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Home My WebLink AboutB17 R192200009 Dickey Int PSPD Off EnriquezDATE PREPARED: 09/09/2019 INCIDENT REPORT RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF CA0330000 0 INITIAL E] SUPPLEMENTAL 1. FILE NUMBER R 19 220 0009 2. DATE TIME REPORTED 3. DATE/TIME ASSIGNED 4. DATE 'TIME INV. START 5. DATUTIME NV. TERM 6. ADULT ARR 7. RN ARR S. OFFENSES - CODE SECTION CRIME COUNTS A.O.D. Assist Other Department - P.S.P.D. 01 9 EDP CODE 25A2-N 10. OFFENSES - CODE SECTION (Add or Change to) CRIME COUNTS O.I.S. Officer Involved Shooting - Injury 01 11. EDP CODE 13C8-N 12. OFFENSES - CODE SECTION (Add or Change to) CRIME COUNTS 243(d) PC Battery- Against a Peace Officer 01 13. EDP CODE 13C4-F 14. LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE S. Palm Canyon X Camino Parocelo, Palm Springs 15. REP. DIST. 16. OCCURRED ON- DATE:TIME 8/8/19 1618 17. OR BETWEEN DATE TIME 18. BUSINESS NAME None 19. BUSINESS PHONE 20. CASE STATUS' CLEARANCE Arrest 21. WAS THIS INCIDENT RELATED TO MARIJUANA? X YES q NO (If yes, briefly include in narrative or additional details how it was related) 22. BWC VIDEO (CAPTURED BY YOU C)R ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT MEMBER) q YES x NO VICTIM - REPORTING PARTY - WITNESS - OTHERS: 0 SEE ADDITIONAL PERSONS REPORT 23. INVL V1 24. NAME (Last. First. Middle) P.S.P.D. Officer Enriquez # 16143 25. SEX 26. RACE 27. DOB 28. AGE 29. HT 30 WT 31.. HAIR 32. EYES 33. SKIN 34. RESIDENCE ADDRESS N/O CITY ZIP 35. EMAIL ADDRESS 36. RES. PHONE N/O 37. BUSINESS ADDRESS 200 S. Civic Drive CITY ZIP Palm Springs, CA 92262 33. EMAIL ADDRESS 39. BUS. PHONE 760 327 1441 40. INVL V2 41. NAME (Last. First. Middle) P.S.P.D. Officer Burton # 15918 42. SEX 43. RACE 44. DOB 45. AGE 46. HT 47. WT 48. HAIR 49. EYES 50. SKIN 51. RESIDENCE ADDRESS N/O CITY ZIP 52. EMAIL ADDRESS 53. RES. PHONE N/O 54. BUSINESS ADDRESS 200 S. Civic Drive CITY ZIP Palm Springs, CA 92262 55. EMAIL ADDRESS 56. BUS. PHONE 760 327 1441 SUSPECT. Eg ADULT 0 JUVENILE 0 PAROLE 0 PROBATION in SEE ADDITIONAL PERSONS REPORT Di ARRESTED 57. SUS# S 1 58. NAME (Last. First. Middle) Weintraub, Kevvn Matthew (PB) 59. SEX M 60. RACE W 61. DOB 03/01/1976 62. AGE 43 63. HT 511 64. \VT 208 65. HAIR Bro 66. EYES Bro 67. SKIN 68. DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER ; ID NUMBER IN ESSIILN-.1 YES1 NOU 69. STATE 70. SOC AL SECURITY NUMBER 71. MNI NUMBER 72. CII NUMBER FBI # 73. RESIDENCE ADDRESS CITY ZIP 74. EMAIL ADDRESS 75. RES. PHONE 76. BUSINESS ADDRESS CITY ZIP None 77. EMAIL ADDRESS 78. BUS. PHONE None 79. JUVENILE DISPOSITION I I OTHER JURIS. I IJUV. CRT. PROB. I 1 WITHIN DEPT. DETAINED NOT DETAINED 80. GANG DATA GANG NAME(S): 81. TATTOOS/SCARS/MARKS/CLOTHING DESCRIPTION -Interview with P.S.P.D. Officer Enriquez on 8/10/2019 4204-1316 ill Prior Knowledge q Member Associate Self-Admit • TATTOOS / SCARS / MARKS Face • Neck El R. Arm ■ L. Arm U Hands III Torso 111 Back ■ Legs VEHICLE: REFER TO CHP 180 FORM FOR STOLEN, RECOVERED, TOWED OR IMPOUNDED 82. INVL 83. LICENSE 84. STATE 85. YEAR 86. MAKE 87. MODEL 88. BODY STYLE 89. SI: R'O AUTO VALUE Code: $ 90. COLOR/COLOR 91. VIN e 92. OTHER IDENTIFIERS 93. DISPOSITION OF VEHICLE 94. REGISTERED OWNER 95. ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP 96. PHONE El PROPERTY REPORT ATTACHED FOR STOLEN, RECOVERED OR DAMAGED PROPERTY 97. DAMAGED PROPERTY VALUE REPORTING OFFICER Dickey # 4204 OFFICER I.D. REVIEWED BYDATE ENTERED BY:DATE ENTERED BY/DATE g- V 1 4 A- Z- (FOS- 0 42^ / 7/, COPIES TO: APR SENT: . R CANCELLED: DOI-NCIC ENTERED. DOI-NCIC CANCELLED 0 Riverside County Sheriff-Incident Report Form A 435 (Revised 08-19-2019) FILE NUMBER R 19 220 0009 CONTINUATION PAGE Page Number: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 LAW ENFORCEMENT OTHERS: Sergeant Thurm # 2805 RSO/CHU 951 955 2777 Investigator Trudeau # 3147 RSO/CHU 951 955 2777 Investigator Harvey # 1701 RSO/CHU 951 955 2777 Investigator Stoyer # 2758 RSO/CHU 951 955 2777 Investigator Paz # 3327 RSO/CHU 951 955 2777 Investigator Sandoval # 3655 RSO/CHU 951 955 2777 Investigator Munoz # 3137 RSO/CHU 951 955 2777 Deputy District Attorney R. Hightower District Attorney's Office 760 863 8216 District Attorney Investigator S. Paixao District Attorney's Office 760 863 8216 PORAC Attorney Kasey Castillo Castillo/Harper Law Firm 909 466 5600 ASSOCIATED CASE NUMBERS: Palm Springs Police Department # 1908P-1476 EVIDENCE: ITEM DESCRIPTION JD01 CD-ROM disc containing audio of interview with Officer Enriquez on 8/10/19 (barcode 2176045) JDO2 CD-ROM digital transcript and paper copy of interview with Officer Enriquez on 8/10/19. (barcode 2186036) ATTACHMENTS: ITEM A B QUANTITY 2 pages 49 pages DESCRIPTION Evidence print outs Copy of transcript DETAILS: On 8/10/19, at 1005 hours, I (Investigator Dickey # 4204) and Investigator Harvey conducted follow up investigation on the above case. We interviewed Officer Enriquez in the Chief's conference room at the Palm Springs Police Department. Present during the interview was myself, Officer Enriquez, Investigator Harvey, District Attorney Investigator Paixo, Deputy District Attorney Hightower, and Officer Enriquez's Attorney Kasey Castillo. 0 Riverside County Sheriff-Form C 442 Continuation Page (Revised 11-15-2016) FILE NUMBER R 19 220 0009 CONTINUATION PAGE Page Number: 1 I explained to Officer Enriquez that I was conducting a criminal investigation into her actions in the officer 2 involved shooting that occurred on 8/8/19 at 1630 hours on S. Palm Canyon Drive just north of Camino 3 Parocelo. I also explained that I was conducting a criminal investigation into Kevyn Weintraub's actions 4 during the same incident. Officer Enriquez stated that she understood this and after consultation with her 5 attorney, was willing to provide me with a voluntary statement. 6 7 For the entire account of Officer Enriquez's statement, see the transcript attached to this report as attachment 8 "B" 9 10 11 CASE STATUS: Arrest 0 Riverside County Sheriff-Form C 442 Continuation Page (Revised 11-15-2016) R 19 22© 0009 ATTACHMENT # A (2 pages) Evidence print outs. R 19 22© O©©9 ATTACHMENT # B (49 pages) Transcript 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 1:3 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 RIVERSIDE SHERI FF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 1 INTERVIEWER: DATE/TIME: INTERVIEW WITH: FILE NUMBER: (short pause) (heavy static) INVESTIGATOR JAMES DICKEY INVESTIGATOR LESTER HARVEY 08/10/2019 11005 HOURS OFFICER AMANDA ENRIQUEZ BOA ROB Inc EITOWER BA INVESTIGATOR STEVE PAIIXAO ATTORNEY KASEY CASTILLO R 119 220 0009 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Today is August 10th, 2019, 1005 hours. I'm Investigator Dickey, ID 4204 -- from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Central Homicide Unit. We are here today, ahhh, on file -- RSO file Number Robert 19-220-0009 -- also, Palm Springs P.D, file Number 1908 P, as in Paul, 1476. We are here regarding an officer-involved shooting that occurred on August 8th, 2019, and this will be an interview of Officer Amanda Enriquez. OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: That's it. Did I get that correct? Uh-huh. INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Thank you. Thanks for being here, and we'll go ahead and go around the room and have everybody identify themselves who's here for the interview that also might be speaking. To my left is -- INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Investigator Lester Harvey, good morning. OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Good morning. INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: And my sheriffs ID number is 1701. I work for the Riverside County Sheriffs Department currently assigned to the Riverside County Sheriffs Department Special Investigations Bureau. OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Nice to meet you. (heavy static) RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 2 1 2 DDA INVESTIGATOR PAIXAO: Steve Paixao, P-a-i-x-a-o -- senior investigator with 3 Riverside County District Attorney's office. 4 5 DDA ROB HIGHTOWER: Rob Hightower, H-i-g-h-t-o-w-e-r, ahhh, deputy District 6 Attorney, Riverside County District Attorney's office. 7 8 KASEY CASTILLO: Kasey Castillo with Castillo, Harper. Kasey with a K, 9 C-a-s-t-i-1-1-o. 10 1 1 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Amanda Enriquez, last name, E-n-r-i-q-u-e-z -- badge 12 Number 16143. 13 14 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: 16143? 15 16 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: 16143. 17 18 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Perfect, thank you. 19 20 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 21 22 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Hmmmm, Deputy District Attorney Hightower and Senior 23 District Attorney Paixao won't be speaking in this interview, but they will be here observing. 24 25 OFFICER ENR1QUEZ: Okay. 26 27 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Ahhh, this is a criminal investigation that we're conducting. 28 I'm assigned as the case agent. Investigator Harvey's the co-case agent on the case. This is a -- this 29 is not an administrative investigation. It is not administrative -- 30 31 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Okay. 32 33 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- interview. This is a voluntary interview. 34 35 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 36 37 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: You providing a statement to us is your decision. 38 39 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 40 41 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: We just wanted to make sure that you had a chance to consult 42 your attorney prior to giving this statement? 43 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 3 1 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 2 3 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And it's your decision after speaking with your 4 attorney that you -- do you want to provide us with a voluntary statement? 5 6 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 7 8 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Excellent. Go ahead and tell us what your assignment 9 is with the Palm Springs Police Department. 10 11 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: A patrol officer. 12 13 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And what shift do you work? 14 15 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Currently working late days -- so starts at 11:00 a.m, and it 16 goes to 2100. 17 18 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 19 20 (tapping) 21 22 And what was your designator on August 8th -- the day of the shooting? 23 24 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I'm sorry, my what? 25 26 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Your call sign or your designator? 27 28 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Oh, my call sign is Paul-567. 29 30 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Very good. Thank you. 31 32 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 33 34 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And I just want to talk about. real quick, the uniform you 35 were wearing on that day. 36 37 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 38 39 (clearing throat) 40 41 KASEY CASTILLO: Just remember that you have to say yes or no for the record. 42 43 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Okay. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) IVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 4 1 2 (short pause) 3 4 (tapping) 5 6 (short pause) 7 8 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: On the day that this officer-involved shooting occurred, you 9 were in a full uniform; is that correct? 10 11 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 12 13 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And this is the patrol uniform authorized by the Palm Springs 14 Police Department? 15 16 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 17 18 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: All right. I'm going to ask you a couple questions about that 19 uniform. Hmmmm, we'll start with the shirt you were wearing. Was that a long-sleeve or 20 short-sleeved shirt -- if you remember? 21 22 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: A short-sleeve. 23 24 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Short-sleeve shirt? Okay. And that shirt -- does it have any 25 identifying marks on the shoulders? Is there patches on it that you are aware of? 26 27 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yeah. Yes. 28 29 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Do you know what the patches say'? 30 31 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Palm Springs Police Department. 