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Home My WebLink AboutOIS2012-0007 Scene-Wood_Redacted S.A 12-031 Investigator: ED WOOD Approved By: Date of Report: 12/20/12 Date:01/30/13 Page 1 of 6 CASE NAME: LEON, IGNACIO JR. CLASSIFICATION: OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING (NON-FATAL) TYPE: SCENE AGENCY: SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT On December 16, 2012, at approximately 0115 hours, Orange County District Attorney Supervising Investigator RON SEMAN contacted me regarding a Santa Ana Police Department officer involved shooting incident. SEMAN requested I respond to 506 East Washington Avenue, in the city of Santa Ana, to assist in the investigation. I arrived at the scene at approximately 0205 hours, and met with investigators from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA), and Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) At approximately 0245 hours, SAPD Sergeant JAY MILLER conducted a briefing of the known circumstances surrounding the incident for the personnel involved in the investigation. OCDA Supervising Investigator RON SEMAN subsequently teamed me up with OCDA Investigator TOM CONKLIN, and assigned us to supervise the processing of the scene by Orange County Crime Lab personnel. SAPD Detectives JIM GARCIA and RASHAAD WILSON also accompanied us. The following personnel from the Orange County Crime Lab (OCCL) completed the processing of the scene under OCCL FR # 12-58683-1. • OMAR LAZO Senior Forensic Specialist Scene Mapping ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT S.A 12-031 Investigator: ED WOOD Approved By: Date of Report: 12/20/12 Date:01/30/13 Page 2 of 6 • JENNIFER JARRETT Forensic Specialist Evidence Collection • RYAN MCNAMARA Lead Forensic Specialist Photography • FELICIA BURKE Forensic Specialist Evidence Collection SCENE DESCRIPTION The scene was described as follows: The weather was cold, wet and slightly windy. The shooting incident occurred just before midnight. The scene was cordoned off with yellow crime scene tape. Uniformed Santa Ana Police Department personnel were stationed to prevent access and preserve evidence within the scene. The exterior perimeter was cordoned off with yellow crime scene tape. There was one functioning street light standard on the north curb line just west of the residence on East Washington Avenue. The shooting incident occurred in the southwest corner of the backyard at 506 East Washington Avenue, Santa Ana. East Washington Avenue was an un-delineated east-west residential street. The north and south curb line has a raised concrete curb and was populated with mostly single story residences. 506 East Washington Avenue was a two story residence. The house color was green with white trim. There was a white picket fence with a gate that opens and borders the front of the house and the east perimeter of the residence. The numbers “506” in black are affixed to the right side of the white door frame. The front of the residence faced north onto East Washington Avenue. Red brick was below wood siding running along the west side of the house. There was a raised concrete porch, which leads to the front door of the house. There was a motion sensor light on the west side of the residence, mounted in the middle, near the pitch of the roof. There was a gray stamped concrete driveway that runs north and south, along the west side of the residence. S.A 12-031 Investigator: ED WOOD Approved By: Date of Report: 12/20/12 Date:01/30/13 Page 3 of 6 There was a detached garage with a large entry door, which faces north. An unlocked chain and pad lock was attached to the frame of the door. There was a cement walkway leading south to the end of the garage and adjacent to the walkway was a red brick walkway which leads south to a cinder block wall. South of the detached garage was a detached plywood storage shed. The detached shed had a corrugated plastic roof. South of the storage shed was an open dirt area. Within the dirt area was a reclining chair, a desk, several bicycles, two trees with heavy foliage near the corner of the yard, miscellaneous furniture, a patio umbrella, and chopped wood. There was a raised porch with stairs that lead to a second residence