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On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 1635 hours, I was contacted at home by Sergeant Bernard Hopkins to respond to 15950 North Civic Center Plaza #1013 to conduct a homicide investigation.

At 1730 hours, I arrived and was eventually briefed by Sergeant Dalton #5174 of the circumstances of events up to that point. After the briefing Sergeant Hopkins assigned me to conduct the crime scene investigation. The classroom was originally secured by Phoenix Police Department prior to the search warrant being signed.

At 1830 hours, I started the crime scene investigation by directing evidence technicians Tyson #1234 and Jones Jr.#5678 to take overall photographs of the scene. There were two reference points used in this crime scene investigation to document the evidence measured and collected at the scene. Reference point number one was the Northeast corner of the classroom. Reference point number two was the Northwest corner of the classroom.

The crime scene consisted of the Rio Salado College Communiversity at Surprise, at 15950 North Civic Center Plaza #1013, which is a college campus. Classroom #1013 is on the first floor. There are several other classrooms on the first floor and multiple entrances to this floor. I entered the single classroom door
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A single instructor table is set at the furthest Northwest corner of the classroom. Two rolling chairs were assigned to each table except for a single chair was at the instructor table. There were four windows in the classroom, which began with a small window for the door leading into the classroom. The second was behind the instructor table facing West. The last two larger windows were facing South. There were also two dry erase boards in the classroom. A large board on the West wall and a smaller board on the South wall. Originally the lights were off as the responding officers entered the classroom. However, the lights were turn on during this

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