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Internal File# OIS 2013-06 Located in a Blackhawk size 3 holster in left rear pants pocket Processing ended at 1333 hours. INTERVIEW OF OFFICER AYALA #3294 On June 23, 2013, at approximately 1511 hours, Sergeant Jose Gonzalez #2593 and I conducted a digitally recorded interview of Officer Gary Ayala #3294 in interview room #2 of the Professional Standards office. Present during the interview was Santa Ana Police Officers' Association Attorney . I read Officer Ayala the Officer Involved Shooting Advisement and he said he understood . I read him the Lybarger Admonishment and he invoked his right to remain silent pursuant to Miranda. I then ordered Officer Ayala to answer my questions related to this administrative investigation . The following is a summary of the interview with Officer Ayala: I asked Officer Ayala how many years of law enforcement experience he had and he said two years with the city of San Fernando and approximately seven months with the city of Santa Ana . Officer Ayala's shift was from 0530 hours to 1800 hours in the Southcoast District. I asked Officer Ayala if the uniform and equipment he was wearing at the time of the interview was the uniform and equipment he was wearing at the time of the shooting and he said yes. I asked Officer Ayala if he was carrying a back-up weapon at the time of the shooting and he said yes. I asked Officer Ayala where he carried that weapon and he said his left rear pants pocket. I asked Offi cer Ayala what kind of weapon it was and he said a Smith & Wesson Bod yguard .380 caliber handgun . I asked Officer Ayala if he used that weapon during the shooting and he said no. I asked Officer Ayala if he was carrying a recording device on him at the time of the shooting and he said no. I asked Officer Ayala if he handled any calls for servi ce before the shooting incident and he said yes. I asked Officer Ayala if any of those calls were unusual or out of the ordina ry in any way and he said no. I asked Officer Ayala to explain to me how he ended up in that alley on th e day of the shooting. Officer Ayala said he typed a message to Officer Esquivel , via th e KOT, wanting to meet up . Office r Esquivel responded that he was at the 600 bloc k of South Townsend Street and Officer Ayala typed th at he wo uld meet him there. Upon meeting up with Officer Esquivel , they both decided to go out on a patrol check on South Town send Street. The plan w as for Office r Ayala to drive southbound in the ea st alley of 600 S. Towns end Street and for Officer Esquivel to drive southbound on 600 S. Townsend Street, at the same time . As Officer Ayala w as driving southbo und in th e east all ey, he observed an ope n garage on the we st sid e of the alley, with a ppro xim ately four Page1 s