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My name is Ozzy Fumo.

I will be presiding over today's today's proceeding.

This review is being held because the Clark County District Attorney's Office has made a preliminary determination that no criminal prosecution of the officers involved in the death of Lazaro Enriquez is appropriate.

The Clark County Ordinance, Chapter 2.12, requires a public review following such a determination.

This is not a trial.

The purpose of today's proceeding is to present to the public with essential facts surrounding the death of Lozaro Enriquez.

Chief Deputy District Attorney John Giordani will present today's fact finding review on behalf of the district attorney's office.

He will determine the witness or witnesses to be called.

The ordinance does not provide subpoena power on my behalf and does not allow for any other party to call witnesses.

Monique McNeil has been appointed to be the ombudsman.

She represents both the public and the Enriquez family.

She will have the opportunity to ask questions of the witness or witnesses.

The procedure for questioning witnesses shall be informal with the view to providing the public with relevant information regarding the use of force.

The rules of evidence shall not be strictly enforced in this proceeding.

Members of the public observing this review may submit proposed written questions on forms located in the back of this room and present it to one of the officers.

I will ask the question unless I determine that it is irrelevant, redundant, or an abuse of the review process.

At the conclusion of this review, no formal determination regarding the manner or cause of death shall be rendered.

As an advisory comment, some material is required to be presented and may contain graphic images or language.

Viewer discretion is advised as graphic content will be displayed.

We'll try to give an appropriate warning before any of those materials are displayed.

Do either of you have anything else to add?

No, thank you.

Mr.

Giornati, I forgot to introduce your co-counsel if you want to introduce here and then start with your first witness.

Morgan Thomas on behalf of the state as well.

And we would call Detective Kerry Skinner to the stand.

Detective Skinner, how are you employed, ma'am?

With the City of Henderson Police Department.

And how long have you been with the City of Henderson?

Uh 10 years.

And which unit are you currently assigned to?

I'm currently assigned to robbery homicide.

And are you one of the investigators involved in the investigation of the officer involved shooting which occurred on October 27th of 2023?

Yes.

Did you prepare a PowerPoint in preparation for today's proceeding?

Yes, I did.

And is that PowerPoint up on our screen now?

Yes, it is.

If you could go to the first slide and describe kind of the generalities of our incident.

Yes, absolutely.

So this is the Henderson Police Department officer Involved shooting that occurred at 2312 apartment complex, which is located at 2312 North Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, Nevada, in uh 89014.

This was uh document under HPD report number 23-21323 with a date uh of incident of 1027 2023 at 2117 hours, with the primary detective being Detective uh Lippish, badge number 1710, and I as the assisting detective, Detective Skinner, badge number 2233.

And detective, can you please provide the public with the initial call for service details?

Yes.

So on 1027, 2023, at approximately 2117 hours, HPD units were dispatched to 2312 North Green Valley Parkway unit number 922, reference a disturbance.

Dispatch advised that the person reporting has stated that his friend's ex, who had previously been trespassed, was inside the apartment.

Dispatch further advised that the male was vandalizing the apartment, cutting himself, and that there were two juveniles ages five and six inside the apartment.

Additional information was provided, and it was advised that the male had previously attempted suicide, which was documented under report number 23-2014.

The first HPD officer arrived, contacted the PR, which is person reporting, and then approached the apartment.

As the officer was approaching, she observed the suspect identified as Lazaro Enriquez with a date of birth of 9-8, 1997, outside the apartment holding a blade in his right hand.

The officer immediately began giving the suspects commands to drop the knife.

However, Lozaro instead immediately became aggressive, walking directly at the officer while holding the knife in his right hand.

He made statements that he was going that she won he wanted him her to shoot him.

The officer then gave ground, retreating while continuing to give commands, drew her handgun to maintain lethal coverage of the advancing suspect.

Additional HBD officers arrived, and due to the fact that the suspect continued to aggressively advance toward officers, refused to comply with commands to drop the knife, and was not stopped by the deployment of two department tasers, two HPD officers fired their handguns, striking and stopping the suspect.

Officers then immediately began to administer medical assistance until F HFD, which is Henderson Fire Department, arrived on scene and took over life-saving measures.

