Colorado Springs PD released 478 pages of documents on the New Life Church shooting(Case report number 07-40399) back in the spring. I procured a
copy. Here is the evidence that others were involved:
pg1 of 478
Offense Report, Clothing/Appearance says of the deceased suspect(Matthew Murray) laying in the hall: 'black tactical vest/Gray sweatshirt/Black
cargo pants/Boots.' Murray's ht/wt listed as 5'7" 120 pounds on his driver's license. Many of the eyewitness reports are consistent with
this description. For example:
pg112
Witness Chandler Meininger: Outside in the south parking lot where the shooting began "he said the man was wearing a gray shirt with bulletproof
vest."
But a whole group describe someone wearing a trenchcoat and/or camoflage, yet no items of clothing matching this description were
found.
pg8
"Mr. Stephen Reynolds(witness) saw a male in a trench coat, possibly black in color.... she said the male was 'tall'... ."
pg70
Witness Judy Purcell in the south parking lot(where the shooting of the victims occured): "She then observed a white male approx. 6 feet tall...
wearing a camouflage jacket...."
pg113
Witness Clayton Meininger: "Mr. Meininger described the suspect as a white male in his late 20s to early 30s. He said the suspect was approximately
6'0" to 6'2", 175 pounds.... He said the suspect had a military style haircut that was short on the sides and spiked on the top. ... the suspect
was wearing brown colored sunglasses."
[Comment: I don't know exactly what hairstyle Murray had, but I don't think he had shaved sides with spiky tips.]
pg126
Witness Roy Pollete: "Mr. Pollete said the suspect was wearing a black jacket of unknown legnth."
pg130
Witness Jacob Elzy: Right before the shooting broke out, said a college-aged man walked by him carrying a weapon under his dark jacket, he had "dark
spikey hair."
pg162
Witness Clayton Meininger: Suspect was wearing green pants and a green shirt and black flak jacket/bulletproof vest, approximately 6'0" to 6'2",
hair short, "crew cut style."
pg176
Witness Don Thompson( usher): "....he had seen a person with a gun in the building that he thought was wearing camoflage clothing; however, the
downed suspect was wearing black, so he thought there could be a second suspect involved."
pg206
Witness Kyle Thomas: He left the property just before the shooting broke out. On the way out, he sees the smoke bomb on the north side of the
complex. "Kyle stated that he saw a suspicious man who 'seemed to be guarding around the smoke.' ...the male was wearing a long black trench
coat, black pants, and black shoes. ...the male was wearing a black 'beanie' with black sun glasses. ...with a two or three inch goatee."
Witness Johnny Thomas: Kyle's brother, he said the man "appeared to be in his later 20s.... approximately 6'00" to 6'2" in height. The male
was wearing all black clothing, a black hat, a long black jacket that went to his thighs..... The male had a goatee."
[Note: Murray was clean shaven. It should be noted that some eyewitnesses at YWAM in Arvada also said the perp had facial hair.]
pg314
Witness Danny Thompson: "At first, I could've swore he(the shooter) was dressed in camo...."
pg329
Witness Diane Sevcik: "...she could observe a tall thin male wearing a green army trench coat(which was very long) standing outside the glass
doors."
pg339
Witness Diane Cole: "She also stated he(the shooter) was wearing a military style coat that was olive drab in color and legnth, meaning not a full
length trench coat and not a waist coat."
pg381
Witness David Gleason: He sees the gunman inside the church. "David described the individual as wearing a trench coat and all black
clothing...."
pg385
Witness David Harris: Sees the shooter on the south side of the church, "...with a dark colored, longer type coat wearing a backpack..."
There were also others in trenchcoats seen at the church both before and after:
pg158
Witness Sara Pucci: At 10 to 10:15am(three hours before the shooting), sees two suspicious males near the same east doorway the shooter used to enter
the church. One had "dark, short and spiky(hair), wearing a dark colored hat and a brown trench coat that extended almost to the
floor...."
pg293
Witness Anna Cole: "Earlier that morning around 10:30 or 10:40am, she observed a suspicious male walk into the theater where the kids are. She
described him as an unknown race male wearing a black trench coat with a black knitted hat. Anna stated that the suspect had sunglasses
hanging from his trench coat."
pg115
An hour a half after the shooting ended, witness David Delgado sees a man walking along the south side of the church, peering into the windows, "a
white male in his early 20s, wearing black sweatpants, a black beanie cap, and a black nylon three-quarter length coat."
