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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOCSD Witness Interviews_RedactedOTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Description: C D Miscellaneous Description: OS21-032545.39 - CD CONTAINING DIGITAL AUDIO OF PHONE INTERVIEW WITH FCN Number: A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:53 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT NARRATIVE Telephone Interview with On Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at about 09:40 hours, I spoke on the phone to at,. had previously called into Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) Dispatch and identified herself as a witness of the HBPD officer involved shooting (OIS) on Saturday, September 25, 2021.  The following is a summary of statement and my conversation with her, 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. On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at about 15:04 hours, parked her car near the Huntington Beach Pier. parked her car south of the pier in the lot closest to where the OIS occurred. was parked in the very front row facing the beach.    exited the car with her daughters (8 and 10 yrs old) and paid the  parking meter.    was about 50' feet from where the OIS occurred.    looked towards the beach and  saw about 3-4 HBPD officers standing around a male, Hispanic on the beach.  The male was holding a white  t-shirt.    did not hear the officers or the male subject say anything.  The subject pointed the white shirt  directly at the officers and and her children. could see the barrel of what was, "obviously" a gun pointing at officers.    saw the gun barrel and the way the shirt was hung long and thin over the object  which she knew for sure was a gun.   remembered thinking, "why are they not shooting him."    was  afraid the male was going to  shoot the officers.    initially heard one gunshot and she was not sure if the  male subject shot or the officers. screamed in fear, grabbed her daughters, and pushed them behind the car for safety.    heard about 10-12 more shots and saw the male subject fall to the ground.    saw the  male subject's legs moving while he was on the ground, but because of where he fell and the officers positon between them, she could not see the male subject's hands.  After the shooting, officers approached the  subject and kneeled next to him, but she could not tell what they were doing. About two minutes after the shooting,   saw lifeguards arrive and perform CPR.   young daughters did not witness the shooting. I copied my interview with   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 ¨10/26/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/27/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:53 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED SUBJECT PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Type: None Property Description: CD containing recorded interviews FCN Number: NARRATIVE Witness:     Narrative:   On Saturday, September 25, 2021, at about 1512 hours, an Officer Involved Shooting [OIS] occurred in the area of 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach.  A short time later, Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to investigate the OIS.  For further details see additional reports under Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Case Number 21-032545, Orange County Crime Lab (OCCL) Forensic Report 21-52599 and Huntington A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 11/13/2021 09:18 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT Beach Police Department (HBPD) Case Number 21-012353.   On Tuesday, October 26, 2021, I conducted a phone interview with who was identified as a possible witness in this investigation.  I recorded the interview.  Below is a synopsis of the interview, for complete details refer to the recording.   On Saturday, September 25, 2021, was at the beach in the City of Huntington Beach near where the incident occurred.   was with her friend, .   arrived at the US Open event at about 1505 hours.   walked down the stairs from the parking lot near Sandy’s Beach Shack located at 315 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach.   explained turning right (north) walking on the sidewalk and ending up about 100 to 200 feet away from where the incident occurred and was facing south or southwest.   After about three minutes of arriving, then heard about two to three gunshots.   turned around and saw three or four police officers facing a male who she believed had his hands up.   described the male as unknown race, wearing a white t-shirt and tan shorts.  The male then went to the ground and she heard about five to seven additional gunshots which she described as being quick gunshots.   did not see the male moving on the ground after he went to the ground and did not see the male with a weapon.   stated an unknown amount of time passed but she felt like it was a “couple” minutes before the officers approached the male.   explained she felt like the officers were observing or assessing the male.   the stated about four to five minutes later lifeguards responded and began performing CPR.   stated she had video of the time surrounding the incident which she agreed to provide to me.  I provided with my contact information and told her to contact me with any additional details.   I placed the recorded interview onto a CD with another recorded interview.  I later booked the CD into the Orange County Sheriff’s Evidence Lockers located in the City of Santa Ana. INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer D . Womack 07933 ¨10/26/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/28/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 11/13/2021 09:18 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED BARTLETT, TODD, SUBJECT Name: BARTLETT, TODD A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 1/22/2022 06:19 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT NARRATIVE On September 25, 2021, at about 2002 hours, Investigator J. Larson #1377 and I responded to Lifeguard Headquarters located at 103 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach [County of Orange, State of California] to interview Marine Safety Captain Todd Bartlett reference his response to an officer involved shooting that occurred near the US Open of Surfing.  Also with us was Huntington Beach Police Detective Richard Eidlhuber. The following is a synopsis of our interview with Todd.  It is not verbatim, nor necessarily in order of our conversation, and has been organized for the purpose 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. Todd said he was scheduled to work today from 0600 to 0000 hours.  The first part of his shift he was assigned to the US Open of Surfing, and the second part of his shift he was assigned to work as the night shift supervisor. At some point, Todd said he was driving back from refueling his vehicle when he heard an officer involved shooting go out over the Aqua 1 radio frequency.  At the time, Todd said he was near Atlanta Avenue & First Street in the City of Huntington Beach.  Right after the call went out, Todd saw an officer going Code-3 towards the direction of the call so he followed officer's car to the scene.  Todd estimated his arrival to the scene to be about two minutes after hearing the call go out over the radio. Upon his arrival, Todd said he saw approximately 3 to 4 police officers performing CPR on a man who was lying on his back.  Todd said three of his partners [Tony Villalobos, Sean Cahill, and Payton Thomas] also arrived about the same time and that they took over lifesaving measures from the officers.  For his part, Todd said he assisted with placing the AED pads and gave ventilations to the patient with a bag valve mask.  Todd believed he and his partners worked on the patient for about 5 to 7 minutes prior to the ambulance going on scene. Todd said the patient’s clothes were removed prior to his arrival, and that he remembered seeing about 8 different gunshot wounds to the patient’s chest, abdomen, legs, arm and hand.  I asked Todd if the patient ever showed any signs of life while they were working on him.  Todd said the AED never advised there was a shockable rhythm, and that the patient never regained a pulse or started to breath.  I asked Todd if he helped apply any of the occlusive bandages that were used and he said he did.  Todd said they also used some gauze to try and stop some of the bleeding from one of the patients shoulders, and that they applied a tourniquet to one of the patient’s legs. Todd also told us he remembered seeing a gun near the patient when he first got on scene.  He said it looked like a black semi-automatic handgun and that there was an officer standing by with it. INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer M . Parrish 03355 ¨1/6/2022 Approving Officer J . Ackerman 05210 ¨1/10/2022 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 1/22/2022 06:19 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED CAHILL, SEAN, SUBJECT Name: CAHILL, SEAN copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 1/22/2022 06:22 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT NARRATIVE On September 25, 2021, at about 1934 hours, Investigator J. Larson #1377 and I responded to Lifeguard Headquarters located at 103 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach [County of Orange, State of California] to interview Lifeguard III Supervisor Sean Cahill reference his response to an officer involved shooting that occurred near the US Open of Surfing.  Also with us was Huntington Beach Police Detective Richard Eidlhuber. The following is a synopsis of our interview with Sean.  It is not verbatim, nor necessarily in order of our conversation, and has been organized for the purpose 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. Sean said his shift started at 0700 hours and that he was assigned as a shift supervisor for a surfing contest near “Tower 22.”  Sean said his day was scheduled to end at 2000 hours after closing “Tower 0” near the Huntington Beach Pier.   At some point in the afternoon, Sean said he was finishing a break at their headquarters when he heard over the “Aqua 1” radio frequency that a large sailboat was struggling off shore and needed assistance.  At about the same time, Sean said another radio transmission went out that said the Huntington Beach Police Department was tracking a suspect.  At the time, Sean said his focus was the struggling sailboat so he went downstairs to get ready to take a jet ski out to help the sailboat.  As he prepared, Sean said the sailboat call was updated to “Code-4” and almost immediately after dispatch put out that there was a person down near their substation.   Sean said he missed some things that occurred on the radio while he was getting ready, so he did not know the person down call was in reference to an officer involved shooting.  Sean said he immediately responded with Captain Tony Villalobos, Captain Todd Bartlett, and Lifeguard III Payton to their substation to assist with the person down call.  As they neared their substation, Sean said he could see the Huntington Beach Police Department was dealing with something so he stopped short and waited for the okay to proceed into the area.  Once it was safe, they were waived in to the area of where there was a person down. Sean said the Huntington Beach Police Department was conducting CPR on a man whose clothing had already been mostly removed.  