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Arvada
Police/Court
System
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Police
Department
NARRATIVE
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#:
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Type
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Location
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SPIERCE5T
Reported
Date
o 4 1 2 0 ! 1 9 ~ 9
Time
12,39,32
Status
RTF
DET116
06128/1999
062399/BOATRIGHT/SH
Connecting
to
Jefferson
County
Sheriffls
Dept.
C R # 9 9 ~ 7 6 2 5
On
05/04/99
J
Det,
Eoatright
{IOJ
was
assigned
lead
#DN320a,
r e q u e s ~ i n g
he
contact
and
interview
Nicole
Nowlen.
Within
the
narrative
of
thelead,
10was
informed
property
belonging
to
Nicole
Nowlen
hadbeen
found
in
a
librarJ
subsequent
to
the
incident
occurring
on
04/20/99.
It
was
determined
IO
would
conduct
an
interview
withNicole
Nowlen
to
confirm
her
whereabouts
during
thefncident
and
any
information
she
had
relevant
to
the
investigation.
On
05/06/99
at
approximately
1230
hours,
10
met
with
Nicole
Nowlen
and
her
father,
Kent
Nowlen
a t " , ~ ~ ! ! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I i ~ ~ ~ '
n
7
u o ~ "
contact
with
Nicole
Nowlan,
IO
confirmed
her
full
name
is
N i c o l e ~ M a r i e
Nowlen,
aoe
16,
DOB:
12/04/82.Nicole
Nowlen
verified
she
does,
in
fact,-reside
withher
father
at
the
above
listed
address.Nicole
Nowlen
indicated
she
is
presently
a
sophomore
at
COlumbine
Bigh
school,
however,had
only
been
attending
school
at
Columbine
for
approximakely
seven
weeks
prior
to
the
incident.Priorto
that,
Nicole
Nowlen
indicated
she
lived
with
her
mother
in
SouthDakota.
Asa
point
of
c l a r i f i c a ~ i o n ,
Kent
Nowlen
remained
for
the
interview.
10
subsequentlyrequested
Nicole
Nowlen
p r o ~ i d e
an
account
of
h e ~
activlties
on
04/20/99
1
beginning
at
the
time
she
arrived
at
school,Nicole
Nowlen
told
IO
she
normally
receives
a
rideto
school
from
her
father,
as
was
the
case
this
dace.
Nicole
Nowlen
stated
she
believedherfacher
dropped
her
eff
at
school
at
approximately
0630
hoursNicole
Nowlen
seated
she
was
dropped
off
by
her
rather
near
the
east
main
entrance
to
theschool.
Nicole
Nowlen
stated
when
she
arrived
at
school
on
04/20/99,she
did
not
make
any
unusual
observations.
Nicole
Nowlen
did
explain
~ t
was
her
routine
to
bedropped
off
at
school
around
0630
hours,
in
orderto
facilitate
her
father
getting
to
workon
time.
Nicole
Nowlen
exolained
when
she
arrived
at
school
each
morning(which
included
04!20/991,
she
wene
toher
first
period
class,
which
she
identified
as
"Peed
Experience,
II
which
was
taught
by
"Mrs
Zerr.
Of
According
toNicole
Ncwk
en
,
her
"rood
Experience
"
class
was
located
on
the
northside
0:
thehigh
school.
Nicole
N o w ~ e n
pointed
oUt,
eventhough
her
first
period
class
did
not
s t a r ~
till
0730
hours,
she
would
almost
always
go
to
Mrs.
Zerr's
class,
where
the
two
of
them
normally
spent
time
iltalking,j
until
school
started.
10
confirmed
with
Nicole
Nowlen,
she
remembered
having
a
miscellaneous
conversation
with
Mrs.
