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Page 4 <br />Internal File # OIS 2013-06 <br />INVESTIGATION <br />On June 23, 2013, at approximately 0822 hours, I received a telephone call from <br />Commander Revere advising me that an officer involved shooting had just occurred <br />and I was directed to respond to conduct the administrative investigation. <br />0945 Hours <br />Sergeant Gonzalez and I responded to the Watch Commander's Office and met with <br />Commander Paulson, who provided me with the original Officer Involved Shooting <br />Checklist and the following information: <br />On June 23, 2013, at 0809 hours, Corporal Bonilla advised him that an officer involved <br />shooting had just occurred at 800 S. Townsend Street. He then began monitoring the <br />police radio and learned that Officer Esquivel was involved. Officer Esquivel advised <br />that one suspect was injured and two other suspects were outstanding. As the officers <br />were coordinating the capture of the two outstanding suspects, he heard officers <br />advise that they were "Code 4" in the garage at 0814 hours. <br />Commander Paulson said he later learned that Officers Ayala #3294 and Esquivel <br />#3295 were involved in the shooting. The female suspect was struck by the officer's <br />gunfire and was transported to U .C . Irvine Medical Center where she succumbed to <br />her injuries at 0855 hours. <br />1034 Hours <br />I responded to the scene of the officer involved shooting, at 805 S. Townsend Street. I <br />arrived at 1034 hours and checked in with Officer Ribeiro #3224 who was the scene <br />scribe. At approximately 1050 hours, Sergeant Craft #2979 conducted a scene <br />briefing and provided the following information : <br />At approximately 0807 hours Officers Esquivel and Ayala were involved in an officer <br />involved shooting, in the east alley of 805 S. Townsend Street (garage #1 ). The public <br />safety statement given was that the officers involved fired 1 O to 12 rounds in a <br />northern and western direction . Approximately 20 shell casings were located in the <br />alley. <br />Both officers were conducting a routine patrol check when they were involved in the <br />shooting. The female suspect fell to the ground in the alley and a toy replica handgun <br />was found four feet away. A "loaded" syringe was located on the suspect's person. <br />Multipl e unidentified subjects fled the scene . A perimeter was set up and the two <br />unidentified subjects, believed to be witnesses, were not located.