The suspect would then transported to Sunrise Hospital by HFD Rescue 84.

So, based upon the initial call for service, an investigation revealed these details to you?

Yes.

Can you provide the public with an overview of the scene location?

Yes.

So the location details are the initial call for service, which is going to be the top call-out box, which gives the address of 2312 North Green Valley Parkway, unit number 922.

The first contact, which is gonna be with the uh suspect with Lozario is going to be just north of building nine, which is the center call-out box.

And then the officer involved shooting location is going to be to the east, the last call-out box to the right, and it's parking lot east of building nine.

So based upon this, it appears the call for service came out from an apartment.

An officer contacted Mr.

Enriquez near that apartment, and then based upon your prior slide, that officer retreated uh as he advanced to what is described as the OIS location.

That is correct.

Did you conduct an investigation into the involved officers or the subject officers?

Yes.

Please describe that.

The first involved officer is going to be Officer James Schulke, badge number 1303.

His date of hire was September 12, 2005.

At the time of incident, he was 42 years old.

He was assigned as a patrol officer to the North Area Command.

His call signed that day was 3 Nora 96.

Officer Schulke did provide a walkthrough the scene.

He did not provide a statement to investigators, and his body worn camera was activated.

Our next I apologize.

Officer Schulke's duty weapon, he had a Glock 17 with a tactical light, that is a nine millimeter semi-automatic handgun.

His round capacity was 22 plus one in the chamber.

The investigation revealed that five rounds were fired during this incident.

Was there a second subject officer?

Yes, that's going to be Officer Nicole Ciotti, badge number 2041.

Her date of hire was uh April 18, 2013.

At the time of incident, she was 35 years old.

She was assigned as a patrol officer to the North Area Command with the call signed that day of three Nora 95.

Uh she provided a walkthrough, did not provide a statement to investigators, and her body worn camera was activated.

How about her duty weapon?

Her duty weapon was a Walther PDP with tactical light, which is a nine millimeter semi-automatic handgun.

Uh she has a capacity of 15 rounds with one chambered, and the investigation revealed that four rounds were fired.

And to be clear as we move through this process, the second officer Ciadi is the officer who initially contacted the decedent.

Is that correct?

Uh no, unfortunately, uh it was not Officer Ciadi, it was Officer Bellinger.

Okay.

Officer Bellinger contacted the decedent.

Officer Ciadi was one of the two shooting officers.

Correct.

Okay.

Were there also various witness officers involved?

Yes, there was.

So our first witness officer is going to be Officer Donald Tady, badge number 1363.

At the time he was assigned to in-service training officer.

That day he was working overtime as bike one.

His date of hire was 320 of 2006, and during this incident, he deployed a taser.

The second officer is going to be Officer Gerald Norton, badge number 2405.

He is assigned as a patrol officer to the North Area Command.

His date of hire is June 26, 2017.

He also deployed a taser during this incident.

Officer Patrick McCarrick, badge number 2230, he was assigned at that time as technical services officer.

He was also working overtime as bike two.

His date of hire was January 19th, 2016.

And then finally, Officer Danielle Bellinger, badge number 2241.

She is a patrol officer that was assigned to the North Area Command, and her date of hire was January 19, 2016.

And as you mentioned, she's the officer who initially contacted the correct.

Did you do a workup on the uh decedent?

Yes.

So our suspect decedent, his name was Lazario Enriquez.

His date of birth was 98 1997.

He was 26 years old at the time of incident.

He was approximately 5'7, 220 pounds.

He had an address listed as 1417 McDonald Avenue in North Las Vegas.

You have a section that says crimes committed.

Is that the crimes that you determined he committed during the course of this incident?

Yes, had he survived, he would have been arrested for assault on a protected person with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon, and resist police officer with a deadly weapon.

And did you also look into his criminal history, if any?

Yes.

Describe that.

He had no criminal history at the time of incident.

However, he had several entries, one with uh being on October 12, 2023, he was a suspect in evangelism report reported under incident 2320144, uh, where he had broke out the window of Rodney Glenn's vehicle.

At that time, he was contacted and was determined to be placed uh he had a suicide threat and was uh placed on a legal hold.

