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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
INTERVIEW REPORT
CASE NAME: ALMANZA, MARCELINO VALENCIA
CLASSIFICATION: OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING (NON‐FATAL)
INTERVIEW OF: DAVID ENRIQUEZ, POLICE OFFICER
SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT
PRESENT: GUS MOROYOQUI, DETECTIVE
SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT
, ATTORNEY
LAW OFFICES OF
DATE AND TIME: SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 1235‐1359 HOURS
LOCATION: SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT
60 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92702
On September 12, 2012, at approximately 1235 hours, I conducted an audio digital
recorded interview of Officer DAVID ENRIQUEZ regarding the Santa Ana Police Department
officer involved shooting related to MARCELINO VALENCIA ALMANZA.
The following is a transcript of the interview:
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[BEGINNING OF INTERVIEW]
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ROSS: ANDREW ROSS, Orange County District Attorneys office on SA 12
dash 022, uh, today is the, September 12th, 2012 atࡕ uh, 1234
hours. Ill be conducting an interview of DAVID ENRIQUEZ?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: At the Santa Ana Police Department in, uh, connection to the, uh,
officer involve shooting, uh, of September 10th. Present during
interview will be the following.
MOROYOQUI: GUS MOROYOQUI, badge number 2727 Santa Ana Police
Department.
And officer ENRIQUEZs attor‐, attorney , last
is spelled
ROSS: And DAVID, would you mind spell your last name for me please.
(BACKGROUND NOISE)
ENRIQUEZ: ENRIQUEZ. E‐N‐R‐I‐Q‐U‐E‐Z.
ROSS: Excellent. Thank you. (PAUSE)/(BACKGROUND NOISE) Okay, Im
going to have some, just a few prelim‐, preliminary questions for
you. And, just stuff, stuff about, uh, what youre wearing and the
unit and what not you were assigned to that particular evening,
before we start the interview, okay?
ENRIQUEZ: Okay.
ROSS: If you can recall. Okay, um, first off let read you a, um, an
admonition. Is this a free and voluntary statement that youre
going to provide to us today?
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ENRIQUEZ: Yes, it is.
ROSS: Okay. Has anyone from your agency ordered you to give a
statement?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: Okay. And do you feel compelled to give a statement because the
District Attorneys office is involved in the investigation?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: Okay. Perfect. Uh, DAVID, you dont mind me calling you DAVID?
ENRIQUEZ: Thats fine with me.
ROSS: Okay, great. Um, your present assignment?
ENRIQUEZ: Patrol.
ROSS: Patrol? And how long have you been working patrol for Santa Ana
PD?
ENRIQUEZ: Almost five years. Approximately five years.
(PAUSE)
ROSS: And prior to that were you with any other agency?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: Okay. (PAUSE) Do, from the date of the incident, this was, uh, the
10th, correct?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: September 10th, uh, was that your regular work shift?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: Okay, and what, what is your regular work shift?
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ENRIQUEZ: Graveyard, 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.
(PAUSE)
ROSS: And obviously you began that, uh, evening at your regular shift
time, 6 oclock?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: On the, on the 9th
that would have been? Correct?
ENRIQUEZ: The 9th, yes.
ROSS: Yes, okay. And what days did you work prior to the shift?
ENRIQUEZ: That was my first day of the week.
ROSS: Okay, soࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: My normal schedules Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.
ROSS: Okay. Do you have like a buy back day or anything or just work
12s?
ENRIQUEZ: I have a pay back day.
ROSS: Uh‐huh.
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, once a month.
ROSS: Okay. So what day is that?
ENRIQUEZ: Thats on a Wednesday.
ROSS: Wednesday, one, one Wednesday a month?
ENRIQUEZ: One Wednesday a month.
ROSS: Okay. (PAUSE)/(SHUFFLING) On the date of the incident, how
were you dressed?
ENRIQUEZ: In my normal, um, patrol uniform, short sleeve.
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ROSS: Class B?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: And your equipment that you were, (SHUFFLING) that was with
you at that particular time, do you recall? Sam brown, firearm,
could you describe?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, its, uh, my leather Sam Brown.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Um, my department issued duty weapon.
ROSS: Which caliber is that?
ENRIQUEZ: 40 caliber.
ROSS: 40? Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Um, do you want me to goࡕ
ROSS: Yeah, justࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ around?
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ROSS: Justࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Okay, sure, sure.
ROSS: ࡕ describe what you had on your belt that particular evening.
ENRIQUEZ: Umࡕ right to left. Hand gun being on the right, keepers, um,
excuse me, a key pouch in the front. My two magazine pouches or
my, my two magazines in a magazine pouch. Going left, um, a
baton holder, um, my radio, my department issued Taser, two
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pairs of handcuffs resting on the back, um, chemical spray right
here on the right rear and thats it.
ROSS: Okay, to the best of your recollection, thats what you were
carrying that particular evening?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: Okay.
*** (CLEARS THROAT) are, are there patches on the uniform?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, two patches on the upper shoulder.
And, and, and anything else like a badge or a name plate?
ENRIQUEZ: Nameplate and a badge on the front.
ROSS: Okay. And, um, youre photographed by Orange County Sheriffs,
uh, crime lab?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: That evening?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: In, in the attire that you wereࡕ in duty with at that, the time of
the incident?
ENRIQUEZ: Thats correct.
ROSS: Okay. Umࡕ the weapon you said its a 40 cal‐, Im sorry, the, the
make and model?
ENRIQUEZ: Its a Glock model 22.
ROSS: 22, 40? And you said two magazines in yourࡕ on your Sam
Brown?
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ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: And the one magazine that was inside the weapon at the time of
the incident?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, for a total of three.
ROSS: Three, three total? Okay. (PAUSE) And they would have
documented the, the type of rounds (BACKGROUND NOISE) at the
time? They did, they did a round count along with the
photographs of the, the firearm and the, the rounds that were
contained inside, all of it that evening, after the incident?
ENRIQUEZ: They did.
ROSS: Okay. Do you carry a backup weapon?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: No backup? (PAUSE)/(SHUFFLING) And the, the firearm that was
used during the incident was the one that you relinquished into
the custody of Orange County Sheriffs crime lab, correct?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
(BACKGROUND NOISE)
ROSS: Okay. (PAUSE) Um, one thing I didnt ask. Do you have a Taser
assigned to you?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, I mentioned that.
ROSS: Oh, you did mention that. Im sorry.
ENRIQUEZ: *** my belt
ROSS: Okay, and my apologies. And is, is that the, um, is it X26?
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ENRIQUEZ: X26 departmental, department issued.
ROSS: Okay. And was it deployed during the incident at all?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: Okay. (PAUSE)/(SHUFFLING) Do you carry a digital audio recor‐,
recorder or any kind of audio recording device?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: No at all, okay. How about the, your, the unit that youreࡕ
assigned to? Does it have video, any type of audio recording
devices for, for when you make contact with any in, infield
contacts?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: No, okay. Uh, the unit you were assigned to that evening? Which
number was that?
ENRIQUEZ: Unit 853.
ROSS: 853 and what was your call sign?
ENRIQUEZ: 375.
ROSS: One man unit?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
(PAUSE)
ROSS: And any weapons in the vehicle, shotgun, AR 15, anything along
those lines?
ENRIQUEZ: There wasࡕ a Ruger and I believe a shotgun if I can recall, so there
maybe two long guns, um, one shotgun and one Ruger.
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ROSS: Okay, is that Rugerࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Ruger is a 40 cal.
ROSS: Oh, okay.
ENRIQUEZ: *** they are
ROSS: You know the model, uh, number?
ENRIQUEZ: No. I just know the caliber.
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ROSS: Detective MOROYOQUI?
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah.
MOROYOQUI: Its, its a Ruger carbine
ROSS: Uh‐huh.
MOROYOQUI: Uh, 40 caliber.
(PAUSE)
ROSS: Okay, and the shotgun is that the model Remington 870?
ENRIQUEZ: It should be to the best of my knowledge. I dontࡕ
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ recall exact, I mean its a shotgun
MOROYOQUI: I only know its, uh, its just a, uh, standard issued, department
issued shotgun.
ROSS: Okay.
MOROYOQUI: Wed, uh, ***
ROSS: Okay. (PAUSE) Okay. (PAUSE) Okay, (SHUFFLING) DAVID, um, I
want you to go ahead and start, umࡕ provide us a, like a free
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narrative of the circumstances that evening, okay? Um, go ahead
and just begin with just (BACKGROUND NOISE) how, how you got
the call, (BACKGROUND NOISE) uh, your response to the call, your
observations when you get there. Um, the times, as close as you
possibly can, um, all of, all of your observations but not just your
observations, um, how you feel at the time. (BACKGROUND
NOISE) Things that, that you notice, things, you know, get your
attention, how they make you feel, whats going through your
mind at the time of the incident. Give us as much detail as
possible to give us a clear picture of what youre going through
during the incident, okay?
ENRIQUEZ: I understand.
ROSS: So, so just go ahead begin, um, well, well just sit and listen, um,
Im sure if DAVID has any questions hell stop you and, and, uh,
address those but, uh, Ill save my questions til the end, but just
be as detail as possible and then hopefully Ill only have a few, you
know, clarification sort of questions at the end, okay?
ENRIQUEZ: I understand.
ROSS: Alright, excellent. Just go ahead when you feel comfortable.
