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Investigator: ERIC WISEMAN Approved By:
Date of Report: 03/18/2015 Date: 04/07/2015
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CASE NAME: OSORIO, BENITO
CLASSIFICATION: OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING (FATAL)
INTERVIEW OF:
PRESENT: RICK DIAZ, DETECTIVE
SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT
DATE AND TIME: MARCH 11, 2015 1545 - 1552 HOURS
LOCATION: SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT
On Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at approximately 1545 hours, Santa Ana Police
Detective RICK DIAZ and I conducted an interview of at 301 South Main
Street #5, Santa Ana, regarding the above officer involved shooting investigation. The following
interview was audio digitally recorded:
On March 11, 2015, at approximately 1245 hours, was sitting inside her apartment
when she heard someone yelling, “Put down the gun.” She looked out the window adjacent to
their balcony, towards Main Street, and saw police officers attempting get vehicles in the roadway
to leave the area. saw a white pick-up truck stopped in the roadway of northbound Main
Street, with police officers standing outside their cars, pointing guns at the suspect, later identified
as BENITO OSORIO. Officers were yelling commands, “Put it down, drop the weapon, it’s not worth
it”, repeatedly in both English and Spanish. exited her apartment and went out onto the
balcony overlooking Main Street. Officers were still yelling at OSORIO to put the gun down.
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Investigator: ERIC WISEMAN Approved By:
Date of Report: 03/18/2015 Date: 04/07/2015
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could not see OSORIO’S face, from where she was standing on the balcony, but she did see him
raise his arm toward his head area. She then heard an officer say, “He’s got it to his head.”
Immediately after this, heard the sound of a single gunshot from inside the truck and stated
that the suspect had shot himself. OSORIO raised his arm one more time from a seated position
within his truck and officers opened fire on him. said that an officer went to the truck,
opened the driver door and pulled OSORIO out of the truck onto the street and called for
paramedics. believed that OSORIO was shot by police while still seated in his vehicle.
took nine cellular telephone photographs of the scene following the officer involved
shooting. Most of the photographs depicted SAPD officers and fire personnel rendering medical aid
to OSORIO. I provided with my business card and email address so she could email the
photographs to me. I received the photographs on March 11, 2015, and later downloaded them to
a CD-R.