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Internal File# OIS 2013-06 occupants inside. The occupants all looked Hispanic and they appeared to be drinking beers. I asked Officer Ayala if he was aware of any criminal activity in that alley, and if so, what kind . Officer Ayala said he is aware of criminal activity in that alle y , to include drug use and various types of gang related crimes. I asked Officer Ayala if he got the impression that the open garage might be gang related and he said yes . Officer Ayala felt that way due to how the occupants in the garage were dressed and the fact that there was graffiti inside the garage. One of the male occupants waved at Officer Ayala as he drove southbound in the alley, past the garage. Officer Ayala met up with Officer Esquivel in the alley, just north of McFadden Avenue . Officer Ayala told Officer Esquivel that he observed two open garages in the alley. One of the garages was close to the T-intersection of the alleys , just north of McFadden Avenue, while the other garage was further north. Officers Esquivel and Ayala headed toward the first open garage, which he quickly deemed to be "code-4". Both officers started driving northbound in the alley, with Officer Esquivel following Officer Ayala . Officer Ayala said he was driving slowly, because he knew the second open garage was near the middle of the alley, but he didn't know exactly which opening it would be. Officer Ayala stopped at each of the openings he passed, to make sure it wasn 't the opening that had the open garage . The third opening he passed on the west side of the alley had the open garage. Officer Ayala 's vehicle was facing northbound, just as the opening to th e garage faces northbound. As Officer Ayala looked to the west, he couldn 't see very much of the interior of the garage. Once Officer Ayala saw the open garag e, he placed his vehicle in park and exited the car. Offi cer Ayala was half way across th e alley when a female walked out of the garage holding what appeared to be a silver semi-automatic handgun. The female, later identified as Jessica Go nzalez, was holding the handgun near her fa ce / chest area, which prompted Offi cer Ayal a to yell, "Gun!" Office r Ayala said he wa s exposed in th e alley and immediately tried to move to a position of co ver. He drew his duty weapon and moved to his left , in an attempt to use the east wall of the garage as temporary cover, until he could get to a bette r position of cover. Gonzal ez was only five f eet from Offi cer Ayala and holding what he believed to be a silve r semi-a utomatic handgun . Officer Ayala said , "As soon as I saw the gun I said okay she's got the drop on me, she's going to shoot me right now. I'm exposed , I'm in the alley, I'm scared for my safety." Officer Aya la fired his duty w ea pon as he Page 16