ENRIQUEZ: The night of the incident of course is working shortly after
midnight, believe the time was about four minutes after that I
receive the call. I remember I wasࡕ in the area of McFadden and
Center. The nature of the call read, suspicious vehicle, 925
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vehicle, and it read, in no particular order, the best that I could
rememberࡕ in the area of 1300 West Segerstrom. There was a
male Hispanic with tattoos, possibly selling drugs with another
person who he may be arguing with. A person in a wheel chair.
The tattooed personࡕ was standing next to a newer model Jeep.
The reporting party had also mentioned in the call that this
person, who I will for purposes of this narrative refer to the
suspect, the male Hispanic, was known to possibly bur‐,
burglarized a nearby hotel. And the chief complain appeared to
be, you know, selling drugs in the area. So I was dispatched to the
call, I was the primary, meaning Im the, the one responsible for
the handle, um, with another officer. And I traveled eastbound
McFaddenࡕ to southbound Bristol and I arrived on scene within a
couple minutes. That time of night, not a whole lot of traffic,
(BACKGROUND NOISE) no pedestrians, got there pretty quickly. I
drove in eastbound from Bristolࡕ into the parking lot. The parking
lot is, uh, somewhat of a shopping center type, if you will, um, uh,
laundromat, I believe theres a IHOP there, some other things. Im
familiar with the area. Thats my assigned district. Um, going,
again, going back to the call, the narrative also said these subjects,
uh, were behind the coin laundry placeࡕ coin laundry, uh, store.
So I drive in eastbound slowly ࡕ looking for the, uh, suspicious
vehicle and the activity. As I drive eastbound, I passed the coin
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laundry place. This now puts me in the far east parking area of the
southeast corner of Bristol and Segerstrom, so Im now in the
back. I look to my right, which would be south, I dont see
anything matching the description. I look to my left, which would
be north, and I see a silver newer Jeep Wrangler. (BACKGROUND
NOISE) As Im doing this, Im starting to turn my patrol vehicle
(SHUFFLING) and face northbound in the same direction as the
Jeep. Now Im a little east of the Jeep, so Im behind it but east,
um, canted if you will, off to the side. I see the vehicle, I see the
suspect matching the description and a person in the wheel chair.
I exited my patrol car from the drivers side. As Im doing this, I hit
the spotlight on the two subjects, because the lighting, where
they were standing against the wall, was very poor. I want to
illuminate the area, get a better idea of what I was dealing with.
As I exited my car and turned on the light thats mounted on my
patrol car and aimed it at the two subjects, Im walking out west
away from my car. So Im away from my car a few feet.
(BACKGROUND NOISE) At this time, I observed the suspect whos
arguing, yelling at the person in the wheel chair. Couldnt make
out what was going on. He was yelling at him, very aggressive
tone ࡕ shouting of sorts. I saw that the suspect turned in my
direction, looked at me while holding something and said, quote,
oh, shit end quote. What I saw, his handsࡕ were close to his
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chest, his elbows were at chest level off to the side. He was
holding ࡕ the object, object he had in a fashion of how one would
hold a weapon, a handgun. I knew this because his right hand had
a fist, a grip, a master grip, if you will. His left hand was cradling
like a support hand and he had it close to him. Turns to me, oh
shit, turns around. I said hey, stop. He runs to the driver side
door of the Jeep, which was open. He gets in very closeࡕ sticks in
his whole body in there, without stepping inside of it. I cannot
see his hands. Hes either getting something or putting something
back. But Im certain hes retrieving, because his arms extend and
then come back. And I know this cause his elbows are coming
out in front of him. At this point, hes moving very fast and based
on my experience of contacting many of peopleࡕ in, in my job,
hes avoiding me. Hes trying to hide his hands. He gets whatever
he gets from the car, looks again at meࡕ then he shuts the door
to the Jeep. He slams it. I then unholster my duty weapon,
because his actions are very suspicious and are starting to get me
worried, because what is he hiding, what, what is so important? I
just showed up. I wanted to see what was going on and hes
doing all of these actions very, very quick. Theres no more
dialogue, I dont hear anything. He closes the door. He runs, and
Im thinking hes gonna run to Segerstrom which runs east and
west. Nothing blocking him. Hes gonna run like every bad guy
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that I come across that doesnt wanna have contact with me, they
run. Well, he didnt do that. He went to the front of the Jeepࡕ
the front, left light, which would be the drivers headlight. He
squatted and crouched down. (PAUSE) I saw him moving his
elbows and Ill describe it as they were going up and down and he
was looking down and looking up and out. He was manipulating
something with his hand and he was squatted, his knees werent,
arent touching the pavement and he was looking up and around
to see where I was. (PAUSE) Never have I experience anyone that
wanted to get away to take the actions that he wanted or that he
was taking. I knew that (SHUFFLING) he was looking to see where
I was. (PAUSE) He kept looking up and down and looking around
to see where I was standing and I was standing behind the Jeep ࡕ
a few feet. I didnt have any cover or concealment. I did not have
a chance to radio any of this activity. This was all happening very,
very quick. (PAUSE) Based on the object that he was holding and
the way he was holding it, and when he turned around, went to
the car, looked back at me ࡕ then closed the door to not obstruct
his view of me. Because if he was hiding, he would of left the
door open. He shut it, giving me a direct (BACKGROUND NOISE)
view of me. I knew that whatever he had he was going to use to
harm me. That he was ࡕ using this to suck me in. I maintained
where I was at and I felt absolutely threatened, because of the
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feeling I felt I had never felt it before. Why, why isnt he running
like rest of the guys? Why is he stopping and hiding? I had not
touched him, I had not searched im. I had not chased after him.
He was free to go. Nothing was blocking him, theres not another
officer there. He could had of run North and see you later. But he
stopped and took a position that benefited him, behind an engine
block, behind a vehicle, knowingly well that I had nothing. The
way he was holding the object and what he retrieve from his car,
him clearing a direct line, a direct view to me let me believe that
he was going to shoot me. He was looking to see where I was at,
to see if I had moved. (PAUSE) Based on his actions ࡕ I felt that
that moment, considering the distance, the threat, and everything
that he was doing, I was scared. I was scared because this guy
was doing actions (SHUFFLING) that are indicative of somebody
that wants fight, not leave. (PAUSE) So to neutralize the threat
that I was working, working with and to minimize the
(SHUFFLING) situationࡕ (PAUSE) I aimed my duty weapon at himࡕ
(PAUSE) and I fired four rounds. (PAUSE) I did not know if the
rounds struck him. And I knew this because I didnt hear him
scream, I didnt hear him say stop, I didnt hear him say give up. I
didnt hear him say anything and he was still moving. (PAUSE) And
I, I knew he was moving because ࡕ the Jeep was a little raised and
it has a short wheel base. What that means is that allowed me to
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look down *** and to still see his feet moving side to side. He
was squatting. He still had cover and concealment and he knew I
was still back there. Im trained not to stay in one position. I then
moved in a northeast direction. (PAUSE)/(BACKGROUND NOISE)
And I came around wide because I knew I was still engaged with
this suspect. He knew I was firing at him to stop him. If at
anytime he could have put his hand up and said Im sorry, Im
sorry, stop, I give up. Okay, I heard nothing. I came around ࡕ the
front end, in between the two cars, and I came around slowly and
I saw him still crouched down, bladed off half way, which I
perceived as a position of tactical advantage for him, because it
kept him out of the way of where (BACKGROUND NOISE) he
thought I would be, behind the Jeep. But I came up behind him
and he was still had his hand closed to him. (PAUSE) I fired two
more rounds in his direction. (PAUSE) I knew I struck him ࡕ
because of his body movement and I saw blood. And then he
started to scream. (PAUSE) What was going through my mind was
(PAUSE) I didnt know who was in the car, who was in the Jeep. I
didnt know if any, the role, the role that the guy in the
wheelchair had. Just because hes in a wheelchair I shouldnt
dismiss that he could be (BACKGROUND NOISE) or not be a threat.
Maybe this was a ruse, maybe I was getting ambushed. (PAUSE)
At that moment, the fearࡕ started to diminish slightly to where I
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could now broadcast my radio traffic ࡕ (BACKGROUND NOISE)
and let my area partners and communications know what had just
happened. (PAUSE) While still standingࡕ (PAUSE) near the, uh,
suspect, whos on the ground bleeding, I radio and not forr
verbatim, but I gave my call sign, officer involved shooting, this is
where Im at to the rear and then I started to hear people reply
and then backup was en route, I heard sirens. I still stood by, still
stood over him, excuse me, near him. And the threat was
minimizing and I felt more in control, more aware of what was
going on. (PAUSE) And then backup arrived. (PAUSE) I was off to
the side and my area partners and supervisors, um, cleared the
car and I have to go backࡕ I maybe off on the time frame but I
knew, I want to say before my first backup arrived there, officer
GRAHAM, I radioed the license plate of the Jeep. That was the
only time I could radio and have an opportunity to give the plate
to dispatch and then I received back in return that it was a stolen
vehicle. (PAUSE) Again, the car had not been cleared, I had now
exposed myself. I never had cover or concealment. I didnt know
who was in the Jeep. Was there somebody back there? Was
there somebody that saw me and ducked below who were gonna
come out behind me? What was going on with, with the, the guy
in the wheelchair, was he a victim of, of, uh, being robbed? Was
he, um, held against his will? There were a lot of moving parts
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that I had to work with and think very, very quickly. The only
thing that drove me to make the decision that I did and take the
action that I did were everything that the suspect dictated. You
wanna run, run. You wanna throw some drugs, go. You want
throw a weapon, throw a weapon. When he took that position of
advantage for him knowing where I was, in police uniform, in a
police car, I knew right there he was in for a fight.
