Author: mopress

Note: from a police officer who was assisting in the undercover operation.

I observed Shelly at the drivers side door attempting to get the driver
out of the Chevrolet. I parked my marked police unit in the
street on Quicksilver and got out quickly and told Shelly that I was
coming to help. As I was running towards the drivers side of the
Chevrolet SUV I could hear other persons yelling and what sounded like
a struggle on the passenger side of the Chevrolet SUV. Just as I
got to the driver’s side door I heard a "pop" noise from the passenger
side of the the Chevrolet SUV and I thought that someone had used their
Tazeer on the subject. I heard someone make a grunting type sound
as I have heard when someone gets Tazed. I started around the
front side of the Chevrolet SUV to see if they needed assistance and I
heard Julie say "I shot him". I could see Julie standing to the
east of an unknown male who was laying face down on the ground and Sgt.
Doyle was on his knees on the west side of the subject….

Connor says he saw blood on Rocha’s back left. Schroeder
handed him her gun saying ‘take it’ and he placed it on the seat of her
car. He noticed a Tazer approximately 6 feet to the west of Daniel.
Next to the door that Daniel had exited, he noticed a bag of marijuana.

Note: describing the final minutes of a 15 minute ride that he gave to two friends.

As I was approaching the stop sign at Quicksilver and Pleasant Valley I
saw an unmarked police behind me. When we got to the intersection
I saw a gray unmarked police car pass Quicksilver southbound on
Pleasant Valley and then back up real fast. I stopped at the stop
sign and the gray police car pulled in front of me. When the
police car stopped in front of me I just stayed where I was. Rick
and Daniel said something like, "Oh Shit!" and they got out and started
running. I heard a female voice yell to Rick an Daniel by name
and tell them not to run. A female officer who was wearing a
yellow top came to my side and opened my door. She placed her
hand on my arm she told me to get out of the car. I then asked
her if I should put it in park. Right after I put the vehicle in
park, I heard the gunshot…

Signed and notarized June 10, 2005

I was standing outside of my friend [G’s name withheld by editor]
house. She lives two or three duplexes away from me. I saw
a suburban pull up to a stop sign. The officers pulled in front
of it. They all got out. One of the officers yelled, "don’t
run Ricky." A person ran. It was a young boy,
tennager. I didn’t see him. A female officer took off after
the one who ran. About a minute later she brought him back.
The female officer was wearing shorts. She had blond hair.
She walked back from by the Suburban, he didn’t make it that far.
I’m sure it was the same person who ran. The other officers were
with the other guy in the Suburban. He was still in the Suburban,
in the driver’s side. They were standing on the driver’s
side. The blond officer was on the passenger side with the other
boy. She was the only female officer out there.

She was by the stop sign and she put the boy down. Me and [G]
were walking back towards my house. We were by a metal
fence. The metal fence meets up with the stop sign sort of.
I live across from Quicksilver. We were on the opposite side of
the street from where the Suburban was.

Det. Walker asked me if I saw a fight or struggle. No, I saw the
officer holding the man with one hand, the left, and she had her gun
with her right. All I could see was his shoulder that she had him
by. I couldn’t tell which shoulder. Then her gun fired
once. She was standing up, kind of hunched over, and he was
already on the ground. I saw the fire come out of the officer’s
gun….

Signed and notarized June 10, 2005

I was walking on Pleasant Valley and had stopped near the fire hydrant
when I saw the police car stop in front of the stop sign. I saw
this guy run from the suburban and a white unmarked police car went
after him and brought him back after I had heard the shot. I
really didn’t get a good look at this guy but he had facial hair and
dark long hair pulled back like a pony tail. I think he was
Hispanic and may have been 22 years old.

I saw the female officer telling this other Hispanic guy to "get on the
ground." I think she told him once or twice. They were on
the passenger side of the suburban near tall grass. They were
actually between the sidewalk and the street curb. I hear the guy
say "weapon" but I didn’t see anything in his hands. I saw him
get on his hands and knees and saw the female officer with her left
hand trying to put him on the ground and she was kinda kneeling with
her left hand and knee. I saw her with a gun in her right
hand. I saw he was lying flat. I don’t know if the guy was
fighting with the officer or resisting because I did not see
that. I thought that the police were going to arrest him and put
him up. I walked off back to my house but then I heard a shot….

Signed and notarized June 10, 2005