And let me stop you for a moment.

Rodney Glenn is mentioned here as he also mentioned later as a witness to the incident.

Yes, he is.

And um this incident involved uh some form of domestic dispute, is that correct?

That's correct.

Go on.

And then uh previous to that on September 23rd, 2023, L VMPD placed Lazaro on a mental crisis hold under incident ending 9293.

Um a call was placed to the suicide crisis line, that Lozaro was standing on a bridge, threatening to jump.

Uh he also had made statements about committing suicide by cop.

He was um coaxed off the bridge.

Uh he then went to a nearby soccer field where he had a butcher knife.

Uh thankfully, in this event, LBMPD was able to take him into custody and place him on a legal hold where he went to North Vista hospital.

Did crime scene analysts and other investigators locate the weapon that the decedent had on him during the time of the incident?

Yes.

So this is gonna be the uh the weapon for our officer involved shooting on 1027 2023, and it's gonna be a blade only.

And during the course of your investigation, can I presume you uh reviewed body cam?

Yes, I did.

You reviewed a CAD or uh details about the incident?

Yes.

As well as radio traffic, yes.

911 calls, yes.

And interviews of various witnesses.

Yes.

Based upon all of that, were you able to develop a timeline that you can provide to the public?

Yes.

Go ahead.

So on 1027, 2023, at approximately 2117 hours, the PR called stating that a friend's ex keeps coming to the resident, which was going to be located at our OIS scene at apartment 922, and that the subject had been trespassed and shouldn't be there.

Who was the PR?

The PR was Rodney Glenn.

Okay.

Uh at 2118, Officer Schulkin and Officer Ciadi are dispatched to the call, and that's going to be dispatched by CAD, uh, which is a computer-aided dispatch or a computer, a laptop in the uh the police uh vehicles.

At 2119, PR advised that the subject is a Hispanic male and is inside the apartment now.

2120, PR advised that the subject is Enrique Lozaro, which later is Lozaro Enriquez.

2121, PR advised that the subject is apparently cutting himself and vandalizing the apartment.

2121, PR advised that two juveniles are inside the residence, age five and six.

2123, Officer Bellinger and Norton are dispatched to the call.

2124, Henderson Fire is in route to stage nearby.

2125, PR advised that a friend in the apartment is texting PR pictures of the subject bleeding on the floor.

2126, Officer Bellinger arrives, contacts the PR, tries to uh gather intel and confirms the apartment number.

2127, Officer Bellinger locates the suspect with a knife in his hand and advises dispatch to give a red a code red and start giving commands to drop the knife and stop walking towards her while the subject states, just shoot me.

2127 to 2128, suspect continues aggressing Officer Bellinger while holding the knife and aggressing her at a fast pace.

Then attempts to go after the PR.

Officer Bellinger tells the PR to run and regains the suspect's attention, who continues to aggress Officer Bellinger.

2128, Officer McCarrick, Tady, Ciati, Norton, and Shulke arrive and run towards Officer Bellinger's location.

2128, Officer Norton deploys a taser, which is ineffective.

The suspect continues to aggress officers.

2128, Officer Tady deploys his taser after announcing taser taser, which appears to be ineffective, is what that's supposed to say.

The suspect continues to aggress officers.

2128, Officer Schulke discharges five rounds, and Officer Ciadi discharges four rounds, each striking the suspect.

2128 to 2133, after making the scene safe, Henerson officers start rendering aid by applying dressings to the wounds, direct pressure to the bullet holes, and applying a tourniquet.

2133 HFD arrives, fire starts working working on the suspect.

2135, rescue 84 is en route to Sunrise Hospital.

2150, rescue 84 arrives at sunrise trauma.

2157, suspect is pronounced 419, which is code for deceased by Sunrise Hospital Trauma staff.

And after that, um, based upon the officer-involved shooting which had occurred, did you and your team uh then begin your investigation?

Yes, we did.

During the course of that investigation, were the witness officers intervened?

Yes, they were.

Please describe that for the public.

The first witness officer is Donald Tady, badge number 1710.

In a synopsis of his interview, Officer Tatey uh advised that he was working as a uniformed officer on the night of the incident.

