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Sa7ita Ana PD 2015-06456: Supplemental Report by #3 110 Page 3 of 4 <br />Officer: <br />Involvement: <br />Lead Forensics Specialist I M. Waldo #2332 <br />CSI <br />Agency:SAPD <br />Narrative: <br />Wednesday, March 11th, 2015. 1300 hours: <br />Detectives in the Santa Ana Police Department Homicide Unit were monitoring the Santa Ana Police <br />Department primary radio frequency. Dispatch broadcast that an officer-involved shooting jyist occurred <br />at Pine Street and Main Street in tlie city of Santa Ana. <br />1405 hours: <br />Sergeant G. Serrano #2338 conducted a briefing at the Santa Ana Police Depaitment for Homicide Unit <br />detectives. He provided the known details of the incident and investigation. <br />1430 hours: <br />I arrived at tl'ie scene of the officer-involved shooting. I entered the crime scene throrigh the noithwest <br />perimeter off of Pine Street. I checked in witl'i the crime scene scribe, Officer E. Martinez #3349. <br />1513 hours: <br />District Attorney Investigator M. Gutierrez presided over the briefing. Present for the briefing were <br />iiwestigators from the Orange County District Attorney's Office, Santa Ana Police Department <br />detectives, Santa Ana Police Department Inteinal Affairs inspectors, and Orange County Sherif'f's Crime <br />Laboratory personnel. Saiita Aria Police Department Sergeant J. Smitl'i #1998 provided a briefing on the <br />incident and tlie initial investigation conducted by patrol officers. Sgt. Sn'ffth indicated that the incident <br />originated in the parking lot behind the "Mariscos El Cangrejo" restaurant located at 819 S Main Street. <br />Calling parties repoited that two males were involved in an altercation iii tlie parking lot and one male <br />was armed with a gun. They also reported that shots had been fired and a white Toyota Tacoma pick-up <br />truck fled from tl'ie scene. The Toyota Tacoma was subsequentl'ylocatedLyrespondingofficetsandan <br />officer-involved shooting occurred at 300 S. Main Street. The victiin Alberto Mendoza reported that he <br />became involved in an arguinent with the suspect Benito Osorio. The argument escalated to a fight in <br />which Osorio fired a single shot at Mendoza. The suspect possibly picked up a casing or the victim's <br />cell phone and fled from the scene in the white Toyota Tacoma. <br />1535 hours: <br />I left tlie scene and checked out with the scene scribe Officer Martinez. <br />1545 hours: <br />Corporal L. Rodriguez #2408, Detective G. Moroyoqrii #2727, and I went to 819 S. Main Street where <br />the initial shooting occurred in which the suspect Benito Osorio fired a shot at the victim Albeito <br />Mendoza. The altercation between the suspect and victim occurred in the rear parking lot of the <br />business complex of 815 S. Main Street and the Mariscos El Cangrejo "Nice" restaurant at 819 S. Main <br />Street. <br />The building at 815 S. Main Street was comprised of a two-story multi-unit business complex building <br />that extended east from the east side of Main Street. This business complex building contained various <br />small businesses such as beauty salons and tax preparers. Directly sorith of the building at 815 S. Main <br />Street was tlie Mariscos El Cangrejo "Nice" Mexican and Seafood restarirant located at 819 S Main <br />Street. <br />http://ir2/Repoit.aspx?action=editreport&amp;reportid=550000000000262045&amp;user... 3/12/2015