in the back and to the rear of the front house. There was another entry door facing west with concrete steps and a small window adjacent to the front door. A white refrigerator was partially blocking the window. The front door faced north and there was a white metal security door attached to the door. The south perimeter of the residence was bordered by a commercial parking lot belonging to the French Park Care Center located at 600 East Washington Avenue. The east perimeter was bordered by 508 and 510 East Washington Avenue which was a residential duplex. The west perimeter was bordered by an apartment complex on North Lacy Street. The apartment complex consisted of 1221, 1223, 1225, and 1227 North Lacy Street. VEHICLES IN SCENE The following vehicles were parked on the driveway of the residence: S.A 12-031 Investigator: ED WOOD Approved By: Date of Report: 12/20/12 Date:01/30/13 Page 4 of 6 • Vehicle #1 – 2003 Ford Expedition, four door, black, . The registered owner was , Santa Ana, 92707. The vehicle was facing south. • Vehicle #2 – 2000 Chevrolet extended cab, white, The registered owner was , Santa Ana, 92701. The vehicle was facing south. • Vehicle #3 – 2002 Saturn, four door, white, The registered owner was , Santa Ana, 92701. The vehicle was facing south. • Vehicle #4 – 1991 panel pickup truck, two door, white, The registered owner was , Orange, 92868. The vehicle was facing south. • Vehicle #5 – 2005 Kawasaki motorcycle, black, The registered owner was , Gardena, 90249. The motorcycle was parked on the driveway and just east of the suspect’s Ford Expedition. It was facing south. Additional vehicles were located south of the perimeter cinder block wall of the residence in the north parking lot of 600 East Washington Avenue. • Vehicle #1 - 2002 Saturn, four door, white, The registered owner was Street, Santa Ana, 92701. • Vehicle #2 - 2005 Nissan Altima, four door, gray, The registered owner was Santa Ana, 92701. • Vehicle #3 - 1993 Ford pickup truck, two door, green, The registered owner was Garden Grove, 92840. • Vehicle #4 - 2012 Nissan, four door, black, Sentra, The registered owner was Yorba Linda, 92886. S.A 12-031 Investigator: ED WOOD Approved By: Date of Report: 12/20/12 Date:01/30/13 Page 5 of 6 • Vehicle #5 - 1996 Jeep 4 x 4, four door, green, The registered owner was , Santa Ana, 92701. • Vehicle #6 – 1996 Nissan Quest, van, Gray, . The registered owner was , Santa Ana, 92701. Parked just west of the residence on East Washington on the south curb line and facing east, were two Santa Ana Police Department police vehicles; Santa Ana Police Unit #820, California license number 1363979, belonging to Officer GARCIA and directly behind this vehicle was Santa Ana Police Unit #836, California license number 1363985, belonging to Officer ALCALA. At approximately 0330 hours, OCCL personnel began processing the scene. Evidence Collection At approximately 0525 hours, the following items of evidence were collected by OCCL Forensic Scientists JENNIFER JARRETT and FELICIA BURKE from the backyard of 506 East Washington Avenue. The items were collected under the following evidence marker (EM) numbers: • EM#1 – One Smith & Wesson .40 caliber cartridge case • EM#2 – Two Smith & Wesson .40 caliber cartridge cases The scene continued to the parking lot of 600 East Washington Avenue (French Park Care Center) and OCCL Forensic Scientists JENNIFER JARRETT and FELICIA BURKE collected the items under the following evidence marker (EM) numbers: • EM#3 – Piece of torn black t-shirt • EM#4 – Jacketed bullet fragment with apparent blood • EM#5 – Piece of torn black t-shirt with apparent blood Miscellaneous identification was found adjacent to EM#5 above. These items consisted of the following: S.A 12-031 Investigator: ED WOOD Approved By: Date of Report: 12/20/12 Date:01/30/13 Page 6 of 6 • work identification in the name of IGNACIO LEON JR. • Medical Marijuana photo card with picture of a Hispanic male subject • California State Benefits identification card with name of IGNACIO LEON JR. There was an orange and white patrol trauma box (patrol kit) located just south of (EM) 3, 4, and 5. On December 16, 2012, at 0700 hours, the entire crime scene was released to the Santa Ana Police Department.