Other witness accounts seemed to indicate at least one more shooter, as this witness put it:
pg203
Witness Charles Mobley: "Mr. Mobley said that the had some concerns about the timing of the events he reported, if indeed all were perpetrated by a
single suspect. He noted that the had hheard the reports of smoke bombs being found near the east and west entrances within seconds of each other,
and this was only seconds before he heard gunshots coming from the other hallway. He speculated that, unless some kind of a delayed timer was used,
he thought it was highly unlikely that a single individual could have activated both devices at opposite sides of the building, then moved back to the
area of the 'the tent' and started shooting from that area."
pg55
CSPD Det Richard Gysin: "The (deceased)suspect has one black glove on his right hand and his left hand is ungloved."
[Comment: The Columbine gunmen each wore one glove ... uh .... who was wearing the other glove in this case?]
pg77
Witness Matthew Vogel: He and others were instructed to stand by a wall by the cops "Mr. Vogel said he heard some yelling and then they were
instructed to sit down by police because of the possibility there may be another shooter."
pg150
Witness Larry Bourbonnais: "Mr. Bourbonnaisheard from somewhere in the hallway, not sure who, that their might have been a second shooter... ."
pg185
CSPD Officer Chacon(he had been at the church earlier to direct traffic): "Prior to entering I observed what appeared to be ...some type of
automatic assault rifle located just outside the east entrance of the prayer center"(the same door the suspect had used to enter the
church).
[Comment: Murray had one rifle strapped to his body and another was found in his car. If a weapon was really found here, it means a second shooter.
I seriously doubt a first responder would have left his weapon unattended.]
pg186
Witness Roy Polette: An outside witness to the shooting, "Mr. Pollette said as this person(outside) was shooting, he also heard shots being fired
inside the church."
pg243
Witness Craig Langer: "....during the incident he monitored his wakie-talkie and listened to the radio transmissions that appeared to identify two
people as being involved."
pg263
Witness Warren Peacock: Outside on the north side, he hears gunshots and looks to the east and "observed a black male standing there in a long
dark trench coat" peeking around the corner in the direction of the shots. "...he though that it was very odd that this black male was standing
there watching what was going on instead of running. ....He described the black male as being somewhat tall, approximately 6'00", ...he was wearing
a long dark colored trench coat that went down to his knees, dark pants, and a black or dark colored beanie style cap.
This person may have been seen by another witness:
pg385
Witness David Harris: "At this Mr. Harris saw an older black gentleman peeking around the corner at the suspect. After peeking a couple of times
looking in the direction of the suspect, the gentleman turned and walked in a brisk manner in the opposite direction."
pg264
Witness Hayley Peacock: "....she saw a man on the roof of the church right above the door above the door they came out of. ...the individual on the
roof was a white male and also had a black style hat on. ....he was wearing a dark or black colored shirt or coat and that the individual had a beard.
She further indicated to him that he had a long gun or rifle."
[Comment: Ahhhh, the rooftop gunman!(Columbine also had a rooftop gunman seen by many witnesses)]
pg314
Witness Danny Thompson: "I could've swore I saw another shooter down the hallway, but I can't be sure."
pg320
Witness Buck Snodgrass: "..he had learned from a parishoner at the church that there were apparently three individuals in a red Toyota that
had thrown the smoke grenade. .....It was Mr. Snodgrass' impression that there was possibly more than one individual that was shooting in the
area."
[Comment: Murray's red Toyota was found parked in the south parking lot.]
pg339
Witness Dianne Cole: ".... She stated she also heard over the radio there were multiple suspects."
pg355
15 additional smoke grenades found in Murray's vehicle, as well as a "black nylon thigh rig which contained numerous magazines full of
ammunition.."
[Comment: As there was also a AK-47 and another vest in the car(pg155), one has enough gear to equip one more shooter.]
pg406
Witness Carl Chinn, part of the security detail: ".....Mr. Chinn heard, over his security radio, someone say, "We've got more than one
shooter!"
pg472
Witness Jeanne Assam: "Jeanne said there were concerns that there were as many as two or three more people involved... "