Sean said they immediately hooked up an AED to the man and assumed responsibility of CPR.  Sean believed they completed about two rounds of CPR prior to the ambulance’s arrival.  During that time, Sean said the AED they hooked up to the man did a few analyses but no shock was ever advised. I asked Sean if he remembered seeing any expended firearm shell casings near where the man was lying and he said he did not.  Sean said he did see a weapon though.  I asked Sean to describe the weapon he saw.   Sean said it looked like a semi-automatic 9mm handgun similar in size to a 9mm Glock and that an officer was standing by the gun the whole time. Inv. Larson asked Sean if he heard any gunshots related to the officer involved shooting and Sean said he did not.  Inv. Larson asked Sean what injuries if any he remembered seeing on the man down.  Sean said the man had multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso, lower torso, legs and arms.  Inv. Larson asked Sean if he spoke to any of the officers about what happened and Sean said he did not. INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer M . Parrish 03355 ¨1/6/2022 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 1/22/2022 06:22 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT Approving Officer J . Ackerman 05210 ¨1/7/2022 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 3 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 1/22/2022 06:22 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT NARRATIVE On October 13, 2021, I attempted to call using the phone number provided to Investigator J. Cislo by the Huntington Beach Police Department - Upon my phone call being answered, I identified myself as an investigator with the Orange County Sheriff's Department and asked if I could speak with The person who answered my phone call told me they did not know who was and told me I had the wrong phone number. I told the person on the other end that was not in trouble and that she had been identified as a possible witness to an officer involved shooting. The person on the other end said they did not know who was and hung up on me. I attempted to locate better contact information for using her name and date of birth in law enforcement databases but could not locate any. I also checked law enforcement databases to see if the phone number provided by the Huntington Beach Police Department did in fact belong to a and it did not. INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer M . Parrish 03355 ¨1/6/2022 Approving Officer J . Ackerman 05210 ¨1/7/2022 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 1 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 1/22/2022 06:20 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED SUBJECT NARRATIVE A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 1/22/2022 06:21 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT On October 13, 2021, at about 1321 hours, I contacted via telephone.  Upon her answer, I identified myself as an investigator with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and told her she was identified by the Huntington Beach Police Department as a possible witness to an officer involved shooting that occurred in Huntington Beach, California at the US Open of Surfing on September 25, 2021.   told me she did witness the incident and agreed to speak with me about what she saw. The following is a synopsis of my interview with   It is not verbatim, nor necessarily in order of our conversation, and has been organized for the purpose 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. said she was working for “Event Next,” which is a third party agency that was doing a marketing campaign for Jeep at the US Open of Surfing.  At some point during the event, noticed a man wearing a white t-shirt being semi-surrounded by about 4 to 5 police officers.   said the officers were facing toward her, and the man wearing the white t-shirt was between her position and where the police officers were standing.   said the man wearing the white t-shirt began backing up towards her direction, and as he did he lifted up his hands and pointed something white out toward the officers.   said at that point, she heard a “couple of pops” but could not tell if the pops were fireworks or gunshots.  After the pops, the man wearing the white t-shirt “staggered” slowly to the ground and began “writhing around” and moving “quite a bit.”  As the man moved on the ground, said he flipped over to reach towards something.   said that’s when she saw/heard another 12 to 20 more shots.  After those shots, said the man stopped moving. said an officer approached the man and appeared to check him.   said the officer then rolled him over like he was going to put handcuffs on him, but then quickly rolled onto his back again and started CPR.   estimated the officers did CPR on the man for about 15 minutes until he was put on a stretcher and carried away.  Once the man was gone, said the officers started “roping off the entire beach” so she and her co-workers began packing up their booth to leave.  As they did, an officer came over and asked them if any of them got injured during the shooting.   said they told the officer nobody in their group had been injured and added that none of their vehicles at the event had been hit by gunfire either.   said she never saw the man in the white t-shirt holding a gun, but did see something white in his hands pointed out towards the officers.  I asked if she remembered the officers in the semi-circle around the man yelling anything at him.   said, “Oh yeah, they were definitely yelling at him.”   said she couldn’t tell what the cops were yelling but said she was positive they were yelling.   said the yelling continued even after the second volley of shots but could not say for certain what the officers were yelling. I asked if she remembered firemen ever arriving and assisting.   said within about 5 minutes, she remembered seeing other police officers and lifeguards but didn’t ever see an ambulance make it onto the beach.  I asked if she took any video and she said she did not.  However, after saying that, said she thought her friend [NFD] took one video and then thought she might have taken a video while officers were trying to revive the man.  I provided with my county email address and asked here to email the video if in fact she did take one and asked her to also provide me with whatever contact information she had for her friend    agreed to do so but as of January 6, 2022, I’ve yet to receive any emails or further phone calls from Before ending my conversation with I asked her if there was anything else she wanted to tell me that she thought would be helpful for this investigation.   said she believed the police did what they had to because in her opinion the man on the ground was still acting aggressive after they shot at him the first time. A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 1/22/2022 06:21 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer M . Parrish 03355 ¨1/6/2022 Approving Officer J . Ackerman 05210 ¨1/10/2022 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 3 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 1/22/2022 06:21 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Description: C D Miscellaneous Description: OS21-032545.40 CD CONTAINING DIGITAL AUDIO OF PHONE INTERVIEW WITH FCN Number: A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:29 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT NARRATIVE Telephone Interview With On Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at about 14:34 hours, I spoke on the phone to ( at, regarding the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) officer involved shooting (OIS) from Saturday, September 25, 2021. On the day of the incident, had called HBPD Dispatch and identified himself as a witness of the OIS. The following is a summary of statement and my conversation with him 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. On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at about 15:00 hours, was eating at the Sandys Beach Shack located at 315 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. was on the outside lower seating area next to the glass partition. was with his friends . saw a Male Hispanic, 40's wearing a white tank top, long shorts, and long white socks walking on the beach from underneath the pier. About four or five police officers approached the male and stood in a half circle around the male subject. thought the male drew something, but he was no sure. did not see if the male was holding anything. The policer officers were yelling, "Stop" at the male subject. The male turned and, "aimed" at the officers. The male subject was standing like someone who was going to shoot a gun. The male subject's arms were extended and together pointed towards the officers. The officers shot a couple of times at the male subject and he fell to the sand. On the ground, the male was still moving and appeared to roll to his right and reach for something. thought the male drew another weapon and pointed at the officers, and that was when the officers shot at the male again. About 5 to 10 seconds after the shooting, the officers started CPR and attempting to revive the male subject. had not seen the male subject prior to the OIS. never saw the male subject holding a weapon. stated that amongst his group he was the only one to reach out to law enforcement as a witness. agreed to pass on my contact information to , and Mile and ask them to speak to me. I copied my interview with 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 ¨10/26/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/27/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:29 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS WITNESS WITNESS PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Property Description: C D Miscellaneous Description: OS21-032545.43 - CD CONTAINING DIGITAL AUDIO OF TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS WITH Property Description: C D A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 4 Printed by Cislo, Joseph on 2/3/2022 10:56 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT Miscellaneous Description: OS21-032545.46 - CD CONTAINIG DIGITAL AUDIO OF IN PERSON INTERVIEW WITH NARRATIVE Family Telephone Interviews: On Wednesday September 29, 2021 at about 18:00 hours, the City of Huntington Beach held a community meeting to discuss the Huntington 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. (DOB 09/01/2004), and were present and came forward as witnesses of the OIS, but they were unable to stay and be interviewed in person at that time. For details of the other interviews, see my supplemental report for this case (DR #21-032545). I made several attempts to call and left messages for her to return my calls, but I was unable to reach her. I also sent messages to but I was unable to schedule a time to speak to her. On one occasion, I spoke briefly on the phone with but she was working and unable to speak. told me she would return my call, but she did not do so. _____ Telephone Interview: On Monday, November 29, 2021 at about 10:10 hours, I called at, and interviewed her about the OIS. The following is a summary statements and my conversation with her 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. On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at about 15:00 hours, was with her children and at Huntington Beach. and her children were just leaving the area of the