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OC CRIME LAB ( County Executive Office -District Attorney -Sheriff CRIME LAB REPORT OF EVIDENCE EXAMINATION D ■AND ■ DDUNl'f, DAUJD ■NIA Name: GONZALEZ, Jessica ( d) EXAMINATIONS (continued): OCCL Item 4 -Glock Model 22 pistol, .40 Smith & Wesson caliber, #LXN640 (AYALA). FR#: 13-48764 The pistol was received unloaded and with the magazine removed. Packaged with the pistol were a single cartridge labeled as being from the chamber, an empty fifteen cartridge capacity Glock magazine and seven cartridges labeled as being from the magazine. These eight cartridges were repackaged and submitted as a new evidence item. Packaged separately from the pistol (OCCL Item 6) were two empty Glock fifteen cartridge capacity magazines, each with fifteen cartridges. All thirty-eight cartridges are Winchester brand .40 Smith & Wesson caliber, each loaded with an sxr® jacketed hollow point bullet. A cloth patch for collecting residue was passed through the barrel and retained. The pistol is equipped with a functional disconnector and trigger safety. The striker of the pistol will release with approximately five and three-quarters pounds of trigger pull. The pistol was test fired using ammunition from the laboratory reference collection. Additionally, seven of the fifteen cartridges from one of the magazines were used to generate gunpowder patterns at muzzle to target distances of 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, 72 and 84 inches. No gunpowder particles were observed on the 84 inch distance target. The barrel of the pistol has six-sided right twist polygonal rifling. The remaining twenty-three cartridges from the two magazines (OCCL Item 6) and the gunpowder patterns were repackaged and submitted as new evidence items. OCCL Item 12 -Bullet from white shirt. The projectile from the White Shirt is an expanded .40 Smith & Wesson caliber Winchester brand SXT® jacketed hollow point bullet. The bullet weighs approximately 176 grains and has marks from six-sided right twist polygonal rifling. Apparent cloth and biological material on the bullet was collected and retained with the bullet. OCCL Item 14 -Projectiles from autopsy. The projectile from the Left Chest is a small copper jacket fragment from a Winchester brand SXT® jacketed hollow point bullet. The fragment weighs less than one grain and lacks marks suitable for further classification. The projectiles from the Lumbar Spine consist of a lead bullet core and three small lead fragments. The core weighs approximately 131 grains and is too damaged for classification. The three small lead fragments have a combined weight of approximately one grain and all lack marks suitable for classification. The projectile from the Left Breast Wound is a small lead fragment that weighs less than one grain and lacks marks suitable for classification. An ASCLDILAB-International accredited laboratory N¥1' Page 3 o/5