Officer Tady was on a break when he heard a call for service at a nearby apartment complex involving a male causing a disturbance and who had a knife.

It was also learned that there were two juveniles inside the apartment with the arms mail.

Officer Tady advised that he and his partner, Bike Two, as well as Officer Ciadi and Officer Schulke, were en route from the same location when they heard Officer Bellinger arrive at the apartment complex and advised that the male was outside and coming towards her and he had a knife.

Officer Tady worked his way to Officer Bellinger's location as he drew his firearm and joined the other officers who had arrived.

Officer Tate could see the male subject with the knife in his hand coming toward officers.

Officer Norton had deployed a taser and he could see the taser wires, however, the male was still coming at them.

Officer Tady drew his tater taser and deployed the taser in the area of the male's belt line.

However, he observed that the male was still coming at them and that it was when that is when he heard gunshots.

Officer Tady recalled that the male subject, having a complete complete blank stare, appeared emotionless and continued walking while ignoring verbal commands to stop and drop the knife.

Our next witness officer was Danielle Bellinger, badge number 2241.

Officer Bellinger advised that she was working as a uniformed officer in a marked patrol vehicle on the night of the incident.

Officer Bellinger was responding to a call within the same apartment complex when a second priority call was involved and she was dispatched involving a man with a knife in building nine.

Officer Bellinger was the first officer to arrive and encountered a male who drove up to her in a vehicle and said that he, quote, is in the apartment and that he is cutting himself.

And when Officer Bellinger asked if anyone was inside the apartment, the male advised that a female and two children were inside.

Officer Bellinger knew the off that Officer Ciadi and Officer Schulke were responding and should be close to arriving.

So she asked the male where the apartment was for confirmation.

As Officer Bellinger began to walk in the direction of the apartment, the PR walks with her without being compelled or asked to, and then as they approached the corner of building nine and the parking lot north of the building, Officer Bellinger observed a male walking, quote, nonchalantly in the parking lot near the first couple of parking stalls.

The PR stated, quote, that's the guy.

And PR is Rodney Glenn, correct?

That's correct.

So Rodney Glenn points out to Officer Bellinger that the decedent is the guy who was inside the apartment with the children.

That's correct.

Go ahead.

After being notified that the male walking was a subject for the call for service, Officer Bellinger then called out to the male in a loud voice to get his attention.

Officer Bellinger immediately observed that the male had a large-edged blade weapon in his right hand.

And as he turned towards her, he had it up to his neck and was actively cutting his neck.

Officer Bellinger then gave commands to show for him to show her his hands, and at this time he brought his hand down, still holding the knife.

With his shoulders rolled forward in an aggressive or fighting stance and a hyper focused stare directly at her, described as a thousand-yard stare.

And with this with this posture, he started walking directly towards Officer Bellinger.

As the male walked towards Officer Bellinger, she had her duty weapon drawn and pointed towards him.

And she is giving commands to drop the knife and put the knife down.

He continued to walk towards her.

Officer Bellinger walked backwards while continuing to give commands to drop the knife.

The male yelled at her, stating, quote, shoot me and quote, kill me.

With the male with the knife focused on her, Officer Bellinger continued to back away, now in a parking lot.

She could hear police sirens from additional arriving officers, and she was able to see the red and blue flashes from the patrol cars.

Officer Bellinger knew that officers were to her right, and she felt that she was the furthest to the left in the group.

Officer Bellinger recognized that the advancing male no longer had his focus directly on her and was now looking toward other officers.

Even though there were now numerous officers, the male's demeanor did not change.

He continued to advance while in an aggressive stance, and he continued to hold the knife in his right hand.

Officer Bellinger advised that she heard and witnessed two taser deployments by two separate officers, which were both unsuccessful.

The male took additional steps towards officers, and that is when she heard gunshots, and the male went to the ground, was no longer moving.

Officers called over their radio for medical to respond to the scene, and officer provided on-scene medical aid to the male.

Were lay witnesses also interviewed during the course of the investigation?

Yes.

And were those Gabriela Martinez and Rodney Glenn?

Yes, that's correct.

Could you provide this the public with a summary of their statements?