(PAUSE)/(SHUFFLING) So the backup arrived, the car was cleared,
no outstanding subjects or suspects. No more shots were fired
and, um, the scene was stabilized and everybody did what they
were supposed to do.
ROSS: Okay. Then you were transported back to the station at that time
orࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: With, within minutes, yes.
ROSS: Okay, okay, alright ࡕ (SHUFFLING) Okay, DAVID, thank you, quite,
its quite thorough, umࡕ (PAUSE) Im gonna, I took a couple of ࡕ
***
MOROYOQUI: Yeah.
ROSS: I, I took a couple of overheads here with me. Umࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Sure.
ROSS: You can choose either or, uh, this is obviously Segerstrom, Bristol
is over here, were going north, south.
ENRIQUEZ: I see. I understand.
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ROSS: Okay. And again this is just a larger (BACKGROUND NOISE)
rendition of the same, basically the same lower portion of this
here and feel free to use either one of them to, to describe what
you seeࡕ
(BACKGROUND NOISE)
ENRIQUEZ: Okay.
ROSS: I, Ill give you that, Ill give you that pen, Ill grab another one here.
Umࡕ (PAUSE) Im just, I just want some clarification onࡕ the time
when you, when you walk up or when you get out of your vehicle,
you see, you see the two people. I just want to get some
clarification on details that you see, okay?
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
ROSS: Of, um, I, I know that you said that you saw what you, what
appeared to be a firearm, but well just, well just walk through it.
And so, so you come into the parking lot and just, just to clarify
since weve got these drawings here with us, umࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: This ones better.
ROSS: Okay, perfect, okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah.
ROSS: So I would, uh, uh, I would (BACKGROUND NOISE) imagine you
came from, from here, being the lower, the lower left corner.
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
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ROSS: Let me, let me just, this is north. (BACKGROUND NOISE) and
south, okay, so you, you came across this south, eastbound,
across the south side ofࡕ this being 3005, I believe?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
Thats good enough.
ROSS: 3005 Bristol, South Bristol? So your, your vehicle, you drove your
vehicle southbound?
ENRIQUEZ: That would be eastbound, sir.
ROSS: Im sorry, eastbound across the south sideࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: ࡕ of 3005?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: Which is going to be the Laudromat.
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: Um, and when, when youࡕ reached this corner here or passed
this southeast corner of the business, you said you first looked
south, is that correct? And thenࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, yeah, I, I just turn my head and looked.
ROSS: Okay. When, when you looked northࡕ (BACKGROUND NOISE)
where approximately in this area do you see the Jeep? Could you
just, maybe just put on a, like a square showingࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, I, I can do that, approximatelyࡕ
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
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ROSS: Showing just approximatelyࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Based on my recol‐, recollection rightࡕ Ill go here.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: And Ill put Jeep.
ROSS: Perfect.
ENRIQUEZ: Okay.
ROSS: And a little arrow on the headࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Sure.
ROSS: ࡕ facingࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, traffic.
ROSS: There you go, perfect. And, and your unit, where your unit comes
to rest.
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, of course, no, Im not gonna cut it short, right?
ROSS: Just, just, draw a line
ENRIQUEZ: So, I come here.
ROSS: Just approximately.
ENRIQUEZ: And Ill put my patrol car right aboutࡕ and Ill label it with, umࡕ
ROSS: Yeah, your call si‐, your unit number.
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ENRIQUEZ: Of my unit number 853.
ROSS: 853, perfect. Okay, so when you come aroundࡕ (BACKGROUND
NOISE)/(PAUSE) come around from the eastࡕ and you stop hereࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
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ROSS: ࡕ you exit your vehicle, you turn the spotlight on?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: Sort of simutaneously?
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, justࡕ
ROSS: And you see two individuals, one in a wheel chair?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: Where, where do you see these individuals?
ENRIQUEZ: Theres, uh, ࡕ (SCRIBBLING SOUND) with wheel chair.
ROSS: Okay.
(BACKGROUND NOISE)
ENRIQUEZ: And suspect right here. (SCIRBBLING SOUND) This Jeep doors
open.
ROSS: And just for purpose of the tape, youve indicated a ‐, along the
east side of 3005, that square that represents the person in the
wheel chair and (BACKGROUND NOISE) the suspect in a circle,
correct?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: And thats between the ea ‐, the east wall and the, the Jeep?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: Thats parked there, okay. When, when you seeࡕ when you pull
round and you see these two individuals, is the, is the suspectࡕ
do you see him from the side, do you see him from the back?
How, how, how, how are they positioned?
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ENRIQUEZ: I see him from his left side.
ROSS: His left sideࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: ࡕ is sort bladed off toward you?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: ***
ENRIQUEZ: And hes facing the gentleman in wheel chair.
ROSS: Okay, and you said that he was, he was yelling at that person?
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, he had a, an aggressive demeanor that caught my attention.
He was yelling. I couldnt make it out, um, um, firm with him,
aggressive, al‐, almost threatening him and, you know, I couldnt
make it out, but I knew based on his body language, I knew
enough about people that he was upset about something.
ROSS: Okay, and, and his hands, what you could see of them, or his
arms, could you describe that for me?
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah. Ill just stand ࡕ they were like this, closed.
ROSS: So, so youre grasping your hands togetherࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Im holding my hand, um, elbows are high and, and, you know,
umࡕ persons articulation, um, much like a baseball pitcher would
beࡕ
ROSS: Um, okay.
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ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ if one can imagine like that, so the suspects hands are closed,
holding something and hes yelling, um, down at the person in
wheel chair, so elbows up, hands closed.
ROSS: Now is he standing erect or bit hunched over the, the person in
wheel chair, do you recall?
ENRIQUEZ: Erect.
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ROSS: Hes standing erect?
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah.
ROSS: And, and one thing you did there, you, you held your hand as if
your left hand was cradling something and your right hand was
grasping something, is that correct?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, like I describe minutes ago, um, left hand was more of a
support hand and the right hand is what Ill refer to as a master
grip, getting a firm grip on something.
ROSS: Okay. Other than the way he was standing and the, um, the way
his hands wereࡕ togetherࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Uh‐huh.
ROSS: ࡕ could you see what was contained (SHUFFLING) in his hands?
Could you see any color, um, anything that caught your attention,
the object itself, you think he may have been holding?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, I can. It, it, it wasࡕ like a metal silver object.
ROSS: Okay.
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ENRIQUEZ: And, and this been cradled like this, it had a longer portion to it.
So that, that would describe holding it like this, but thats when I
saw that the bits and pieces, what it was, it was silver likeࡕ
ROSS: Uh.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ that kind of color.
ROSS: Did you recognize what, what the object was, not what might be
what it was?
ENRIQUEZ: Right away, no.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: But based on my experience, one would only hold something like
that if theyre hol‐, holding a weapon, a gun, based on my
experience.
ROSS: Absolutely. So, so your belief was ࡕ the hol‐, the totality of
everything that the, the way he was standing, the way his hands
were together, the, the, um, color of the object and the way that
he was holding that particular object. In your mind, it looked like
a firearm?
ENRIQUEZ: Coupled with his body language, how he was and the positioning
of his hands that it was a firearm.
ROSS: And hes yelling at this subject in the wheel chair?
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
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ROSS: Whats going through your mind when youre seeing a subject
standing over another individual who appears to be holding a
firearm and is yelling?
ENRIQUEZ: I felt that I was interrupting a felony in progress, perhaps a
robbery. This poor guy in a wheel chair is potentially a victim and
maybe hes back there cause he may be a transient, he has
nowhere to go. He stopped there cause he was resting. Maybe
this guy pulled up and say give me all your money, give me what
you have. Maybe I was interrupting a felony in progress, a
robbery, an assault.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Uh, extortion, something. Many of things were going through my
head that I could be dealing with a victim right here next to the
suspect.
ROSS: Okay. Did, did, well, you did, you, you yelled out to those subjects,
both of the subjects, obviously, uh, at that time, uh, do you re‐,
recall exactly what you said?
ENRIQUEZ: I wanted to observe them, um, and that was just barely half a
second as I walked by and I believe when the spotlight illuminated
them, he looked back, the suspect with his hand saw me, said
what he said, oh, shit. Then he turned around started to run
towards the door. Thats when I said, the best I can remember,
hey, stop.
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ROSS: Okay. So he looked over his left shoulder towards you?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct. Im standing. He was facing the wall, hands still keeping
close, um, remember the guy in the wheel chair was against the
wall. The suspect was facing him, sees me, turns to the left which
is now facing South where my patrol car entered, oh shit. Now he
makes a full circle around, turns around and went to theࡕ to the
Jeep.
ROSS: Okay. So could you go ahead and, and just sort of approximate
your location when you exit the vehicle, just with a ࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Sure.
ROSS: ࡕ circle and a cross in it? Next to your vehicle some place.
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah. (PAUSE) and I ex a cross?
ROSS: Just, just put a cross, yeah.