32 33 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And it appears that you may also have been wearing, 34 like, a tactical vest? 35 36 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 37 38 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. That is a vest that zips up or -- or is put on over the 39 top of your short-sleeve uniform? 40 41 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. It's Velcro. 42 43 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Velcro with the side panels? RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CIHILJ-WEST Page 5 1 2 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: t1h-huh. 3 4 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Good. And on that tactical vest, is there a -- a badge 5 it? 6 7 (short pause) 8 9 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 10 1 1 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. I'm looking at a -- a picture that appears to be a badge 12 on the left side of the uniform. 13 14 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 15 16 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And left side to me looks like it's a metal badge. Does that 17 sound about right? 18 19 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 20 21 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. The metal badge -- does it say anything on it that you 22 recall? 23 24 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I believe it says, "Palm Springs Police Department." 25 26 And it also had a black band on it. 27 28 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: A black memorial band? 29 30 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 31 32 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 33 34 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 35 36 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Very good. And then there's a -- what -- what appears to be a 37 metal name plate on the -- on the -- the tactical vest; correct? 38 39 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 40 41 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: That has your last name on it? 42 43 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 6 1 2 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: All right. And on that vest, you have some standard police 3 equipment. Can you recall off the top of your head what is some of the equipment that you carry on 4 that vest? 5 6 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes, I have my handcuffs. I have two magazines. I have my 7 baton. I have a recorder. I have a camera, a tourniquet, and just various, like, office supplies, pens, 8 note pads. 9 10 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Very good. And you spoke of a recorder that you carry on 11 your vest? 12 13 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 14 15 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Is that an audio or video recorder? 16 17 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: It's an audio recorder. 18 19 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And was that audio recorder on at the time of this incident? 20 21 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: It was not. 22 23 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Let's talk about the -- your belt. It appears you have 24 a -- at the time you were wearing a leather Sam Brown -- what is commonly called a Sam Brown 25 belt. 26 27 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 28 29 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: All right. I'm looking at a picture of that belt right now. 30 31 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 32 33 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: It appears you have a -- a holster on the right side of your 34 body with a firearm, is that correct? 35 36 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 37 38 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: On the front, you carry taser on the left-hand side? 39 40 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 41 42 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: It's in a cross-draw fashion; correct? 43 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 7 1 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 2 3 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And in front of your firearm, it appears that you have a -- that 4 might be pepper spray; is that right? 5 6 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 7 8 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Very good. I also saw at the time of this incident that 9 you had sunglasses on top of your head. Were you wearing your sunglasses at that time? 10 11 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 12 13 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: All right. You have a black watch on your left hand. 14 15 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 16 17 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Very good. And is there any equipment that you carry on the 18 back of your belt? Or is it just your leather keepers? 19 20 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Just keepers. 21 22 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Got you. And you're wearing the matching pants for your 23 short-sleeve shirt; correct? 24 25 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 26 27 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: That's the standard issue? 28 29 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 30 31 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And then black boots. 32 33 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Correct. Yes. 34 35 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Thank you for that. 36 37 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 38 39 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Ahhh, the vehicle that you were driving on this day -- was it a 40 sedan? Or was it an SUV? 41 42 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: It's a sedan. 43 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) WERSEIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 8 1 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Do you know what kind? 2 3 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I believe it's Ford Taurus. 4 5 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: All right. Is this vehicle black -and -white -- painted 6 black -and-white? 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: All right. Is there any -- I ahhh, anything painted on the side of the vehicle that designates it as a police vehicle? OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: It states, "Police," on it on both sides. INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: It says, "Police," on both sides? OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Does your vehicle also say police on the trunk lid -- if you can remember? OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I can't recall. INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And how„ about the emergency lights on this vehicle? Does it have emergency lights? OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes, overhead lights and on the side. INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And these overhead lights -- are they the ones that -- that sit on top of the roof of the -- of the vehicle? OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: This vehicle -- does it also have, like, a push bar like most police vehicles do? OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes, it does. INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Ahhh, thank you for that. OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 9 1 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: We'll talk about your prior experience and training. Do you 2 have any prior military experience? 3 4 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 5 6 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And when did you go to the academy? 7 8 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I graduated in December of 2016. 9 10 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And which academy was that? 11 12 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: That was in Napa -- Napa Police Academy -- up north. 13 14 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And when you graduated that academy, hmmmm, 15 well, who -- where was the first police department that you were employed by? 16 17 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I was employed with the state of California as an investigator 18 with the Department of Motor Vehicles. 19 20 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And do you remember when you started there and when your 21 employment ended there? 22 23 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I-Immmm, I got promoted as an investigator -- I believe it was 24 January 1st of 2016, and then they sent me through the academy. 25 26 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 27 28 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: So I was sponsored through them, and -- you said the last 29 date of my employment? 30 31 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Yes. 32 33 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I believe it was -- I started here on July 11th. It had to have 34 been that following Friday -- maybe, July 7th of 2018. 35 36 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: July 7? Okay. So, hmmmm, prior to being promoted, as you 37 said, with the -- 38 39 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 40 41 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- DMV, you worked for the DMV before that, but not as a 42 peace officer; correct? 43 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 10 1 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Correct. 2 3 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And then you came to the Palm Springs Police 4 Department about a year ago -- July of -- 5 6 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Correct. 7 8 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- 2018? 9 10 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Correct. 11 12 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: When you came to the Palm -- Palm Springs Police 13 Department, did you have to go through another academy, or were you accepted as lateral? 14 15 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Accepted as lateral. 16 17 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. You had field training when you came here; is that 18 correct? 19 20 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 21 22 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And in the year that you'd been with the Palm Spring -- 23 Springs Police Department, do you have -- are you -- have any special training? Assigned to any 24 other details -- like SWAT? Or are you a field-training officer? 25 26 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 27 28 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Do you do any teaching? Are you certified to do any 29 teaching with the department? 30 31 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 32 33 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Thank you. I'm going to have you go ahead and 34 describe for us how you came about this -- the incident that led up to the officer-involved shooting. 35 You were working patrol; is that correct? 36 37 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 38 39 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And this was your regular workday -- not an overtime 40 shift? 41 42 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Correct. Regular workday. 43 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 11 1 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 3 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: My Monday. 4 5 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And go ahead and just explain for us how you received the 6 call or how you came upon the location that -- before the officer-involved shooting. If you can 7 remember, tell us about any information that you were provided by anybody prior to showing up on 8 scene. That would be from a radio or dispatch. 9 10 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 11 12 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Whether it came across through the computer -- the MDC, 13 whether another officer had texted you or called you -- hmmmm, any information you had, 14 hmmmm, and then once you got there, we'll just have you tell us the whole story -- what 15 happened -- start-to-end. Does that sound good? 16 17 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 18 19 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: All right. 