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INTERVIEW WITH <br />1605 HOURS: <br />The following is a summary of the interview with After introductions, she stated the following. <br />On 12/01/24, she went to the Casa Linda Furniture store with her boyfriend, and his 3-year old son, <br /> They parked their vehicle in the parking structure located next to the Casa Linda Furniture store. <br />After making a purchase, they exited the furniture store and proceeded south on Broadway towards the parking <br />structure. Before turning into the parking structure, saw a subject standing at the corner. She described this <br />area as a gap between the furniture store and the parking structure. <br />She described the subject as a male wearing a “hoodie,” sweats or baggy pants and appeared homeless. She was <br />unable to see the suspect’s face because of how he was positioned. She approximated coming within 3 feet of the <br />suspect. <br />What also caught her attention, the subject was holding a long firearm, which was pointed in an upward position <br />above his head. She described it as a long firearm, NFD. Although she did not see ammunition, it appeared the <br />suspect was loading the firearm because he was manipulating the firearm in that fashion. <br />She made eye contact with who also observed the suspect, and immediately turned the opposite direction to <br />walk away and walked back into the furniture store. said she panicked fearing if they had walked in front of the <br />suspect, he would have shot them. said there was no eye contact or communication with the suspect. <br />Once inside, they told employees of the suspect outside of the store. One of the employees took them to view <br />surveillance video cameras to point out the suspect, but the camera angles did not capture the suspect. Employees <br />proceeded to lock all doors leading into the store as a female employee called the police to report the incident. As the <br />employee was on the phone with the police, heard 5-6 gunshots outside of the store. She remained inside of the <br />store until police arrived and evacuated them. <br /> said she did not witness the shooting and only heard the gunshots. <br /> said she feared for her safety and believed the suspect was going to shoot the stores and bars in the area. That <br />concluded our contact with <br />Investigation continues… <br />F. Gomez #2706 <br />Author: Gomez, Francisco 2706 BWC NOT Activated <br />Santa Ana PD 2024-26142 Report by Gomez, Francisco 2706 3 of 3