U.S. Open of Surf and walking towards Sandy's Beach Shack. About 50' feet away, saw a white male, with a bald or buzzed hair style, wearing a white t-shirt and baggy shorts, and carrying a towel or shirt inside of his right hand. The male subject had his back facing to About 5-6 police officers were standing in a semi- circle around the male. The male's right hand was up, but from Angelina's perspective his arm was more out to the side than pointed directly at the officers. The clothing item was balled up, but could not see anything concealed underneath of it. never saw the male subject holding a weapon at any time. The officers were telling the subject to, "Stop," but he continued to back up slowly without stopping. The officers fired, "Three or four, but no more than five" shots at the male subject who fell to the ground. The male dropped whatever clothing he was holding, but did not see him drop a gun. On the ground the male was, "Convulsing," but did not see him reach for anything. The officers shot at the male again about, "Fifteen to Twenty" more times. Less than a minute after the shooting, the police officers approached the male subject and remembered one of the officers kicking the clothing item away as the officers began CPR on the male subject. Although never saw a weapon, after the shooting, heard other people saying they were afraid the male could have shot them. ______ A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 4 Printed by Cislo, Joseph on 2/3/2022 10:56 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT Telephone Interview: I also spoke on the phone to (Recorded same as above). On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at about 15:00 hours, was at Huntington Beach with her mother and brother. was also about 50' feet from where the incident occurred, but she was walking slightly in front of her family. saw a ,"Latino" male with a large build and short hair standing on the beach with his back turned towards her. saw police officers standing around the male subject. never heard the police or the male subject say anything. The male subject was walking backwards holding what appeared to be a towel. turned to see where her mother was and she heard, "Maybe ten" gunshots that she initially thought were fireworks. turned and she saw the male subject on the ground. immediately saw and heard the police officers shoot at the male subject, "Less than ten," more times. never saw the male subject holding any weapons. The only movement saw from the male subject, was his arm briefly up in the air as he was being shot. About two minutes after the shooting, the officers approached the male, checked his pulse, searched him for weapons, and began giving him medical attention. felt that most likely saw less of the incident, because after the shooting started, shielded him from view. At the time of telephone interviews with and was at school and unable to be interviewed. and stated they would have call me when he was able to. I copied my interviews to a CD. I booked the CD into Sheriff's Evidence, Santa Ana. I made several phone calls to both and and left messages for to contact me, however he did not attempt to contact me. _____ In Person Interview: On Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at about 09:45 hours, Investigator D. Womack #7933 and I went to residence located at . I spoke to and he told me the following (Recorded same as above): On Saturday, September 25, 2021, at about 15:00 hours, around the closing of the U.S. Open of Surf, was walking with his mother and sister on the beach near the Huntington Beach boardwalk. heard about 2-3 loud bangs he called, "Gunshots" although he initially thought the bangs were fireworks. The sound caught attention and he turned towards the noise. About 200 yards away, saw 7-8 uniformed police officers. The officers had their guns drawn and pointed at a male Hispanic, in his 20's wearing a white tank top and black pants. Because of the distance and circumstances, could not remember more about the male subject's appearance. The male was crawling on the beach and reached out. The officers shot again about 17 more times. thought the police officers were shooting at the male because he could see sand flying up from the beach and the male twitching. About 10 minutes after the shooting, the officers performed CPR on the male subject. never saw the male holding any weapons. never heard the officers or the male subject say anything. When saw the male reaching out, he could not see what if anything he was reaching for. I copied my interview with to a CD. I booked the CD into Sheriff's Evidence, Santa Ana. END OF REPORT A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 3 of 4 Printed by Cislo, Joseph on 2/3/2022 10:56 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer J . Cislo 03318 ¨11/29/2021 Approving Officer J . Ackerman 05210 ¨12/30/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 4 of 4 Printed by Cislo, Joseph on 2/3/2022 10:56 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Type: None Property Description: CD containing videos photographs and recorded interviews FCN Number: NARRATIVE Witness: Narrative: On Saturday, September 25, 2021, at about 1512 hours, an Officer Involved Shooting [OIS] occurred in the area of 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach. A short time later, Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to investigate the OIS. For further details see additional reports under Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Case Number 21-032545, Orange County Crime Lab (OCCL) Forensic Report 21-52599 and Huntington A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 07:51 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT Beach Police Department (HBPD) Case Number 21-012353. On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, I conducted a phone interview with was identified as a possible witness in this investigation. I recorded the interview. Below is a synopsis of the interview, for complete details refer to the recording. On Saturday, September 25, 2021, rode his bicycle to the area of the beach where the incident occurred. was about 12 feet away, facing southwest, securing his bicycle near a small wall when the incident happened. saw an officer driving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) fast near the beach and come close to people on the beach. then saw a male whom he described as looking like “trouble.” further explained the male appeared to have negative energy and was walking awkward. described the male as being about 5’09” tall to about 5’10” tall, weighing about 160 pounds, wearing a white shirt, shorts, with white socks. saw officers approach the male and heard an officer tell the male to stop. The male continued walking backwards. heard an officer tell the male to put his hands down. heard the male reply by saying, “Don’t come any closer.” explained the male was holding something in his hands which was covered by a shirt which believed to be a gun. heard the male say, “If you come any closer, I’ll shoot you.” then heard about two to three gunshots and saw the male go to the ground. saw the male reach for the object on the ground which he could see was a gun. heard “a lot” of gunshots, possibly about ten from four to five officers. saw officer performing CPR on the male. stated he had videos of the incident and photographs. I gave my contact information and asked him to send me the videos and photographs of the incident. I told to call me if he remembered anything else about the incident. I hung up the phone with and attempted to review the recording. I realized my digital recorder did not record our conversation. I called again and confirmed his statements on recording. text me two videos and two photographs. I emailed the photographs and videos to my department email. I placed the audio recording onto a CD with other recordings, the two videos from A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 07:51 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT and the two photographs from I later booked the CD into the Orange County Sheriff’s Evidence Lockers located in the City of Santa Ana. INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer D . Womack 07933 ¨10/13/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/24/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 3 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 07:51 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Type: None Property Description: 1 disc with recorded interview. FCN Number: A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 09:17 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT NARRATIVE Telephone Interview with Witness On Friday, October 8 2021 at about 1300 hours, I spoke on the telephone to witness at, regarding the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) officer involved shooting (OIS) that occurred on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at about 15:11 hours. The following is a summary of statement and my conversation with him, 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. and his girlfriend were walking northbound under the pier on the beach walking path. noticed a Hispanic male subject that immediately stood out to him. The Hispanic male was wearing some type of white shirt or jersey and was wearing socks on the beach. The male subject was holding an object wrapped in some type of cloth and had it clutched to his chest. The male Hispanic subject was headed southbound and appeared to be walking quickly away as if he was paranoid or trying not to be seen. The male subject kept looking back over his shoulder. saw two police officers walking down the steps north of the pier and onto the walking path. He also saw a police vehicle drive up from the beach with another officer. watched as all three officers followed after the suspicious male subject. As the officers got closer to the male subject they began to run to close the distance. Believing something bad was about to happen, guided his girlfriend up the stairs that led up from the walking path. Once out of harm's way, turned and watched the incident, which was about 40 to 50 feet away from him. heard the officers yelling commands to the male subject, but he could not remember what they were saying. The male subject did not comply and walked backwards away from the officers with his hands close to his chest and still clinched around the cloth and whatever was under the cloth. When the male subject did not comply, the officers fired 9-12 rounds and the male subject fell to the ground, dropping whatever was in his hand. There was a slight delay and then the male subject scrambled to grab the item that he dropped. The officers fired their guns at the male subject again. Realizing what was happening, took his girlfriend across the street and out of view of the officer involved shooting. had not seen or had any interaction with the male subject prior to witnessing the officer involved shooting. had no further details to provide. END of REPORT INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer T . Arburua 08815 ¨10/8/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/15/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 09:17 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT NARRATIVE Witness Interview of Contact Information Background On Saturday, September 25, 2021, at approximately 1605 hours, I was notified by Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Homicide Sergeant A. Abdelmuti #5428 of an officer involved shooting (OIS) involving officers from the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) and a deceased male subject who was later identified as, At approximately 1730 hours, I arrived at the incident command post located east of the HBPD sub-station, 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach [County of Orange, State of California]. For additional information, see related reports associated to the following case numbers: OCSD DR 21-032545; HBPD DR 21-012353; Orange County Crime Lab FR 21-52599; Orange County Coroner ’s Office 21- 05698-LM. Details At approximately 1918 hours, OCSD Investigator T. Arburua #8815, HBPD Detective J. Lewis #1182 and I spoke with at the HBPD sub-station located at 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach. The interview was conducted reference the OIS investigation. The interview was audio recorded with a department issued audio recorder. The following is a synopsis of the conversation. It is not verbatim, nor necessarily in order of conversation, and is organized for the purpose of clarity. This report is not meant to take place of the actual recording. It is just a synopsis. For compete details refer to the recording of the interview. works for Huntington Surf & Sport (HSS) at 300 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach, CA. On Saturday, September 25, 2021 he was assigned to start work at 1500 hours at the temporary store booth located on the beach just north of HBPD sub-station. He arrived at the booth a few minutes after 1500 hours and started working just prior to the shooting, which occurred at approximately 1510 hours. provided the following statement. had just arrived to work and began helping a customer on the side of the booth furthest away from the OIS scene. While he was facing away from the OIS scene, he heard some yelling and shouting similar to what he described as some sort of altercation but he could not hear what was being said. then heard a few gun shots and turned around towards the scene of the OIS which he believes was approximately fifty (50) feet away from his location. He initially observed a line A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 09:03 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT of police officers facing and appeared to be in a weird position, possibly on his knees. view of was obstructed by the merchandise on the table top of the booth. Once he recognized the sounds were gunshots, dropped to the ground with his co-workers and remained there until the end of the incident. When got back up he did see the officers providing medical care to did not recognize and did not see him prior to the shooting. Investigator Arburua copied the audio recording of the interview onto a disc and booked it into the OCSD evidence locker in Santa Ana, CA. END OF REPORT INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer M . Kennedy 05428 ¨9/27/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/15/2021 Assisting Officer T . Arburua 08815 ¨9/27/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 09:03 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT NARRATIVE Witness Interview of Contact Information Background On Saturday, September 25, 2021, at approximately 1605 hours, I was notified by Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Homicide Sergeant A. Abdelmuti #5428 of an officer involved shooting (OIS) involving officers from the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) and a deceased male subject who was later identified as, At approximately 1730 hours, I arrived at the incident command post located east of the HBPD sub-station, 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach [County of Orange, State of California]. For additional information, see related reports associated to the following case numbers: OCSD DR 21-032545; HBPD DR 21-012353; Orange County Crime Lab FR 21-52599; Orange County Coroner ’s Office 21- 05698-LM. Details At approximately 1930 hours, OCSD Investigator T. Arburua #8815, HBPD Detective J. Lewis #1182 and I spoke with at the HBPD sub-station located at 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach. The interview was conducted reference the OIS investigation. The interview was audio recorded with a department issued audio recorder. The following is a synopsis of the conversation. It is not verbatim, nor necessarily in order of conversation, and is organized for the purpose of clarity. This report is not meant to take place of the actual recording. It is just a synopsis. For compete details refer to the recording of the interview. works for Huntington Surf & Sport (HSS) at 300 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach, CA. On Saturday, September 25, 2021 he was assigned to work from 0700 to 1500 hours at the temporary store booth located on the beach just north of HBPD sub-station. He was still waiting for his replacement and working in the booth when the shooting occurred at approximately 1510 hours. provided the following statement. was working in the HSS booth on the side closest to the pier and approximately 10 to 15 feet from the location of the OIS. initially heard some yelling but he could not completely understand what they were saying. He did describe the yelling as someone giving commands that sounded similar to “get on the ground”. Once he heard the yelling, he looked in the direction of the yelling and observed the subject identified as had a clear side view of and was able to see the A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 09:01 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT right side of his body. He observed with his arms up in what he described as a “surrendering position”. He could not see the left hand but observed holding a white t-shirt in his right hand. He described clinching the t-shirt draped over his hand but didn’t think he could have been holding anything else in his right hand. also saw three police officers, two of which were partially blocked by the temporary posts placed in the sand for the US Open of Surfing. The third officer he said was the closet one to him. He observed this officer with his pistol out, shooting in the direction of He knew the officer was shooting because he saw smoke coming out of his gun and heard the gun shots. After hearing approximately ten (10) shots, turned away to look at his co-workers who were on the ground inside the booth. When he turned, heard a few more gun shots as he was dropping to the ground. remained on the ground until the incident was over. believes he heard a total of approximately fifteen (15-18) shots during the entire incident. At the time of the shooting believes there were approximately fourteen (14) people in line or shopping at the booth. did not recognize and did not see him prior to the shooting. He remembered seeing tattoo’s during the shooting and is positive he would have remembered him prior. Investigator Arburua copied the audio recording of the interview onto a disc and booked it into the OCSD evidence locker in Santa Ana, CA. END OF REPORT INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer M . Kennedy 05428 ¨9/27/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/15/2021 Assisting Officer T . Arburua 08815 ¨9/27/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 09:01 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Type: None Property Description: CD containing recordings and photograph FCN Number: NARRATIVE Witness:     Narrative:   On Saturday, September 25, 2021, at about 1512 hours, an Officer Involved Shooting [OIS] occurred in the area of 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach.  A short time later, Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to investigate the OIS.  For further details see additional reports under Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Case Number 21-032545, Orange County Crime Lab (OCCL) Forensic Report 21-52599 and Huntington A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:42 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT Beach Police Department (HBPD) Case Number 21-012353.   On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, I conducted a phone interview with who was identified as a possible witness in this investigation.  I recorded the interview.   Below is a synopsis of the interview, for complete details refer to the recording.   On Saturday, September 25, 2021, was eating at Sandy’s Beach Shack located at 315 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach.   was with her daughter, her three year old granddaughter, her 5 year old granddaughter and her six year old grandson.   and arrived to Sandy’s at about 1430 hours and were seated in the patio area near the beach.   stated she saw a male she described as being Hispanic or black wearing a white shirt walking around on the beach.   went to the bathroom and she heard about six or eight gunshots.   looked and saw the male from earlier fall.   got under the table and later crawled to the bathroom of the restaurant.   did not hear any additional gunshots and returned to the patio area.   stated they left the restaurant through the back door.   stated took a photograph of the officers doing CPR.   did not see the male with a weapon but heard people talking at the scene.   stated people were saying the male had a gun.   did not have video or photographs.   I told to call me if she had any additional information or if she remembered any additional details.   I placed the recording onto a CD with another recording.  I later booked the CD into the Orange County Sheriff’s Evidence Lockers located in the City of Santa Ana. INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer D . Womack 07933 ¨10/13/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/24/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:42 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Type: None Property Description: CD Containing recorded interview and photographs FCN Number: NARRATIVE Witness:     Narrative:   On Saturday, September 25, 2021, at about 1512 hours, an Officer Involved Shooting [OIS] occurred in the area of 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach.  A short time later, Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to investigate the OIS.  For further details see additional reports under Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Case Number 21-032545, Orange County Crime Lab (OCCL) Forensic Report 21-52599 and Huntington A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:37 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT Beach Police Department (HBPD) Case Number 21-012353.   On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, I conducted a phone interview with who was identified as a possible witness in this investigation.  I recorded the interview.  Below is a synopsis of the interview, for complete details refer to the recording.   On Saturday, September 25, 2021, was eating at Sandy’s Beach Shack located at 315 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach.   was with her friend, ) and her friend whom she did not have a phone number for.   was sitting at a table near the boardwalk area, about 30 feet away of where the incident occurred.   saw about four officers and a male facing the officers.   described the male as being Hispanic, bald, wearing a white shirt.   then heard about three or four gunshots.   ducked under the table behind a wall.   looked up and saw a male on the ground.   