So this would be Gabriela Martinez, a database 1024, 1998.

At the time she was 22 years old.

Her address was listed as 2312, North Green Valley Parkway, apartment 922 in Henderson.

When she was a summary of her interview, she provided that she had two children with a decedent, a five-year-old and a six-year-old.

The decedent suffered from depression, but since their breakup, he had escalated to suicidal threats.

The decedent attempted hanging one year ago, which had gone unreported.

The decedent attempted to jump off a bridge a month prior, which was reported under uh event ending 9293 by LVMPD.

The decedent attempted to run into traffic approximately two weeks prior to this event, which was also unreported.

On 1012, 2023, the decedent said that he wanted the police just to shoot him as it would be easier.

Rodney Glenn picked up Gabriella on 1027 and went for a drive.

She called, she received a call from uh Jacqueline, which was her niece and also babysitter that evening, stating Lazaro was at the apartment scaring her and the children.

Uh Jacqueline told her she and the children were hiding in a closet and Lazaro had a knife and was vandalizing the apartment.

Uh Gabrielle entered the apartment after they had returned with um to check on her children and observed blood on Lozaro's left wrist and one of her kitchen knives in his hand.

Lozaro was extremely intoxicated, and Gabriella was afraid of him.

Lozaro put a knife to his neck and cut himself.

Lozaro slammed the knife into the wall, breaking the handle off, and left the apartment on foot.

She heard Lazaro confront the officer, Officer Bellinger, and kept saying, quote, what are you going to do?

Shoot me, end quote.

She stated she yelled that he was sick to the officers.

She stated the officer continued to back up until the shooting occurred.

She refused to give detectives consent to have the children forensically interviewed.

Our next wit witness was Rodney Glenn, data birth 510, 1985.

His age at the time of incident was 38 years old.

His listed address was 3000 Highview Drive, unit 2424 in Henderson.

A summary of his interview.

Lozaro did not like him because he was in a relationship with Gabriella.

He stated that Jackie was the babysitter inside the apartment with Gabriella's children the night of the incident.

Lazaro went to the apartment and wasn't welcome there.

He grabbed a knife and sent photos to Gabriella of him cutting his arm and bleeding.

Rodney received a text message from Gabriela saying Lazario is inside the apartment and advised him to call police.

Rodney was outside and saw Lazaro, quote, come at the officer with the knife, end quote.

Rodney stated Lozaro didn't come really come towards him with a knife, but quote, got a little aggressive, end quote.

Rodney knew a knife was from the kitchen as he had recognized the pattern.

Rodney heard the officer yell to Lozaro to slow down and stop.

Rodney said Lozaro, quote, kept moving, end quote.

After the officer tased him, he stated that three or four officers used tasers.

Rodney said the tasers were ineffective.

Rodney heard the shooting and said it was, quote, too aggressive and quote, ten officers stated started shooting him, end quote.

He stated Lazaro was trespassed from the apartment on 1012, 2023.

He believes Lazaro should have been kept longer for a psychological evaluation the last time he was hospitalized.

Did your team attempt to uh interview Jaclyn, the babysitter who was inside with the children?

Yes.

At that time, uh Jacqueline did not want to provide a statement, uh, and she gave and provided statements through Gabriella.

Uh she advised that she was babysitting the two children when Lazaro came to the house, uh, initiating the call for service.

Gabriella stated that Yacqueline, uh Jacqueline is her niece.

Uh you mentioned earlier that you reviewed the 911 call uh during the course of your investigation.

Yes.

Can you play the relevant portions for the public, please?

I'll need someone to press play.

Henderson M1 was the address of your emergency.

North Green Valley Parkway.

Apartment 922, 89014.

Can you just repeat that again for verification?

2023 2312.

Uh-huh.

North Green Valley Parkway.

Okay.

And just repeat the apartment number.

922.

Perfect.

What's the phone number you're calling from?

347.

831.

8073.

Okay, tell me exactly what happened.

Well, I got the situation before, but um, my friend X was banged at my house.

My friend was saying about X.

He called trespass before.

He broke it back in my car at the cops come.

It came up with the breakbook kill himself.

He's back there again.

