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Home My WebLink About19-05804 Supplemental Report (Bodnar Interview)_RedactedPerson:Probation Officer L. IBARRA, ID# 365 Agency:Orange County Probation Involvement:LEO Description:Male, Unknown Identification:Driver License: Address/Resides:909 N MAIN ST, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Address/Associated: Employer:ORANGE COUNTY PROBATION OFFICE Contact Info: Employer Phone:Work: (714) 569-2000 Scars, Marks, Tattoos, Oddities: Person:Deputy Probation Officer C. PINTO, ID# 91 Agency:Orange County Probation Involvement:LEO Description:Male, Unknown Identification:Driver License: Address/Resides:909 N MAIN ST, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Address/Associated: Employer:ORANGE COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT Contact Info: Employer Phone:Work: (714) 569-2000 Scars, Marks, Tattoos, Oddities: Person:Detective G. BODNAR, ID# 3337 Agency:Santa Ana PD Involvement:LEO Description:Male, Unknown Identification:Driver License: Address/Resides:60 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, Santa Ana, CA 92703 Address/Associated: Contact Info:Work: (714) 245-8701 Scars, Marks, Tattoos, Oddities: Person:Detective Corporal D. ALCALA, ID# 3226 Agency:Santa Ana PD Involvement:LEO Description:Male, Unknown Identification:Driver License: Address/Resides:60 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, Santa Ana, CA 92703 Address/Associated: Contact Info:Work: (714) 245-8701 Scars, Marks, Tattoos, Oddities: Santa Ana PD 2019-05804 2 of 5 Person:Investigator Carlos GONZALES Agency:OC District Attorney's Office Involvement:LEO Description:Male, Unknown Identification:Driver License: Address/Resides:401 W Civic Center Dr, Santa Ana, CA Address/Associated: Contact Info: Scars, Marks, Tattoos, Oddities: Person:Oscar Alvarado PENALOZA Involvement:ARRESTEE 187(a) PC - MURDER (INC. NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER) 186.22(b)(1) PC - COMMIT A FELONY BENEFITTING A CRIMINAL STREET GANG AKA/Alias/Nickname:Nickname: SMOKEY Moniker, Association, Gang:SMOKEY, Member with DELHI Description:Male, Hispanic DOB:5/16/1996 Identification:Driver License: CII Number: Social Security Number: Address/Resides: Scars, Marks, Tattoos, Oddities: SAPD Personnel:Rodriguez, Julian 2836 Involvement:Supervisor SAPD Personnel:McLeod, Matthew 2770 Involvement:Assisting SAPD Personnel:Moroyoqui, Gus 2727 Involvement:Reporting SAPD Personnel:McClaskey, Paul 3110 Involvement:Investigating SAPD Personnel:Judson, Michael 2334 Involvement:Assisting SAPD Personnel:Lemmon, Matthew 3174 Involvement:Assisting SAPD Personnel:Nunez, Eddie 2564 Involvement:Assisting SAPD Personnel:Garcia, Andy 3233 Involvement:Assisting SAPD Personnel:Capacete, Justo 2998 Involvement:Assisting Santa Ana PD 2019-05804 3 of 5 Narrative: Narrative Monday, March 11, 2019 2115 Hours I was contacted at home by Detective Sergeant J. Rodriguez #2638 of the Santa Ana Police Department Homicide Section who informed me that an officer involved shooting incident occurred at 1800 S. Evergreen Street in Santa Ana. Sergeant Rodriguez requested I respond and assist with the investigation. 2208 Hours I arrived at the scene and staged on the south perimeter. 2245 Hours I checked in with Officer J. Peralta #3602, who was maintaining the crime scene personnel log. 2325 Hours Sergeant O. Lizardi #2629 provided a briefing concerning the officer involved shooting and the status of the initial investigation by patrol officers. Present were Detectives from the Santa Ana Police Department Homicide Unit, Orange County District Attorney Investigators and the Orange County Crime Lab. I was later paired up with Investigator C. Gonzales and assigned to interview potential witnesses. 