believed the male had a gun but not see a gun.   based her belief that the male had a gun because the officers shot the male.   also stated she believed the officers found a gun.   stated she did not have video of the incident but took a picture which she could provide.  I placed the recording onto a CD with another recording and a video related to this case.  I later booked the CD into the Orange County Sheriff’s Evidence Lockers located in the City of Santa Ana.   On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, I emailed the photograph which sent to me via text, to my department email.  I placed the photograph onto a CD with another photograph and recorded interviews.  I later booked the CD into the Orange County Sheriff’s Evidence Lockers located in the City of Santa Ana. INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer D . Womack 07933 ¨10/13/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/24/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:37 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Description: C D Miscellaneous Description: OS21-032545.31 - CD CONTAINING DIGITAL AUDIO OF TELE INTERVIEW WITG AND ASSCOIATED VIDEO FCN Number: A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:32 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT NARRATIVE Telephone Interview with On Thursday, October 7, 2021 at about 15:47 hours, I spoke on the telephone to . had been previously identified as a possible witness of the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) officer involved shooting (OIS) on Saturday, September 25, 2021. The following is a summary of statement and my conversation with her 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. On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at about 15:00 hours, was at Sandys Beach Shack Restaurant located at 315 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. was with her six-year old son and who was previously interviewed as a witness on this case. was sitting at the last table on the patio area close to the glass on the bottom floor. heard someone at a nearby table, "Dude did that guy have a gun?" looked up and saw several HBPD officers, but she did not see what they were doing or if they were interacting with anyone. heard about three loud pops she thought was gun fire. grabbed her son and pulled him to the floor. On the floor, and out of view, heard multiple gun shots. never saw anyone doing the shooting. After the shooting, saw the HBPD offices performing CPR on a male subject on the beach. had never seen the male subject before nor did she see what lead up to the shooting. After our conversation, emailed two short videos (17 seconds and 23 seconds) and a still photograph she took. The first video only showed the male subject being loaded into the ambulance. The second video was about 23 seconds in length, but only about 4 seconds of the video showed the beach area, with what appeared to be police officers, lifeguards, and paramedics performing CPR on the male subject. The still photograph was an image of the same scene. I copied the videos, photograph, and my recorded conversation with 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 ¨10/18/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/24/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:32 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Type: None Property Description: CD containing recorded interviews FCN Number: NARRATIVE Witness:     Narrative:   On Saturday, September 25, 2021, at about 1512 hours, an Officer Involved Shooting [OIS] occurred in the area of 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach.  A short time later, Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to investigate the OIS.  For further details see additional reports under Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Case Number 21-032545, Orange County Crime Lab (OCCL) Forensic Report 21-52599 and Huntington A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 07:51 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT Beach Police Department (HBPD) Case Number 21-012353.   On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, I conducted a phone interview with who was identified as a possible witness in this investigation.  I recorded the interview.  Below is a synopsis of the interview, for complete details refer to the recording.   On Saturday, September 25, 2021, was at the beach in the City of Huntington Beach near where the incident occurred.   was with her friend,    was making her way to the entrance of the US Open event.   was standing near the booth area about 30 feet north of where the incident occurred near the pier.   heard about two shots which she described sounded like rubber bullets.   turned around and saw about six officers surrounding a male who was on the ground.   described the male as being Hispanic, wearing a white shirt, dark colored shorts and white socks.   could not hear what was being said.   saw the male moving around on the ground, then heard about six or seven more shots.   later stated she could not remember if she saw the male standing prior to the shots.   stated she was close enough to the incident where she was able to see the officer ’s guns but did not see the male with a weapon.   After about five minutes, and others were moved out of the area by US Open security.   went back to the area where the incident took place and saw lifeguards performing CPR on the male.  About 15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived and took the male away on a gurney.     stated she did not have video of the incident.  I told to call me if she had any additional details or remembered anything else.   I placed the recording onto a CD with another recording and a video related to this case.  I later booked the CD into the Orange County Sheriff’s Evidence Lockers located in the City of Santa Ana. INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer D . Womack 07933 ¨10/13/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/15/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 07:51 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS WITNESS PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Related To: Property Description: C D Miscellaneous Description: OS21-032545.24 - CD CONTAINING DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING OF TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS WITH A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 12/21/2021 11:12 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT NARRATIVE Telephone Interviews with On Monday, October 4, 2021 at about 15:03 hours, I spoke on the telephone to witnesses ( and her husband . I spoke to and separately regarding the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) that occurred on Saturday, September 25, 2021. The following is a summary of statements and my 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. On Saturday, September 25, 2021 was eating outside on the lower patio of Sandys Beach Shack restaurant located at 315 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. estimated she was about 40' feet from where the incident occurred. Initially heard only a few gun shots that got her attention, followed by a brief pause and about ten more gun shots. stated it was, "Chaos" and at first she could not tell who was shooting or where the shots were coming from. saw HBPD officers facing the beach. saw the HBPD holding their guns and figured the shots had come from them. Initially, could not see the male subject on the beach because the police officers were standing in a position that blocked her view. When did see the male subject, HBPD officers were performing CPR on him. never saw the male subject prior to the shooting. thought she heard police officers yelling prior to the shooting, but she could not make out anything that was said. saw a video of the shooting afterwards, which showed the male subject holding a gun, but she never witnessed him holding a gun at the time she saw the incident. On Saturday, September 25, 2021 was eating outside with on the lower patio of Sandys Beach Shack restaurant located at 315 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. estimated he was about 25 yards from where the incident occurred. heard three, "Pop, pop, pop" and he initially thought it was fireworks going off. heard someone say, "Shots fired" and people starting jumping to the floor for cover. saw HBPD officers surrounding a male subject on the beach. The male subject was holding a white towel on his hand. The male subject went to the ground and started to get back up and heard multiple gunshots. thought at least two HBPD officers had fired their guns at the male subject. Bill's view of the subject on the ground was partially obstructed by a tree. After the shooting, the officers started CPR and then they were assisted by lifeguards. did not see what the male subject did prior to the shooting. could see if the male was holding a weapon at any time during the incident. END OF REPORT INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer J . Cislo 03318 ¨10/18/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/22/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 12/21/2021 11:12 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Type: None Property Description: 1 disc with recorded interview FCN Number: NARRATIVE Telephone Interview with Witness Mukhtar (6-4-84): On Friday, October 8 2021 at about 1100 hours, I spoke on the telephone to witness regarding the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) officer involved shooting (OIS) that occurred on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at about 15:11 hours. The following is a summary of statement and my conversation with her, 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. was standing at one of the booths that was set up for the Huntington Beach Surf Open. heard multiple gunshots and turned around to see what was happening. was an unknown distance west of the officer involved shooting. She saw a Hispanic male subject on the ground and she saw him reach for an object on the ground. saw the officers shoot the male while he was reaching for the item on the ground. told me it looked like the male subject was trying to "commit suicide by cop." saw the officers perform first aid on the subject that they shot. had not seen or had any interaction with the male subject prior to witnessing the officer involved shooting. had no further details to provide. END of REPORT A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 09:16 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer T . Arburua 08815 ¨10/8/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/15/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 09:16 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS Name: PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Type: None Property Description: CD containing interviews and photographs. FCN Number: NARRATIVE Witness:     Narrative:   On Saturday, September 25, 2021, at about 1512 hours, an Officer Involved Shooting [OIS] occurred in the area of 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach.  A short time later, Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to investigate the OIS.  For further details see additional reports under Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Case Number 21-032545, Orange County Crime Lab (OCCL) Forensic Report 21-52599 and Huntington A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:50 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT Beach Police Department (HBPD) Case Number 21-012353.   