20 21 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: So I hmmmm, I'm not exactly sure what time the call came 22 out, but it was a tone-out for four subjects physical, and they gave a location at the Bank of America 23 on South Palm. I responded that I would be en route. They -- as I was en route, I heard dispatch 24 giving updates -- the description of the possible subject. That was -- he had cameo (sic) pants on a 25 black tank top, and he was armed with a knife. 26 27 I believe one of the RPs gave a brief description on the knife -- a black knife -- 28 approximately, like, three inches, three-and-a-half inches. They did mention he was physical with 29 multiple subjects and that he had entered a barbershop. 30 31 We think that was -- one of the RPs mentioned something about a barbershop that either he 32 was in there causing a disturbance or threatening people. 33 34 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 35 36 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: So while en route to the location, you know, I was vigilant. I 37 was looking for someone who matched that description. Once I reached south -- I'm on Camino 38 Parocela, I saw a subject matching that description, gray -- excuse me -- black tank top and cameo 39 bottoms. 40 41 I stopped my vehicle -- attempted to make contact with him. Ahhh, he walked -- quickly 42 walked away from me, and then Officer Burton responded -- tried to make contact with him. 43 Again, walked away from him. I rearranged my vehicle to cut him off. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) I, INERSIDE SHERIIFIPS DEPARTMENT/Cl -lU-WEST Page 12 As soon as I got out of my vehicle, I realized that Officer Burton and him were already 3 physical on the ground, so I put it out over the radio, immediately engaged. 4 5 And when I -- when I got there, and I put out, "Physical," I saw the -- you know, I didn't 6 know where the knife was at. 7 8 I had, you know, no idea really, I just saw blood. I didn't know whose blood it was. I 9 immediately tried to attempt to grab the subject's arms. I saw them frailing (sic) out. I -- as I was 10 grabbing his arm -- the way -- we were on the ground, so I -- I ran over -- tried to attempt to grab his 11 arm to prevent him from -- you know, reaching for anything or from, ahhh, hitting Officer Burton. 12 13 The way we were positioned -- the suspect had a backpack on, so the backpack, kind of, slid 14 underneath him, and it was laying on the side of him, which prohibit (sic)_ me from putting his 15 hand back. I was attempting to grab the fatty part of his arm. 16 17 And during that time in the struggle, he grabbed my hand and I could -- at that time, I 18 realized, this is going to be a fight for my life. He was incredibly strong. I was going back and 19 forth with his arms. 20 21 Like I said, I saw blood, but I didn't know if Officer Burton had been hurt or whose blood it 22 was. I just saw blood. I was yelling, but I don't recall at the time what I was yelling out. 23 24 Hmmmm, at that time, my only -- you know, I was looking for options. I went to grab my 25 taser. 26 27 I -- I voiced, "I'm going to tase him. I'm going to tase him." 28 29 Hmmmm, I didn't want to let go of his hand, because I didn't know where that knife was at, 30 you know, I didn't want him to continually -- to hit, hurt, and I didn't want him to hit me or to access 31 any of my batons or any of my equipment -- just the way we were -- I was, kind of, on my side 32 leaning down -- holding his arm down. 33 34 And I reached for my taser, pulled it up in the front, so I could take it off with the one hand, 35 and I activated my taser. I tasered him, maybe, two or three times. I didn't feel like the taser had 36 a -- a desired effect. I feel like it aggravated him more. 37 38 When I initially tased him, he paused just momentarily, but I think it was just from the initial 39 shock of it. I don't think it had -- like I said -- the desired effect for him to, hmmmm, stop resisting 40 or to overcome him. 41 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTIVIIENT/CHU-WEST Page 13 1 And that's the point when I realized the blood was coming from Burton's nose, and Burton 2 was the one that was injured, and at that time, I realized Burton's hands -- I didn't know what hand, 3 but Burton's hands were inside his mouth. 4 5 And he's yelling, "He's biting me. He's biting me." 6 7 So I dropped my taser, because I wasn't able to take the cartridge out to dry-stun him, 8 because I still had ahold of his arm. I was -- I was -- wasn't going to let it go, because I didn't know 9 where the knife was at, or, you know, I didn't want him to punch me. I didn't want him to further 10 injure Burton. 1 1 12 So as I was dr -- you know, putting my taser down -- as I was drawing my duty weapon, I 13 could hear Burton vocalizing, "He's biting me. Shoot him. Shoot him." 14 15 I already had drew my weapon. I was finding a place where I could shoot him without 16 injuring Burton. Between -- Burton was on top of him. I saw a clear shot for a second for his 17 stomach, but Burton's leg is moving in between his stomach, so I didn't want to shoot, obviously, 18 my partner, so the next biggest mass that I could see was his thigh. That was a clear shot. I knew I 19 wasn't going to shoot Burton, so, you know, I took it. 20 21 And then as soon as I shot him, I assessed if it -- he seemed like he was going to comply. 22 23 We were, like, "Let go. Let go." 24 25 Holstered my weapon, put out, "Shots fired." 26 27 (tapping) 28 29 He released Burton's -- I could tell, like, once I fired my weapon -- from Burton's voice 30 and -- because, obviously, from -- you could tell he was distressed from him biting down in his 31 voice. 32 33 And he was yelling "He's biting me. He's biting me." 34 35 So once I shot him, I -- I could tell that relief in his voice that his fingers were being 36 released. 37 38 So -- like I said, I assessed it, put my weapon away, put out, "Shots fi red," asked for 39 medical. 40 41 He was still, in a sense, telling us to get, the fuck, off of him. 42 43 "I've been shot." RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 14 1 2 He's asking for medical aid. 3 4 I advise him, "Medical is on their way. Stop resisting. Stay still. Stay down." 5 6 And -- and the Calvary (sic) came. 7 8 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Thank you for -- 9 10 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yeah. 11 12 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- telling us the story. We'll go back to the beginning, and 13 just you a few questions as we go, just so I -- that was -- that actually, paints a very -- very detailed, 14 clear picture, but just a few things I want to -- I want to double check on. 15 16 You had mentioned when you originally got the information from dispatch -- 17 18 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 19 20 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- that the dispatch information was the -- the subject was 21 armed with a knife; correct? 22 23 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Correct. 24 25 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And you also mentioned -- during the incident -- that when 26 the -- when Burton was physical with the subject, you weren't sure where that knife was at? 27 28 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 29 30 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. So you didn't see the subject -- at any time after you 31 made contact with him -- with a knife, but you also didn't not see it. You didn't know where it 32 was -- 33 34 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Correct. 35 36 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- it was at. 37 38 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I didn't know where it was at. 39 40 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. When you were driving there -- or right when you got 41 there. did you activate your emergency lights at all? 42 43 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 15 1 2 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Do you remember if you ever used your siren at any point? 3 4 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I did not. 5 6 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 7 8 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: As soon as I saw him, I lit it up and proceeded right towards 9 him. 10 11 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And when you got on scene, and you turn on your 12 emergency lights, did he look at you? Or look at the vehicle? 13 14 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. He saw me and walked right dir -- like, pretty much, a 15 pivot. 16 17 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 18 19 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: And -- 20 21 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: So he was -- so when he was walking, what direction was he 22 walking when you first saw him? 23 24 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: He was walking southbound, and I was coming up 25 northbound. 26 27 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: He was -- I -- then, when you say, "Southbound," we're 28 talking about Palm Canyon Drive? 29 30 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 31 32 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 33 34 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Down south -- down Palm Canyon Drive, there's construction 35 going on. He was in that dirt path. 36 37 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 38 39 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: And I was on the street. 40 41 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: So he was in the middle -- that dirt -- that construction's in 42 the middle of the street -- 43 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 16 1 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 2 3 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- where the northbound and the southbound of Palm Canyon 4 basically come together? 5 6 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. He was already in the dirt. 7 8 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: He was already in the dirt? 9 10 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: So I stopped on the sidewalk. 11 12 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 13 14 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Or -- not excuse me, not the sidewalk -- the street. 15 16 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Uh-huh. 17 18 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: And he saw me coming, pivot, and crossed over the -- 19 continued crossing over the dirt. That's when Officer Burton came around. 20 21 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: So he would have -- when he saw you, and stopped, and 22 turned, he was walking southbound, he now -- are you describing that he turned, and he was 23 walking, like, more westbound? 24 25 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 26 27 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 28 29 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 30 31 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And once you stopped your vehicle -- you -- I know you 32 mentioned that Officer Burton showed up as well, correct? 33 34 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 35 36 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 37 38 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yeah. 39 40 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And did he pull in front of you? On the side of you? Or did 41 he go to the other side of the street? 42 43 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I think, initially, he pulled in front of me. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) IIVERSRDE SHERWIPS DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 117 2 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 3 4 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: And then -- because I put, "I'm out -- out with him." 5 6 So he saw him, pulled in front of me, and then he -- as soon as he pivoted, went around, and 7 pulled into the intersection of Camino Parocela and Palm Canyon -- because I was on Indian 8 Canyon. 9 10 And cars are still coming, so I'm trying to back up, and I -- I can see him pulling in -- 11 attempting to get out of his car and contact him. 12 13 So as I'm backing up, trying to get out of traffic, I go the opposite direction of traffic, 14 because I see him coming -- walking back eastbound. 15 16 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 17 18 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: So I pull directly in front of him. As I'm getting out, he's 19 already quickly walking to the back of my car. Officer Burton's already, pretty much, behind him. 20 21 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Uh-huh. 22 23 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: As soon as I get out, I already see them on the floor. 