Zarr
on
04/20/99/
when
she
arrived
at
school
10
further
verified
withNicole
Mowlen,
she
remained
in
her
first
pe=lod
class
until
it
started
a ~
0730
hoursNicole
Nowlen
$ t a ~ e d
that
class
ended
at
approximacely
0820
hours.Nicole
Nowlen
i ~ d i c a t e d
she
then
~ e n t
to
her
second
p e ~ i o d
class,
WhlCh
she
identified
as
"American
:Llt.
lf
Nicole
Nowlen
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stated
her
second
period
class
begins
at
approximately
0825
hours
and
concludes
at
approximately
0915
hours.Nicole
Nowlen
a
derrt.Lf
Led
her
"American
tit"
instructor
as
"Nr
a.
Nykanen.·
1
According
to
Nicole
Nowlan,
her
<Amex
Lcan
Lit."
class
is
located
in
the
center
section/main
level
of
the
high
schoel,
Nicole
Nowlen
related
she
then
w e n ~
to
her
third
period
class.
which
she
i.denc
i.r
t
ed
as
~ .
Studentnes
i
sr.enc..
Ii
Nicole
NowLan
stated
she
was
the
St.udent
Assistant
for
the
Attendance
Office
during
third
period
Nicole
Nowlen
related
her
third
period
class
begins
at
0920
hours
and
concludes
at
approximately
1015
hours.
Nicole
Nowlen
explained
herStudent
Assistant
duties
primarily
consist
of
picking
up
atcendance
sheets,
as
well
as
delivering
messagesAccording
to
Nicole
Nowlen
r
she
did
engage
inthose
activities
on
Q4/20/99
and
specifically,
recalled
staying
on
the
east
side
of
the
building.
N ~ c o l e
Nowlen
clarified
there
were
other
Student
Asilstants
who
would
have
gone
to
otherlocationsin
the
school
during
the
course
ofperforming
thelrduties.
When
asked
if
she
noticed
anything
unusual
when
performing
her
student
a S 5 1 s t a n ~
functionsduring
third
period,
Nicole
Nowlen
responded
inthenegative.
Nicole
Nowlen
reported
she
then
attended
her
fourth
period
class,
which
started
at
approxlmately
1020
hours
and
concluded
at
approximately
1110
hours.Nicole
Nowlen
identified
her
fourth
period
class
as
"Geomet.z-y'
whfch
is
taught
by
"Nz.Df.rnanna,
1r
Nicole
Nowlen
stated
her
"Geome
t.z-y"
class
is
located
on
the
main
level
of
the
school
in
the
math
area.
Nicole
Nowlen
reported
after
her
fourth
period
class
ended,
she
then
went
to
her
locker
which
was
located
between
the
"gymnasium
hall
and
office,
11
Nicole
Newlen
was
unable
to
recall
her
specific
locker
~ u m b e r .
Nicole
Nowlen
stated
after
going
to
her
locker,
shethought
she
possibly
stopped
at
the
restrocm<
Nicole
N'owlen
confirmedshe
is
assigned
'1A
lunch"
and
normally
use:s
t h a ~
time
~ o
go
to
the
library
or
some
other
empty
classroom
whereshecan
do
homework.
Nicole
Nowlan
stated
on
04/20/99,
shehad
decided
to
go
the
library
in
order
to
complete
her
math
homework
~ h r o u g h
additional
questioning,
Nicole
Nowlen
acknowledgedshe
nc.rma
Ll
y
went
to
the
library
duringher
'lA
lunch"
break,
Nicole
Nowlen
continuedwithher
explanation
by
stating,
afte=
stopping
at
the
restroom,she
then
walked
directly
to
the
library.
Nicole
No,·den
estimated
she
arrived
at
the
library
"a.bout;
the
time
'.:-he
bell
rang"
IO
verified
wit.h
Nicole
Nowle:n
she
was
referringto
the
11:15
bell.
Pursuant
to
questioni5g.
Nicole
Nowlen
stated
ae
the
timeshe
arrived
to
the
library,
she
was
carrying
a
dark
greer
.
backpack
with
a"Ni.ke
key
chain"
attachedtothezipper,
N i ~ o l e
Ncwlen
indica4ed
she
did
not
nocice
~ n y t h i n g
unusual
prior
to
arriving
at
the
library,
N'i
co
Le
Now.Len
stated
when
she
enteredthe
library
..
she
'flooked
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around
for
an
open
table."