On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, I conducted a phone interview with who was identified as a possible witness in this investigation.  I recorded the interview.  Below is a synopsis of the interview, for complete details refer to the recording.   On Saturday, September 25, 2021, was eating at Sandy’s Beach Shack located at 315 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach.   was with her mother, ), her three year old daughter, her five year old niece and her six year old nephew.   was inside of the restroom of Sandy’s when she heard about four or five gunshots.   ran out of the bathroom and onto the patio area where they were seated.   saw and the three children under the table.   saw three or four officers trying to resuscitate a male subject.   described the male as being Hispanic, having dark hair and wearing a white shirt.   paid for the meal and left the restaurant through the back door towards the parking lot.     did not have video of the incident but stated she took a photograph.   later text me the photograph.  I emailed the photograph to my department email.  I placed the photograph onto a CD with another photograph related to this case and recordings.  I later booked the CD into the Orange County Sheriff’s Evidence Lockers located in the City of Santa Ana. INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer D . Womack 07933 ¨10/13/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/22/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:50 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED SUBJECT PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Type: None Property Description: CD containing recorded interview FCN Number: NARRATIVE Witness: Narrative: On Saturday, September 25, 2021, at about 1512 hours, an Officer Involved Shooting [OIS] occurred in the area of 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach. A short time later, Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to investigate the OIS. For further details see additional reports under Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Case Number 21-032545, Orange County Crime Lab (OCCL) Forensic Report 21-52599 and Huntington A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 09:05 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT Beach Police Department (HBPD) Case Number 21-012353. On Tuesday, October 26, 2021, I conducted a phone interview with who was identified as a possible witness in this investigation. I recorded the interview. Below is a synopsis of the interview, for complete details refer to the recording. On Saturday, September 25, 2021, was at the beach in the City of Huntington Beach near where the incident occurred. was with his girlfriend, ) and her friend, arrived to the area near Sandy’s Beach Shack located at 315 Pacific Coast Highway sometime between 1430 and 1530 hours, just before the incident occurred. was standing in an area he described as being about 35-40 feet away from the incident. stated it was near a boardwalk area where there were vendor booths set up to his right. and stopped to take a photograph and he heard an officer say, “Freeze.” saw about four or five officers. looked and saw a male who he described as looking like a gang member, wearing a white shirt, dark colored shorts and long white socks. explained the description of the male being a gang member by saying the male had his white socks were high white socks. saw the male grab something which he described as being covered by a white and dark shirt and turn towards the officers. thought the male had something in his hands but could not see what it was. then heard one to two “pop” sounds which he described as sounding like a cap gun. saw the male go to the ground. saw the male reaching for something on the ground and saw the male raise his arm. After the male raised his arm, heard eight to ten more “pops” which he believed were gunshots. did not see the male with a gun initially but believed he saw a gun after the incident. stated the officers began rendering aid by doing CPR to the male. initially thought the male had been tazed by officers. thought the incident looked like some sort of “drill” which he described as training. believed people were saved by the officer’s actions and he considered the incident a victory for public’s safety. I gave my contact information and told him to contact me with any additional details. I placed the recordings onto a CD. I later booked the CD into the Orange County Sheriff’s Evidence A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 09:05 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT Lockers located in the City of Santa Ana. INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer D . Womack 07933 ¨10/26/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/28/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 3 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 09:05 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS WITNESS Name: PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Related To: Property Description: C D Miscellaneous Description: OS21-032545.38 - CD CONTAINING DIGITAL AUDIO OF PHONE INTERVIEW WITH & ON 10/26/21 FCN Number: A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:32 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT NARRATIVE Telephone Interview with On Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at about 10:34 hours, I spoke on the phone to ( regarding the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) from Saturday, September 25, 2021. had previously spoken on the telephone to HBPD Dispatch just after the incident and identified himself as a witness of the OIS. The following is a summary of statement and my conversation with him, 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. On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at about 15:00 hours, was with his wife and his two children (2 and 4 yrs old) at Huntington Beach. parked the stroller about 50' feet from the beach were the incident was to occur. and his wife were walking along the paved sidewalk and he saw an HBPD officer draw his gun from the holster. He saw a second officer with his gun drawn approach a bald Hispanic male. The male was holding what a white t-shirt. The male subject noticed the 2nd officer, and with his hands covered with the t-shirt he turned towards the officer and raised his hands out at him. The male subject, "Raised his hands as if he was holding a firearm." It looked like something was underneath the t-shirt. The way the shirt was draped over the object and outline of the object was consistent with a gun. It, "Looked like he had a grip as if he was holding a gun." The male subject took a few steps and the officers shot at him. heard the officers shoot about 4 times. grabbed his wife and kids and took cover behind a concrete wall. After hiding behind the wall, he heard about 6 or 7 more gunshots. peeked up from the wall and saw officers with their guns pointed at the male subject on the ground. quickly gathered huis family and left the area. As they left the area a few minutes later, saw emergency personnel performing CPR on the male subject. _____ Telephone Interview with On Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at about 10:59 hours, I spoke on the phone with (RECORDED SAME AS ABOVE). On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at about 15:00 hours, was Huntington Beach were and their children. They had just parked the stroller and started to walk on the sidewalk were it goes into the beach. heard gunshots and yell. and her family took cover behind a wall. heard about ten shots. After the shooting, and her family quickly left the area. memory of the events were not good because she had a, "meltdown." did not have a memory of what the male looked like and she did not see the shooting. I copied my interviews with and 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 ¨10/26/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/27/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:32 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To: Property Description: C D Miscellaneous Description: OS21-032545.17 - CD CONTAINING DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING OF TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH WITNESS CONDUCTED ON 09/28/2021 Property Description: U S B Miscellaneous Description: OS21-032545.44 - USB PROVIDED BY WITNESS CONTAINING CELLPHONE VIDEO Property Description: C D Miscellaneous Description: OS21-032545.45 - CD CONTAINING DIGITAL AUDIO OF 2ND INTERVIEW NARRATIVE Telephone Interview with On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at about 15:39 hours, I called . had previously called my desk line and left a voicemail for me stating she had witnessed the officer involved shooting (OIS) that occurred in Huntington Beach on Saturday, September 25, 2021. The following is a summary of statement and my conversation with her, 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. had initially called the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) directly, but she was referred to the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) because OCSD was the investigating agency for the OIS. On Saturday, September 25, 2021 was having lunch at Sandy's Beach Shack located at 315 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. was sitting on the back lower patio of the restaurant on the west side of the building. The patio has a small pony wall and glass partition with a view of the walkway, beach, and ocean. was sitting at the last table at the far south end of the patio and close to the glass. attention was drawn to the beach area because it was not as crowded as usual. A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Cislo, Joseph on 2/3/2022 10:47 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT saw a Hispanic male on the beach wearing blue or grey Dickeys pants and white t-shirt. saw officers from HBPD approaching the male subject. heard the HBPD officers yell, "Stop, stop, stop." The male subject was, "Completely erratic" and ignoring the officer's commands to stop. The male subject, "drew something" from underneath his shirt that could, "clearly tell was a gun of some kind." It was at this point that the male subject "looked like he was going to shoot." screamed because she was afraid she and a seven-year old child with her would be shot by the armed male subject. heard the officers shoot about five shots and the male subject went down to the sand. However, "With the last breath in the man's life, you know straight up, he grabbed for the weapon in one last plea to shoot at the officers." When the male reached for the gun the officers fired about thirteen more shots at him. After the shooting the officers gave him medical attention and CPR for about twenty minutes. expanded on the moment she saw the male subject holding a gun. initially saw the subject holding a bundled up white t-shirt, but then he drew out a weapon from an unknown area on his person. The gun was, "black" and it was a "45 and square." initially thought the male subject shot at the police before they shot at him. thought that the male subject fired several shots because of the way he was standing and she thought the first gunshots sounded different than all of the other shots fire by the HBPD officers. noted that the officers shot at the subject, but paused after he