2345 Hours I exited the scene and returned to the police department. March 12, 2019 0136 Hours Orange County District Attorney Investigator C. Gonzales and I interviewed Santa Ana Police Detective G. BODNAR #3337 in an interview room located on the 3rd floor of the police department. Investigator Gonzales audio recorded the interview and the following is a synopsis of said interview. 'HWHFWLYH %2'1$5 KDV EHHQ D 6DQWD $QD 3ROLFH 2IILFHU IRU DSSUR[LPDWHO\ ò \HDUVHe is currently a SAPD Personnel:Gomez, Francisco 2706 Involvement:Assisting SAPD Personnel:Martinez, Elias 3349 Involvement:Assisting SAPD Personnel:Solorio, Ernesto 3249 Involvement:Arresting SAPD Personnel:Lizardi, Oscar 2629 Involvement:Supervisor SAPD Personnel:Peralta, Johnny 3602 Involvement:Assisting SAPD Personnel:Rodriguez, Julian 2836 Involvement:Report Approver Item 1)Involvement (Evidence) RECORDINGS - AUDIO & VIDEO, CD containing Detective G. BODNAR interview, Santa Ana PD 2019-05804 4 of 5 Detective assigned to the department¶s Gang Suppression Unit. Detective BODNAR works Sunday through Wednesday with flexible hours between 12:30 PM and 11:30 PM. Detective BODNAR was working a two man car with Detective Corporal D. ALCALA. Corporal ALCALA was driving a marked black and white police vehicle as Detective BODNAR sat in the front passenger seat. Their call sign for tonight was Sierra 21 Alpha (S21A). They were both wearing distinct police uniforms. Detective BODNAR said that they were conducting citywide gang suppression working their way to Cedar/ Evergreen Streets area, which are claimed by the Delhi and Locotes Criminal Street gangs. Delhi and Locotes gang fight over control of the area. He has patrolled that particular area in the past and knows that these two particular gangs are involved in shootings, robberies, gang members armed with firearms, and stolen vehicles. Detective BODNAR stated that this evening, he and Corporal ALCALA were in their marked police vehicle traveling northbound in the east alley of 1600 to 1700 block of Cedar Street, when he heard three (3) gunshots coming south of them in the alley. Corporal ALCALA stopped the patrol car. BODNAR peaked his head out the front passenger window and looked south in the alley. He observed a civilian vehicle traveling north in the alley swerve to the west part of the alley. At the same time, he heard one of his other partners transmit over the police radio (Green 4) that they were in a foot pursuit of a suspect. He believed that ³Shots Fired,´was transmitted over the police radio. Detective BODNAR stated that they continued north in the alley and exited out onto Edinger Avenue, as he was attempting to find out the officer¶s location on their MDT. Corporal ALCALA drove east on Edinger to south on Standard. They then drove west on Occidental to the east alley of Cedar Street. BODNAR exited the marked patrol car and observed that Detectives E. SOLORIO and E. MARTINEZ had someone at gunpoint. He observed that a male suspect had been shot. Once the male suspect had been handcuffed, BODNAR searched the male suspect. He stated that the male (Oscar PENALOZA) was the same person he and his team had arrested in the same area a week prior for possession of a firearm. Detective BODNAR stated that he did not hear anything strike their patrol car or near them but he believed that the gunshots were directed at them. He said that there was a gap between the shots that he heard in the alley. Investigator Gonzales showed Detective BODNAR an aerial map of 1800 S. Evergreen. Detective BODNAR marked the map as to where they were when he heard the gunshots. He also marked the direction they traveled when they drove out of the alley. Investigator Gonzales retained the aerial map. We concluded the interview. Investigator Gonzales provided me with a copy of the audio recording, which I later booked into SAPD Evidence. The investigation continues« Author: Moroyoqui, Gus 2727 BWC NOT Activated Santa Ana PD 2019-05804 5 of 5