New Book Reveals Other Shooters at Columbine
"Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris weren't the only gunmen," says Russ Kick,
editor of Everything You Know Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Secrets
and Lies (The Disinformation Company, 2002)
On April 20, 1999, the worst school shooting in American history occurred
at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. In the end, twelve
students, one teacher, and two gunmen lay dead. Though early news reports
quoted eyewitnesses talking about more than two gunmen, we were soon told
that the massacre was perpetrated by only two individuals--students Eric
Harris and Dylan Klebold.
In November of 2000, Jefferson County (Colorado) released 11,000 pages of
raw documents relating to the investigation. The release was covered by the
media, which noted that the documents contained new insights into the
killers' motivations, the deaths of specific students, and other aspects of
the tragedy. However, the press scrupulously ignored the amazing number of
reports from eyewitnesses who saw people other than Harris and Klebold
taking part.
Russ Kick's article "Witnesses to a Massacre: Other Participants at
Columbine"--available only in the book Everything You Know Is Wrong--breaks
the silence. It contains verbatim extracts from the written statements and
police interviews of 45 students and faculty whose accounts throw into
question the official version of events. Among the revelations:
* Several students in the cafeteria and on the soccer field saw a young man
dressed in jeans and a white T-shirt throwing bombs during the attack.
(Harris and Klebold were dressed in black trenchcoats and black pants.)
* Five students identified by name another student as being a perpetrator.
One even made eye contact with him while he was shooting.
* Four students who were barricaded in a science room offered stunningly
similar descriptions of a gunman they saw through the small window of the
door. He was in his mid-twenties to early thirties, short, stocky, and
muscular, with cropped hair that was either blonde or black with blonde
tips. One student even provided a sketch of this unknown man (which is
published for the first time in Everything You Know Is Wrong).
* Other students reported seeing a suspect wearing camouflage pants. One
witness saw this person shoot teacher David Sanders, who died a few hours
later.
* Several students, a teacher, and a coach reported the presence of a
gunman on the roof of the school.
* Three students heard the shooters referring to one of their accomplices
as "Joe."
* Several students reported seeing other gunmen, including three shooters
in the cafeteria simultaneously and someone with a gun crouching in the
bushes near the school.
* A teacher and two library staffers reported hearing gunshots between 1:00
PM and 2:00 PM, although Harris and Klebold are officially said to have
killed themselves at 12:08 PM.
* Further eyewitness statements involve a pickup truck slowly circling the
parking lot during the rampage, a student who was arrested at the scene
(whom the authorities have never discussed), the assistant principal naming
"Ned" as a perpetrator, and other pieces of information that don't fit into
the official story.
"When I first saw these statements, I was stunned," Kick said. "My previous
book had an article about early media coverage of the Columbine shooting,
so I knew there were many reports of other people taking part. But reading
the raw documents and seeing the details takes it to a whole new level."
What about those who question the validity of eyewitness testimony? "That's
certainly a concern," Kick replied. "But when you have three or more
eyewitnesses separately describing the same thing, it's pretty powerful.
For example, there's amazing consistency among reports of the bomb-thrower
in the white tee-shirt. And several of those kids saw him causing havoc
alongside Harris and Klebold. In other words, they saw three perpetrators
at the same time. That's quite persuasive."
Is there any other evidence that more people were involved? "Definitely,"
said Kick. "There was only so much time and so many pages I could devote to
the case, but there's a lot more." Such as? "Since turning the article in,
I've found even more eyewitness reports indicating more than two gunmen.
Then there are the media reports from April 20 and the days immediately
afterward, which tell a very different story. As far as physical evidence
goes, there are bullets and bullet fragments from the crime scene that
don't match the guns used by Harris, Klebold, or law enforcement personnel.
Then we have all the evidence that's being withheld. The authorities have
released the autopsy for Eric Harris but not for Dylan Klebold. They've
released the autopsies for two students but not for the other ten or for
the teacher, David Harris. There are missing ballistics, evidence, and
eyewitness reports. There are maps of the crime scene that have never been
released, which have been leaked to me. They show that, contrary to what
we've been told, the authorities fired into the library--where almost all
the students were killed--and into classrooms where, according to the
official story, Harris and Klebold never were. I've posted these maps to my
Website, alterNewswire."
Sounds like they're hiding something, doesn't it? "Oh yes," Kick replied.
"There's no doubt that they're refusing to release a lot of material. The
only question is why. And I can only think of two reasons. Either the
authorities haven't told us what happened that day, or they're hiding their
inept handling of the situation. Or both. The parents of two slain students
and one student who survived that day are on record as saying the
authorities are lying about Columbine. I quote them in my article. And
since my article was finalized, parents of two more deceased students have
said the same thing."
Will we ever find out what really happened? "I wouldn't bet on it," Kick
said. "Then again, there are a number of people who are refusing to let the
secrecy and lies stand, so there's hope yet."
"Witnesses to a Massacre: Other Participants in Columbine" is available in
Everything You Know Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Secrets and Lies,
published on June 3, 2002, by The Disinformation Company .
This book contains over 45 articles that question events, reveal hidden
information, and debunk myths. Other contributors include Arianna
Huffington, Paul Krassner, William Blum, Naomi Klein, Howard Zinn, Howard
Bloom, Noreena Hertz, Thomas Szasz, James Ridgeway, Greg Palast, Kalle
Lasn, and others.
"Everything You Know Is Wrong The Disinformation Guide To Secrets And Lies"
Edited by Russ Kick
Published by The Disinformation Company
Oversized softcover (9"x11") * 350 pp * US$24.95 * ISBN 0-9713942-0-2
Release date June 3, 2002
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