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Internal File # OIS 2013-06 Inspector Gonzalez asked Officer Esquivel what his stress level was as he saw his partner retreating and firing over his shoulder while yelling gun. Officer Esquivel said, "It was pretty stressful. I mean, I knew my partner was engaging a threat. I couldn't. .. I didn't have a visual of the threat. I didn't know where it was going to come from. In my mind, I was just. .. I was expecting to hear the exchange of gunfire that I never heard . And seconds later I see her running after Ayala into the alley. And then, in my mind, I said okay well the threats got to be there. He's seen something, he 's engaged it already and now I have to address the threat." Inspector Gonzalez asked Officer Esquivel, what threat did he perceived from the female suspect. Officer Esquivel said, "That my partner's life was in immediate danger and if I didn't respond appropriately his life would be in danger." Inspector Gonzalez asked Officer Esquivel if he knew if any of the shots he fired, struck the suspect. Officer Esquivel said he didn't know. Inspector Gonzalez asked Officer Esquivel what happened after the suspect went down. Officer Esquivel saw two males poking their heads around the corner, from the open garage and looking southbound in the alley. Officer Esquivel moved fifteen feet and took up a position of cover around the comer of the west wall of the alley. Attorney Goldwasser asked Officer Esquivel why he moved to the position of cover. Officer Esquivel said that the two males in the garage kept looking back at him and he didn't know why. He added that there were possibly additional suspects in the garage that could have engaged him and his partner. Inspector Gonzalez asked Officer Esquivel what was going through his mind after he reached the position of cover. Officer Esquivel said he remembered hearing his partner yell, "She's still moving , she 's still moving and she 's got a gun." Officer Esquivel heard Officer Ayala yell that phrase twice. Officer Esquivel couldn't see the suspect's right hand , because it was under her body. It was at this time that Corporal Enriquez and a Park Ranger arrived on the scene. Two teams were organized , one to search the open garage (Corporal Enriquez & Officer Ayala) and one to secure the suspect (Officer Esquivel & unknown officer). Officer Esquivel handcuffed the suspect and rolled her to one side as he looked for the weapon. Officer Esquivel discovered a replica handgun under the suspect's chest area, which he kicked a couple feet away from the suspect. Inspector Gonzalez asked Officer Esquivel if he remember the positioning of the suspect's hand as she ran toward Officer Ayala. Officer Esquivel said he didn't remember her hand positioning , but knows that he didn't see a gun. Inspector Gonzalez asked if Officer Esquivel heard the suspect say anything as she ran after Officer Ayala and he said he didn't hear anything . Page1 2