24 25 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 26 27 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: You know, they're already in a physical on the floor -- so 28 they were already on the floor by the time I made it out of my cruiser to the back of it. 29 30 And when I saw them on the floor, I immediately put out, "Physical," just engaged. 31 32 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Got you. So my understanding is you're coming northbound. 33 You park more on the east side of that little dirt area where the fight took place. The suspect is 34 walking west. Officer Burton drives over to where he's at, basically, and you're -- you start to 35 reposition your car. 36 37 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 38 39 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Did you see if Officer Burton had his lights on? Or do you 40 remember if he had his siren on? Or anything of that nature? 41 42 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I don't recall a siren, but I -- he had his lights on. 43 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 18 1 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: He had his emergency lights on? 2 3 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 4 5 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And then you repositioned your vehicle. Now, if I'm 6 understanding it correctly, it sounds like you're repositioning it to be now on the west side of that 7 little dirt triangle area; is that correct? 8 9 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 10 11 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And the suspect is now on your -- the same side as 12 your driver's door? Or passenger side? 13 14 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: He was on the same side as my driver door. 15 16 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And he's walking -- 17 18 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: He's -- 19 20 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- towards your vehicle? 21 22 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 23 24 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 25 26 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Because I -- he was coming here, and I cut him off. 27 28 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Got you. 29 30 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: And he's walking -- quickly walking, pretty much, almost, 31 you know, running trying to get away from us. n? 33 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Got you. 34 35 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: And then -- 36 37 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And before -- when you got out of the vehicle -- when your 38 feet hit the ground -- 39 40 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 41 42 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- he's already walking behind your vehicle? 43 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 19 1 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: He was already out of sight behind my vehicle. 2 3 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And then once you got out of your vehicle and -- you 4 walked around the front of your car? Or the back of your car? 5 6 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: The back. 7 8 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: The back? 9 10 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Because I saw him go to the back, so I followed him to the 11 back. 12 13 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Got you. And the first thing you see at that point is them on 14 the floor? 15 16 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Already physical, yes. 17 18 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Already physical? 19 20 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 21 22 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Ahhh, at any point during any of this, did you see the suspect 23 touch or hit Officer Burton while Officer Burton was standing? 24 25 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 26 27 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. So by the time you first saw, they were already on the 28 ground? 29 30 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 31 32 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And -- 33 34 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Correct. Yes. Sorry. Yes. 35 36 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: It's all right. 37 38 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, yes. Yes. 39 40 KASEY CASTILLO: Just want to make sure she said yes instead -- 41 42 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 43 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 20 1 KASEY CASTILLO: -- of uh-huh. 2 3 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Got you. And then when you first saw them on the ground, 4 what would be the positions? Was one on top and one was on the bottom? Are they side-to-side? 5 6 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: The suspect was on the ground. Burton was on top of him, 7 but his legs -- they were not completely on top of each other. Burton's legs were off to the side. 8 9 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Uh-huh. 10 11 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: And more of his upper body were on top of each other. 12 13 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 14 15 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: So -- 16 17 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And do you remember at that time when -- if you can think 18 back, do you remember what that -- what was the subject wearing then when you saw him -- before 19 he ended up on the ground with Officer Burton, and he's on the ground. Did -- you -- can you 20 describe his clothing again? 21 22 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Ahhh, black tank top, cameo pants -- or shorts, and he had 23 that backpack on, but the backpack was slipped to the side. It was -- it was still attached to him, but 24 it was on the side of him. 25 26 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Got you. And this is -- does this match the description that 27 you were provided before you got to the call for service? 28 29 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 30 31 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. They're on the ground now. 32 33 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 34 35 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Ahhh, I think you mentioned that the suspect was trying to hit 36 Officer Burton or -- 37 38 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes, I saw his arms frailing (sic) out -- 39 40 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 41 42 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: -- with closed fists, just -- 43 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 21 1 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Closed fists? 7 3 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 4 5 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Did you see the suspect make contact with Officer Burton at 6 any time? 7 8 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I don't recall. I just jumped in. 9 10 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 11 12 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yeah. 13 14 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: The first thing you described that you did to try and mitigate 15 the situation, is I think you described it as you went hands-on. 16 17 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 18 19 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And you attempted to take -- it sounded like you grabbed his 20 hand. 21 22 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 23 24 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And you said that you weren't able to move it behind him, 25 because the backpack was in the way. 26 27 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 28 29 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: So were you attempt -- as you described that, were you 30 attempting to get him into handcuffs? 31 32 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I was attempting to, basically, put him, like, a twist-lock. 33 34 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Then -- a control hold? 35 36 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 37 38 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Get control of him? Okay. And you were -- that was not 39 successful? 40 41 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. He closed his hand. I wasn't able to grab the fatty part 42 of his hand, because he kept -- just -- he had it in a fi st. 43 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S [DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 22 1 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 2 3 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: And in the mix of the struggle, my hand, somehow, slid in -- 4 in between his, and he just applied a lot of pressure. I could feel his strength, like, he was going to 5 either bend my handed back or, like, try to crush my hand. 6 7 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Was -- which hand was he grabbing of yours? You're 8 describe -- I think -- it sounds -- it looks like you're describing your right hand. 9 10 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yeah. 11 12 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: But do you remember? 13 14 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I Immmm. 15 16 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Are you right-handed or left-handed'? 17 18 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I'm right-handed. 19 20 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 21 22 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: So it would have -- ahhh, I want to say it was my right hand, 23 but initia -- initially, I -- we -- I grabbed him here, but it would have been my right hand, because 24 that's the hand I would have tried to twist lock him with because it's my primary -- dominant hand. 25 26 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Got you. Is the suspect saying anything at this time? 27 28 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Well, he's making grunting noises. 29 30 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Uh-huh. 31 32 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Because I didn't know at the time, but Officer Burton's hands 33 were in his mouth. 34 35 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Uh-huh. 36 37 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: But he's making, like, grunting noises -- but I can't make out 38 what he's trying to say -- but he's saying -- trying to say something. 39 40 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 41 42 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yeah. 43 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 23 1 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And at that time, kind of, in the area where you first grabbed 2 his hand -- 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 yourself as a police officer if Officer Burton did? 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Is there any doubt in your mind that when he looked 25 at you -- when you first pulled up, and then he repositioned, and he walked to your car -- is there 26 any doubt in your mind that he didn't know you were a police officer? 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I know when I got out of the car, I yelled something. I don't recall what it was. INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Uh-huh. OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: But I remember verbalizing something as I -- after I put out, "Physical," I verbalized -- I was yelling something. I don't remember what it was, and then that's when I jumped on top of him -- or jumped on his arm, but I don't recall what -- exactly what I was screaming or yelling out. OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. -- or on the ground fighting before the taser is applied -- Uh-huh. -- up to that point, do you remember ever -- if you identified No. Okay. He -- not at all. INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: He looked right at you? OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: He looked right at me. INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Right at your vehicle? OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Right at me -- right at the vehicle. I -- you know, I got out. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 24 <IIIMIMMEMI I•121•111=1 1 2 I said, "Hey, stop." 3 4 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 5 6 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: And he just -- 7 8 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Kept going? 9 10 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: -- kept going. Uh-huh. 11 12 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: So they're at the point where Officer Burton is, kind of, 13 halfway on top -- as you're describing. 14 15 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 16 17 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: The suspect -- the suspect is on the bottom. I know you 18 described for us that the suspect was trying to hit Officer Burton. 19 20 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 21 22 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Now, you've also described that you attempted to grab the 23 suspect's hand. 24 25 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 26 27 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And, now, he's grabbed -- you -- he's trying to grab his arm or 28 his hand. 29 30 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 31 32 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And he's now grabbing -- he now has one of your hands -- 33 34 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 35 36 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- in his grasp: is that correct? 37 38 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Correct -- my -- my finger -- the top portion -- yes. 39 40 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. What was the next thing that you did when that 41 happened? 42 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHI U -WEST Page 25 1 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I was trying to get my hand free -- trying to grab him more at 2 the wrist area so I can control his hand down. I saw blood, but I didn't know whose blood it was. I 3 saw it on -- mainly, the suspect, because I was facing down. 4 5 The way I was positioned -- I was, pretty much, on my -- on my side, because I'm trying to 6 put all my body weight on his arm to keep his arm from coming back up at me or at Burton. 7 8 9 10 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Hmmmm, what -- so you described for us. 11 12 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 13 14 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: I'll -- I'll put it a different way. There's -- the fight's 15 happening on the ground. 16 17 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 18 19 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: You grabbed his arm. 20 21 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 22 23 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: He grabbed your hand back. 24 25 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 2 6 27 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: We -- at some point, you then also described that, like, a taser 28 was next? 29 30 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 31 32 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: I'm just curious -- was there anything that you had done 33 between that and the taser, or was the taser, kind of, the next thing that you -- the next force option 34 that you went to? 35 36 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Just based on the way I was positioned -- like I said, I was on 37 my side -- my baton -- I keep it on my left hand, because it's a cross-draw. 38 39 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Got you. 40 41 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: So I didn't have access to that. 42 43 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Hmmmm, sorry, what was your question again? RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHER11 FE'S DEPARTMENT/CH U -WEST Page 26 1 2 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: My pepper spray would have not have been an option. We 3 would -- I would have been caught in the midst of it, and so would Burton. I -- I don't feel like that 4 would have been an option. 5 6 My taser was my closest thing to me. 7 8 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Uh-huh. 9 10 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: And I felt like that would have been -- that was probably the 11 most -- that's what I felt like I needed to do at that time. 12 13 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 14 15 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I didn't -- like I said, I didn't know where the blood was 16 coming from. I didn't know who was injured. I didn't know if it was Burton. I never saw the knife. 17 I didn't know if Burton already was stuck with the knife -- 18 19 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Uh-huh. 20 21 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: -- or injured with it, hmmmm, so that was -- I wasn't going to 22 let go of that hand. That hand -- you know, that was my primary thing, is that hand -- I don't know 23 where the knife was at. I don't know if it was above me, below me. 24 25 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Uh-huh. 26 27 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: So I was not going to give him that opportunity -- 28 29 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Got you. 30 31 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: -- to stab me or hit me. 37 33 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And you de -- 34 35 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Or Burton. 36 37 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And you described that right now in -- in the course of us 38 talking -- 39 40 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 41 42 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- that Officer Burton's bleeding, and also you don't know 43 where the knife is at. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) 1 2 3 RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 27 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Right. 4 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: It was -- was it a thought in your mind that Officer Burton 5 may have been stabbed? Or was that not a thought in your mind? 6 7 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: That was -- it -- it crossed my mind of -- of injury -- as far as 8 the -- because we did -- they did talk about a knife, but I didn't know where that knife was at, so -- 9 10 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 11 12 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: -- yeah, 1 -- like I said, I -- I saw blood on both, but I didn't 13 initially know whose blood it was. 14 15 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Got you. 16 17 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: So, yeah, so that was -- that was one of my concerns is -- you 18 know, is my partner injured? Is -- you know, I -- I didn't know. 19 20 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. You applied the -- you did -- were you able to get 21 your taser out? 22 23 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. Single -- I held his hand. I struggled for, like, a second, 24 and then I pulled it as hard as I could forward -- able to get it out with one hand. I did see it 25 connect. I mean, it didn't get a very wide spread, because, like I said, I'm on my side, and, pretty 26 much, the only portion that was exposed was his side and -- his side, his hip and his legs -- just 27 because the way Burton was positioned on top of him. 28 29 I deployed my taser. I believe the first time -- I believe -- you know, the first ride, I believe 30 it's five seconds. 31 32 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And those were -- that -- that -- those are probes that shoot 33 out of the taser that you had said connected to the suspect. 34 35 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Correct. I -- 36 37 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay on. 38 39 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I saw them on -- on the side of him. 40 41 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 42 43 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Hmmmm. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) ROVERSilDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 28 1 2 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: How close of -- how much distance between you and -- 3 between the suspect and the taser would -- would you say it was when you deployed that? 4 5 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Probably an arm's length, because I was -- 6 7 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 8 9 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I mean, my arms are not that long, so I'm still -- 10 11 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Right. 12 13 OFFICER EN RIQU EZ: -- trying to hold onto him and I -- so about an arm's length. 14 15 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Not a contact shot, though? But close enough that the probes 16 came out of the doors of the taser -- 17 18 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 19 20 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- cartridge and -- and stuck to him? 21 22 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 23 24 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And did that first taser application have any effect on 25 him? 26 27 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: When I activated the taser, I saw an initial, like -- I describe it 28 as, like, a shock, just because he didn't -- I didn't think he expected -- even though I said it, "I'm 29 going to tase him." 30 31 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Yeah. 32 33 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Because I told Burton, "I'm going to tase him. I'm going to 34 tase him." 35 36 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And you're -- you're physically describing for me in your 37 chair -- like, a jolt. 38 39 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yeah. Like a jolt. 40 41 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Because that's the way I'm interpreting this. 42 43 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 29 1 2 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 3 4 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I-Immmm, so he -- I saw that initial jolt, so I -- I know he felt 5 it. 6 7 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 8 9 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: It just didn't have the desired effect that I thought it would -- 10 as far as him letting -- letting go, or releasing Burton, or for him to comply. 11 12 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 13 14 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: So yes, I tased him, and, like I said, it just -- the jolt of it, but 15 he was still actively resisting. He was still, you know, trying to move about, so I gave him another 16 ride. Same thing -- the initial jolt, because he felt it, but he was not complying at all. 17 18 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Both -- both taser applications have -- you -- do you believe 19 the full five seconds? 20 21 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 22 23 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 24 25 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I believe so. 26 27 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And was -- at this time, was Officer -- you described earlier 28 that Officer's -- the suspect was biting Officer Burton's fingers. 29 30 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. Yes. 31 32 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Was -- before the taser, was he biting his fingers or after -- if 33 you recall? 34 35 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I remember Burton verbalizing, "He's biting me. He's biting 36 me." 37 38 So at that point, I'm, like, he's biting down on his fingers. He's going to bite his fingers 39 off -- he's going to lose his fingers. 40 41 And I'm just, like, okay. The taser's, obviously, not working. We need -- need to move up 42 to the next force option. I dropped my taser and pulled my duty weapon. 43 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 30 1 2 3 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 4 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: When -- at that moment, that you dropped your taser -- 5 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And you just described that you thought he was going to bite 6 Officer Burton's fingers off. 7 8 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 9 10 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: When you made that decision at that time to pull your 11 weapon from its holster -- 12 13 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 14 15 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- and then, ultimately, end up firing, what was going through 16 your mind of what was happening, and what your mind-set of what was -- you thought was going to 17 happen to Officer Burton -- or what was going to happen to you? 18 19 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I felt like he was going to bite Burton's fingers off. I mean, 20 this guy is incredibly strong. It was just -- for me, my whole body weight on one arm -- if he was 21 to -- you know, if Burton isn't able to fire his duty weapon, this guy gets on top of me, he's going to 22 kill me, you know. 23 24 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And, ahhh, did it appear -- did it appear that Officer Burton 25 was unable to adequately defend himself because of the fact that the suspect was biting one of his 26 fingers -- or -- 27 28 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: He -- 29 30 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- two of his fingers? 31 32 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: He was having a hard time. When I got there and I observed 33 him, he was having a -- struggling to keep him subdued down on the ground. They were, you 34 know, back and forth, and this -- like I said, I didn't realize he had his fingers in his mouth until 35 midway through. 36 37 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Right. 38 39 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Hmmmm, but, yeah, he definitely was in distress, and was -- 40 he -- I don't think he would have been able to defend himself if -- if somebody else wasn't there. 41 42 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Did you think that -- that the -- Officer Burton's life 43 was in jeopardy? RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 31 1 2 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 3 4 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Ahhh -- and -- so you just -- that's why you fired that 5 one shot? 6 7 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 8 9 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. I know you described this for us before, but you only 10 shot one time. Go ahead and describe for me why you stopped shooting. 11 12 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I pulled my duty weapon. I fi red, and I assessed. 13 14 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Did -- I think you mentioned this before. 15 16 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 17 18 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: I just wanted to confirm the series of events and when 19 everything happened. When you fired that shot -- 20 21 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 22 23 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- you had said you fired it into the suspect's leg. You didn't 24 want to shoot it in a -- in a -- in a fashion that could accidently shoot Officer Burton. 25 26 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Right. 27 28 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Hmmmm, once you shot, did he stop the actions of the 29 reasons why you shot? Did he release Officer Burton's hands out of his mouth? 30 31 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I told him to, "Let go." 32 33 And he released the pressure, hmmmm, and Burton was able to take his hands out of his 34 mouth. 35 36 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And that was, like, an immediate result of your action; 37 correct? You -- you shot him. He released, and it -- it -- started to gain compliance, and that's why 38 you didn't shoot again, and you holstered your weapon? 39 40 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Correct. Yes. 41 42 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. After -- after that, were you able to take him into 43 custody, or did the other officers get there to help you guys take him into custody. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 32 1 2 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Other officers arrived. He was still -- after I holstered my 3 duty weapon, I -- we told -- I asked for, "Medical -- stage medical." 4 5 And I -- he's, like, "I've been shot." 6 7 1 said, "I -- I know. Medical's on their way." 8 9 He was yelling at Burton to get the, fuck off, of him. 10 1 1 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Uh-huh. 12 13 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: And we were just telling him to, "Stay still. Don't move. Just 14 stay down." 15 16 Officer Burton was still on top of him, and I was still on my side holding his arm completely 17 down at that time. 18 19 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. We've gotten almost to the end of the incident, but I 20 want to circle back real quick -- 21 22 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 23 24 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- to something in the beginning that I -- I failed to ask you. 25 You got this call of this -- this person with a knife. 26 27 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 28 29 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Ahhh, when you got out of the car, and you saw him, what 30 were you attempting to do when you saw him? 31 32 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: To contact him -- I mean, I obviously, I knew he had -- was 33 described to, "Have a knife." 34 35 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 36 37 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Hmmmm, you know, get some type of compliance from 38 him -- have him either stop and wait for my backup to come, or just to, basically, stop him from 39 roaming around the public with -- possibly with a knife. 40 41 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 42 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSME SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 33 1 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: He's already been confrontational. He was, you know, 2 reported to be in a physical. He walked into a barbershop, you know, waving this weapon around. 3 4 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Uh-huh. 5 6 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: So, yeah, my -- my main concern was public safety. I did not 7 want him to be wandering around the city with a knife, and especially at an aggravated state already 8 before we even had contacted him. 9 10 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Got you. You were attempting to detain him? 11 12 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 13 14 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Ahhh, at any point, did the suspect assault you? Or 15 touch you? Or hit you? 16 17 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Prior to this? 18 19 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: When -- when you -- 20 21 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Or in contact? 22 23 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: During the con -- let me rephrase that. I know you described 24 for us that he grabbed your hand. 25 26 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 27 28 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Did he punch you at all in the face? Or did he punch you 29 anywhere? 30 31 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 32 33 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Other than just when you grabbed him, and you grabbed 34 you -- did he commit any assaults against you? 35 36 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 37 38 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 39 40 (long pause) 41 42 And you don't recall if -- other than what you described for us, if he, hmmmm, said anything 43 else when he's biting on Officer Burton's hand -- fingers? RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPA1RTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 34 1 2 Either -- other than just, "Get off me. You shot me," those things -- he didn't say anything 3 else? 4 5 He wasn't commune -- that you recall -- he wasn't communicating anything else to you? 6 7 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Not verbally, just grunts and -- 8 9 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 10 11 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Ahhh, like, moan -- you know, like, I don't want to say 12 moaning, but just grunting as far as -- you can tell he was aggravated. 13 14 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 15 16 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Angered. 17 18 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And Officer Burton -- his actions -- would you 19 describe them as just attempting to detain and put the suspect into handcuffs? Or did you see 20 Officer Burton doing anything else that you haven't described? Was Officer Burton assaulting him 21 unnecessarily or doing anything that you thought was inappropriate -- other than defending himself? 22 23 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. I feel like we were fighting for our lives. I mean, this 24 guy, obviously, didn't have any regard for us. I mean, he was willing, you know, to go physical 25 with both of us, hmmmm, didn't comply with any of our orders, and he definitely had in his mind 26 that he was going to do us harm if he was biting down that hard on Burton's fingers and -- to the 27 point where Burton felt like they were going to come off -- or I felt like it, and he had already 28 caused damage to Burton already -- his nose -- his nose was bleeding. 29 30 31 32 33 all. 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Right. OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Hmmmm, he had -- didn't have any regard for our -- for us at INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Got you. Did you ever see Officer Burton choking him? OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. (short pause) INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. I think I got -- got -- got most of it, but I just got -- RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 35 1 2 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 3 4 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: -- a couple clarifying -- 5 6 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Okay. 7 8 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: questions for you, ma'am. So just so I'm clear, you heard 9 about the -- the call went out. 10 11 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 12 13 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: You heard the description of the -- of the subject -- 14 15 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 16 17 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: -- possible weapon -- his -- his location, or the way he was 18 traversing. 19 20 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 21 22 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: But at any point, did you actually ever see the knife yourself? 23 24 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 25 26 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. All right. And while -- at any time before you made 27 contact with the subject -- 28 29 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 30 31 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: -- or whatever you want to call -- call him, did you speak to 32 any of, like, any of the reporting parties? Or any of the folks along the -- the roadway? Or anything 33 like that? 34 35 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 36 37 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. So you just -- you just got -- got to -- you -- 38 39 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I was -- 40 41 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: You headed to -- 42 43 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) I, IVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 36 1 2 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: -- to -- to the subject's location. 3 4 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 5 6 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: You were trying to contact him and isolate him. 7 8 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 9 10 KASEY CASTILLO: Let him finish. 11 12 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. 13 14 (clearing throat) 15 16 And you can't recall anything that that subject might have said to you once you made contact 17 with him as you were getting out of the car? And what I'm talking about is you got out -- you -- you 18 made contact with him. 19 20 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 21 22 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: You got out of your car. You told him to, "Stop." 23 24 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 25 26 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Correct? Okay. Did he say anything to you prior to you 27 speaking to him? 28 29 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 30 31 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: If you recall? 32 33 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I luh-uh. No comment. 34 35 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: And do you recall if he had any response to you instructing 36 him to, "Stop"? 