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Santa Ana PD 2017-265 17: Crime-Suspect Report by #2727 Pag e 8 of 12
<br />Fore ns ic Specialist B. Scott assisted "vith the processing of the c ri me scene. Refer to Maggay's CS I
<br />report for further details under OCCL forensic report #17-56856.
<br />WEATHER AND LIGHTING:
<br />The weathe r condition at 1724 hours was fa ir w ith clear skies with a temperature of approximately 77
<br />degrees Fahrenheit. The vv ind s were at 8.1 mph coming from the south southwest. The weather
<br />information was obtained from th e Weather Unde rground website at www.\,vtll1derground.com.
<br />At the time of my atTi val , 1929 hours , the ground was dry and there was ample li ghting provided by the
<br />sun, s treetlights and the lights at the Chevron Gas Station.
<br />SCENE:
<br />The scene was located wi thin the Che vron Gas Station property located at 2650 Not1h Grand A venue.
<br />The business is located on the southwest corner of Grand and Fairhaven A venues. The C hevron Gas
<br />convenience store is located on the south portion of the property with a self-service car wash attached
<br />along the south side of the co n venience store. The entry to the car wash is along the west side and the
<br />exit is on the east side. The entry/exit doors to the convenience store are located on the not1h side. There
<br />are two marked parking s talls located "vest of the convenience store. There are 12 fuel stations north of
<br />the convenience store with a 13 'O I " high roof over the fuel pumps. There is a dri veway along the north
<br />side of the property. There is a driveway on the southeast side and on the not1heast side of the property.
<br />The crime scene was being secured by yellow crime scene tape sec uring the east, and no11h perimeters.
<br />There was a cinder block wall securing the south and west perimeter. There were Santa Ana Police
<br />Officers posted at the north and east perimeter. The shopp ing center parking lot is concrete paved with
<br />marked parking stalls and raised concrete curbs along the west, east, and not1h side of the property.
<br />There were three Santa Ana Police Department marked police vehicles and two civi li an vehicles parked
<br />west of the Chevron Gas convenience sto re . The two c ivilian ve hicles, a black primer Ford Explorer
<br />with California lic ense #and a s ilver Toyota Highlander with California license
<br />were in marked stall s south of th e three Santa Ana Police vehicles. Santa Ana Police unit #641 was
<br />parked facing in a south direction. Santa Ana Police unit #92 1 was parked east of unit #641 fac ing in a
<br />south direction wi th a s li ght ang le to the east. Santa Ana Police unit #927 was parked east of unit #921
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<br />Cali fornia licens e was parked ne xt to fuel pump #7 facing in a south direction. There were
<br />c i vi li an vehicles parked next to fuel pumps 11 , 9 , 6 , 8 , and 5.
<br />The firs t two officer in vo lved shootings occurred west of th e convenience store . The third officer
<br />involved shooting occurred east of the convenience store just outside the exit of the se lf-serve car wash.
<br />For fmiher details, refer to the photographs a nd crime scene investigation repot1s documented by the
<br />Orange County Crime Lab forensic personnel.
<br />SUMMARY:
<br />On T hursday, September 28 , 2017, detectives from the Santa Ana Police Department's Gang Unit
<br />re ceived information that the male suspects who have been invol ved in se veral arme d robberies were
<br />staying at the Civ ic Center Inn located at 2720 North Grand Avenue. At approximate ly 171 6 hours ,
<br />three Gang Detectives in an unmarked s il ver Dodge Grand Caravan set up s urveillance in the
<br />area. There were marked po lice vehicles nearby to conduct a stop in case the male suspects were
<br />seen. Timothy ESPINOZA was obse rved standing on the dri ve r side of a black primer Ford Explore r
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