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S.A. 15-005 <br />Investigator: DEAN FULCHER Approved By: <br />Date of Report:03/26/2015 Date: 04/13/2015 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />the call at approximately 1240 hours, and was returning to the Santa Ana Police Department. <br />BERWANGER was traveling northbound on Main Street at Edinger Avenue when he heard a radio <br />call of shots fired in the area of 819 South Cypress Avenue. After a short pause, a second radio <br />transmission reported a second call had been received of a gunshot fired in the area of 714 South <br />Cypress Avenue. BERWANGER was in the area of Main Street, north of McFadden Avenue, when <br />additional information was broadcast that a suspect related to the shooting calls was seen on <br />Cypress Avenue going toward Main Street, in a white Toyota pick-up. <br />BERWANGER turned east on Bishop Street from Main Street and observed a white Toyota <br />pick-up truck traveling northbound on Cypress Avenue at a high rate of speed. BERWANGER began <br />following the white pick-up, which was driving at a high rate of speed, approximately 50 to 60 <br />miles-per-hour, in a 25 mile-per-hour zone. BERWANGER broadcast over the police radio that he <br />was behind and following a possible vehicle related to the shooting calls. <br /> The white pick-up turned east onto Chestnut Avenue, accelerated to Orange Avenue and <br />turned south, then continued to Myrtle Street, where it turned west. BERWANGER lost sight of the <br />truck for approximately one second when it turned west onto Myrtle Street. When BERWANGER <br />rounded the corner onto Myrtle Street, he could see the pick-up had continued traveling <br />westbound toward Main Street. When the vehicle reached the intersection of Myrtle Street and <br />Cypress Avenue, it stopped in the middle of the road. BERWANGER believed the subject was going <br />to exit the vehicle and engage him with gunfire. <br />BERWANGER was unable to see how many occupants were in the pick-up due to the vehicle <br />having dark tinted windows. The pick-up remained motionless for approximately three to four <br />seconds before accelerating toward Main Street. As the pick-up reached the intersection of Main <br />Street and Myrtle Street it stopped a second time. BERWANGER was able to get close enough to <br />the truck to provide SAPD communications the license plate number.