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As Carrillo sees the object he begins to repeat rapidly, "Wait, wait, wait, wait..." Marquez turns to her right and places the scissors on the bed with her right hand, and retrieves another object from the top of the bed with her right hand.

Figure 6. Marquez reaching for an object with her right hand after placing the scissors on top of the bed.

As Marquez begins to raise the dark object, Carrillo quickly moves to his left and the doorframe obscures Marquez from view. Carrillo simultaneously states, "Oh shit - she's got a gun! Gun! Gun! Gun! Gun!"[1] Unknown personnel beside him run out of the apartment and Carrillo retreats to Marquez' front door, facing the bedroom and yelling, "Drop the gun! Drop the gun!" The following exchange then takes place:

Marquez: [brief unintelligible utterance]
Carrillo: Drop the gun!
Marquez: Shoot me!
Carrillo: I'm not going to kill you. Drop the gun!
Burgos: [unintelligible]
Carrillo: [to Burgos] I don't know. It's a gun though.
  [to Marquez] Drop the gun!

  1. The BWV does not actually show Marquez pointing the gun at Carillo because of the obstruction of the doorframe. However, the last recorded image of Marquez in the bedroom is Marquez beginning to raise a dark object in her right hand toward Carrillo. Because his BWV was worn at chest level, it is reasonable to conclude that Carrillo maintained visual contact of Marquez as moved his body behind the doorframe.

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