ENRIQUEZ: Oh, good.
ROSS: So that would be your location? Umࡕ and, and approximately
how far out from, from the car would you, you say you stepped?
ENRIQUEZ: Um, approximately, okay. Now see how I was on the right side of
the Jeep and I exit and cross a few feet. This could be anywhereࡕ
(PAUSE) gosh, I, Id have to, Im thinking maybe ten feet perhaps.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: If that, maybeࡕ
ROSS: Soࡕ
: David, how many steps you think you took?
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ENRIQUEZ: Um, I believe I took two or three wide steps.
ROSS: Okay, okay.
ENRIQUEZ: You know kinda side step.
ROSS: A steps approximately two and half to three feet.
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
(BACKGROUND NOISE)
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: So, a couple of those.
ROSS: Okay, so we, well say eight to ten feet away from the vehicle?
ENRIQUEZ: I, I ࡕ
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ROSS: Approximately?
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ fair with saying that approximately.
ROSS: Okay, but in saying that, uh, once youd left your vehicle, where
was your closest cover from that point?
(PAUSE)
ENRIQUEZ: Oh, I had no cover but my closest would be toࡕ retreat back to
the corner of the wall or actually running back to my car wasnt an
option, because I would lose sight of these guys.
ROSS: Right.
ENRIQUEZ: So I had no cover, I had no option, I had no position to move
cause at this point I just wanted to observe what they were
doingࡕ
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ROSS: ***
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕwhat was going on?
ROSS: Okay. So you were out in, you were out in the open and
vunerable at that time?
ENRIQUEZ: Oh, yeah, I was completely out in the open.
ROSS: So the sus‐, the suspectࡕ the, the way you have this drawn right
now, he was very close toࡕ to the door of the, the Jeep?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: I, I, I know this is all approximate and we can, we can change this
if necessary as were explaining it andࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: As long as we understand its approximate.
ROSS: Yeah, yeah, no, absolutely. Totally. Its just, just for purposes of to
have us all understand, you know, how this unfolded. Um, soࡕ I,
Im assuming just wha‐, through what you told me you, you may
have been a little bit further back behind the Jeep here, if he
turned and, and ran towards the door?
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, looking back if I could erase this that, uh, the Jeep will
actually be a little bit forward on this ***
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ROSS: So a little further north?
ENRIQUEZ: A little further north.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Just, just a hair.
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ROSS: Okay. So, so he runs back to the, to the Jeep door and you said
that he gets close upࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: ࡕ to the opening of the, of the Jeep door. Now this person is he,
do you recall was he tall, was he short? Could you see him over
the top of the Jeep?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: You cant?
ENRIQUEZ: No, oh no. Absolutely not.
ROSS: But you can see him through the windows of the Jeep?
ENRIQUEZ: Well, he neverࡕ define seeing him through the windows? He
never entered and sat in the vehicle.
ROSS: No, I understand butࡕ uh, are you, okay, let me, let me ask you
are youࡕ uh, being more south ࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: ࡕ are you directly behind or, behind the Jeep to the drivers side
of the Jeep or are you offset and the, the Jeep is, is interfering
with your visibility down, down the side, uh ࡕ
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ENRIQUEZ: I understand the ࡕ
ROSS: Thats why Im trying to get an understanding ࡕ
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ENRIQUEZ: I understand the question.
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ROSS: ࡕ of how youre viewing him, is, is heࡕ have you, uh, have you a
clear, unobstructed view down the side of the vehicle or are you
looking through the rear of the vehicle, through the windows and
seeing him, him manipulate whatever hes manipulating inside
the vehicle?
ENRIQUEZ: I understand the question. I did not have un‐, unobstructed view.
Im looking clearly in, um, where the door and the driver exit is, so
Im not looking at the rear of the Jeep, looking into a window.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: The back window, for that matter.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Im off clear looking and even to further to describe in a
northeasterly direction nowࡕ
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ because remember now Im exposed.
ROSS: Right.
ENRIQUEZ: And Im looking this way so, umࡕ
ROSS: Okay, so you had moved, moved closer over towards the east side
of the building to get a better view of the two individuals inside of
the, the vehicle, is this, is that correct?
ENRIQUEZ: Wellࡕ
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ROSS: ***
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ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ closer to the east side, um, okay, yeah, you, youre right, yeah.
Um *** the wall.
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ROSS: So youre actually, so youre actually looking in this northeasterly,
uh, as you just said ࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: ࡕ so youre more of aࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: This is a little canted
ENRIQUEZ: Right. And thats, thats the best way I could describe it, yes.
ROSS: Okay, okay. Is it only the, the drivers door thats open that hes
nestled in againstࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: ࡕ the opening? Okay. So you can see him againstࡕ or in that
doorway, his ࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: ... head to foot?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, absolutely.
ROSS: Yet has he tucked his head in or is he still exposed fully other than
his arms being inside the vehicle?
ENRIQUEZ: He bent his waist in.
ROSS: So hes, hesࡕ top half of his body is, is bend over inside?
ENRIQUEZ: Right. I momentarily lost sight of his upper half.
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ROSS: Upper half? Okay. But you could see he was manipulating, you
could see that his movements appearedࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Absolutely, absolutely. That is a common action that people take,
I mean, if for youd wanna reach and get something, youre going
to extend your body to reach and grab something to manipulate,
to retrieve, to draw, to do something. And if youre gonna bend
over, youre gonna, that leads me to believe, if youre bending
over, youre making a good conscience effort to, to reach in
different compartments of a car, perhaps the glove box, perhaps
the center console, perhaps on the other side of the chair or
excuse me, the, the passenger seat. It wasnt just him over here.
He made a full on effort to put his upper half of his body inside
and get whatever he wanted to get.
ROSS: Okay. I know youre paying a lot attention to this, this guy right
now since he, hes, hes to you is the biggest threat. What about
this guy here in the wheel chair, is, is heࡕ is he doing anything? Is,
are you seeing any movement by him or have you sort of
tunneled intoࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: No, I didnt tunnel in, sir, I, I utilized my peripheral vision and I
maintain obviously most of my focus was on, um, the suspect but
to answer your question, wheel chair guy did not move. He did
not, um, say anything. He just, uh, he was just there against the
wall.
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ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: The whole time actually.
ROSS: Okay, so there was, he wasnt saying a word. He just sat there?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: And other than hearing the words oh, shit (SHUFFLING) by suspect
as, as he turned and ran over here to the door ࡕ or just prior to
him running over here to the door of the Jeep, was the suspect
saying anything?
(PAUSE)
(SHUFFLING)
ENRIQUEZ: No, other than what I described that it appeared that he was very
upset, argumentative, appeared to be threatening but I could not
make out what he was. I based it on his bodyࡕ
ROSS: Right.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ language and his movement.
ROSS: But once he made that statement, oh, shit, and then turn and ran
towards the door of the Jeep, did you hear him say anything after
that, after the oh shit comment and him head towards the door of
the Jeep?
ENRIQUEZ: No, I did not.
ROSS: Okay, while he was rifling through whatever he was rifling
through inside the vehicle, was he saying anything, mumbling
anything, making any noises?
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ENRIQUEZ: No, he seemed very focused on what he was doing.
ROSS: Okay. Approximately how long was he inࡕ side the Jeep, fumbling
around doing whatever he was doing?
(PAUSE)
ENRIQUEZ: Maybe a second as if whatever he was getting he knew where it
was and he knew how to get it.
ROSS: Oh, okay. Now as this was unfolding can you describe the, the
lighting in that area?
ENRIQUEZ: Sure.
ROSS: And what you had toࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Sure.
ROSS: ࡕ go on.
ENRIQUEZ: Sure. There was a little bit better lighting on this side, um, that I
had observed when I actually came in, but over here were gonna
concentrate here, um, the east side of the building. Um, it was
dark, it was obscure, late at night, not too many lights on. Um, the
Jeep was also casting shadows, if you will, so, um, depth
perception, um, lighting, shadows, all those things were in play to
what I was seening.
ROSS: Okay, now your unit has headlights and spotlight on at this time?
ENRIQUEZ: I believe just the spotlight.
ROSS: Just the spotlight, okay, and the spotlight was directed which,
which would have illuminated everything to the rear of the Jeep,
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but also in my past experience, it appears to cast some shadows.
Were, were any the, was any of apparent at that time, was it
clear, um, view or... was it well lit in this area?
ENRIQUEZ: I, I can tell you, you know, because I see the two people here, the
suspect and the wheel chair, and thats where I put my lightࡕ
ROSS: Uh‐huh.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ in a Northwest direction against the wall, so it didnt illuminate
closer to the Jeep or anything. But to further answer your
question, it, uh, did cast some shadow, cast, um, some, um, you
know, it, it illuminate this part but it really didnt do much to help
me over here.
ROSS: Okay, so illuminate round about, theres a dumpster, it appears to
be a dumpster anyhow.
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: Um, this dumpster area and where the, maybe the guy in the
wheel chairs is? But towards the front of the Jeep, it wasnt too
beneficial?
ENRIQUEZ: Absolutely not ࡕ
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ because you could see simply whereࡕ
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ *** my car.
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ROSS: Okay, so he, hes inside the vehicle and hes in there for
approximately a second andࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: A second, second and a halfࡕ
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: I mean quick. He just reached for somethin.
