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S.A. #18-021 Supervising Investigator: Date of Report: 07/02/2018 Page 2 of 3 On July 1, 2018, sometime between 2320 hours and 2330 hours, Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy JOSHUA RICHARDSON, dressed in civilian clothes and not armed, walked from the Men’s Central Jail to the multilevel parking structure located at 1020 West Civic Center Drive, in the city of Santa Ana. RICHARDSON took the southeast stairs from the first level to the second level where his vehicle was parked. Once on the second level, RICHARDSON noticed a male adult, possibly Hispanic, walking in the structure and was carrying a metal bar that was approximately two-feet long and one-inch wide. RICHARDSON walked back by the subject and the subject was still holding the metal bar and was now standing between two cars. RICHARDSON walked down to the first floor and asked the parking attendant to call the Santa Ana Police Department and report the subject. RICHARDSON stood by and when Santa Ana Police Officer GAVIN ROELOFS arrived on scene, RICHARDSON reported his observation and the location the subject was last seen. ROELOFS, dressed in a Santa Ana Police uniform that had shoulder patches and a metal badge, drove his marked black and white police vehicle to the southeast portion of the second floor of the parking structure. ROELOFS saw the described subject holding a metal bar at the location provided. ROELOFS positioned his vehicle in a manner that placed the subject on the passenger side of the vehicle allowing ROELOFS to exit the driver’s side of the vehicle. ROELOFS walked toward the rear of the vehicle while telling the subject to drop the metal bar. The subject did not comply and continued to move toward the rear of the vehicle in the direction of ROELOFS. It appeared that at some point ROELOFS had his Taser in his left hand and his handgun in his right hand. While giving commands, ROELOFS deployed his Taser and at least one dart struck