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Home My WebLink About4 Supplemental Scene_Kendrick (002)_Redacted S.A. 20-002 Investigator: M. Kendrick #257 Approved By: Date of Report: 01/31/20 Date: 02/03/2020 Page 1 of 5 CASE NAME: MERCADO, MIGUEL SEGURA CLASSIFICATION: OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING (FATAL) TYPE: INITIAL RESPONSE/ SCENE AGENCY: SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at approximately 0012 hours, Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Supervising Investigator BRAD TANNER contacted me regarding an officer involved shooting (OIS) involving the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD). TANNER requested that I respond to the Serena Vista Apartment complex, located at to assist with the investigation. At approximately 0125 hours, I arrived at the incident location and met with investigators from the OCDA, and the Fountain Valley Police Department (FVPD), who were also present to assist in the investigation. At approximately 0201 hours, SAPD Sergeant CLINT ACHZIGER, #2978, and FVPD Sergeant BRIAN MOSHER, #273, conducted a briefing of the known circumstances surrounding the incident for the investigators involved. Following the briefing, TANNER assigned FVPD JULIO VEGA, #275 and I to supervise the processing of the scene by the Orange County Crime Lab (OCCL). The following personnel from the OCCL were present to complete the processing of the scene under OCCL FR #20-40926. • CORRIE MAGGAY Forensic Scientist Evidence Collection ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT S.A. 20-002 Investigator: M. Kendrick #257 Approved By: Date of Report: 01/31/20 Date: 02/03/2020 Page 2 of 5 • SYDNEY WALKER Forensic Specialist Photography/ Diagramming SCENE DESCRIPTION The weather was cool with intermittent rain. The shooting incident occurred at approximately 2326 hours, on Monday, January 20, 2020, during the hours of darkness, on the patio, at . The scene was cordoned off by yellow and red police line tape. Uniformed FVPD personnel were stationed to prevent access to and preserve evidence within the scene. At approximately 2330 hours, FVPD Officer ENRIQUE OLIVERA, #313, began a crime scene log for incoming and outgoing personnel. , and surrounding area is described as follows: is a one bedroom, one bath apartment with a living room and kitchen. There is a patio situated south of the living room and that is enclosed by an approximately five foot tall, wood fence. The front door faces south and there is a closet north of the front door. There is an “L” shaped partition in the living room. Within that, partition was a single size bed. There is a sliding glass door in the southern part of the living room, which provides access to the patio area. There is a common area courtyard south of the patio with a patio cover and a barbeque area. SCENE EXAMINATION There was a 21ft Taser cartridge, with wire, serial #C31050RCH (Evidence Marker #1), on the ground in the living room and north of the patio at There were two cartridge cases (Evidence Marker #2), headstamped 9mm Hornaday Luger, on a plant pot in the patio area. There was a cartridge case (Evidence Marker #3), headstamped 9mm Hornaday Luger, on ground in the in the patio area S.A. 20-002 Investigator: M. Kendrick #257 Approved By: Date of Report: 01/31/20 Date: 02/03/2020 Page 3 of 5 and south of Evidence Marker #2. There were two cartridges (Evidence Marker #4), headstamped 9mm Hornaday Luger, on the ground in the patio area and south of Evidence Marker #3. There were two cartridges (Evidence Marker #4), headstamped 9mm Hornaday Luger, on the ground in the patio area and south of Evidence Marker #3. There was a bullet (Evidence Marker #5), on the ground, in apparent blood, in the patio area and east of Evidence Marker #3. There was a bullet (Evidence Marker #6), on the ground in the patio area and east of Evidence Marker #5. There was a cartridge case (Evidence Marker #7), headstamped 9mm Hornaday Luger, on the ground in the patio area and east of Evidence