Well, um there's children in the house.

I guess a quarter was a house, which got out for his name.

This is pretty much.

Lazaro.

Lozaro.

Okay, hold on one second for me.

Okay.

And um is he in the house right now or is he outside?

He broke in the house.

He didn't got out.

You didn't see him on camera?

He's in he's inside my house, which indeed is allowed to have okay.

So do we know how he got in?

Did he actually like break the door or window or anything?

We don't know.

I'm not there yet.

Okay.

Is there anybody home with him right now?

My the kids are there, and then um the niece, my my friend's niece is there.

Okay.

Okay.

And the guy is he white black Hispanic Asian?

Hispanic.

What color clothing is he wearing?

Do we know?

I don't know about there yet.

I just got the call the text, and I'm heading, I'm setting back there now.

I really just need a cops to come right away.

Yeah, they're hard.

These questions won't delay him at all.

Okay.

Um and uh is there anyone that's able to confirm whether he's in the house or not?

He's in the house.

Okay.

How long until you get there?

I'm here.

Okay.

But I I don't know if I should go to the house because he's probably me to like the mouth of the house.

Yeah, I don't want you to put yourself in any danger or anything like that.

Are you armed at all?

Huh?

Are you armed at all?

No.

My friend, like my friend is running to the house now.

Okay.

He was not speaking.

He came in, he came before, and I told him he's not allowed in the house and you night back in the house.

Oh my house.

What what is his name again?

Look L-O-Z-A-R-O.

Okay.

And what is your name, sir?

Rodney Glenn.

All right.

And are you in your vehicle or are you on foot out there?

I'm in my vehicle.

I'll be in she's asking me not to show up because she thinks that he's going to attack me or something like that.

Okay.

What kind of car are you in?

I'm in a white Toyota Camry, SE 2023.

I'm trying to keep my distance at the same time.

I need to see what's going on.

Okay, I understand.

I know they're they're driving there right now.

They can only drive there so fast, or they're coming though, okay.

Because she just held me a picture before she got the car of him cutting himself in my on the on the floor in front of the kids.

He's cutting himself right now.

Yeah, he's injuring himself and he's throwing things.

He's breaking things in my house.

Okay.

I don't want to go in there and it's turned through altercation.

I have to throw him out physically.

But if I have to, I will.

Alright.

Like you said, they're on their way, they're coming as quick as they can.

I don't want you to put yourself in any danger.

How many kids are in the house?

Two.

How old are they?

Five and six.

Okay.

Last time he smashed my window in my car because he didn't admit to it, he got away with it scot-free.

That was less that was less than a month ago.

And now he's back here again.

Okay.

And you said he was trespassed at that time?

Yes.

Okay.

I think it was a twenty this might go twenty-four hour trespassing.

Don't come back to the house.

I went to go to do it again.

And then he said I have to go to the Henderson police.

I went there, you got the clothes.

I'll try to come back in the bed champion.

Go back.

But I I I can't I can't keep doing this.

I do not want him on the prophet, let alone coming to the premises.

Okay.

And honestly, he's not, he he was taken away because he said he was suicidal before, and they let him go.

Because they said the doctor said that oh, he said he was okay.

And now here we are again.

So shame on the doctors for letting somebody like this go again.

And now I can't even go on my hug to find out what's going on.

Okay.

Just keep me posted if they send you any more pictures or giving you other updates.

We'd like to say we got officers coming as quick as I can.

It was no reason for him to come back.

Her and I were having a disagreement.

We drove her news stayed with the kids and we drove away to go have a conversation.

And we were fine.

He should have never showed up.

He showed up completely unannounced.

We didn't even know he was there.

Okay.

Do you know he um has he been drinking or do any drugs or does he normally sometimes yeah he does.

What kind of drugs?

Drugs and drink.

I don't know.

Oh I just know that that's what I was told.

He does he he definitely drink but came over to my house drunk before.

And I told him don't do that.

You mean to stay on the line?

Hello.

Sorry about that, sir.

Yeah, I'm gonna stay on the phone with you until the officers get there and uh speak to you, okay?

I don't even know about how close I should have post my own house.

What what building or apartment number are you in front of right now?

