Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutPrefaceSA. 15-005 Supervising Investigator: MARK GUTIERREZ Date of Report: 03/12/2015 Page 1 of 2 CASE NAME: OSORIO, BENITO CLASSIFICATION: OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING / FATAL AGENCY: SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT DATE AND TIME: MARCH 11, 2015 1250 HOURS LOCATION: 300 SOUTH MAIN STREET, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA AGENCY CASE NUMBERS: S.A.P.D: 15-06456 O.C.C.L: 15-43742 O.C. CORONER: 15-01178-AI On Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at 1250 hours, I received a telephone call from Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) Sergeant GERRY SERRANO who advised of an officer involved shooting incident that occurred at 300 South Main Street, in the city of Santa Ana. Sergeant SERRANO requested the Orange County District Attorney’s Officer Involved Incident Investigation Team, respond to the location and conduct an investigation into the incident. I notified Orange County District Attorney Investigators DEAN FULCHER, RYAN SMITH, CHRIS McSHANE, DOMINGO CABRERA, SUSAN FRAZIER, VIVIAN TABB, BRUCE LINN, MIKE KENDRICK, and ERIC WISEMAN and requested they respond to assist in the investigation. At 1513 hours, SAPD Sergeant JEFF SMITH conducted a briefing of the known circumstances surrounding the incident for personnel involved in the investigation. The following was learned from the briefing and preliminary investigation: On Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at 1250 hours, Santa Ana Police Department officers received a call of two males fighting at 819 South Cypress Street, Santa Ana. The reporting party also stated that a gun was discharged during the altercation and a male subject was heard ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION PREFACE SA. 15-005 Supervising Investigator: MARK GUTIERREZ Date of Report: 03/12/2015 Page 2 of 2 stating he had a gun; and a male Hispanic adult was seen fleeing the area in a white Toyota truck. Santa Ana Police officers responded to the area and located a white Toyota truck bearing license plate #7X06303 leaving the area. The truck travelled north on South Main Street from West Chestnut Avenue and stopped in the #2 lane of South Main Street. Numerous marked Santa Ana Police units arrived on scene and parked south on the Toyota truck. The suspect, later identified as BENITO OSORIO, ignored the commands of the police officers on scene and refused to exit the truck. OSORIO then armed himself with a pistol and shot himself in the head. The self-inflicted gunshot wound did not incapacitate OSORIO and he remained seated in the truck. Several minutes later, OSORIO exited the truck armed with a semi-automatic pistol and was shot several times by officers on scene. Orange County Fire Authority paramedics responded to the shooting incident scene and treated OSORIO for multiple gunshot wounds, and transported him to Western Medical Center- Santa Ana. Upon arrival at Western Medical Center-Santa Ana, OSORIO was treated by emergency room medical staff and was subsequently pronounced deceased at 1324 hours. The following assignments were made: • RYAN SMITH/ EDDIE NUNEZ (SAPD)- Case Investigator • DOMINGO CABRERA/ MIKE KENDRICK/ MIKE JUDSON (SAPD)- Scene • CHRIS McSHANE/ CHUCK ELMS (SAPD)- Interviews • DEAN FULCHER/ MATT McLEOD (SAPD)- Interviews • VIVIAN TABB/ SUMMER BEATLEY (SAPD)- Canvass Interviews • SUSAN FRAZIER/ JIM GARCIA (SAPD)- Canvass Interviews • BRUCE LINN/ EVA LOPEZ (SAPD)- Hospital Refer to the packaged reports, documents and photographs for details of this investigation.