Marker #6. There was a bullet (Evidence Marker #8), on the ground in the patio area and south of Evidence Marker #5. There was a cartridge case (Evidence Marker #9), headstamped 9mm Hornaday Luger, on the ground in the patio area and south of Evidence Marker #8. There was a pair of dark colored pajama pants and a pair of gray underpants with apparent blood (Evidence Marker #10), on the ground in the patio area and east of Evidence Marker #8. There was an Axon Body Worn Camera, serial #X81330070 (BWC) (Evidence Marker #11), on the ground and east of Evidence Marker #7. At approximately 0659 hours, MAGGAY turned off the BWC. There was a cartridge case (Evidence Marker #12), headstamped 9mm Hornaday Luger, in the dirt and south of the patio wood fence. There was a bullet (Evidence Marker #13), in the dirt and east of Evidence Marker #12. There were two cartridge cases (Evidence Marker #14), headstamped 9mm Hornaday Luger, on the ground in the patio area and west of the potted plant. There was half of a gray Taser blast door and a yellow Anti Felon Identification tag (AFID) (Evidence Marker #15), on the ground in the patio area and south of the sliding glass door. There was an apparent bullet entrance hole (Photo Evidence Marker #A) on the north side of the patio wood fence. There was an apparent bullet S.A. 20-002 Investigator: M. Kendrick #257 Approved By: Date of Report: 01/31/20 Date: 02/03/2020 Page 4 of 5 exit hole (Photo Evidence Marker #A1) on the south side of the patio wood fence. There was an apparent bullet entrance hole (Photo Evidence Marker #B) on the north side of the patio wood fence. There was an apparent bullet exit hole (Photo Evidence Marker #B1) on the south side of the patio wood fence. There was apparent blood and medical debris on the ground on and around the evidence. There were two loaded magazines inside a black bag, underneath the bed in the “L” shaped partition area. There was a gun box bearing a serial # 25-138884, and name MIGUEL MERCADO, on a shelf and west of the single sized bed. There were two loaded magazines in the gun box. There was black FN Belgium SCAR-H Cal 7.62x51 airsoft, replica assault rifle (serial # H000529) and magazine, inside a cardboard box in the closet north of the front door. There was a plastic ammunition box full of .45 caliber cartridges in the same closet. None of those items was collected as evidence. There was a Heckler & Koch (H&K), model USP, .45 semi-automatic pistol (serial # 25- 138884), secured in Sergeant MOSHER’s Police Vehicle #403. The firearm was unloaded, on safe, with no magazine in the magazine well. MAGGAY collected the firearm as evidence. EVIDENCE COLLECTION The following items of evidence were collected by OCCL Forensic Scientist, CORRIE MAGGAY, under the following Evidence Marker (EM) numbers: • EM #1 One 21ft Taser cartridge serial #C31050RCH with wire • EM #2 Two cartridge cases, headstamped 9mm Hornaday Luger • EM #3 One cartridge case, headstamped 9mm Hornaday Luger • EM #4 Two cartridges, headstamped 9mm Hornaday Luger • EM #5 One bullet S.A. 20-002 Investigator: M. Kendrick #257 Approved By: Date of Report: 01/31/20 Date: 02/03/2020 Page 5 of 5 • EM #6 One bullet • EM #7 One cartridge case, headstamped 9mm Hornaday Luger • EM #8 One bullet • EM #9 One cartridge case, headstamped 9mm Hornaday • EM #10 One pair dark colored pajama pants, and one pair of gray underpants • EM #11 One Axon Body Worn Camera (serial #X81330070) • EM #12 One cartridge case, headstamped 9mm Hornaday • EM #13 One bullet • EM #14 Two cartridge cases, headstamped 9mm Hornaday • EM #15 One gray Taser blast door and one yellow AFID • One H&K semi-automatic pistol (serial # 25-138884) Forensic Specialist WALKER took two hundred thirty five (235) digital color photographs documenting the scene under FR# 20-40926. At approximately 0830 hours, I conducted a final sweep of the scene in an attempt to locate any additional evidence. No additional evidence was located. At approximately 0841 hours, I turned control of the scene over to Officer OLIVERA.