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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOIS2012-0007 Canvass-Carvo_Redacted SA 12-031 Investigator: P. Carvo Approved By: Date of Report: 01/14/2013 Date:01/15/13 Page 1 of 5 CASE NAME: LEON, IGNACIO JR. CLASSIFICATION: OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING (NON-FATAL) TYPE: INITIAL RESPONSE - CANVASS AGENCY: SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT On December 16, 2012, at approximately 0115 hours, Orange County District Attorney Supervising Investigator RON SEMAN contacted me regarding an officer involved shooting involving the Santa Ana Police Department. SEMAN requested I respond to the area of 506 East Washington Avenue, Santa Ana, to assist with the investigation. I arrived on scene at approximately 0200 hours and met with investigators from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) and the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD), who were present to assist with the investigation. At approximately 0245 hours, SAPD Sergeant JAY MILLER conducted a briefing regarding the known circumstances of the incident for the personnel involved in the investigation. Following the briefing, OCDA Supervising Investigator RON SEMAN directed me to team with SAPD Detective ANDY ALVAREZ to conduct a canvass for potential witnesses. I conducted the following audio digital recorded canvass interviews: On December 16, 2012, at approximately 2350 hours, was sitting on the couch in his living room, watching TV, when he heard a man and woman arguing. ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT SA 12-031 Investigator: P. Carvo Approved By: Date of Report: 01/14/2013 Date:01/15/13 Page 2 of 5 thought the man and woman were arguing either on the driveway outside his apartment or on the stairs that lead to the upstairs apartment (#C) of his building. said he mostly heard the male voice yelling and the female was crying. then heard the sound of police officers walking past his apartment. He believed they were police officers because of the sound of their gun belts and equipment. He then heard a police officer say, “Where did he go?” A few seconds later, heard the same police officer yell, “Show me your hands!” He then heard the sound of running and a police officer yell, “Stop right there!” heard a male voice respond by yelling something to the effect of, “Fuck you!” then heard three gunshots. got down on the floor of his apartment and did not look outside to see what was going on. said she was sleeping on the couch in her living room when her boyfriend, , woke her up. heard police officers walking past her apartment. She heard one officer say, “Where did he go?” She then heard something that sounded like a person laughing. She recognized the voice of the person to be a man she knows as “Cheetos”, who is the son of her upstairs neighbor. A few seconds later, she heard two gunshots. got down on the floor of her apartment and did not look outside to see what was going on. was asleep in bed when his sister, , came in and told him to get on the floor because she had heard gunshots. did not see or hear anything. SA 12-031 Investigator: P. Carvo Approved By: Date of Report: 01/14/2013 Date:01/15/13 Page 4 of 5 not want to wake her up. other daughter, , is less than two months old. was watching TV in the living room when he heard a loud noise come from the upstairs apartment. checked on his wife and daughters in their bedroom. He then opened his front door and looked outside. He saw a police car parked outside, so he closed the door and continued watching TV. A few minutes later, two police officers knocked on his front door. When he answered the door, the officers asked him if he had been fighting with his wife. He told them he had not, but they asked to speak to her. While he was getting his wife from the bedroom, heard one officer say something in English to the other officer. did not fully understand what the officer said, but he thought it was something about someone running toward the rear of the building. The two officers then ran toward the backyard of building. Less than a minute later, he heard two or three gunshots come from the area of the backyard. did not look outside to see what had happened. was in the living room of his home when he looked out the window and noticed two police cars parked across the street. He saw two uniformed police officers walk toward 506 East Washington Avenue. did not see where the officers went, and he did not see anyone else in the area. A few minutes later, friend, , told him he heard gunshots. was also in the living room with did not hear the gunshots himself. SA 12-031 Investigator: P. Carvo Approved By: Date of Report: 01/14/2013 Date:01/15/13 Page 5 of 5 was in the living room of his home at approximately midnight when he heard three gunshots come from across the street. He did not look outside to see what had happened. was asleep in his bedroom at the time of this incident. He did not see or hear anything and did not know about the shooting until he left for work in the morning. was asleep in her bedroom at approximately midnight when she heard 2-3 gunshots come from the area of the street in front of her house. After a short time, she got up and looked out the window and saw several police cars across the street -from her house.