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S.A. 15-005 <br />Investigator: R. SMITH Approved By: <br />Date of Report:7/1/15 Date: 07/08/2015 <br />Page 24 of 26 <br />(PAUSE) <br />SMITH: I think you initially said you thought he was going to comply and put the <br />gun down, when did that change for you? <br />QUIJAS: Uh, yeah initially I thought okay he’s gonna surrender and let us help him <br />and, uh, at which time he obviously made the decision to, uh, stand <br />upright and point the gun in our direction, uh, so that’s when it, that was <br />the game changer so to--so to speak. <br />SMITH: From what you saw when he stood up you could still clearly see *** him <br />armed with a handgun? <br />QUIJAS: Yes. <br />SMITH: He had never dropped it? <br />QUIJAS: No. <br />SMITH: He began to raise it? <br />QUIJAS: Yes. <br />SMITH: Did he make any statement at that time? <br />QUIJAS: No. <br />(PAUSE) <br />SMITH: Why did you shoot? <br />QUIJAS: I shot because, I mean, it’s one of these things that you have so much <br />information I knew that he had just committed a shooting, uh, based on <br />the, uh, information that we were given on the radio and the multiple <br />callers like I said, uh, for me the initial response when you go to a call and <br />you get numerous calls based on my experience and, and doing the job