19-05804 Supplemental Report (Ibarra Interview) (1)_Redacted

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Melnyk for posterity/evidentiary purposes. Below is a synopsis of the information provided by DPO Ibarra. For complete details in regard to his statements, please see the above indicated recording. It should be noted that prior to our interview with DPO Ibarra, and immediately after the OIS being investigated, he and his partner DPO, who was later identified as DPO C. Pinto #91, detained two (2) individuals, , who were later identified as witnesses to the shooting. Subsequent to this detention, furthermore, were taken into custody and later transported to the SAPD Station for interview. At the beginning of our interview, all parties present, as indicated above, identified themselves verbally. After confirming that all statements being made by him were of a free and voluntary nature, DPO Ibarra provided his work-related information, inclusive of his law enforcement history, and the following statements in regard to the crimes/OIS being investigated. DPO told us that on the date of the incident in question, at approximately 1200 hours, he began his regular duty assignment as a Gang Violence Task Force Gang Probation Officer, having been so assigned for the past nine (9) years. During the course of his gang suppression duties throughout the city of Santa Ana, CA, at approximately 2120 hours, DPO Ibarra and his partner DPO (DPO Pinto) responded to the Delhi Gang neighborhood in support of SAPD GSU personnel. As they entered the area, travelling southbound through the north-south alleyway associated with 1800 S. Standard Avenue and subsequently westbound on Occidental Street, DPO Ibarra heard a radio transmission from a partnering SAPD GSU unit occupied by two (2) detectives indicative of the fact that they (the detective unit) were entering the alleyway associated with Cedar Street and Evergreen Street. At this time, furthermore, DPO Ibarra believed that his vehicle was being followed by a secondary GSU unit occupied by two (2) additional detectives. While seated in the passenger seat of his assigned OCPD vehicle, DPO Ibarra observed the aforementioned GSU vehicle travel westbound on Occidental Street and continue northbound into the above-indicated alleyway. By mention of this two (2) detective GSU unit, I understood DPO Ibarra to be speaking of the vehicle occupied by Det. Cpl. Alcala and Det. Bodnar. In regard to the secondary GSU unit, I believed DPO Ibarra to be speaking of the vehicle occupied by SAPD GSU Det. E. Martinez #33349 and Det. Solorio. As Det. Cpl. Alcala and Det. Bodnar continued their northbound travel through the alleyway associated with 1800 S. Evergreen Street, DPO Ibarra directed DPO to travel northbound on Evergreen Street from Occidental Street in order to parallel the path of the aforementioned detectives. Once they (DPO¶s Ibarra and Pinto) reached the area of 1810 S. Evergreen Street, however, DPO Ibarra heard three (3) gunshots. Upon hearing this sound, DPO Ibarra directed DPO Pinto to halt the progress of their vehicle. As the two (2) DPO¶s began to reverse their vehicular travel, now proceeding southbound on Evergreen Street for a short distance, DPO Ibarra heard a radio transmission emanating from another GSU detective unit. This broadcast was an advisement that an armed suspect was fleeing the alleyway. At this time, DPO¶s Ibarra and Pinto exited their vehicle and proceeded, on foot, toward the courtyard area associated with 1814/1818 S. Evergreen Street. Prior to arriving at their destination, however, DPO Ibarra heard an additional four (4) gunshots. Once he reached the area of the first floor landing associated with the stairwell of 1814 S. Santa Ana PD 2019-05804 Report by McLeod, Matthew 2770 5 of 6