Nicole
Nowlen
stated
she
subsequently
walkedback
to
what
is
identified
as
table
#5.
Nicole
Nowlan
confirmed
no
one
else
was
located
at
that
table
when
she
arrived.
Nicole
Nowlen
was
providedwith
a
diagram
of
the
library
and
subsequentlyplaced
an
HX
1t
on
table
#5,
indicatingthelocation
she
went
to
when
she
initially
a r r ~ v e d .
Nicole
Nowlan
further
indicated
she
initially
satat
the
southwest
corner
of
table
#5.
When
asked
it
she
observed
any
otherindividuals
in
the
library
when
she
arrived,
Nicole
Nowlen
responded
in
theaffirmative.
Nicole
Nowlen
clarified
she
didnot
actually
know
any
of
theseindividuals
by
name/
but
remembered
seeing
various
peopleseated
at
tables
inthe
fareast
section
of
the
library.
Nicole
Nowlen
was
subsequently
asked
to
identify
the
location
of
those
individuals
she
recalled
seeing
when
she
arrived
at
the
library
Nic:)le
Nowlen
initially
placed
an
"x."
on
table
#1,
indicat.ingshe
believed
there
was
onemale
student
seated
at
that
location.
Nicole
Nowlen
next
placed
an
"X"
an
table
#-2,
stating
she
believed
there
were
at
leastsix
females
seated
at
that
table.
When
looking
at
cable
#3,
Nicole
Nowlen
stated,
based
on
her
recollection
of
that
date,
she
did
not
remewher
seeing
anyone
seated
at
that
~ a b l e ,
Nicole
Nowlen
thenplaced
an
11::<"
cnt.able
#4,
indicatingthat
was
the
location
of
,rKelly
Fleming."
10
verified
with
Nicole
Now'l
en
,
she
learned
the
name
of
Kelly
Fleming
after
the
incident,via
a
media
sourCe.
Nicole
Nowlen
nextplaced
an
lIXli
on
table
#6,
stating
that
was
the
original
location
of
John
~ o m l i n ,
Again,
Nicole
Nowlen
stated
she
didnot
know
JohnTomlin
by
name
at
that
timeand,
subsequently,
identified
that
individual
throush
a
media
source.
Nicole
Nowlen
estimated
shehad
been
in
the
library
approximately
five
to
ten
minutes,
when
she
started
hearing
a
'I
banging
nc
i
se"
which
she:
believed
was
coming
from
somewhere
overhead,
Nicole
Nowlen
stated
she
initially
thought
it
was
possiblethe
librarians
were
the
source
of
that
noise
due
to
the
fact
there
hadbeen
some
work
done
in
the
library
the
past
"couple
ofdays.
1\
According
toNicole
Now
l
en
,
she
was
notoverly
concerned
about
the
noise,
reiterating
shesimply
assumed
the
librarians
were
dc.i
ng
"work
in
the
1
ibrary
,"
Nicole
Nowlan
s t ~ t : e d ,
within
rf
a
couple
ofminutes"
hearing
the
initial
"banging
noises,
11
she
observed
a
female
l!st\.ldent
ll
in
her
late
teens,
with
dark
b r o w ~
shoulderlength
hairenter
the
library,
N i c ~ l e
Nowlen
stated
it
seemed
~ s
though
the
female
student
was
lookinc
for
the
librarian
and
even
recalled
the
aforementioned
asking""for
HMrs.
Keating
11
Nicole
Nowlen
stated
t.he
female
student
asked
for
Mrs,
Keatingloud
enough
that
it
attracted
the
attention
of
several
people.
Nicole
Nowlen
s4acedshe
next
noticedthe
f e ~ a l e s t u d e n ~
was
in
the
company
of
a
male
student.
Nicole
Nowlen
:t:elatedshe
next
heard
the
female
s
cudenx
state,
"he's
been
shot,
Ir
re£er=ing
to
the
male
student
in
her
company,
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