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On April 21, a press conference was held by Jefferson County District Attorney David Thomas and Sheriff John Stone, saying that they suspected that other people helped plan the shooting. This, coupled with suggestions that Harris and Klebold couldn't possibly have brought so many explosives into the building by themselves, fueled many imaginations.
According to transcripts from the police, two boys wearing trenchcoats were seen at the front of the school at the exact same time another pair, only one of which was wearing a trenchcoat, were seen at the rear of the school.
A man on the roof was assumed to be a possible third shooter by the police. It was later discovered to have been a roofing repairman who was scheduled to do maintenance on the library's roof and had remained hidden there after hearing shots fired by Harris and Klebold. It was never properly explained why witnesses said that the man on the roof was armed with a gun. It also has never been properly explained why some witnesses saw three men on the roof in different areas, all with firearms. One of them was reported to be wearing a South Park shirt. Chris Morris, the leader of the Trenchcoat Mafia and a close friend of both Harris and Klebold, was arrested by police during the day and news footage showed that he was wearing a South Park shirt.
In the infamous cafeteria clip some say a dark figure is in the back holding what some say may be a gun.
Articles from the Associated Press state that ballistics from Columbine show that six of the thirteen victims were possibly shot and killed by Jefferson County SWAT (AP, December 7th, 2001, "Columbine Student Killed by Cop"; AP, December 8th, 2001, "Rohrbough, Ballistics show police killed Daniel"). In 2002, an independent investigation disproved accusations against the Jefferson County sheriff's department to the satisfaction of Daniel Rohrbough's parents, the chief proponents of this theory.[1]
Another theory is that Klebold didn't commit suicide, but was murdered by Harris. In some crime scene photographs, Klebold's shotgun is allegedly too far out of his reach for him to have shot himself. However, these photos were taken after police had moved and disarmed the weapons, as the magazines are visible on the ground. Some believe this theory as in the last basement video (which has yet to be released to the public), Klebold mentions to Harris that he is Jewish. Harris, who in his diary entries drew several swastikas, was allegedly shocked by this information. As Klebold then attempted to explain he was only half Jewish, Harris simply said "Well, that's too bad." Klebold reportedly sat there for a moment, as though he was afraid of being attacked by Harris. Had Klebold's shotgun been out of reach, it wouldn't have mattered. Klebold's suicide was a shot to the left temple with his TEC-DC9. Harris shot himself through the mouth with his shotgun.
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