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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHB TOWNHALL INTERVIEWS INV J. CISLO 21-032545.030_RedactedOTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS WITNESS WITNESS A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 4 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/30/2021 08:27 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Related To: Related To: Property Description: C D Miscellaneous Description: OS21-032545.22 - CD CONTAINING DIGITAL AUDIO OF IN PERSON INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED AT HB LIFEGUARD HQ AFTER COMMUNITY OUTREACH ON 9/29/2021 WITH AND FCN Number: NARRATIVE Witness Interviews on On 09/29/2021 at Huntington Beach Community Meeting: Wednesday September 29, 2021 at about 18:00 hours, the City of Huntington Beach held a community meeting to discuss the Hunting Beach Police Department (HBPD) Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) that occurred Saturday, September 25, 2021. The meeting was held at the Lifeguard HQ located at 103 CA-1, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. During the meeting, several people came forward and identified themselves as witnesses of the OIS. HBPD Detective Zack Pricer #1185 and I interviewed the witnesses in a private office on the 2nd floor of the Lifeguard HQ. The following is a summary the witness statements and our conversation with them which I digitally recorded. It is not verbatim, nor necessarily in order of conversation, and is organized for purposes of clarity. This report is not meant to take place of the actual recording. It is just a synopsis. For complete details, refer to the recording of the interview. At about 18:50 On Saturday, September 25, 2021, was at Huntington Beach. was standing on a concrete walkway with her husband The walkway was about 20' feet from where the incident occurred on the beach. heard a loud male voice and she turned towards the beach. The voice was authoritative, but was unsure what was said or who said it. saw a male subject running on the beach. The male subject was holding several t-shirts and, "whatever it was, was white and dangling." saw at least three HBPD officers and no more than five standing around the male subject. could not understand why the male subject would not just drop whatever he was holding onto and run away. thought the male was grasping whatever he had and, "He was holding on to it for dear life." thought the male subject may have stolen the shirts. heard a couple of, "pops," but at that time she did not know the noise was gun shots. After the first pops [gunshots] the male subject was running and staggering, and heard more, "Pops." was confused and thought maybe a movie or television show was being filmed. then thought that maybe HBPD officers were shooting rubber bullets at the male subject. After the shooting stopped, about 1-2 minutes later, the HBPD officers approached the male subject and cut away his pants. saw the officers pull up the male subjects shirt and appear to check the red spots on his body. felt in her, "Opinion that one of the guys came up and shot the man four times after he was already dead." felt like the officers took too long to begin medical attention and CPR on the male subject. felt like the paramedics took too long to arrive on scene. did not see the male subject with a gun at any time. did not think lifeguards or paramedics gave the male subject any medical attention at any time while he was on the beach. did not see a the male subject with a gun, A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 4 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/30/2021 08:27 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT but immediately after the shooting, two young women approached her and they said, "We're so glad you are okay. We saw you out there. That man had a gun. He could have killed you." had not seen the male subject prior to the OIS. On Saturday, September 25, 2021, was at Huntington Beach. was standing with was looking out towards the beach to see if his granddaughter was walking back to them. In periphery vision, saw HBPD officers on the beach. looked over and saw at first, five officers, and then six total. saw the male subject on the beach, but he thought he only saw him after he was already done on the sand. All six officers had their guns out. The HBPD officers were saying something to the male, but could not hear what, and he did not think the male subject ever said anything in return. On the ground, the male was holding something inside his hand, but was not sure what it was. thought the item was possibly a t-shirt that may have been covering something else. The male was moving around on the ground and the officers shot at him. was unsure how many rounds were fired, but he thought all of the officers shot. After the shooting ceased, the officers approached the male and cut his clothes off. assumed they removed the male subjects clothing to check for gunshot wounds or checking to see if he had any weapons. Soon after other officers arrived and started to assist with crowd control. thought the officers may had initially done CPR, but not immediately, and only manually, followed by EMT's who may have used an AED. had not seen the male prior to the OIS. never saw the subject holding a gun, and only heard people talking about it in the crowd afterwards. On Saturday, September 25, 2021 was was at Huntington Beach working a vendor booth. The booth was on the beach west of the walkway and south of the pier. saw a male subject standing on the beach. saw the male subject and several HBPD officers standing around him. The male was holding a white hand towel in his right hand. The officers possibly told the male to, "Stop." The male turned toward the officers with his towel wrapped hand pointed out in front of him at about chest level. saw the officers shoot and the male subject went to the ground. On the ground, the male reached for something and the officers shot at him again. could see some of the rounds hitting the male subject and others impacting the sand. Immediately after the shooting, the HBPD officers approached the male, rolled him over, and appeared to pat him down for weapons. The officers handcuffed the male subject and began CPR. had never seen the male subject at any time prior to the shooting. was grateful the officers shot the male because she thought the male subject would have killed someone otherwise. felt the officers saved her life. thought the officers, being at five in total, would not have shot the male subject if he did not have a gun. The main reason thought the male subject had a gun, although she never saw one, was the way he turned and pointed his towel wrapped hand directly at the officers. thought the male subject's movement and stance was consistent with someone who was going to shoot a gun. At the time the male turned, was afraid the male subject was going to shoot the police officers. I copied the interviews above to a CD. I booked the CD into Sheriff's Evidence, Santa Ana. END OF REPORT INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer J . Cislo 03318 ¨10/19/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 3 of 4 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/30/2021 08:27 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/22/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 4 of 4 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/30/2021 08:27 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT