Discrepancies
There are far too many discrepancies in the Columbine investigation to list without going into detail, so this page will serve as a main hub that links to individual pages outlining and analyzing specific discrepancies.
Here's a short summary of the top 10 discrepancies that contradict the official story - the best reasons to question the official narrative
1. Video evidence exists of multiple suspects on roof
Jefferson County documented taking possession of a videotape showing two suspects on the roof of the school, one wearing a short sleeved white t-shirt and the other wearing all black. This video was taken by a neighbor and is officially listed as evidence, but was never released. Since the only person "officially" on the roof that day was repairman Chris Clarke, this videotape supports the notion that the official story is false and there were, in fact, shooters on the roof.
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2. Dylan Klebold was at Nate Dykeman's house that morning
According to the official story, Nate Dykeman didn't see Dylan Klebold the day of the shooting. Dykeman claimed the last time he saw either shooter was the day before on April 19. However, there are five big strikes against his story.
First strike: Justin Kehm saw Dykeman talking to Klebold near the front doors of the bowling alley at the start of class, about 6:15 a.m.
Second strike: Nate Dykeman's neighbor, Gabe Montoya, saw Dylan Klebold's black BMW parked in Dykeman's driveway the morning of the shooting and it was still there at around 7:30 a.m. when he left to attend his 7:40 a.m. class. He also saw a tan car in the driveway. Prior to buying a beat up white truck, Dykeman drove a tan/brown four-door Dodge Lancer.
Third strike: Dykeman says he left school right as the shooting was starting at around 11:20 a.m. and this was witnessed by John Reffel. "John stated that a guy named Nate is affiliated with the Trench Coat Mafia. John stated Nate was in school, but he was driving away when they were leaving after they returned from lunch. John stated that Nate was in the big two-door Ford with a lift kit about two or three cars ahead of them, as they were leaving the parking lot with the other girls." (11k, p.8840)
Dykeman didn't mention leaving the school twice. However, one witness saw him listening to music in his truck early that morning, but later, another witness said his truck was not parked in his usual spot - this was before lunch. Apparently, Dykeman left school and came back at some point prior to the shooting and this is unaccounted for. Note: after getting his original parking spot, he traded spots with Andy Beard and in some photos, a big oil stain is visible in Beard's former spot that was caused by Dykeman's truck.
After the shooting was well under way, Dykeman was seen driving his white truck going toward the school and at one point was standing off to the side laughing saying he bet he knew who was responsible for what was happening at the school.
Fourth strike: Dykeman's tan vehicle matches the description of a car seen speeding away from Clement Park right before the first explosion, tailing Klebold's BMW speeding through a cul-de-sac near Pierce and Caley, following Klebold's BMW into the school parking lot where three students exited (two of whom were identified as Harris and Klebold), and was the same type of car parked across from the "Mormon House" with the trunk open and several people, including Klebold, were observed looking inside the trunk. This same car sped into Dykeman's driveway with two occupants around 12:00 p.m., parked for 20 minutes, and left. Witness Nick Maes saw someone in a tan car shooting a rifle and throwing a pipe bomb, but this was conveniently left out of his final interview summary included in the 11k.
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3. A deputy observed gunfire coming from a bush
At 11:33 a.m., Deputy Brovsky responded to the shooting. She parked behind an R-1 security Jeep on the Southwest corner of the school when she both heard AND observed gunfire coming from behind a bush on the West side. She relocated near the soccer field and saw McNitt taking Larry Scott Petty into custody. Petty was armed with a .22 caliber bolt-action rifle and a 6.5" survival knife strapped to his leg. Later, the story changed that his rifle was just a BB gun. There should have been no gunfire coming from a bush on that side of the school if we are to believe the official story. (10k, p.25118)
4. Andy Marton was asked to rearrange the cafeteria security cameras
According to Zach Heckler, who worked with school security, Andy Marton was asked to rearrange the cafeteria's security cameras to focus on the table the jocks usually used for lunch." (11k, p.22876)
5. Brooks Brown told a handful of different stories
There are far too many discrepancies in Brooks Brown's stories to list in a brief summary, so here's one of the biggest. The rest will be outlined in the full analysis.
According to Brooks Brown, when he got into Ryan Schwayder's Jeep, he dialed the operator trying to reach the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and was accidentally connected to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office instead. He said he was disconnected and dialed the operator back and they transferred him back to Arapahoe and he doesn't know why. He has never explained why he didn't just dial 9-1-1. The 9-1-1 calls he and his father, Randy Brown, placed occurred well after noon after they got home.
According to Schwayder's call records, Brown dialed the Arapahoe Sheriff's Office directly. That means he had the number memorized. Brown spoke with Detective Lynn Spears around 11:56 a.m. and his call was routed to Kirby Hodgkin who went to the ACSO Communications Center (dispatch) to record the call. This call was never released.
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6. Chris Morris told a handful of different stories
There are far too many discrepancies in Chris Morris' stories to list in a brief summary, so here's one of the biggest. The rest will be outlined in the full analysis.
The biggest discrepancy in Morris' stories is that he initially said he drove to the school to talk to police to see if he could help, and then he was taken into custody and arrested. According to police, Morris contacted them from Cory Friesen's house and was told to stay there. Police came to Friesen's home, had Morris empty his pockets, placed him under arrest, and took him to the Command Center in Clement Park for questioning.
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7. Dave Sanders went up the stairs twice
According to the official story, teacher Dave Sanders made only one trip up the stairs from the cafeteria to the second floor where he was shot twice from behind, fell to the floor, was helped into a science room, and later moved to a storage room where he eventually died.
