Today\u2019s date is August 29th, 2008, time now is 1422 hours. My name is Detective Terry Jones, my Code Number is 6354. I\u2019m with the Louisville Metro Police Department. Also, present is Danny Herald, he was, he is with the security at the uh, Jefferson County uh, School Board. And, we are at uh, in a private office, we\u2019re at Valley High School which is located at 10200 Dixie Highway. Uh, this interview uh, pertains to a death investigation into uhm, Max Gilpin. File number is 08-197, and this interview is of Mr. Robert Sample.

Yes, I\u2019m Robert Sample uh, in school security guard at Valley High School. Uh, my birth date is. I live at 6406 Mannerview Circle, Louisville, Kentucky uh, 40272.

Uh, (inaudible)\u2026, work here at Valley High School, and I am a uh, High School referee on the side as a hobby.

Okay. And, you right now you are employed with the uh, Jefferson County School Board, correct?

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Statement: Robert Sample / Case #08197
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Okay. And, we\u2019ve already discussed uh, uh, facts relating to what you have observed before we went on tape. So, at this time would you kinda elaborate what you were doing on August 20th, uh, 2008. Uh, while conducting uh, referee activities at the uh, at your soccer game?

Okay, okay. Uhm, I had the uh, PRP and Waggener Soccer game uhm, on that Wednesday. Uhm, the game started right at uh, 5:30. Uh, the clock at PRP did not work, I had to keep the time on the field, on my watch. Uh, it, like I said it did start at 5:30, and I noticed uh, probably uh, hitting right out the way with the football team. Had uh, right at 5:30, watched \u2018em practice a little bit. And, then when the game started uhm, I went out and did my role as a referee. Sit and referee the ball game uh, roughly 6 or excuse me. Roughly 5:40 to 5:45 I noticed uh, a large group of uh, football players uh. I couldn\u2019t tell you if they was offensive, defensive or it\u2019s a whole group or whatever. But, it was uh, a good number of men walking over to the uh, watering uh, uh, apparatus. Over that uh, the end of uh, the part end of the uh, the soccer field there uh, gettin' water. Uhm, not paying attention you know, when they all came back. Uh, sometime later they uhm, started uh, the same routine of hitting again. And, then roughly I\u2019d say, between quarter till and 10 till 6, somewhere

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around there? Uh, I noticed uhm, our, I didn\u2019t know, I heard a coach over on the far right hand side of the football field from where I was standing? Yelled something to the effect of the way the kids were playing (excuse me)\u2026, that they were going to start uh, running. Uhm, after, sometime after that you know, a few minutes maybe? Uh, I noticed the players stripping down uh, from their shoulder pads and helmets. A few elected to keep on their shoulder pads. And, they started running uh, some type of a sprint, from sideline to side line. Uhm, in groups of like 4 or something like that. A long line of the guys you know, running across the field? I noticed the uh, coaches you know, yelling words of like uh, encouragement. Or, like so and so you need to pick it up. Or, come on so and so you\u2019re looking good. Uh, that type of thing uhm, and I\u2019d say, I\u2019d say like about, about 10 minutes till si\u2026, or 10 minutes till 6. Uh, that they were you know, running uh, sometime probably I\u2019d say sigh\u2026, 6:00 or so. Uh, I noticed uh, an individual uhm, I cannot remember if the gentleman was white or black. Uh, I noticed uh, he had a uh trouble like catching his breath. Or, whatever uh, wheezing real bad uh, coughing and, and carrying on? \u2018Cause, it\u2019s on, it\u2019s close to the sideline to where I was at. At that time we had a, a girl injured I think uh, about that time, that he was walking off the field. And, I being an EMT, I was just gonna see, you know, kinda looking to see if he was okay. And, he proceeded to walk on uh, toward uhm; I guess the watering uh, apparatus or somewhere. Some players kinda helped him uh, I think like 3 or 4 players was walking with him. And, took him over to a shaded area uhm over there on far end of the football field.