went to the ground, and only shot at him again after he grabbed the gun. told me she video recorded the incident. told me she would send the video to my department email address. As of Thursday, October 7, 2021 at about 13:15 hours, I had not received any video from despite, multiple calls, voicemails, and an email sent to her. On Friday, October 15, 2021 at about 09:35 hours, I spoke briefly on the phone with stated she had not been feeling well and she would send the videos to me by the end of the day. made several attempts to compress the files and send them to me, but she was unsuccessful. On Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at about 10:15 hours, Investigator D. Womack #7933 and I met with in person at her residence located at . gave me a USB which she stated contained all of the video she had regarding the OIS. stated the video was captured on her cell phone and transferred to the USB. stated she had not altered or edited the video. I reviewed the USB and it contained four separate video files. Although the videos showed was present at the incident, the videos only captured the CPR efforts and comments made after the fact by Although made comments on the video about being afraid and telling people she had said, "Shots fired" did not appear to speak about how the events played out. I copied my interview with to a CD. I booked the CD and USB flash drive into Sheriff's Evidence, Santa Ana. END of REPORT INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer J . Cislo 03318 ¨12/21/2021 Approving Officer J . Ackerman 05210 ¨12/30/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Cislo, Joseph on 2/3/2022 10:47 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Description: C D Miscellaneous Description: OS21-032545.28 - CD CONTAINGIN DIGITAL AUDIO OF TELE INTERVIEW WITH WITH FCN Number: Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Description: C D Miscellaneous Description: OS21-032545.29 - CD CONTAINING VIDEO RECORDED AND SENT BY WITNESS FCN Number: A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 07:50 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT NARRATIVE Telephone Interview with Witness On Thursday, October 7 2021 at about 13:16 hours, I spoke on the telephone to witness regarding the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) officer involved shooting (OIS) that occurred on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at about 15:11 hours. The following is a summary of statement and my conversation with him, 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. was riding his electric bike on the bike path near the Huntington Beach Pier. heard what sounded like one gunshot followed by a brief pause and at least ten more shots. did not see the shooting. After the shots were heard, saw HBPD officers performing CPR on a male subject on the beach. Another male witness (NFD) who did not know, showed him a video of the shooting. used his phone to video record the CPR and some of the events after the shooting. had not seen the male subject prior to the shooting or any police interaction before he saw them performing CPR. sent me five videos he recorded of the incident. stated he used his phone to make the recordings and he had not altered them; a video showing the male subject being loaded into an ambulance, a video of HBPD officers set up crime scene tape, a video of HBPD officers and lifeguards performing CPR, a video of an HBPD officer asking people to clear the crime scene area, and a video of HBPD officers effecting an arrest of an unrelated male who appeared to be refusing to leave the crime scene. I copied my interview with to a CD. I copied the video sent by to a CD. I booked the CD's into Sheriff's Evidence, Santa Ana. END of REPORT INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer J . Cislo 03318 ¨10/7/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/15/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 07:50 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED OTHER NARRATIVE On Friday 10/1/21, I had been contacted by Lead Investigator J. Cislo #3318 to assist in contacting potential witnesses to the Officer Involved Shooting that occurred in the City of Huntington Beach on Saturday 9/25/21. I was tasked by Inv. Cislo to attempt to contact an individual identified as at the telephone number of . I first attempted to contact this individual on Monday 10/4/21 at 1435 hours by calling the telephone number I had been provided. No one answered the call and it went to an automated voicemail box confirming the number I had called as (. I identified myself as an Investigator with the Orange County Sheriff's Department and I had been given their name and telephone number as a potential witness to the shooting that had occurred. I requested they return my call at their earliest convenience. I did not receive any reply to this voicemail. I noted the area code of is associated with the Seattle, Washington area. On Wednesday 10/4/21 at 0907 hours, I again called the number of in an attempt to contact the individual identified as The call was not answered and again was sent to the automated voicemail box confirming the number I had called. I left a similar message requesting they contact me at their earliest convenience to provide any additional information. As of the date and time of this report, I have not received any call back regarding my request for additional information. End of Report INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer R . Taft 03201 ¨10/7/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/15/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 1 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 09:09 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Description: C D Miscellaneous Description: OS21-032545.30 - CD CONTAINING DIGITAL AUDIO OF TELE INTERVIEW WITH WITNESS FCN Number: A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:35 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT NARRATIVE On Thursday, October 7, 2021 at about 15:03 hours, I spoke on the telephone to The following is a summary of statement and my conversation with him, 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. On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at about 15:00 hours, was eating outside at the Sandys Beach Shack Restaurant located at 315 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. was seated near the glass on the lower level outside patio. looked over toward the beach and saw a male subject standing on the beach. There were about four Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) standing in a half circle around the male subject. The male held his hands out in front of his body with his hands pointed toward the HBPD officers. The male was holding a white shirt and pointed an unknown, "concealed" object at the HBPD Officers. heard about three or four gunshots and the male fell to the ground. On the ground the man scrambled for what he dropped, which assumed was a gun. was afraid that if the male subject was able to fire the gun, someone at the restaurant would have been shot. The male subject grabbed the weapon, and the HBPD fired about twelve shots at the male. The male feel to the ground. As the male feel to the ground he dropped the weapon. When the weapon fell, could clearly see it was an, "Automatic" handgun with a black handgrip. During the incident, only heard indistinct shouting and could not tell who or what was said. The incident happened quickly and did not record it. I copied my interview with to a CD. I booked the CD into Sheriff's Evidence, Santa Ana. INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer J . Cislo 03318 ¨10/15/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/22/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/29/2021 08:35 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS Name: PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Type: None Property Description: CD containing recorded interview and Video FCN Number: NARRATIVE Witness:   (   Narrative:   On Saturday, September 25, 2021, at about 1512 hours, an Officer Involved Shooting [OIS] occurred in the area of 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach.  A short time later, Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to investigate the OIS.  For further details see additional reports under Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Case Number 21-032545, Orange County Crime Lab (OCCL) Forensic Report 21-52599 and Huntington A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 09:41 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT Beach Police Department (HBPD) Case Number 21-012353.   On Friday, October 8, 2021, I conducted a phone interview with who was identified as a possible witness in this investigation.  I recorded the interview.  Below is a synopsis of the interview, for complete details refer to the recording.   On Saturday, September 25, 2021, was at the beach in the City of Huntington Beach near where the incident occurred.   was with her friend, ( and (   and rode their bikes to the beach area near where the incident happened.   decided she wanted to take a photograph of them at the beach.   noticed about five or six police officers forming what she described as a semi-circle around a male subject.   described the male as being possibly white, short height, wearing a white shirt and blue shorts.   believed the police were protecting her and the people at the beach.   believed the officers were focused on the male.   stated the actions by the officers made her feel calm.   described the male as possibly being on drugs and not in his right mind.   explained her statements as the male did not have any fear for his life, was not complying with commands and she believed she heard the officers tell the male to, “Freeze” or something similar but was not sure.   also stated the male did not show the officers he was not a threat to anyone.   stated the male turned and she heard what sounded like a “cap gun” or a taser.   explained she did not see any blood and the male did not fall to the ground.   stated she had never heard anyone fire a gun and the sound she heard was just her opinion.   then stated what she heard could have been a rubber bullet.   believed the male was stunned but did not stop moving.   then described hearing about three more shots and then about six more shots which she believed to be rubber bullets.   saw the male go to the ground after hearing the additional shots.   stated the male continued to move around and specifically saw his arm move on the ground and she heard several more shots. assumed that the officers shot at the male to prevent the male from getting a weapon.   did not actually see a gun or weapon but assumed the male had a weapon.   admitted she was not actually looking for a weapon and stated she was in a state of shock.   saw officers go to the subject and roll the male to the side.   possibly saw the male vomit at that time.   thought the male had a heart attack because she did not see any blood from his A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 09:41 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT body.   also described not seeing an entry or exit wounds to the male’s body.   stated she was not sure who responded to do first aid but described them as, “First responders” and stated they put on gloves and provided aid quickly.   