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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCanvass by Wiseman_Redacted S.A. 15-005 Investigator: ERIC WISEMAN Approved By: Date of Report: 03/18/2015 Date: 03/19/2015 Page 1 of 4 CASE NAME: OSORIO, BENITO CLASSIFICATION: OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING (FATAL) TYPE: CANVASS AGENCY: SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT On Friday, March 11, 2015, at approximately 1535 hours, Santa Ana Police Detective RICK DIAZ and I conducted canvass interviews of the 301 block of South Main Street, in the city of Santa Ana, regarding the above officer involved shooting investigation. The following interviews were audio digitally recorded: arrived at his residence after the shooting incident occurred. He did not witness anything related to this incident. On March 11, 2015, at approximately 1300 hours, was home inside her apartment when she heard the sound of five gun shots coming from outside of her apartment. did not go outside to investigate further. only spoke Spanish. SAPD Detective DIAZ assisted with translation. On March 11, 2015, at approximately 1230 to 1240 hours, was home in her apartment. She went to open a window, located on the north side of her apartment facing Pine ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT S.A. 15-005 Investigator: ERIC WISEMAN Approved By: Date of Report: 03/18/2015 Date: 03/19/2015 Page 2 of 4 Street, and heard a police helicopter flying overhead. She saw police cars and an officer putting on a ballistic vest. Immediately following this, she heard the sound of five or six gunshots. did not go outside to investigate further. On March 11, 2015, at approximately 1330 hours, was inside of her house, to the rear of 301 South Main Street. She is the apartment manager for 301 South Main Street. was notified by one of her apartment tenants that the police were on Main Street pointing their guns at someone. She walked from her house to the front of 301 South Main Street. When she observed all of the police cars on Main Street, she ran back to her residence. As soon as returned back to her residence, she heard the sound of one gun shot. Approximately three minutes later, she walked out the north side of her residence towards East Pine Street, and observed police officers putting on ballistic vests and running towards Main Street. While was standing outside, she heard the sound of four or five more gun shots. She ran back inside her house and did not witness anything further regarding this incident. On March 11, 2015, at approximately 1300 hours, was in her apartment when she heard police sirens. She went to the front door of the apartment building and looked down Main Street. She saw police officers pointing their guns at a vehicle stopped on Main Street, south of their apartment building. She ran to house, located to the S.A. 15-005 Investigator: ERIC WISEMAN Approved By: Date of Report: 03/18/2015 Date: 03/19/2015 Page 3 of 4 rear of 301 South Main Street. heard the sound of one gun shot that was soon followed by six more gun shots. She did not witness anything further regarding this incident. On March 11, 2015, at approximately 1300 hours, was home inside his apartment. He heard the sound of one gun shot, followed by three more gun shots several seconds later. did not witness anything further regarding this incident. is the manager of Pomeroy’s Muffler Inc., located at the above address. SAPD Detective DIAZ assisted with translation since only spoke Spanish. On March 11, 2015, at approximately 1300 hours, was at his place of business working on cars in the garage. He heard police sirens on Main Street in front of his business, so he walked out of the garage and stood in the parking lot adjacent to Main Street. saw police cars stopped in the street and officers standing outside their police cars yelling commands “Get your hands up.” While standing in the parking lot, heard the sound of one gun shot, possibly coming from a white pick-up truck that was stopped in the street on northbound Main Street in front of the police cars. walked back inside of his business garage. After he was back in the garage, he heard the sound of seven or eight gun shots. He walked back to the parking lot and saw a male subject lying on the ground beside the white pick-up truck. was a mechanic at the above business. SAPD Detective DIAZ assisted with translation since only spoke Spanish. S.A. 15-005 Investigator: ERIC WISEMAN Approved By: Date of Report: 03/18/2015 Date: 03/19/2015 Page 4 of 4 On March 11, 2015, at approximately 1300 hours, working on cars at the business when he saw police cars stopping in the street in front of the business. While in the garage, he heard the sound of one gun shot. walked out into the driveway of the business, but could not see the activity on Main Street involving SAPD. He heard the sound of one gun shot, immediately followed by four or five more gun shots, but did not witness any of the shooting officers. On March 11, 2015, at approximately 1300 hours, s working as a mechanic at the above business. SAPD Detective DIAZ assisted with translation since only spoke Spanish. was inside the garage working on cars, when he saw police cars arriving in front of the business on Main Street. He heard police officers yelling commands and heard the sound of gun shots. He continued to walk in and out of the garage area to the front driveway. saw a subject lying on the ground next to a pick-up truck stopped in the roadway. He was unable to tell me how many gun shots he had heard and was not a witness to the shooting incident.