I'm not in any apartment in my car.

No, I know, but uh what building number or apartment number are you parked in front of?

Yeah, where are you parked?

Yeah, because they're gonna come talk to you as well, so I just know where you where you're at.

I need to get it.

You just have them go into the house and get them out right, please.

Bleeding all over the floor.

I should send any pictures of the bleeding on the floor.

Okay.

All right.

Yeah, it looks like I do have officers coming from Warm Springs almost to Green Valley, so they should be arriving shortly, okay?

Yeah, they got seen them.

Okay.

I don't know anyway.

Come back.

Okay, see a police officer.

All right, are you able to flag the officer down?

Yeah.

Okay.

Perfect.

Go ahead and find the officer.

What's that?

Yeah, you know all of a sudden that was here last time.

I don't know.

I'm on the following nine one.

She's on pitch.

Okay.

And it's number nine point.

Yeah, it's after all right, sir.

I'll go ahead and let you go.

Just go ahead and talk to the officer, okay.

Rodney did you hear me?

Rodney, can you still hear me?

Yeah, I'm here, sorry.

Oh, okay.

Are are you with the officer right now?

Calm down.

He's got to make an hand.

No, no, no, no, you gotta get you gotta make it a fair.

This is my house.

Why are you trying to run?

Okay, Ronnie, I'm just gonna stay on the phone with you, okay?

Uh come on, man.

You do you come at me with the knife?

I swear to God, it'll be old for you.

All right.

Put the knife down, man.

Put the knife down.

Oh my god.

That should be the end of the audio.

All right, detective.

Um there was continued audio, but that cuts off at that portion, correct?

It does.

Uh in addition, did you review body worn camera footage?

Yes, I did.

Did you um include the relevant portions of that footage in your presentation today?

Yes, I did.

Um the entirety of that footage uh has been provided to my office, correct?

Yes.

And in turn provided to the ombudsman uh for purposes of today.

Yes.

And so if if you are asked questions related to other portions of the body cam that may not be included in your presentation, you're equipped to answer those questions.

Yes, I am.

Uh and I'll just admonish the members of the public before we move on to the next section.

There are portions of this body worn camera where viewer discretion is advised, although the shooting uh itself has been clipped out.

There is some uh viewer discretion here.

And one was the address of your emergency.

All right, and whose uh body worn camera are we looking at here?

So this first view is gonna be Officer Bellinger's, and then as the video progresses, um you'll there'll be a side-by-side with Officer Bellinger's uh body worn camera footage on the left and officer McCarrick's on the right.

And they will be synced up.

Do you know where the juveniles are at?

Yeah, the in the house.

What pictures are you getting right now?

She's going to put it in the middle.

Okay.

And it's it's number 922.

Yeah, if that's wrong with me.

Okay, is he like cutting himself back?

F 2174 control.

Our PR was outside in a car, and then a P unit is out with that PR.

Is that him?

Show me your hands, bro.

Show me your hands, dude.

Hey.

Shoot me, shoot me.

Hey, relax, bro.

Hey, don't do that, dude.

Back up.

Expert I units, he's got a knife in his hand.

Hey, dude, stop, please.

Stop, dude, please.

I'm telling you, you don't want to do this, dude.

Hey, look, bro, you don't want to do this.

You don't want to do this.

Shoot me, yes, I do.

Hey, bro, I'm telling you, you don't want to do this right now.

Hey, dude, stop!

Hey, bro, run that way now.

Run that way.

Hey, dude, stop!

Units back here.

Hey, bro, stop.

Please don't do this, dude.

I'm telling you, please don't fucking do this right now.

Put the knife down, babe.

Put the knife down.

Not working, man.

Put the knife down.

Put the knife down.

Put the knife down.

Everybody okay?

Uh detective, did you observe Officer Bellinger issuing commands for the decedent to uh stop?

Yes, I did.

Uh, and to put the knife down?

Yes.

Did it appear to you that he continued to advance?

He did.

Toward the end, just before we heard the shots fired, did you hear taser deployments?

I did.

And you're familiar with that sound?

Yes, I am.

Uh, did it appear to you that the decedent continued to advance and that the tasers were uh unsuccessful?