ROSS: And, and he comes out of the door of, of the Jeep, now is that
when he slams the door closed?
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah. Thats what he did. He comes out and shuts it.
ROSS: Okay. Now, he shuts it, you said during the interview, hard?
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
ROSS: Soࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: With a purpose, he slammed it.
ROSS: Slammed it, okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
ROSS: Okay.
(BACKGROUND NOISE)
ENRIQUEZ: Not just *** not make noise, he, he slammed it.
ROSS: Okay. So he slams the door closed on, on the Jeep. Whats his
next motion?
ENRIQUEZ: He looks back again.
ROSS: Okay. So he what, looks back towards you, does he say anything?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: Okay.
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ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: Have you got your gun drawn at this time?
ENRIQUEZ: Absolutely yes.
ROSS: Okay, when, when do you recall? I meant to ask you that before,
but when do you recall drawing your firearm?
ENRIQUEZ: When he said oh, shit and ran to the door.
ROSS: Okay. You drew your firearm right at that moment?
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
ROSS: Okay. So, so he comes out, he slams the door closed and he looks
back at you. Does he glance back at you, does he stand stare back
at you?
ENRIQUEZ: I gonna demonstrate. He, he snaps his neck in a hurry, like this,
and Im demonstrating that he turns his head to seeࡕ
ROSS: Over his right shoulder?
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, comes out from the, uh, the, uh, drivers side, shuts the
door, looks back and runs to the front of the Jeep.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: So there wasnt full on movement again, couldnt see his hands at
this point.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Um, he, he doesnt expose the front side of his body. He just takes
a quick twist like that and I saw his face, um, or that he was
looking back at me again where I presume to see where I was.
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ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Which was pretty much the same position from when, for initially
contact him, because its a very fluid action thats taking place,
quick. Move, move, move. Then he runs to the front.
ROSS: And you say you cant see his hands at this time?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct. I cannot. He was veryࡕ focused on keeping those hands
close to him and dedicated to not exposing them.
ROSS: He ࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: And thats what kept (BACKGROUND NOISE) making this a more
dangerous situation.
ROSS: Once again, youre holding your hands up towards your chestࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Chest level, close.
ROSS: As, as if youre grasping something against it ࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: ࡕ so, so, um, would I be correct in saying that, even though you
werent able to see his hands, because he had, he had his back to
you, you, you still knew where his hands were?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: I they whereࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: In front of him and high, because they werent off to the side,
down below. Elbows were, were here. So he was holding
somethin. And this is how I knew, this whole, for lack of a better
term, chicken wing kind of visual, try to use that.
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ROSS: Yeah, excellent analogy.
ENRIQUEZ: Like that.
ROSS: Yeah.
ENRIQUEZ: Thats what he had.
ROSS: Soࡕ if Im correct in saying hi‐, hisࡕ the way he had his arms and
hands manipulated at that time, even though you couldnt see his
hands, it emulated what you had seen prior to, when you first
pulled up, same sort of positioning?
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
ROSS: So without seeing his hands, his arms were in that similar position
as before?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes. They main‐,ࡕ
ROSS: And is cradling that item?
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ they maintain that position.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: And Ill have it noted thatࡕ based on my experience and training
as a law enforcement officer often taught that, um, for example
on the range when shooting there are different variations, if you
will, of coming to a low ready or resting. You never expose your
arms out, uh, when, only when youre ready to come up on
target. So when you come back and rest, if you dont put your
weapon back in your holster, but youre still assessing or looking
around to maintain advantage, you bring your arms in. So those
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movements with my train of thought, was that he has something
thats gonna hurt me. He has a weapon thats keeping it here,
because only somebody that wants to keep it close to them and
have it ready to punch out, (SHUFFLING) is going to do that. If
youre ready to shoot, you dont have it to your side. You dont
have it in a back pocket. Youre ready to shoot, you wanna haveࡕ
an advantage on the other person and punch that weapon out.
And thats what I was thinking that he has this ready to, to, um,
present to me.
ROSS: Okay. So his, his body language is consistent with things that you
trainࡕ
(SHUFFLING)
ENRIQUEZ: Absolutely.
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ROSS: ࡕ on the range with
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: Okay, okay. Umࡕ so he, he comes around after closing the door.
He comes around to the frontࡕ can you, can youࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, I ***
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ROSS: You say, you say that you, you do theࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, Ill, Ill do the drawing.
ROSS: ࡕ drawing please.
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ENRIQUEZ: What Im drawing, Im taking dashed linesࡕ
ROSS: From the door.
ENRIQUEZ: And Im going out from the door of the driver side of the Jeep. Im
now marking an X in front of the Jeep, umࡕ
ROSS: Just put an S next to it, thats perfect.
ENRIQUEZ: S right here.
ROSS: Okay. And, and that the, uh, X is on the drivers, when you explain
earlier, in front of the headlight of the driver side of the vehicle.
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ENRIQUEZ: In front of the headlight on the drivers side and thats where he is
and he is now squatted down.
ROSS: Okay. You said earlier that your training has taught you never to
stay, never to remain in, in the same position. You said that you
moved, okay. Um, at, at this particular time, and I know, I know
you said you, you step out from the side of the vehicle, again, this
is all approximate andࡕ were you still over towards the driver
side, south of, but to the drivers side of the Jeep, trying to view
the suspect inside of the Jeep at this particular time, when he
took this position?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, I still here because it was happening very, very, very fast and
if you remember he had shut the door, so this now became an
open, uh, line of sight, if you will.
ROSS: Okay, so that was unobstructed?
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ENRIQUEZ: Unobstructed.
ROSS: And the guy in the wheel chair is still against the east wall of the ࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Still against the wall, didnt moveࡕ
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Didnt say anything, didnt wheel out, didnt say help, help, or hes
over here, nothingࡕ
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ just stood there.
ROSS: At this point, does is the suspect saying anything to you?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
(BACKGROUND NOISE)
ROSS: Nothing at all?
ENRIQUEZ: No, no, nothing.
ROSS: Are you communicating with the suspect?
ENRIQUEZ: Didnt have time to.
ROSS: Okay. At, at that point, you see the suspect step to the, front of
the vehicle, whats your, whats your next course of action?
(PAUSE)
ENRIQUEZ: Again, Im doing every‐, everything I did were based on my
observations of him. He was sticking his head out above the hood
and to the side of the car to see where I was. Thats how I took it.
He wanted to see where I was. This whole time his action were
where was I.
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ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: When he first saw me, oh, shit, when he ran to the door, looked
back. When he ran to the front, hes still looking. Again, why is
someone that is in trouble or allegedly guilty of anything, why are
they sticking around, why arent you running? He is now taking a
position of cover and concealment and all of these things are
starting to quickly add in my head, never seen his hands, what did
he get? What did he put away from, from the drivers side? Why
did he shut the door? The door would give him more, uh, of a
better place to hide, why did he shut it? To give him a co‐, uh,
unobstructed view of me. I was convinced he wasࡕ getting a
target acquisition on me. He wanted to take a position of
advantage. Hes done something like this before. He had it
planned out, a plan of escape. Whats in front of the Jeep? A
motor, tires, cover. Whats in front of me? Absolutely nothing.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: And with him sticking his head out, up and down to see where I
was, and briefly looking down, he was manipulating something
and getting ready to use it to harm me.
ROSS: So he, he was crouched at the front vehicle and he wasࡕ peeking
out?
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, well, well say peeking out, um, to, to describe him looking
out. He did not step out. He did not stand up. He is just looking
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out, sticking his head out and, and almost pieing if you will, poor,
poor way of pieing, which you know, you try to see something
without seeing you.
ROSS: Right.
ENRIQUEZ: So hes looking out, hes looking out.
ROSS: Okay. So hes taking the smallࡕ quick peeks?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: To see where you are, obviously to seeࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
ROSS: ࡕ see your location, what youre doing and at the same time
youre also able to observe that he, he looks down he appears to
be manipulating somethingࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: ࡕ at the same time? And your fear is hes manipulatingࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: A weapon. A hand gun.
ROSS: Right.
(SHUFFLING)
ENRIQUEZ: And Ill tell you one thing that remained consistent, never saw his
hand and his elbows are out above, with his forearm like this, so I
see an elbow, I see, um, above shoulder and I see him doing this.
ROSS: Okay. So hes, his arms are still in that bend position up against his
chest?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
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ROSS: So in, in your mind, youre still, still believe that, thats a firearm
that hes holding against his chest?
ENRIQUEZ: Without a doubt.
ROSS: Okay. (PAUSE) Do you, you, you said there wasnt enough time to
say anything. Um, at what, at what point do you deliver those
first, you said first four rounds that you fired?
(BACKGROUND NOISE)
ENRIQUEZ: At that moment.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: As I aimed at his direction, I was confident with my back drop and
I fired four rounds at him.
ROSS: Okay. Anything, did you hear the suspect say anything at that
time?
ENRIQUEZ: No. I did not hear him say okay, okay, I give up. I stop or Im hurt, I
did not, umࡕ I obviously looked to see if I had struck him to
minimize the threat. I wasnt convinced that I had. Again, he had
cover concealment, um, no indication and four rounds, it was very
clear that I was engaging him. And I paused, giving him an
opportunity to give up do anything. He wasnt. And based on his
actions again he started to move and I saw his feet now move side
to side as he was squatting. So no he did not say anything or do
anything to lead me to believe that it was safe.
