Witnesses & Testimonies Of Columbine (Police Officers & Personnel)

by Preston Ward Condra

Welcome to a Part 4 read of the Columbine FBI 11K documents. Part 4 essentially covers the interviews of the police officers, that arrived on and off the scene of the Columbine High School shooting, that took place on April 20, 1999. It's pages 8,700 to 10,075 in the report. To be honest? Most of these are not very good. But someone has to compile the witness reports. Enjoy.

23. Paul Selander

At about 11:30 am, I was informed by Ed (bomb squad member) of a shooting at Columbine High School.

I didn't get there until about noon.

Upon my arrival, the parking lot was brimming to the bone with students.

They weren't physically or seriously hurt. Just under distress as they were too shaken up to move.

I saw two students sit on the curb, on the side where we usually park fire trucks at. (Josh Lapp and Andrew Fair)

Both of them, were actually students in the library and managed to escape, without being seriously injured.

That's where the crux of the shooting was at.

Captain Vince DiManna wanted us to go through, the side entrance door of the cafeteria.

It just a little after noon. By that point? I heard maybe 2-3 more gunshots.

I pointed my gun, near where the glass was shattered at above the library windows.

I didn't see anything. I didn't hear anymore gunfire.

It suddenly got quiet, and I just did what I had to do, and I scampered and rescued students off campus.