HomeMy WebLinkAboutInt Juan Navarro by Frazier_Redacted S.A. 15-005
Investigator: SUSAN FRAZIER Approved By:
Date of Report: 06/22/2015 Date: 07/14/2015
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CASE NAME: OSORIO, BENITO
CLASSIFICATION: OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING (FATAL)
INTERVIEW OF:
PRESENT: JIM GARCIA, DETECTIVE
SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT
DATE AND TIME: MARCH 26, 2015 1119-1133 HOURS
LOCATION: 311 SOUTH MAIN STREET #1, SANTA ANA
On the listed date and time, I conducted an audio digitally recorded interview with witness
at his apartment in Santa Ana.
On March 11, 2015, was asleep in his bedroom when his aunt,
woke him to let him know there was police activity in front of their apartment. went to
the window facing west onto Main Street and looked out. He saw approximately 7 to 8 police
vehicles directly in front of his apartment, facing north. There was a white pick-up truck stopped
approximately 15 feet in front of the police vehicles. There were numerous officers yelling
commands in both English and Spanish to the occupant of the pick-up truck. began
recording the incident on his cellular telephone. recorded approximately 4 to 5 minutes
of the incident before he turned it off.
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
INTERVIEW REPORT
S.A. 15-005
Investigator: SUSAN FRAZIER Approved By:
Date of Report: 06/22/2015 Date: 07/14/2015
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During the recording, you can hear and see numerous police officers yelling commands for
the subject to drop the weapon and approximately 1 minute into the recording you can hear what
sounded like a gunshot coming from inside the vehicle.
was concerned for his young niece and
nephew so he moved them back to the rear of the apartment and stopped the recording.
went back to the window that faced west onto Main Street and almost
immediately, the subject opened the driver’s side door, which was on the opposite side of
view, and stepped out. was only able to see the top of the subject’s head as
he exited on the west side of the vehicle, and did not see the subject’s hands. Officers continued to
yell commands to drop the weapon and raise his hands. A few seconds after the subject exited the
truck, the police officers began firing their weapons. saw the subject drop on the other
side of the truck and he never saw him again. Shortly thereafter the paramedics arrived.
posted his video on his Facebook page and the Orange County Register asked his
permission to post his video on their website. deleted the original video from his cellular
telephone; however we were able to obtain it from Facebook.