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ROSS: Okay. And that, and you said, if Im not, uh, mistaken, during the
interview earlier, um, that you began to move at that time after
you delivered the first four rounds?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: Okay. Uh, you said you were able to look underneath the Jeepࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: ࡕ as you were moving to east of the Jeep, correct?
ENRIQUEZ: northeast.
ROSS: Northeast. Um, as, as you looked below the Jeep, what did you
see?
ENRIQUEZ: His feet were still in a squatting position. He was not laying down.
He was not on the side. He was not on his stomach. He wasnt on
his back. He was still in a position squatting ready to get up.
ROSS: In the same location?
ENRIQUEZ: In front of the vehicle.
ROSS: Okay, uh, to the drivers side, where we talked about before orࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: No, he was side to side.
ROSS: Oh, so hes running back and forth from side to side?
ENRIQUEZ: Not running, side stepping.
ROSS: Well, stepping side, from side to side, okay. Umࡕ at, at that point
you said you, you didnt think you had hit him?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
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ROSS: Okay. So you, you move from the rear of the Jeep, from your, your
original location you move in a northeast direction?
ENRIQUEZ: Umࡕ
ROSS: From hereࡕ
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ENRIQUEZ: Draw it?
ROSS: ࡕ yeah, go, if you wouldnt mind justࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: And, and again it was, uh, based on what had just occurred, um, I
knew I was engaged in him and based on his actions, moving back
to back, remember Im again from the distance here ࡕ
ROSS: Absolutely.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ short wheel base in a Jeep, Im familiar with them. I could see
his feet clearly down there. Hes moving side to side. Hes still
engaged, so Im gonna draw a dotted line to where I moved to.
(PAUSE) And then right about here.
ROSS: Okay, just do another circle with a cross in it. Perfect. (PAUSE)
There you go.
(BACKGROUND NOISE)
ENRIQUEZ: And thats where I saw him again.
ROSS: Okay, so youd almost come up ࡕ all the way up to the front of, of
the Jeep to get bead on him?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, almost.
ROSS: Almost.
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ENRIQUEZ: Almost to the front.
ROSS: Just a little, little south of beingࡕ (PAUSE) directly to the, well,
just, just a little south of the front of the Jeep, but further out to
the east.
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, because I was using tactics to come around and to see him.
ROSS: Okay. And, and, uh, you say using tactics; is that another thing you
learned ࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Uh, uh, something Ive learned on my training experience here at
the department.
ROSS: Okay, and, and what, what type of tactic is that considered?
ENRIQUEZ: To pie the corner.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: To see something beforeࡕ
ROSS: And thats just taking small steps to expose whats around the
corner without exposing your, yourselfࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: ࡕ to, to danger? Okay. And, and as you did that, and as you came
around, as you pied around the front of the vehicle, umࡕ what,
what did you see?
ENRIQUEZ: I saw theࡕ suspect still squatting. And he was bladed off, he was
flat up against the, uh, well, he was close to the front of the
bumper, so he was like this and he was bladed off.
ROSS: Okay.
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ENRIQUEZ: So all I could see was his left side.
ROSS: So youre, youre squatting down with your hands against your
chest once more and, and it appears that your, his, his shoulders
were square with the front of the, like the grille of the vehicle,
would that be correct? So his side, as you came round, you,
only his side was exposed to you at that time?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: And I would further describe it as he was face to face with the
grille.
ROSS: Okay, okay. When you saw this and you, you see, at this point you
can see him still crouched with his, his hands against his chest, are
you able to see whats in his hands at this time?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: No?
ENRIQUEZ: I couldnt see anything because he was bladed off like this.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Still back.
ROSS: And the lighting in that area of ࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Lightings poor, um, again the Jeep isࡕ uh, obstructing. Umࡕ his
positioning, he's again hiding that right hand, he just, elbows still
there. Thats the biggest concern here is his elbows were always
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up in a position of advantage for him. Never were they off to the
side, never were they okay, okay, you got me, you got me.
ROSS: Right.
ENRIQUEZ: They were here. He was taking the appropriate action that anyone
would to defend themselves or to, to ࡕ face an adversary to, to,
he was taking a tactical advantage. He was not exposing himself
and he was here close.
(SHUFFLING)
ROSS: Did you say anything to him at that time?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: Okay. You, did he say anything to you? Is there anythingࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: No. No. I, you know, I remember waking upࡕ um, a day after this
incident, uh, yesterday and I, I recall and, and I apologize. I have
so many things happening, so many moving parts and theyre so,
theres a couple things after this that well discuss shortly but, um,
I, I (BACKGROUND NOISE) think I said, Im not sure when, but hey,
dont make me do this. I think I said that. It, it came back to me
and I feel confident that I said that other than hey, stop. So again I
apologize but with everything thats gone on, the incident, the
compression and all that, um, I feel, I feel certain that I, that I told
him something of that nature. I cant recall exactly when.
ROSS: Thats fine. Thats fine. I, I meanࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Soࡕ
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ROSS: ࡕ we dont expect that you recall everything.
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
ROSS: You just been through very traumatic incident.
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
ROSS: And you know, you knowࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
ROSS: ࡕ its totally understandable thatࡕ some of the things that, that
occurred out there and things that you might have said, uh, you
may be oblivious to them, maybe til months down the road, you
might be, wake up one day and go, holy smoke, I, you know, I, I
said that and I cant even, I didnt even tell the investigator that,
but thatsࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: ***
ROSS: Right now all we want to know is what, what you can clearly recall
and when you, when youࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
ROSS: ࡕ said it. And if you think you may have said something or you
think you may have saw something, absolutely tell me about it.
And you cant tell me exactly when it happened, thats okay. You
knowࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Uh‐huh.
ROSS: ࡕ but, but then later in the day it comes up and, uh, you know, if,
if ever you have to testify, umࡕ you, youve at least shared part
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of, you know, although, as hazy as it is right now, it might be a lot
more clearer, you know, once, once youve come to terms with
whats occurred, okay?
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
ROSS: So yeah, dont, dont hesitate in, in giving me as much information
as you can, even its just tidbits and, and you cant fill in the
blanks.
ENRIQUEZ: Sure.
ROSS: Okay? Soࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Okay.
ROSS: ࡕ so youre, youre out here. You ࡕ at, at some point that, that
statement that you made, you, you dont know when, when you
made that statement?
ENRIQUEZ: I may have said it over here when I, when he went to run to the
back.
ROSS: Okay, before you fired any rounds?
ENRIQUEZ: Im sorry, to the front of the car, before I fired the first four
rounds.
ROSS: Okay. But after, after that first volley of rounds, after you move,
theres, theres no communication between you and him that you
can recall?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
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ROSS: Okay. So you, you finally come around the front of the vehicle
here and youre able to see him at the front?
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
ROSS: What, what, whats your next course of action?
ENRIQUEZ: I fired two more rounds at him.
ROSS: Okay. And was there any effect?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, I saw him spin ࡕ land on his back and I saw him starting to
bleed and he was screaming in pain and finally starting to say
okay, I stop, stop, stop, okay, something of that nature.
ROSS: Okay.
DAVID, do you have an estimate to provide to the investigator,
um, (BACKGROUND NOISE) in the amount of time it took for you
to go from, what Im going to call position one, by, uh, 83‐, 853, to
position two which is gonna be that, uhࡕ
ROSS: Northeast.
ࡕ northeast ࡕ
ROSS: ***
ࡕ corner of the the, uh, suspect vehicle.
ENRIQUEZ: Um, I dont have an estimation of time. Its very quick and very
fluid. You know if I, if Iࡕ again Im going off of his movements. I
have no position to, of, uh, cover or concealment and I, um, did
not have a chance to radio to my dispatch what had just
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happened. So I was moving based on him, I was very quick and
very fluid.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: It was an engagement.
ROSS: Soࡕ would I be correct in saying the first four rounds that you
delivered, were they, were they all together like boom, boom,
boom, boom?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: Okay, so not like boom, boom, gap, boom, boom, no double taps?
ENRIQUEZ: No, they wereࡕ
ROSS: Okay, so it was boom, boom, boom, boom?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: And then assessed and then immediately moved?
ENRIQUEZ: Right, because I want to give him the opportunity to, to say
something if, if like hey, did I get him, did, did I, is, is he gonnaࡕ
ROSS: Right.
ENRIQUEZ: No, he was still moving.
ROSS: Okay, your assessment would have taken?
ENRIQUEZ: Half a second.
ROSS: Okay. And then, and then your movementࡕ was quickly, quickly
move to a new position?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, it was fluid move‐, walking in that northeast direction.
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ROSS: Okay. But as you, as you come around the front of the carࡕ a
little, maybe a little slower or just the same pace?
ENRIQUEZ: Uhࡕ
ROSS: As youre pieing around the front of the car?
ENRIQUEZ: I, Im proceeding with caution. Absolutely. I am so scared
because now again what dont I have, cover or concealment and
he knows Im around here somewhere. (BACKGROUND NOISE)
And now I have to come to him because remember this is a two
man call. My partners on his way. If this guy shoots me and I
dont get it out and he plays, and he says something and my
partner shows up. Now you have potentially, worst case scenario,
two officers that are hurt or killed by the suspect.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: So I had to further engage him based on his movements.
