Gunman Opens Fire From Rooftop as Police Close In

Reconstructed timeline

Times from synchronized camera clocks and dispatch records.

1. 3:02 PM

   On-screen card: 15:02

   Compilation opens on a black timestamp graphic reading 15:02, marking the start of the sequence shown. Minute-level, on-screen operation card.

2. 3:02 PM

   Officers enter the faculty foyer

   Bodycam POV moves through the interior foyer past a key desk; an officer asks whether people fled ('Neutikali tady nejaky lidi odtud? Ne, nevidel jsem' - did some people run out of here? No, I didn't see). Media-relative within the 15:02 chapter.

3. 3:02 PM

   Officer runs up the marble staircase shouting 'Everyone out!'

   First-person view ascending the central marble staircase; officer shouts 'Vsichni ven!' (Everyone out!).

4. 3:02 PM

   Officer moves along the exterior colonnade, weapon raised

   Officer exits to the street ('Jdeme, jdeme!' - go, go!) and moves along the building's exterior colonnade scanning upward with firearm raised.

5. 3:02 PM

   Tactical officers climb the interior staircase in formation

   Multiple tactical police move up interior stairs in formation carrying firearms; overlapping shouted names and commands.

6. 3:02 PM

   Officer retrieves a long gun from a cruiser trunk; search underway

   On the street an officer takes a long gun from a marked cruiser's trunk; dispatch traffic: 'provadime prohlidku... ve ctvrtem patre, zatim negativni' (we're conducting a search... fourth floor, negative so far).

7. 3:02 PM

   Tactical sweep of an upper-floor hallway (floorplan overlay)

   Officers sweep an upper-level corridor; the compilation overlays a floorplan diagram. Continued room-by-room clearance.

8. 3:02 PM

   Radio locates the gunman on the roof

   Dispatch/radio: gunman is on the roof by the Czech flag, black clothing, carrying a long rifle ('je na strese... u ceske vlajky... cerne obleceni... ma dlouhou balistiku'). Broadcast time; describes his position. Occurs late in the 15:02 chapter, just before the 15:11 card.

9. 3:11 PM

   On-screen card: 15:11

   Timestamp graphic reading 15:11. Minute-level, on-screen operation card.

10. 3:11 PM

    Bystander telephoto: figure on the roof ledge

    Low-resolution street-level telephoto shows a dark figure standing on the building's upper roof/balcony ledge - the first direct visual of the gunman's position. Distant; no face. Flagged as a hook moment.

11. 3:11 PM

    Bodycam reaches the 5th floor; 'he's on the roof'

    Interior corridor sweep with a floorplan graphic reading 5.NP (5th floor); radio: 'Kluci, informace, ze je na strese' (guys, info that he's on the roof).

12. 3:11 PM

    Tactical team ascends the stairwell, long gun trained upward

    Officer climbs a stairwell with rifle pointed up amid tense chatter about the possibility of taking fire. Weapon visible.

13. 3:11 PM

    Radio: gunman drops the long gun / 'he killed himself'

    Rapid, overlapping radio traffic: 'Vzdava se!' (he's surrendering!), 'Dlouhou zbran odhodil' (dropped the long gun), then 'Zabil se. Co? Zabil.' (he killed himself. What? He killed [himself]). This is BROADCAST evidence of the subject's reported status, NOT proof of the exact instant of death; the…

14. 3:11 PM

    Tactical unit evacuates occupants down the stairwell

    Armed officers direct blurred civilians through a doorway and down the stairs; 'schovejte se pod ukrajinskou vlajku' (hide/gather under the Ukrainian flag) used as a landmark.

15. 3:16 PM

    On-screen card: 15:16 (with floorplan)

    Timestamp graphic reading 15:16 followed by a floorplan map overlay. Minute-level, on-screen operation card.

16. 3:16 PM

    Tactical team clears rooms and hallway toward the position

    Officers move through doors and a narrow corridor; 'prekryjte stitem' (cover with the shield) as they close on the gunman's area.

17. 3:16 PM

    Single gunshot captured on exterior telephoto - the gunman's death

    Street-level telephoto of the upper roof/window; a single sharp gunshot is heard. Consistent with the apparent self-inflicted fatal shot reported over radio and in the official account (subject died after police confronted him). No body is shown. Peak of the incident.

18. 3:16 PM

    Medical radio: casualties triaged, pneumothorax, stretchers

    Overlapping medical coordination: 'ta hned prvni s pneumotoraxem' (the first one with a pneumothorax), 'mame nositka?' (do we have a stretcher?), locating and prioritizing wounded. Human/procedural texture of the mass-casualty response.

19. 3:19 PM

    On-screen card: 15:19

    Timestamp graphic reading 15:19. Minute-level, on-screen operation card.

20. 3:19 PM

    Officer inside confirms the shooter is neutralized

    Bodycam inside illuminates a window/radiator area; an officer verbally confirms the threat has ended (the shooter is dead). Load-bearing audio; the on-camera resolution of the standoff.

21. 3:19 PM

    Mass-casualty medical triage in a classroom and on the plaza

    Responders provide medical care to the wounded inside a classroom and outside on the plaza; 'Volnej doktor!' (a doctor is free / needed here). Ambulances on scene. Treat with discretion (trauma-informed) - do not linger on victims.