MEMORANDUM
| TO: | CHIEF JOE ORTIZ South Pasadena Police Department |
| FROM: | JUSTICE SYSTEM INTEGRITY DIVISION Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office |
| SUBJECT: | Officer Involved Shooting of Vanessa Marquez J.S.I.D. File #18-0375 |
| DATE: | February 25, 2020 |
The Justice System Integrity Division of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has completed its review of the August 30, 2018, fatal shooting of Vanessa Marquez by South Pasadena Police Department (SPPD) Officers Gilberto Carrillo and Christopher Perez. We have determined that Carrillo and Perez acted in lawful self-defense and defense of others.
The District Attorney's Command Center was notified of this shooting on August 30, 2018, at approximately 2:50 p.m. The District Attorney Response Team responded to the location. They were given a briefing and walk-through of the scene.
The following analysis is based on reports, recorded interviews, photographs and video evidence submitted to this office by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) Homicide Bureau. Voluntary statements by Carrillo and Perez were considered in the review.
FACTUAL ANALYSIS
On August 30, 2018, SPPD officers responded to an apartment located on Fremont Avenue, in the City of South Pasadena, to conduct a welfare check on Vanessa Marquez. Marquez lived in an upstairs apartment in the complex. During the contact, Marquez brandished a black BB handgun and a fatal officer involved shooting occurred.
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