entrance staircase near the fence. I believe there was a fence there at the time. He did that after shooting Rachel and Richard and (I believe) before shooting at the 3 boys at the bottom of the staircase.

Which is why there were so much confusion, about how many shooters there were, what they were wearing etc.

One piece of relevant information regarding Eric and the coat is that sometime shortly after he took it off he kneeled down and shot through the fence, using the metalwork of the fence to steady the barrel of the gun.

He may have taken it off just prior to doing this, since the coat might have inhibited this movement.

lasttrain wrote:

One piece of relevant information regarding Eric and the coat is that sometime shortly after he took it off he kneeled down and shot through the fence, using the metalwork of the fence to steady the barrel of the gun.  

He may have taken it off just prior to doing this, since the coat might have inhibited this movement.

Which would make sense, yes, because he dropped it right there by the fence and then started shooting down at the boys at the bottom of the steps and being that he and Dylan weren't all that great with hitting moving targets that were a bit further away, I could definitely see him using the fence to steady his hand/gun when shooting down at them. I was never aware he did that though. Interesting.

Hey guys,

People have been begging me to make a timeline video. I'd like to reference this! Who else (other than the forum and the person who posted it) should I give credit to? This saved me A LOT of time lol...

I noted the three deficiencies btw.

I would like to know if it was really Eric who Neil Gardener had a shoot out with? He describes the person having a black jacket on, medium length hair that is light colored, a tall stature and a dark baseball cap on. He also describes the person later on as being Dylan as he knew him around the building. The issue is he also describes the individual having a rifle and a white t-shirt, which leans more towards Eric.

Frank D also did the same thing, he said the individual coming towards him had a white t-shirt, a rifle and a baseball cap on. My best guess is that they both had tunnel vision and had eyes only on the weapon and in the shock of everything that was going on they merged both shooters into one.

As others pointed out in this thread Eric's coat was removed before the Gardener shoot out, and he does clearly describe a jacket. We also know that Eric wasn't seen with a cap on at all during the massacre, even Brooks Brown (if what he said is true) said it was odd to see him without it. I guess it is possible that the early reports of them wearing a mask could come into play, like Eric had removed the mask and it was just sitting on top of his head and appeared to be a cap. But that is a stretch.

The evidence shows that the 9mm fired rounds that were found just outside the West Entrance mostly came from the Hi-Point Carbine.