ROSS: Okay. So you fired, you fired that last two roundsࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: ࡕ as, as you were able to see him. You, you acquired your target
and then you immediately delivered two more rounds, once you
acquired that target?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: After seeing him standing in that same position that appears to
be, umࡕ as if hes grasping a firearm to his chest?
ENRIQUEZ: Wasnt standing, he was squatting.
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ROSS: Im sorry, squa ‐, squattingࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: ࡕ in front of the vehicle, okay. So you deliver those two rounds,
im‐, immediately has effect, spins him. Now does, does it spin, do
you remember how it spins him or do you just recall himࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: I didࡕ
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ROSS: ࡕ pealing away from the front of the vehicle?
ENRIQUEZ: I wouldࡕ I, I dont recall but, but I, I saw his chest momentarily, so
that would lead me to believe that he spun towards me, then
landed on his back.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, so I meanࡕ
ROSS: Soࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Because I saw him and Im making a motion to where Im turning,
um, right to left is what Im doing.
ROSS: Okay. From where you fired the last two rounds to where he fell
in front of the Jeep, could you give me an approximation of how
far you would have been? I guess just, you know, totally
approximately, its justࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Sure.
ROSS: ࡕ give us an idea whatࡕ
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ENRIQUEZ: Having not been back to the scene, an approximation maybe 30
feet.
ROSS: 30 feet, okay. And when he went down, did he go down, can you,
can you tell me roughly how he fell? Did he fall with his head to
the west, feet to the east? Do you recall?
ENRIQUEZ: Uh, I think his feet were to the north and his head was to the
south.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah.
ROSS: Okay, so his head was actuallyࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Closer to the headlights.
ROSS: To the front the, the Jeep?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: Okay. And did, did you approach at that time?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: You did not. Okay, so you maintained your position?
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
ROSS: And he, he falls, hes screaming. He, he yells no, no, is, is what you
said?
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, and Im seeing blood.
ROSS: And youre seeing blood. Um, did, did he say anything else?
ENRIQUEZ: No, hes just screaming and may, maybe like okay, okay, okay,
stop, stop, okayࡕ somethin like that.
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ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: And thats it.
ROSS: Okay, stop, stop, thats what you said. Not no, no that, thatsࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Stop, yeah.
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ROSS: ࡕ that was, that was, those are my words, okay. Uh, the guy in the
wheel chair wha ‐, can you see him at this point?
ENRIQUEZ: I can see him but hes not doing or say anything.
ROSS: Okay, so heࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: And againࡕ
ROSS: Okay, an, an, an inanimate object.
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ is he a victim am I being ambush? Is he a threat? Whats going
on here? Im all alone ࡕ happened all quick and I have not yet
broadcasted this at all. I dont know if theres any threat, is
someone going to wake up from back of the Jeep and say hey,
thatsࡕ my homie, thats my friend and come out with a bigger
gun or come out with something? I, I have a lot of moving parts to
work with. I have to maintain, um, a position of advantage. I have
to take control of the situation. I have to quickly access. I have to
be professional and thats where I broadcast for help and let my
partners know whats happened.
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ROSS: Okay. Didࡕ once hes down, hes screaming, you assessed, um, is
that when you get on the radio?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: Okay, so you get on the radio, you out out your 998.
(SHUFFLING)
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: Umࡕ need assistance, vehicles are, are starting, how, how long is
it before the first unit gets on scene?
ENRIQUEZ: Maybe ten, 15 seconds, maybe.
ROSS: Okay. So very quick.
ENRIQUEZ: It, it seems very quick to me, cause verything is moving fast now.
Thats the best of my recollection.
ROSS: Is he your, is he your, uh, your, uh, partner in this call?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: First on the scene?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes he is my partner.
ROSS: So he was already en route?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: Okay, umࡕ as youre, uh, at some point do you approach the
suspect?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: You never approached the suspect?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
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ROSS: Okay, when the suspects down so you, you never get with, um,
within any closer than the 30 feet?
ENRIQUEZ: Um, I rememberࡕ moving againࡕ to about this area when my
backup came.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Cause I want to get a good view of what was going on, so
essentially closer in feet, no, but I moved around, yeah.
ROSS: Okay, so you move (BACKGROUND NOISE) around to the front of
the, the Jeep but maintainedࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Space.
ROSS: ࡕ a distance from the suspect?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: So Im just going to put a cross, a circle with a cross again right
here.
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, that works.
ROSS: To the front of the Jeep and thats, thats your final location.
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, thats my final location.
ROSS: Okay. Uh, from, from this position here can you clearly see the
suspect laying on the ground?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: Can you, can you see any objects around him, that catch your
attention, are you looking for anything? Did you see anything?
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ENRIQUEZ: Umࡕ ye‐, there was like a black object by the front of the car,
something black, not sure what it was, um, shiny. Um, again, I
didnt want to get too close and the light was poor, because of the
Jeep casting a shadow, but theres shiny by left hand or
something over there.
ROSS: Okay, so shiny as in?
ENRIQUEZ: Like metallic or glass looking likeࡕ
ROSS: Okay, but it was also black?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: Orࡕ okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, thats what I saw.
ROSS: Okay, so something black that had a shine coming from it?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: Okay, it looked somewhat metallic?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: Okay, uh, but you couldnt make out what the object was?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: Okay. Umࡕ how, how long did you maintain that, that position?
ENRIQUEZ: When my backup cameࡕ within seconds other officers came so I
retreated back and just maintained a position for other officers to
move in.
ROSS: Okay. When you say retreated back, where, where abouts did you
move to?
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ENRIQUEZ: My cars over here. My backup came right about here, pulled up
right next to me and exited, so ࡕ
ROSS: Okay, go ahead and just draw roughly where your backup parked
his vehicle. (BACKGROUND NOISE) Okay.
(BACKGROUND NOISE)
ENRIQUEZ: Ummࡕ just put, um, Ill put his modat (sic), his call sign.
ROSS: 372, was it?
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah.
ROSS: So he pulled up here ࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
ROSS: ࡕ next to you?
ENRIQUEZ: Right.
ROSS: He gets out covers, covers the suspect, additional units start
arriving?
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, more and more units.
ROSS: And, and then (BACKGROUND NOISE) you, you step away from
the, the situation and where, where do youࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: I put my weapon away.
ROSS: Uh‐huh.
ENRIQUEZ: Um, and walk back here and just observeࡕ
ROSS: Okay.
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ENRIQUEZ: (SIGHS)ࡕ and, um, hes, uh, they go and they clear the car, stand
by the, uh, suspect and contact the wheel chair guy and start to
stabilize the scene.
ROSS: Okay, um, again while, while youre standing here observing, are
you ab‐, able to identify (BACKGROUND NOISE) what that object is
(BACKGROUND NOISE) thats, thats nearby him? Do ࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: ࡕ do any of the officers (BACKGROUND NOISE) secure that object
orࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: No, I, I, at that point I was away from the scene.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: I didnt get any closer. The closest I was if anything was when I
shot him the two times hereࡕ
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ the two rounds. After that I wasࡕ um, taking back and
eventually within moment take back to station.
ROSS: Okay. Umࡕ uh, I want to go back a little bit. Uh, when you first
pull up on these two subjects, thats something I wanted to ask
you earlier, umࡕ the suspect whos standing over the other, can
you provide a description of him at that time?
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, male, Hispanic, umࡕ he was wearing blue, baggy jeans, um,
heavily tattooed, um, believe he had a shaved head, umࡕ pretty
much what matched the description of the call and, umࡕ
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ROSS: Uh‐huh.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ and thats what I saw.
ROSS: Type of shirt, do you recall?
ENRIQUEZ: You know I dont, I dont him having a shirt on.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: I, I really dont. Again, one of those things like, like I refer to
about, uh, dont make me do this. I, I dont remember him having
a shirt on. It was hot. It was humid. Id have my shirt off too if I
could butࡕ
ROSS: Uh‐huh.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ for him I dont remember.
ROSS: And heav‐, heavily tattooed as in, you know ࡕ
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ENRIQUEZ: Um, he had, he had on his back. You know cause he had his back
to me couple times, umࡕ tattoo of, um, um, what I, what look to
me a virgin Mary or a woman, just a big, back tattoo andࡕ
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ different things around his arms or what not.
ROSS: Okay.
(BACKGROUND NOISE)
ENRIQUEZ: So, um, I was able to see tattoosࡕ indicative of, of someone who,
who may have been incarcerated or jail house tats and
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considering the area, known narcotic environment area and what
not.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: All those things played a role in me quickly aceessing what I was
seeing.
ROSS: Absolutely. Umࡕ so the tat‐, tattoos appear to be street tattoos
orࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Uh, jail house, street ࡕ
ROSS: Jail house.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ um, gang indicia uh, letters, numbers. Uhࡕ
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ROSS: Well, was it ࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ which, you know, gang indicia, which you know, um, letters
and numbers are going to indicate, um, you know, um, what,
what gang youre in or whatࡕ anything you know, in relation to
their association.
ROSS: Did you see any, any of those things, specifically see any of those,
those numbers orࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: The only one that stood out was the one on his back.
ROSS: Just the virgin Mary that you saw?
ENRIQUEZ: Big, big blasted or, or woman or just something big ࡕ
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ a big canvass.
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ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Um, lots of tattoos.
