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Internal File# OIS 2013-06 I asked Officer Esquivel if he knew his exact position at the time that he fired his weapon. Officer Esquivel said he knew he was in the alley, but he couldn't tell me if he was closer to his car or closer to the west wall of the alley. I asked Officer Esquivel if he could tell from his vantage point if Officer Ayala was shooting at the suspect when he fired his weapon. Officer Esquivel said that he couldn't tell initially, because at the time Officer Ayala fired his first round, the female wasn't in his field of view. It was a split second later that the female came into his view. Once the female suspect went down, Officer Esquivel remembered seeing a couple males poking their heads out of the garage and looking down the alley toward him. I asked Officer Esquivel if he could see the direction that his partner was firing his weapon. Officer Esquivel said that Officer Ayala was firing in the direction of the mouth of the garage. I asked Officer Esquivel if that was the same direction that he saw the female come from and he said yes. I asked Officer Esquivel if he would expect a suspect to run toward an officer shooting at them or away from them. Officer Esquivel said he would normally expect them to run away from the gunfire. However, he was aware of a situation at his previous agency when the suspect ran toward the officer. In that instance the suspect wanted to commit "suicide by cop" and ran toward the officers. I asked Officer Esquivel to define what the term "suicide by cop" meant to him . Officer Esquivel said that he defined it as a person that can't kill themselves so they have the police do it for them. I asked Officer Esquivel if he was aware of any occasions where a suspect would run at an officer who is firing at them, other than "suicide by cop" and he said no . I asked Officer Esquivel if it heightened his sense of awareness when he saw the female suspect running at a police officer who was firing at her and he said yes it did . I asked Officer Esquivel what was going through his mind when he saw that. He said he thought the female suspect was going to shoot Officer Ayala. I asked Officer Esquivel if that was the time that he decided to use deadly force and he said yes, he drew his firearm and fired at the suspect. I asked Officer Esquivel what direction his rounds traveled and he said northbound. I asked Officer Esquivel how many rounds he would estimate he fired. Attorney asked Officer Esquivel to estimate that number based solely on what he remembered at that time, not based on any round count that may have occurred subsequent to the shooting. Officer Esquivel estimated approximately four rounds. I asked Officer Esquivel to explain what he thought was going to happen between the suspect and his partner as she was running toward him . Officer Esquivel said, "Based on the loud pitch of his voice . Him yelling , 'Gun!' Him running away really quickly trying to get away. And me seeing the female running after Officer Ayala . I thought that she was potentially going to shoot Ayala." I asked Officer Esquivel if he's ever worked with Page10