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S.A.#15-005 Investigator: R. Smith Approved By: Date of Report:07/13/15 Date: 04/26/2016 Page 25 of 32 Officers WILLIAM SWEET, RYAN SHIFFLETT, DAVID ENRIQUEZ, and other uniformed Santa Ana Police officers were on scene stopping the flow of north and southbound traffic on Main Street, near OSORIO. SHIFFLETT took a position of cover behind a tree west of OSORIO, on the west side of Main Street. SHIFFLETT had a clear view to OSORIO and his vehicle, just east of SHIFFLETT’s positon. SHIFFLETT was armed with a department approved Colt AR-15 style rifle. Officer GARCIA gave several verbal commands, not using the public address system in his patrol unit, to OSORIO, in English and Spanish, ordering him to put his hands up. OSORIO was the only occupant of the Toyota truck. OSORIO would not comply with GARCIA’s commands. GARCIA believed his commands could be heard by OSORIO, who had his driver side window down. OSORIO was observed by officers (including GARCIA, QUIJAS, SWEET, ENRIQUEZ, and SHIFFLETT) armed with a handgun, while seated in the driver seat of the Toyota truck. At approximately 1257 hours, after commands in English and Spanish to put his hands up, OSORIO pointed his gun to his chin and fired one shot, self-inflicting a wound to his head. An unknown officer advised dispatch that OSORIO had shot himself, but he was still moving inside the truck. Officers SWEET, ENRIQUEZ, and DEMARCO approached OSORIO’s vehicle after he shot himself in the cab of his truck, but retreated to cover positions after seeing OSORIO alive and still conscious despite shooting himself. Emergency medical services were requested by on scene officers to respond and stage in the area. After shooting himself, OSORIO was observed using a cellular telephone, inside the cab of his pickup truck. OSORIO called his wife, ROSA OSORIO, from inside cab of his truck. OSORIO apologized to ROSA and told her he had gotten into trouble. After using the cellular telephone,