ROSS: That, that again was another thing that alerted you to, to possible
danger at the scene?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: Okay, that he fit the, somewhat of a stereotype or profile of, of,
umࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: That he fit, based on my experience, the type of people I come in
contact, um, parolees, um, people associated with gangs and
what not.
ROSS: Okay. Okay. Umࡕ (PAUSE)/(BACKGROUND NOISE)/(SHUFFLING) I
think that will do it for me. GUS, have you got some questions.
MOROYOQUI: Yeah, Ive got a coup‐, a couple. If, um, obviously these two
photographs here, I mean, theyre not taken during the night
time, theyre during the day, but I know you said you worked, um,
youve been out on patrol for about five years, five and half years
or so, um, when you got the initial call, uh, what, what was going
through your mind specifically in, in, in this area here, if you want
to use this photograph, uhࡕ you know the 1300 block of West
Segerstom, umࡕ this location on the north side of the street, um,
have you had any issues with this area, uh, in the past?
ENRIQUEZ: I understand the question. This general vicinity, um, a lot of, um,
negative traffic here, if you will of, uh, transients, narcotics, drugs,
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uh, often my team and I will work together in down time to patrol
check this area, which means we go and we look for parolees and,
and, you know, arrest them for different violations. Mostly
revolving around narcotics. Of course, narcotics run in this area
with the gas station, closed businesses and what not, youre going
to have that kind of stuff, so based on my experience, um, in the
city and particularly working this district with my fellow officers, a
lot of narcotic activity is here, so the call that was, that I was
dispatched to is, um, completely, uhࡕ what I feel in relation or
doesnt surprise me that someone would have a call like this. Um,
or, or call on someone doing this, uh, suspicious activity in relation
to drug sales, because its so close, to here in this environment,
and *** (NOISE) on my personal knowledge working in that
district.
ROSS: Okay.
MOROYOQUI: And when you arrived, I know you, you said, umࡕ if I can quote
you, you were scared. What was going through your mind when
(SHUFFLING) this, this, uh, guy with heavily tattooed was not
paying attention to you?
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, often times what we talk about, um, in police work is, is
fight or flight, you know, is someone gonna stay and fight you,
um, or are they gonna, they gonna, is there gonna be a fight? Are
they gonna run? Are they gonna run for freedom? Are they gonna
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run north? Umࡕ I dont have an issue with people running from
me all the time. Go ahead. Do it. You could run norhbound. Ill
chase you if I see something, (BACKGROUND NOISE) thats fine.
What raised the hairs on my back and made me scared is when he
was running and stopped in front of the car to see where I was,
cause two things remain consistent. (BACKGROUND NOISE) He
never show me his hand, he was holding something. Secondly,
(BACKGROUND NOISE)/(BACKGROUND CONVERSATION) he
always looked to see where I was, oh, shit, slammed the door,
looked back, go to the front, looked three or four times, moving
west to east in front of the Jeep. His primary goal and function
was to see where I was at. And whatever he had was to cause me
harm and kill me. I knew that because all of hisࡕ characteristics,
his movement were indicative of somebody that wanted to take
that approach and I have never experienced anything like that and
that fear was real and itࡕ made me take the action I had to take.
You know Iࡕ want to go back a couple of years and obviously an
unrelated incident, an officer involved shooting, um, vaguely
described thatࡕ I contacted two suspects, burglars in a vehicle, in
the area of, um, um, the same, the same district, commercial
area, late business hours. Their windows were down. I contacted
them. They could hear me. They pulled out, both of them were in
the vehicle and they now drove out of the parking stall and faced
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me and my partner. They were both in the car and I couldnt get
out of their way. If I were to run or move or step back, I would
trip, he will probably run me over. The suspect and his partner,
the driver was hitting the suspect or his passenger and pointing at
me and my partner as hes revving the engine, as in concert and
lets do this, motivating him. Hes looking forward, plenty of time,
stop the car, stop the car, stop the car. He had the car in gear and
he was revving on the brake or the gas and ready to push forward.
I knew that if I didnt stop that vehicle that he was going to run
me over. There was fear there. I acted on it. I was trained. I had to
minimize that threat. Fast forward to Sunday, Monday morning in
comparison both situations, very, very scary for me. This was
more of an intimate setting. I knew he had a weapon and his
tactics were that of someone that was going to takeࡕ action and
shoot me. What I felt with the guy in the car trying to run me
over, bad, scared, yes, but this was more intimate and more
threatening. And the fear I felt was like nothing else Ive ever felt
in the short time Ive been doing this job (BACKGROUND NOISE)
and I knew what I was doing was to minimize the threat, because
he was going to get me and I had a partner coming and I had not
broadcasted anything and potentially kill that partner too ࡕ and
that was my mind set.
(PAUSE)
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(BACKGROUND NOISE)
MOROYOQUI: That will be it.
ROSS: Okay. Umࡕ (PAUSE) something thats in my mind there, but
(BACKGROUND NOISE) I dont think it was super important, umࡕ
no, I think, uh, I think we covered everything. I think, uh, back to
you DAVID I appreciateࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: Yes, sir.
ROSS: ࡕ youre, uhࡕ giving us this statement, I really do, its very, very
helpful, clarifies a lot for us, umࡕ
I have no question to add, DAVID.
ENRIQUEZ: I, Im good. Im comfortable with the interview.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: I, uh, believe we covered everything. Um, obviously thats
important, all the moving parts.
ROSS: Right.
ENRIQUEZ: And, and I have nothing else.
ROSS: Okay, so theres nothing I didnt, didnt touch on that you thinks
important?
ENRIQUEZ: Correct.
ROSS: Yeah, okay.
So theres nothing thatࡕ we didnt, I mean, you might want to let
usࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: No, just give me a couple of seconds, um ࡕ entry, compact ࡕ
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(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ROSS: Oh, one question I did want to ask you.
ENRIQUEZ: Sure.
ROSS: Um, have you, have, have you ever had contact with this person
before? Ever seen this person before? Is this someone you had
contact with in the past?
ENRIQUEZ: Absolutely not. No. No.
ROSS: So there was noࡕ no familiarity as, as, you know, between you
and him?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: He had no idea who you were?
ENRIQUEZ: No.
ROSS: Nor did you, he?
ENRIQUEZ: Didnt know his name.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Didnt, you know, his back to me and he kept hiding.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Its not like I was talking to him for two minutes maybe Id be able
to, but everything no Iࡕ
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ didnt have the opportunity to, to assess that.
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ROSS: And, and during the incident, did you ever hear any sounds,
noises, manipulation noises of, of a firearm, that sounded like a
firearm to you orࡕ
(PAUSE)
ENRIQUEZ: That sounded like a firearm? Umࡕ I may have heard, um, some
metal or something on the ground but nothing too definite or
concrete, just suspicion but nothing that was concrete.
ROSS: But nothing that sounded like the mechanics (BACKGROUND
NOISE) of, of a firearm?
ENRIQUEZ: No, for example, if, if, if there was semi‐automatic weapon in
play, I would be able to distinctly identity a, uh, the, the slide
locking or the slide loading, things of that sort.
ROSS: Sure.
ENRIQUEZ: A magazine being loaded.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Um, you know, so, umࡕ
ROSS: Or revol‐, if it was a revolver, the ࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: A cylinder turning, things of thatࡕ
(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ROSS: That sort of thing, yeah.
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ sort, yeah. There was no one around. It was quiet.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Um, but again my focus was on ࡕ his actions, and visually.
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ROSS: Absolutely.
ENRIQUEZ: That, that sense, enhancing that sense on what he was doing.
ROSS: Absolutely.
MOROYOQUI: I, I think we might have covered this already, but, uh, when it was
all said and done the officers were getting there, your follows
were getting there, did you see him have a wea ‐, did you see him
with a weapon or weapon nearby him?
ENRIQUEZ: No, I saw something metal shine from, he had somethin but
because of my position I couldnt see it, make it out exactly, I still
could, could not make out exactly what he had.
MOROYOQUI: Okay. You, you didnt know if he actually had a gun or ࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: No, I didnt know.
MOROYOQUI: Okay.
ROSS: But have you learned anything to this date? Uh, has anybody
enlightened you as to, um, what was found at the scene?
ENRIQUEZ: Uh, yes.
ROSS: Any CSI?
ENRIQUEZ: Yes.
ROSS: So you been up, you been updated?
ENRIQUEZ: I, I have been updated. All that night, while it was going on. I, I,
doing, I, yeah, I know.
ROSS: You know exactly what?
ENRIQUEZ: I knowࡕ
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(TALK AT THE SAME TIME)
ROSS: How the CSI went ࡕ
ENRIQUEZ: ࡕ how the CSI went, what was found and where it was found.
ROSS: Okay, perfect. Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: That, that I know.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: If thats what, yeah.
ROSS: Oh, okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Im not completely oblivious to it.
ROSS: Okay, perfect. Okay. I have no further questions.
MOROYOQUI: Thank you.
Thank you.
ROSS: Thanks, DAVID.
MOROYOQUI: I think were good.
ROSS: Yeah, excellent.
ENRIQUEZ: Thank you.
ROSS: Thank you very much, sir.
ENRIQUEZ: Yeah.
ROSS: I appreciate.
ENRIQUEZ: Thank you, sir.
ROSS: Okay.
ENRIQUEZ: Thank you.
(BACKGROUND NOISE)
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ROSS: Conclude the, uh, interview atࡕ 1357 hours.
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