37 38 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 39 40 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. You did say he did look at you, though? 41 42 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 43 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) REVERS11BE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 37 1 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: But he continued on his path? 2 3 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Pivoted and walked -- yes. 4 5 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. And -- and you have to forgive me. Do you have any 6 idea why he chose the action that he took? 7 8 When you told him to, "Stop," and he continued to go past your car behind you; correct? 9 10 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 11 12 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Do you have any idea why he was going the way he was 13 going? Or -- or the action that he was taking? Do you have any idea? 14 15 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 16 17 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. So, I guess, what I'm getting at is do you know if your 18 partner was, hmmmm -- well, the -- the subject was walking toward your partner. Do you know 19 that? 20 21 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: He was walking away from my partner. 22 23 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. All right. Okay. Hmmmm, okay. Hmmmm, we've 24 talked about the subject. We've talked about what his clothing description was. 25 26 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 27 28 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: If you can recall, can you actually provide a -- a description 29 of that individual him -- himself -- just the full physical -- if you can? 30 31 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Hmmmm, a White, male adult. 32 33 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Uh-huh. 34 35 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Approximate age -- I would say about 30 years old. 36 Hmmmm, short haircut, fair-skinned, hmmmm, best guess of height -- just based on the interaction 37 that I had with him when I stood out of the car and he looked at me -- I would say -- I'm five-foot. 38 He's probably -- maybe -- almost a foot taller than me. Ahhh, rough weight -- if approximate I had 39 to -- best guestimate -- probably 190. 40 41 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. 42 43 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Hmmmm, clothing description black short-sleeve or tank top. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 38 1 2 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Right. 3 4 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Dark -colored backpack and 5 basic-cameo-but-like-military-print jeans, and I don't remember the color of his shoes. 6 7 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. Any facial hair that you recall? 8 9 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Hmmmm, I can't recall facial hair. 10 11 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Can't recall? Was -- 12 13 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No I can't. 14 15 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: -- any tattoos or physical oddities. 16 17 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Not that I recall, no. 18 19 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. 20 21 (heavy static) 22 23 Hmmmm, and I don't know if you've ever had contact with this individual before or have 24 ever seen this person before. 25 26 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 27 28 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. No recollection of him in -- in any previous on-duty or 29 off-duty contacts? 30 31 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 32 33 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. Hmmmm, and it's just an assessment, and if you don't 34 recall, then that's fine. Did it look to you like he might have been a person who spent a lot of time 35 on the street? Or did he seem like a person who was attending the -- whatever the venue was that 36 day -- if there was a venue. I mean, what was your take on how he presented himself? Do you 37 know what I mean? 38 39 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I understand. 40 41 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. 42 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 39 1 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Based on my experience here from Palm Springs, the 2 homeless population, kind of, varies. Some are very well-kept, and some are -- well, they're quite 3 opposite, so it would be hard for me to make that determination just right off -- 4 5 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: No problem. 6 7 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: -- initially. 8 9 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: No problem. Okay. I had just two other questions -- 10 11 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Uh-huh. 12 13 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Right now, so, hmmmm, so I'm going to take you to where 14 you -- where you -- ahhh, the suspect or subject is on the ground. 15 16 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 17 18 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: And he is in a confrontation with Officer Burton. 19 20 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Correct. 21 22 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: And you are approaching because you're trying to assist 23 Officer Burton, and you have already told us what you had -- what your actions were, but where I'm 24 not -- what I'm trying to make sure I can understand is your actual body positioning. 25 26 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 27 28 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: So were you standing most of the time? Were you kneeling? 29 Were you actually on your knees? If -- if you can, kind of -- if that's been established then -- then -- 30 31 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: No. We should probably have you clear that up. 32 33 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. Hmmmm, I'm -- I'm a little bit -- I'm -- I'm, kind of, a 34 little bit fuzzy on that, so -- 35 36 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Okay. 37 38 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: I think I -- I -- I want to make sure my understanding is 39 what -- what it is. 40 41 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Right. 42 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S IDEPA I11; TMENT/CHU-WEST Page 40 1 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: So it should -- probably be better for you to go ahead and tell 2 us. 3 4 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I was -- a majority of the time -- if not all the time -- I was 5 kneeling. It's -- when I made contact, he was already on the ground, so I ran over there, and I 6 position -- positioned myself on my knees lying down on his hand trying to apply that weight to get 7 his hand down. 8 9 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. I'm sorry, both knees? 10 11 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 12 13 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. 14 15 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Both knees were on the ground. 16 17 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. 18 19 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Kind of, at a slant initially, and then as I -- like, we were 20 working ourselves back and forth struggling over his arm. I felt more stable if I was sitting up on 21 both knees rather than just laying on the one. 22 23 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. 24 25 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I Immmm, but, yes. 26 27 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. 28 29 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: To answer your initial question, I was on my knees. 30 31 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. And I know we've already talked about the arm. I 32 forgot. 33 34 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 35 36 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Was it his arm -- right arm or left arm that you were trying to 37 control? 38 39 (tapping) 40 41 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: His right arm. 42 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVE SIIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 41 1 2 you were also on your knees when you -- 3 4 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 5 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. You're on your knees. Hmmmm, ahhh, is that -- and 6 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: -- fired the -- the taser deployment; is that correct? Or were 7 you in a different position? 8 9 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I was still on my knees. I'm not sure if I was sitting up, but 10 I -- I was on my knees when -- I was still on my knees just as far as sitting upward, kind of, at a 11 slant. I'm not exactly sure. 12 13 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. Okay. And when you tired your weapon, were you 14 also in that position on your knees as well, too? 15 16 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I was more at a slant just to clear my holster. From the way 17 my vest sits -- I had to reach over a little bit to clear it, so I was more on a slant my knees on a slant. 18 19 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. So when you initially contacted him, you're on -- 20 you're -- you're actually standing. Hmmmm, do you actually put your hands on him while you're 21 standing? Or do you drop to your knees while you -- while you -- when you grab him? 22 23 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Ahhh, I was -- I -- when I saw them and came around, I 24 grabbed him and -- and fell to my knees. 25 26 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Fell to your knees? 27 28 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: -- from -- from my body weight. 29 30 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. 31 32 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 33 34 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. So then -- so from that point on -- 35 36 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 37 38 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: -- you are, pretty much on both of your knees for that 39 duration. 40 41 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 42 43 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: You tase him while you're on your knees. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTIVIIENT/CHU-WEST Page 42 1 2 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 3 4 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: You fire -- you discharge your firearm while you're on your 5 knees. 6 7 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 8 9 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Is that correct? 10 11 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 12 13 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. And then after you discharge your -- your firearm, are 14 you -- well, no. That's okay. I'm -- we'll stop there. 15 16 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Okay. 17 18 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Hmmmm, and just so I'm clear -- 19 20 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 21 22 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: -- if you recall, when you actually fired your -- discharged 23 your weapon -- because you did make it clear that while you tased him -- the subject, -- he still had 24 Officer Burton's fingers in his mouth; is that correct? 25 26 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 27 28 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: When you fired your weapon, was Officer Burton -- if you 29 recall -- was Officer Burton's fingers still in the subject's mouth? 30 31 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 32 33 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. And then, like you said, after you discharged your 34 weapon single time -- 35 36 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 37 38 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: -- you guys instructed him to release his bite, and -- and he 39 did; is that correct? 40 41 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 42 43 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: Okay. All right. That's all I have right now. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 43 2 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Hmmmm, thank you. Couple things that stirred my 3 memory -- if you hadn't detained or arrested the subject in that area, what do you -- what do you 4 think would have happened? What do you think that could have been a consequence of that? 5 6 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I believe somebody else would have been injured if -- if not 7 detained. 8 9 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 10 11 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: He, obviously, was already at an agitated state and was -- 12 13 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Uh-huh. 14 15 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: -- reported to be fighting with several subjects prior to us 16 arriving in the parking lot. He was, you know, already threatening people with that knife. 17 18 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Just -- is it a scenario where there's a lot of people? Or not a 19 lot of people? 20 21 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: It's pretty populated downtown during that time. 22 23 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Did you give a verbal warning to him? Did you say 24 that you were going to shoot him before you shot him? Or did you say any type of warning of that 25 nature? 26 27 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No, the only warning I gave prior was the taser. 28 29 Because I -- I told Burt -- Burton, "I'm going to tase him. I'm going to tase him." 30 31 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Got you. Did you hear Officer Burton give any warning to 32 him -- that he was going to get shot if he didn't stop biting him? 33 34 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Not that I recall. 35 36 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Ahhh -- and if you could -- last question -- 37 38 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 39 40 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: -- estimate how far do you think the end of the barrel of your 41 gun was away from the suspect's leg when you shot? Was it touching? Like a contact shot? No. 42 43 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/Cl-Ili-WEST Page 44 1 2 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: But it was close? 3 4 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Probably. 5 6 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: You were close. 7 8 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: The prob -- same -- probably arm's -- 9 10 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Arm's length? 11 12 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yeah. 13 14 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 15 16 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 17 18 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Safe to say within, like, two to -- two-to-three feet? 19 20 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. Yes. 21 22 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Very good. 23 24 INVESTIGATOR HARVEY: I can't think of anything else right at this moment. 25 26 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Ahhh, Miss Castillo, do you have anything that you'd like to 27 add right now? 28 29 KASEY CASTILLO: Hmmmm, not right now. 30 31 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. 32 33 DDA ROB HIGHTOWER: I'm good right now. 34 35 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Good. We're going to put all these on pause and take a quick 36 break, and we will be right back. 37 38 (beeping) 39 40 (recess is taken) 41 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 45 1 Okay. We are back on tape, ahhh, continuing the interview with Officer Enriquez. It's all 2 the same people in the room. No one has departed or is not present, and no one else has been 3 added. 4 5 Just three things that I wanted to clarify if that's okay? 6 7 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 8 9 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: You okay with that? Hmmmm, I know that the department -- 10 police department does not issue body cams or dash cams, but just to confirm, you did not have any 11 type of personal body cam on; is that correct? 12 13 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Correct. 14 15 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And then going back to when you had said you 16 grabbed the subject's right hand, and he grasped your hand in return -- 17 18 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 19 20 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Would that -- that would have been his right hand -- if you 21 remember? If you don't, it's okay. You just know it was one of the hands? 22 23 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 24 25 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. His other hand -- do you recall at that moment -- what 26 was his other hand doing -- and if you don't, just say I don't recall. 27 28 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I don't recall. 29 30 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And positioning of exactly, kind of, how everybody 31 was laid. We, kind of, talked about how -- the best way that we can understand it, but I'm just going 32 to go ahead and try to do this verbally, and if we can get to a good understanding, we'll -- we'll be 33 good -- and that's the last thing I have. 34 35 Ahhh, this is my understanding -- and correct me at any point if I'm wrong or -- or we'll 36 clarify some things -- the suspect is on his back or side. Is it back? Or was it more side? 37 38 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Back. 39 40 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: On his back, and he had a backpack that was on, and the 41 backpack was preventing you from moving his arm behind his back -- I think you said; right? 42 43 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S IDEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 46 1 2 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Does this backpack that's on his back -- when he's laying on 3 his back -- is that off to one of the sides of him? Or is that -- is he laying on it, and his -- and his 4 chest is arched? Do you remember? 5 6 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: It was laying on the side that I was on. 7 8 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: The side you were on? And if the subject was -- if -- if I'm 9 the subject, and I'm laying on my back -- you described the backpack -- we'll call it -- on the right 10 side. 11 12 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Uh-huh. 13 14 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Correct? 15 16 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 17 18 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: That's the same side you're on. And Officer Burton -- he 19 was -- you described him as, kind of, laying on the suspect's chest; correct? 20 21 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 22 23 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And were his -- Officer Burton's legs on the same side as 24 you? Or were those going off to the other side? 25 26 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Off to the other side. 27 28 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: On the left side? 29 30 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 31 32 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. So you're on the subject's right side, and Officer 33 Burton's laying on his chest, but his legs are -- are on the left side; correct? 34 35 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 36 37 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And you reached down, and you grabbed the subject's 38 arm or hand. You -- you mentioned that you weren't quite sure, but if you were on the right side, 39 possibly, it was his right arm? 40 41 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 42 RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 47 1 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And he grabs your hand in return, and when you -- 2 you were kneeling next to him; correct? So you're -- you're kneeling facing him? 3 4 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 5 6 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: All right. And then when you -- you're right-handed. You 7 reach down. Your holster's on your right side. You grab your firearm from your holster; correct? 8 9 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 10 11 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And you pull out your gun, and you shoot him. Do you 12 remember which leg it was in? Was it the leg closest to you? 13 14 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Closest to me, yes. 15 16 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: So that would be his -- his right leg? 17 18 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 19 20 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. And your left hand -- at that moment, was that -- was 21 that on the grip of your firearm as well? Or was it still being held by him? Or was it on him? 22 23 This -- when I say, "Him," I mean the suspect. 24 25 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: It was holding the suspect's arm. 26 27 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: You were holding the suspect's arm with your left? 28 29 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I did. 30 31 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: And you -- you removed your firearm with your one right 32 hand -- your right hand and -- and shot him with your right hand? 33 34 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 35 36 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Ahhh, I have a clear understanding. Okay. 37 38 KASEY CASTILLO: I -- I have a question. You -- you were just saying that you 39 were holding the suspect with your left hand. 40 41 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 42 43 KASEY CASTILLO: Is that your dominant hand? RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SHERIIFIPS DEPARTMENT/CHU-WEST Page 48 1 2 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 3 4 KASEY CASTILLO: Okay. And, hmmmm, you had mentioned that his -- his arms 5 were flailing, but you didn't know where the other hand was -- of the suspect? 6 7 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 8 9 KASEY CASTILLO: Did that concern you? 10 11 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Yes. 12 13 KASEY CASTILLO: Why? 14 15 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I didn't know where the knife was at. I didn't know if Officer 16 Burton had been injured or stabbed. Like I said, I saw blood, but I didn't know where it was coming 17 from, or, you know, who was injured in that case, so I just grabbed the hand that I saw, and, like I 18 said, I wasn't going to let it go, because I didn't want to give him any access to that knife -- 19 wherever it may have been -- to stab me or to -- to stab Officer Burton. We were in very close 20 range where he could have easily just, you know, sliced, you know, my face or my neck -- or same 21 with Officer Burton. 22 23 KASEY CASTILLO: So you mentioned originally that you saw blood, and you 24 didn't know where it had come from, and then, later, you mentioned that you realized it was from 25 the nose. Was that after you separated yourself from the suspect on the ground? 26 27 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 28 29 KASEY CASTILLO: When did you realize it was nose blood? 30 31 (short pause) 32 33 (deep breath) 34 35 (short pause) 36 37 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: I think it was during the -- was it during the struggle? 38 39 (deep breath) 40 41 So he was swinging his arms. I just saw it. I didn't know where it was coming from. 42 Hmmmm, I -- I believe it was somewhere in the time frame right before I -- I tased him, I realized 43 where it was coming from, and I believe I saw dripping from -- RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81) RIVERSIDE SEEM FIPS DEPARTMENT/C11111-WEST Page 49 1 2 KASEY CASTILLO: Did you know if there had been any -- any other injuries 3 beyond that? 4 5 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: No. 6 7 KASEY CASTILLO: Okay. Hmmmm, I think that's it. 8 9 DDA ROB HIGHTOWER: I think that's it. 10 11 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Yeah. Did you have anything that you wanted to add that we 12 haven't asked or you hadn't had a chance to say? 13 14 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: (inaudible). 15 16 KASEY CASTILLO: Do you have anything to say? 17 18 OFFICER ENRIQUEZ: Hmmmm, no, not at this time. 19 20 INVESTIGATOR DICKEY: Okay. Thank you. We're going to go off tape at 1105 hours. 21 22 (recording ends) 23 24 REPORTING INVESTIGATOR: INVESTIGATOR JAMES DICKEY, #4047 25 26 D: 08/08/2019 T: 08/16/2019 Job: 983.DIGITAL.68 JD:da RIVERSIDE COUNTY- LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FORM C (9/81)