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Pag e 9 Internal File # OIS 2013-06 I showed Officer Esquivel a hand drawn sketch that I made of the alley where the shooting occurred. I informed Officer Esquivel that the sketch was not to scale. I asked Officer Esquivel if the sketch was more or less how he remembered the alley at the time of the shooting and he said yes. I pointed out that the lead vehicle in the alley was unit 880 and the second vehicle was unit 854. I asked Officer Esquivel if Officer Ayala was in vehicle 880 and if he was in vehicle 854 and he said yes. I asked Officer Esquivel if Officer Ayala ran toward the front of unit 880 and he said yes. I asked Officer Esquivel if Officer Ayala was right or left handed and he said right. I asked Officer Esquivel if Officer Ayala was shooting with his right hand over his left should as he ran eastbound and he said yes. I asked Officer Esquivel if he was able to tell if the garage door was open or closed at the point that he saw Officer Ayala running eastbound and he said no. I asked Officer Esquivel if he could see if the suspect was armed at the time he made the decision to engage her with deadly force and he said no. I asked Officer Esquivel if he could see what his partner did after running around the front of unit 880 and he said no . Officer Esquivel said that he took up a position of cover south of the open garage and looked to left and saw Officer Ayala to the rear of unit 854. I asked Officer Esquivel at what point he transitioned from the door jamb of unit 854 to the west side of the alley. He said that occurred while Officer Ayala was approaching the mouth of the garage. I asked Officer Esquivel if there was anything between him and the suspect at the time she entered his view and he said he did n't think so. I asked Officer Esquivel if he was focused on the suspect or his partner when the suspect entered his view. Officer Esquivel said he was focused on the suspect, therefore , he didn't see what his partner did after rounding the front of unit 880. I asked Officer Esquivel what position the suspect was in at the time Officer Ayala rounded the front of unit 880. Officer Esquivel said she was approximately in the middle of the alley. I asked Officer Esquivel to estim ate her location in relation to one of the police vehicles in th e alley. Offi ce r Esquivel said she was northwest of unit 854. I asked Officer Esquivel if the suspect was saying or doing anything when she was in the middle of th e a ll ey. Officer Esquivel said she was lying on her chest, with her right hand concealed under her chest or abdominal area. I asked Officer Esquivel to back up to the point that he decided to use force. I asked him what she was doing at that moment. Officer Esquivel said the suspect was moving quickly toward Offi cer Ayal a as he is running away, yelling gun and shooting in the suspect's direction . It was at that point that Officer Esquivel made the decision to engage the suspect with dead ly force , who was in the middle of the alley running toward Officer Ayala.