View source for Patti Nielson 911 Call

== 911 Tape for Sequencing Purposes Only *Not a Transcript* ==
([https://researchcolumbine.com/fbi.html FBI files], pp.1263-1291 (per Randy Brown’s handwritten page numbers)

The following timeline documents key incidents on Patti Nielson's 911 call. The first timestamp is the time lapsed since the call began. Every minute or so, the ''actual'' time is documented in the timeline. For example, 0:09 is 11:28 a.m., 1:09 is 11:29 a.m., etc.

The call begins at 11:27:47 a.m.

=== 0:00 JCSO Dispatch time 11:27:47 hrs ===

=== 0:09 1128 hrs ===
0:00-0:43 Nielson advised dispatch she was present in the library and had seen a student firing a weapon. Nielson indicated there were injuries and she had instructed students in the library to stay down.

0:43 “Oh dear God”

0:47 Shot

1:06 Shot

1:07 “Oh God”

1:08 “Oh God”

=== 1:09 1129 hours ===
1:12 Nielson cautions students stay down.

1:17 Nielson advises one suspect outside library in hall.

1:24 Nielson advises smoke in library.

1:40 Nielson advises she is on the floor.

1:48 Nielson cautions students stay down.

1:50 Shot

1:51 Two shots

1:52 Three shots

1:53 Nielson advises shots are just outside library.

=== 2:09 1130 hrs ===
2:26 Shot?

2:30 Nielson advises one suspect is just outside library entrance.

2:45 Nielson advises students are on the floor/under the table.

2:54 Yelling

3:00 Nielson advises smoke in the library.

3:05 Nielson cautions stay on floor.

=== 3:09 1131 hrs ===
3:28 Explosion/gunshot?

3:30 “Oh God”

3:37 Nielson indicates she does not know student/suspect.

3:40 Shot

3:42 Nielson described suspect as male student wearing black/very large.

3:49 Explosion

4:05 Explosion

4:06 “Oh my God, that was really close.”

4:08 Yelling in background (“Get up”)

=== 4:09 1132 hrs ===

===== 4:10 Shot – Shotgun – Harris shooting at Todd =====

===== 4:12 Shot – Shotgun – Harris shooting at Todd =====
4:15 Nielson starts whispering.

===== 4:21 Shot – Shotgun – Klebold shooting Velasquez =====

===== 4:22 Shot – Shotgun – Klebold shooting Velasquez =====
4:26 Shot

4:21 Shot

4:36 Yelling “Whoo”

4:40 Shot

4:44 Screaming

5:04 Shot (distant)

5:08 Phone dropped

=== 5:09 1133 hrs ===
5:10 Shot (close)

5:15 Shot

5:28 Shot

5:29 Shot

5:30 Shot

5:34 Shot

5:43 Yelling “Yeah”

===== 5:50 Shot – Shotgun – Harris shooting Curnow =====

===== 5:52 Shot – Shotgun – Harris shooting Ruegsegger =====

===== 6:09 Shot – Shotgun – Harris shooting Bernall =====

===== 6:23 Shot – Shotgun – Klebold shooting at table #15 =====
6:24 Yelling “Yahoo”

=== 7:09 1135 hrs ===
7:10 Dispatch advises they lost RP.

7:17 Shot

7:23 Unknown noise

7:26 Shot

7:38 Shot

===== 7:40 Shot “Oh” – Shotgun – Klebold shooting Klebold =====

===== 7:42 Shot – Shotgun – Klebold shooting Schnurr =====
7:44 “Reb” Voice – Klebold

7:45 “Yeah” Voice – Harris

7:47 “Shit yeah”

===== 7:50 Eight continuous shots plus one shot – 9mm – Klebold shooting Townsend =====
7:53 “Whoo”

===== 7:55 Shot (scream) – Fired at table #2 =====

===== 7:56 Two shots – Fired at table #2 =====
7:58 Shot

8:01 Shot

8:03 Screams

===== 8:07 “Oh my God help me” (similar phrase repeated for several seconds) – Valeen Schnurr =====

=== 8:09 1136 hrs ===

===== 8:41 Shot – Shotgun – Harris shooting Kechter =====

===== 8:43 Shot – Shotgun – Harris shooting Tomlin =====

===== 8:45 Three shots – 9mm – Harris shooting Tomlin =====

===== 8:48 Shot – 9mm – Harris shooting Tomlin =====

===== 8:54 Shot – Fired at table #2 =====

===== 8:55 Two shots (scream) – Fired at table #2 =====

===== 8:56 Shot – Fired at table #2 =====
8:57 Female screams

9:00 Shot

===== 9:02 “Oh God” (female) – Valeen Schnurr =====

===== 9:04 “No” (female) – Valeen Schnurr =====

=== 9:09 1137 hrs ===

===== 9:53 Shot – 9mm – Harris shooting Mauser =====

===== 9:54 “No” =====

===== 9:55 Shot – Harris shooting Mauser =====

=== 10:09 1138 hrs ===

===== 10:14 Three shots – 9mm – Klebold shooting DePooter =====

===== 10:15 Shot – Klebold shooting DePooter =====
10:16 Scream

10:44 “Reb come here” – Voice – Klebold

10:55 “Reb” (inaudible) Voice – Klebold

10:56 “Yeah”

10:57 “Go”

10:58 “Go”

10:59 (inaudible)

===== 11:04 (inaudible) “Fucking trouble” – Voice – Klebold, to Evan Todd =====

===== 11:05 “I don’t want.” Voice – Todd =====

===== 11:06 “I don’t want trouble.” Voice – Todd =====
11:07 (inaudible)

=== 11:09 1139 hrs ===

===== 11:11 “You little fucking fat piece of shit.” – Voice – Klebold =====
11:14 “Hey, hey.”

11:20 Shot

11:25 “Let’s do it then.”

11:32 “Reb ya ready?” – Voice – Klebold

11:39 Smashing sound

12:05 Explosion

=== 12:09 1140 hrs ===
12:16 Explosion

12:59 Explosion/shot?

=== 13:09 1141 hrs ===

=== 14:09 1142 hrs ===
14:12 Shot

14:14 Shot

=== 15:09 1143 hrs ===
15:27 Shot

15:29 Shot

=== 16:09 1144 hrs ===
17:03 Explosion/shot?

=== 17:09 1145 hrs ===

=== 18:09 1146 hrs ===

=== 19:09 1147 hrs ===
19:32 Shot

19:55 Shot (distant)

19:56 Shot (distant)

20:04 Shot (distant)

=== 20:09 1148 hrs ===

=== 21:09 1149 hrs ===
21:24 Shot

21:29 Yells

21:39 Explosion

=== 22:09 1150 hrs ===
23:02 Explosion

=== 23:09 1151 hrs ===
23:42 Unknown sound

24:02 Shot?

=== 24:09 1152 hrs ===

=== 25:09 1153 hrs ===

=== 26:09 1154 hrs ===

== 26:19 Call ended ==