saw the male getting CPR but was confused because she believed it would not be proper to do CPR on a subject who was shot.   stated she believed the officers involved did “Wonderful” and believed the officers saved her life.   also stated she felt safe during the incident and believed if the male had a weapon she could have been shot.   thought the male could have had a weapon in his waistband but was not sure.   stated she did have video of the incident and she would provide me the video.   sent me a text message with the video included.  I emailed the video sent to me to my Department email.  I placed the video onto a CD with this recorded interview and other recorded interviews.  I later booked the CD into the Orange County Sheriff’s Evidence Lockers located in the City of Santa Ana. INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer D . Womack 07933 ¨10/13/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/15/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 3 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 09:41 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED DO WITNESS PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Type: None Property Description: CD containing recorded interviews and Video FCN Number: NARRATIVE Witness: Narrative: On Saturday, September 25, 2021, at about 1512 hours, an Officer Involved Shooting [OIS] occurred in the area of 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach. A short time later, Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to investigate the OIS. For further details see additional reports under Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Case Number 21-032545, Orange County Crime Lab (OCCL) Forensic Report 21-52599 and Huntington A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 09:40 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT Beach Police Department (HBPD) Case Number 21-012353. On Friday, October 8, 2021, I conducted a phone interview with who was identified as a possible witness in this investigation. I recorded the interview. Below is a synopsis of the interview, for complete details refer to the recording. On Saturday, September 25, 2021, was at the beach in the City of Huntington Beach near where the incident occurred. was with her friend, and her boyfriend, . just arrived to the area and was standing off to the side of where the incident happened. and were going to take a photograph with each other and she saw a male who was acting weird. described the male as being possibly Hispanic, bald, wearing a white shirt and blue shorts near the boardwalk area of the beach. described the male as being weird and described him as being “wobbly” or unsteady. then saw a police officer walking slowly towards the male and believed he was directing the male to stop doing something. explained she could not hear what was being said but believed the officer was warning the male. took the photograph with her friends and did not see what happened until after the photograph. After the photograph, saw the male had moved about 10 to 15 feet from the boardwalk area in the sand and was moving his arms around. believed the male was communicating with the officers because his hands were moving but could not hear what was being said. then saw the male being hit with what she believed to be pellets because of the sounds she heard which sounded like pellet guns. saw the male go down to the ground and reach for what she believed was a gun. did not actually see a gun at the time. stated she believed the male was attempting to pick up something to possibly shoot the officers but she did not see what it was. then heard the sounds of more pellets or gunshots and believed at least two officers were shooting because she thought it was from different angles. believed the officers shot the male in defense. did not believe that the male was being shot with bullets because she did not see any blood. believed there were about four officers initially involved then saw what she described as a “flood” of officers who responded afterwards. saw two of the officers provide medical aid which she described as CPR. believed the incident was part of some sort of training because of how the officers responded and reacted. felt protected by the police and thought A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 09:40 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT they did a good job. I told to call me if she had any additional details or remembered anything else. I placed the recording onto a CD with another recording and a video related to this case. I later booked the CD into the Orange County Sheriff’s Evidence Lockers located in the City of Santa Ana. INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer D . Womack 07933 ¨10/13/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/15/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 3 of 3 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 09:40 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT OTHER PERSON(S) INVOLVED WITNESS PROPERTY/EVIDENCE Related To:INFORMATION REPORT Related To: Property Type: None Property Description: CD containing recorded interviews and Video FCN Number: NARRATIVE Witness: Narrative: On Saturday, September 25, 2021, at about 1512 hours, an Officer Involved Shooting [OIS] occurred in the area of 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach. A short time later, Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to investigate the OIS. For further details see additional reports under Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Case Number 21-032545, Orange County Crime Lab (OCCL) Forensic Report 21-52599 and Huntington A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 08:59 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT Beach Police Department (HBPD) Case Number 21-012353. On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, I conducted a phone interview with who was identified as a possible witness in this investigation. I recorded the interview. Below is a synopsis of the interview, for complete details refer to the recording. On Saturday, September 25, 2021, was eating at Sandy’s Beach Shack located at 315 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach. was with her friend, and two of her friends. was sitting at a table near the boardwalk area which she describe as being close to where the incident happened. saw about four officers in a half circle with their guns drawn. saw a male she described as being Hispanic, bald, wearing a white shirt with dark shorts, white socks and a white towel or shirt over his hands. saw the male had his hands in front of him, directing his hands towards the officers but could not see what he was holding because it was covered with the towel or shirt. stated she could not hear what was being said by the officers or the male. heard about three or four shots which she described as sounding like a “Firecracker.” then saw the male fall to the ground. saw the male moving around and digging around in the sand. believed the male was looking to find what he was holding in his hands. heard about three or four more shots and ducked down. When looked up, she saw officers doing chest compressions on the male. also saw several Lifeguards respond and do chest compressions to the male. saw an ambulance arrive and take the male away in the ambulance. did not have video of the incident. I told to call me with any additional details or if she remembered anything else. I placed the recording onto a CD with another recording and a video related to this case. I later booked the CD into the Orange County Sheriff’s Evidence Lockers located in the City of Santa Ana. INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer D . Womack 07933 ¨10/13/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/15/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 08:59 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT NARRATIVE Witness Interview of Contact Information Background On Saturday, September 25, 2021, at approximately 1605 hours, I was notified by Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) Homicide Sergeant A. Abdelmuti #5428 of an officer involved shooting (OIS) involving officers from the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) and a deceased male subject who was later identified as, At approximately 1730 hours, I arrived at the incident command post located east of the HBPD sub-station, 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach [County of Orange, State of California]. For additional information, see related reports associated to the following case numbers: OCSD DR 21-032545; HBPD DR 21-012353; Orange County Crime Lab FR 21-52599; Orange County Coroner ’s Office 21- 05698-LM. Details At approximately 1905 hours, OCSD Investigator T. Arburua #8815, HBPD Detective J. Lewis #1182 and I spoke with at the HBPD sub-station located at 285 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach. The interview was conducted reference the OIS investigation. The interview was audio recorded with a department issued audio recorder. The following is a synopsis of the conversation. It is not verbatim, nor necessarily in order of conversation, and is organized for the purpose of clarity. This report is not meant to take place of the actual recording. It is just a synopsis. For compete details refer to the recording of the interview. works for Huntington Surf & Sport (HSS) at 300 Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Huntington Beach, CA. On Saturday, September 25, 2021 she was assigned to work from 0700 to 1500 hours at the temporary store booth located on the beach just north of HBPD sub-station. She was still waiting for her replacement and working in the booth when the shooting occurred at approximately 1510 hours. provided the following statement. was working at the cash register facing the parking lot and restaurants with her back to the beach when she glanced over to her left in the direction of the pier. She said nothing drew her attention to her left, nor did she hear anything, but she just randomly happened to look in that direction and saw three police officers start shooting. She then quickly looked over at the subject, later identified as who she is positive his hands were up. She does not believe he had A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 1 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 08:59 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT anything in his hands. She also stated that she looked very quickly and is only positive about his hands being up but not as positive his hands were empty. Immediately after hearing the shooting, she dropped down into the booth and stayed down with her co-workers until the incident was over. She was unable to observe anything while hiding in the booth. She did hear approximately five shots initially as she dropped down into the booth with a short break, then approximately three more, and then she thinks maybe a few more. did not recognize and did not see him prior to the shooting. Investigator Arburua copied the audio recording of the interview onto a disc and booked it into the OCSD evidence locker in Santa Ana, CA. END OF REPORT   INVOLVEMENT TYPE OFFICER NAME BODY WORN CAMERA DATE Supplementing Officer M . Kennedy 05428 ¨9/27/2021 Approving Officer A . Abdelmuti 05458 ¨10/15/2021 Assisting Officer T . Arburua 08815 ¨9/27/2021 A copy of the "true" original shall be obtained and released by Records Division Page 2 of 2 Printed by Inform RMS System Account on 10/22/2021 08:59 COPY DR #: 21-032545 Reporting Area: Homicide SUPPLEMENT