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Detective assigned to the department¶s Gang Suppression Unit. Detective BODNAR works Sunday through <br />Wednesday with flexible hours between 12:30 PM and 11:30 PM. <br />Detective BODNAR was working a two man car with Detective Corporal D. ALCALA. Corporal ALCALA <br />was driving a marked black and white police vehicle as Detective BODNAR sat in the front passenger seat. <br />Their call sign for tonight was Sierra 21 Alpha (S21A). They were both wearing distinct police uniforms. <br />Detective BODNAR said that they were conducting citywide gang suppression working their way to Cedar/ <br />Evergreen Streets area, which are claimed by the Delhi and Locotes Criminal Street gangs. Delhi and <br />Locotes gang fight over control of the area. He has patrolled that particular area in the past and knows that <br />these two particular gangs are involved in shootings, robberies, gang members armed with firearms, and <br />stolen vehicles. <br />Detective BODNAR stated that this evening, he and Corporal ALCALA were in their marked police vehicle <br />traveling northbound in the east alley of 1600 to 1700 block of Cedar Street, when he heard three (3) <br />gunshots coming south of them in the alley. Corporal ALCALA stopped the patrol car. BODNAR peaked <br />his head out the front passenger window and looked south in the alley. He observed a civilian vehicle <br />traveling north in the alley swerve to the west part of the alley. At the same time, he heard one of his other <br />partners transmit over the police radio (Green 4) that they were in a foot pursuit of a suspect. He believed <br />that ³Shots Fired,´was transmitted over the police radio. <br />Detective BODNAR stated that they continued north in the alley and exited out onto Edinger Avenue, as he <br />was attempting to find out the officer¶s location on their MDT. Corporal ALCALA drove east on Edinger to <br />south on Standard. They then drove west on Occidental to the east alley of Cedar Street. BODNAR exited <br />the marked patrol car and observed that Detectives E. SOLORIO and E. MARTINEZ had someone at <br />gunpoint. He observed that a male suspect had been shot. Once the male suspect had been handcuffed, <br />BODNAR searched the male suspect. He stated that the male (Oscar PENALOZA) was the same person <br />he and his team had arrested in the same area a week prior for possession of a firearm. <br />Detective BODNAR stated that he did not hear anything strike their patrol car or near them but he believed <br />that the gunshots were directed at them. He said that there was a gap between the shots that he heard in <br />the alley. <br />Investigator Gonzales showed Detective BODNAR an aerial map of 1800 S. Evergreen. Detective <br />BODNAR marked the map as to where they were when he heard the gunshots. He also marked the <br />direction they traveled when they drove out of the alley. Investigator Gonzales retained the aerial map. <br />We concluded the interview. <br />Investigator Gonzales provided me with a copy of the audio recording, which I later booked into SAPD <br />Evidence. <br />The investigation continues« <br />Author: Moroyoqui, Gus 2727 BWC NOT Activated <br />Santa Ana PD 2019-05804 5 of 5