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SA 13-015 Investigator: L. Dawson Approved By: Date of Report: 11/20/13 Date: 11/20/2013 Page 17 of 25 because he believed she was going to stand up and shoot him. AYALA fired a total of 8 rounds during the incident. While ESQUIVEL walked northbound along the east wall of garage #1, he observed AYALA approximately 15 feet north of him run eastbound towards the front of AYALA’S police vehicle (#880). AYALA yelled, “Gun, gun, gun, gun,” and AYALA fired multiple rounds towards the front of garage #1. ESQUIVEL believed that AYALA was encountering a life threatening incident because of the high pitched tone in AYALA’S voice. ESQUIVEL then observed GONZALEZ run eastbound across the alley to within 5 feet of AYALA. ESQUIVEL believed that GONZALEZ was going to engage AYALA in a gun fight. ESQUIVEL did not see GONZALEZ armed with a gun, but he believed that AYALA had seen something that was a threat to him. ESQUIVEL stated, “I’ve known GARY for couple a years now, never heard GARY scream the way he was or yell the way he yelled. He was shooting, yelling gun, and I see her, so based on what I gathered from what was going on with my partner at that time, um, I decided to use lethal force against the female.” ESQUIVEL believed that GONZALEZ would kill AYALA if he did not shoot her. ESQUIVEL immediately withdrew his department issued handgun from the holster and fired 12 rounds at GONZALEZ. GONZALEZ fell to the ground and ESQUIVEL retreated southbound in the alley to the rear of his police vehicle. ESQUIVEL then observed AYALA standing next to him at the rear of his police vehicle. After AYALA and ESQUIVEL fired their handguns, the male Hispanic subject with a bald head peaked out from garage #1, and looked at AYALA and ESQUIVEL, and went back in the garage. AYALA and ESQUIVEL believed the other subjects from garage #1 were going to shoot at them so they retreated southbound and took a position of cover next to garages, located on