The chief spokesman for the Jeffco sheriff’s department at the time of the attacks. The leader of the first press conference after the attack, he cautioned against repeating “rumors” that could erroneously describe the number of fatalities or the status of the suspects—Sheriff John Stone, however, did not heed Davis’s warnings, and in his question-and-answer portion doubled the death count and spread incorrect word of a possible third shooter, among other falsehoods.
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Steve Davis Character Timeline in Columbine
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Chapter 17: The Sheriff
...4:00, Jeffco holds a press conference, presided over by Sheriff John Stone and chief spokesman Steve Davis . Stone bungles the question-and-answer portion of the event, doubling the death count, fueling rumors...
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