According to witness statements, Sanders took two trips up the stairs. The first time he went up the stairs, he ran around classrooms by the auditorium and yelled at everyone to get out. Then he pushed students all the way down the hall toward the East exit. One of those students, Jennifer Barnes, turned back and saw him with bloody hands (no face wound) leaning against a wall and he told her to keep running. Another witness, Kyle Gummere, saw Sanders with only a shoulder wound upstairs around that same time. Other students said Sanders appeared injured before running up the stairs the first time (Samuel Granillo and Nathan Vanderau).
Only three people witnessed Sanders get shot at the top of the stairs. All three only report one shot. There are no witnesses who saw him get shot twice at the top of the stairs.
Stacy Amo said Sanders came into her guitar class just off of the auditorium and told everyone to get out. There was no mention of him being injured at this time. This was his first trip up the stairs before he pushed students out the East exit. (10k p.25183)
Another witness, Elicia Encinias, ran up the stairs in the large stampede of people right next to Sanders. They both turned the corner to the right to go to the library hall and she said Sanders was shot and fell down.
Several witnesses said Sanders first went upstairs and told everyone to get down stairs, and a group of students ran with Sanders down the stairs until a shooter came into the cafeteria shooting at them and they all came back up the stairs, Sanders included.
On the cafeteria surveillance tape, we only see Sanders go up the stairs once and he is alone. The stampede doesn't happen until later on the tape. The cafeteria footage doesn't match witness statements regarding the known actions of Dave Sanders.
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8. Rachel Scott purchased lunch after she allegedly died
According to the official story, Rachel Scott was shot and killed around 11:22 a.m. by the first shots fired in the attack while sitting outside the West entrance eating lunch with Richard Castaldo.
According to the cafeteria receipt records, Scott purchased lunch at 11:32:36 a.m. It was said that this time was incorrect and the register was running 10 minutes fast, but even allowing for the adjustment, this would place Scott in the cafeteria at 11:22 a.m., which is right when the shooting allegedly began. Conveniently, there are 8 key minutes missing from the cafeteria footage that spans 11:14 a.m. - 11:23 a.m.
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9. Matt Kechter helped someone out of the school
A witness said that Matt Kechter was in the auditorium and helped them out of the school. They left together.
10. Eight key minutes are missing from the cafeteria footage
According to the official story, eight minutes are missing from the cafeteria's CCTV footage because it took the janitor from 11:14 a.m. - 11:23 a.m. to change the tape. It's been said that he got distracted on a phone call and that's why it took so long.
According to the janitor, he changed the tape between 11:10 a.m. and 11:15 a.m., and was done by 11:16 a.m. when he ran over to meet other faculty who were talking about a girl who was down in the parking lot.
These missing eight minutes would have depicted the following key events:
-Harris and Klebold entering the cafeteria with an older male wearing a white v-neck shirt.
-Klebold walking over to the vending machines possibly to check on the bombs.
-Sanders pulling Graves into the doorway.
-Sanders running up the stairs long before 11:24 a.m.
-Sanders coming in and out of the cafeteria twice to usher students inside.
-Sanders coming into the cafeteria from the parking lot holding his injured right shoulder.
-A wave of students coming down the stairs literally being pushed down by Sanders from above.
-Shooters in trench coats standing near Rebel Corner
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Chronological Discrepancies
Here's a breakdown of critical discrepancies in the official story, bit-by-bit, in chronological order.
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According to friends Chris Morris, Nate Dykeman, and several other students, neither Eric nor Dylan showed up to their morning bowling class. [false]
Both Eric and Dylan were seen in the bowling alley parking lot at 6:15 a.m., and Dylan was seen talking to Nate Dykeman inside the alley.
Eric and Dylan waited for the custodian to change the cafeteria surveillance tape before placing the two large propane bombs in the cafeteria. Before the tape cuts at 11:14 a.m., the bags are not visible, but when the tape resumes at 11:22 a.m., the bags are visible. [false]
Eric is visible on the tape at 10:58 a.m. carrying a large duffel bag and backpack and leaves empty-handed at 10:59 a.m., and Dylan is visible on the tape at 10:59 a.m. carrying a large duffel bag.
The cafeteria bombs were set to explode at 11:17 a.m. [unverifiable]
At 11:24 a.m., teacher Dave Sanders runs up the stairs, turns right, and is shot twice from behind. He falls to the floor and a teacher helps him into a classroom where he lay bleeding for hours. SWAT found him at 2:42 p.m and called for medical assistance. When paramedics got to him, he was alive, but not savable so they moved him into a storage room where he died. [false]
According to witnesses, Sanders made two trips up the stairs and was already injured before making the first trip. On the first trip up the stairs, he ushered a student through the East exit. She turned around and saw him with bloody hands, but he had not been shot through the mouth yet. Sanders then went back down the stairs pushing kids down, telling them to go into the cafeteria. Then, shooters came into the cafeteria and started firing at the crowd and Sanders came back up the stairs, turned right, and was shot once through the neck from behind.
According to the first investigators on the scene, based on the trajectory of his wounds, Sanders was shot from below, not at the same level, which implies he was shot by one of the shooters who came into the cafeteria, shooting at the crowd running up the stairs.
At 11:26 a.m., Columbine’s School Resource Officer (SRO) Deputy Neil Gardner arrives in the parking lot, parks behind several cars, and has a shootout with Eric standing in front of the West doors from 60 yards away. Claiming he doesn't know Eric or Dylan, he describes the suspect as tall, wearing a white shirt, a backwards hat, and a blue bulletproof vest. [questionable]
Despite the fact that the suspect Gardner described matches Dylan's description more than Eric, being taller and wearing a backwards hat, investigators conclude he engaged with Eric. Neither Eric nor Dylan wore a bulletproof vest, but Eric was wearing a black vest with webbing, but it barely covered his body and doesn't seem likely to have been mistaken for body armor.