The women filed a lawsuit, claiming that Cortez-Gomez was shot in the abdomen, hand, back and shoulder by bullets from police as they fired at Abrams, who was taking cover behind their car. Police said Abrams had shot an officer in the leg, spurring the pursuit.ĭuring the freeway incident, Norma Alicia Cortez-Gomez and Tereza Cortez ended up in police officers’ line of fire. In 2008, he and another officer shot and killed David Abrams on the 91 Freeway after a car chase. Panov has been involved in at least two other shootings. “He was going through a lot - I was actually surprised how much he’s going through, that he was handling it. “He seemed really depressed,” Martinez told the Register. Rodriguez’s brother-in-law, Joel Martinez, told the Orange County Register at the time that Rodriguez was suffering from a mental health episode. According to a district attorney’s report, he exited the vehicle suddenly with a shotgun and pointed it at officers before they shot him. Rodriguez led police on a chase through Garden Grove and Anaheim before being boxed in by Anaheim SWAT team armored vehicles in a parking lot. In 2008, Delgado was also involved in the nonfatal shooting of Jose Francisco Rodriguez, according to district attorney’s records clearing him of criminal wrongdoing. Delgado and two other officers were cleared by the district attorney’s office. Moreno was shot 23 times after allegedly shooting a police dog and firing at officers. The district attorney’s office cleared Delgado and another officer of criminal wrongdoing last year.ĭelgado was also involved in the fatal shooting of Robert Moreno in 2014. According to a district attorney’s report, police believed Yamashita-Magarro was reaching into his waistband for a gun, but no gun was found on him. Santa Ana Mayor Vicente Sarmiento compared Anaheim police to “a firing squad” and questioned the officers’ “provocative decision” to fire a flash-bang round into Lopez’s car.Īfter a car chase that ended with Yamashita-Magarro crashing a car and being pursued on foot, he was shot in the chest, left leg and lower back. The incident has drawn criticism from Santa Ana Councilman Johnathan Hernandez, who said police unnecessarily escalated the situation when they shot his cousin, who was suffering from a mental health crisis. Lopez, 33, was suspected of driving a stolen vehicle and had warrants for armed robberies, domestic violence and driving on a suspended license.īody camera footage revealed that the officers mistook an empty water bottle in a black bag for a gun right before they shot and killed Lopez. 28 after a car chase and hours-long standoff at a construction area in Santa Ana. When Anaheim police officers fatally shot a Santa Ana city councilman’s cousin in September, it wasn’t the first time some of them had been involved in deadly shootings.Īnaheim Officers Catalin Panov, Paul Delgado, Brett Heitmann and Kenneth Weber fired the fatal shots at Brandon Lopez on Sept.
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