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Officer Report for Incident 20-02516 <br />Supp]em e nt <br />This report is associated with the following reports : <br />I , De tective K. Holmes am assigned to the Detective Bureau to investigate sexual <br />assau l ts, cri mes against children and missing persons. <br />On 01/21 /20 at approximately 1207 h our s my direct supervisor, Sergeant Spangler, <br />call ed me a n d t old me I was being called out for an off icer i nvolved shooting <br />involving Santa Ana PD officers in the City of Fountain Valley. <br />The OC District Attorney's I nves t igators arrived a t and <br />briefed with SAPD and FVPD. Sergeant Spangler requested I accompany DA <br />I nvesti gator Carlos GONZALES t o UC I t o rel ieve Offi cer S hook a nd assist in t he <br />i nvestiga tion at the hospital. Officer Shook informed me that he was still with <br />MERCADO a nd was located in the "Dougl ass Building on the 1st floor, bed 17." <br />I rel i eved Officer Shook from his du t ies a nd he returned t o t he Ci ty of Fountain <br />Val l ey. Senior Dep uty Coroner Michelle HAR'l'NEY was already at bed 1 7 wi th <br />MERCADO layi ng dec eased i n a gur ney. HARTNEY provi ded med i cal records f or <br />GONZALES and I to review, documented under MR#9107674. <br />I read that MERCADO was transported from 10304 La Hacienda to UCI t r auma b ed #A <br />at 2338 hours for "trauma tic injur y and cardiac arr.est." He arrived by Care <br />Ambu l ance uni t #255 trans port at 00 16 hours . MERCADO was no n-responsive upo n <br />arrival and was pronounced deceased at 0031 ho u rs by MD after med i cal <br />interventions . GONZ ALES interviewe d MD refer to his report for further <br />de t a ils . <br />Senior Depu ty Coroner HAR'rNEY, Cr ime Scene I nvestigator Andrew HAYES and <br />Sci entist Corey MAGGAY conducted CSI on the body of MERCADO. Th e y es t imated <br />MERCADO h ad approximately 10 gunshot wounds and one graz e wound. HARTNEY seale d <br />the b ody bag containing MERCADO at 04 28 ho urs a nd he was transported to the <br />Co r oner's Office b y . Refer to GONZALES' report f or f ur ther <br />details. <br />Detective K. Holme s -0296 <br />Page 6 of 18 <br />01 /29/20