Yes.

Do you have more body worn camera footage to show the public?

Uh so it's gonna be body worn camera for Officer Ciadi.

Is there a 30-second delay in audio?

There's actually a full minute.

Okay.

And that is a ordinary course and normal uh with this type of technology, correct?

Yes.

Did you overlay that text, you and your department?

I did.

Okay.

Um the arrow is pointing at two long taser prongs?

Yes.

And then now it's pointing at the knife in the decedent's hand?

Yes.

We'll just play that again.

Um Detective, I saw some text overlay that we referenced.

Um, did you and your team um slow that body worn camera down and closely analyze it for purposes of this hearing today?

Yes.

Can you please describe your analysis of the body worn camera footage?

Yes, so um the analysis of analysis of uh Officer Bellinger's body worn camera.

During her contact with Enriquez, um Officer Bellinger issued at least 16 separate commands or statements to him.

Uh during this dialogue, Officer Bellinger attempted to de-escalate the situation by giving commands such as quote, drop the knife, end quote.

In addition to changing her tone and pleading with Enriquez to quote, please stop.

The voice inflection was evident, and given the variety of different commands and please, no doubt attempts to de-escalate the situation were undertaken.

Enrique said, quote, shoot me at least six separate occasions, and the uh there were more, likely more.

However, the audio was uh difficult at times to decipher.

In addition to the statement to shoot him, Enriquez could be heard arguing in a defiant and unusual tone for Officer Bellinger to shoot him and stating, quote, but I really do when she told him, quote, you don't have and you don't want to do this, end quote.

And these are just some of the uh still photos from the body worn camera.

And the red circles depicting the knife in his hand?

Correct.

Up until the point where he was shot, he continued to have the knife in his right hand?

That's correct.

And then the body worn analysis for uh McC officer McCarrick.

Uh it shows Enriquez advancing on HPD officers just prior to the shooting.

Uh two separate and distinct taser deployments can be heard just prior to the sound of gunfire uh on Officer McCarrick's body worn footage.

One can also clearly see the taser uh laser lights on a Rikas as well as the dangling taser wires, thereby showing that there were attempts to utilize less lethal force options prior to utilizing deadly force.

During the course of this investigation, did crime scene analysts comb through the scene?

They did.

Did they document that via photographs and reports?

Yes, they did.

Have you included some of those photographs in your presentation today?

I have this first one is gonna be an aerial overview uh of the crime scene.

Uh the cones designate each officer's position.

And so the cones in the foreground, um, did those depict where Officer Bellinger ended up?

Yes.

And then the cones that I will say are to the right near the white vehicle, are those our shooting officers?

That's correct.

And so the based upon your investigation and the evidence at the scene, in addition to the body worn camera, did you determine that the shooting officers were to the left of Mr.

Enriquez?

Yes.

As he advanced on the four cones that we're seeing in the foreground.

That's correct.

Okay, go ahead.

This is another aerial view, uh, just showing the distance uh where the debris is in the middle of between all of the cones is where uh Mr.

Enriquez uh ultimately was shot.

Distance.

We've kind of flipped perspectives here.

So the shooting officers would be represented by the two blue cones on the left now, correct?

Yes, that's correct.

And the small yellow evidence tags around those in different groupings.

What are those representing?

Those are going to be items of evidentiary value, whether it be expended cartridge cases and/or taser prongs and cartridges.

Based upon your review of the body worn camera and seeing the evidence on the scene, did it appear to you that the evidence was uh consistent at the time it was documented with what you saw on the body worn cameras footage?

Yes.

Go ahead.

This is just a close uh view of the officers uh in their position by by cone.

It's labeled starting with McCarrick on the far left, uh, Officer Norton, Officer Tady, and then Bellinger.

Okay.

And the officers who deployed the taser would be in this first grouping, correct?

Yes.

Tasers, I should say.

That's correct.

Go ahead.

This is a diagram showing the distances from the center where Enriquez uh ultimately was shot, and the officer's position uh during that time of the shooting, with the shortest distance being 10 feet two inches for Officer Shulkey.

And Officer Schulke, we can see is almost gonna be directly to the left of the decedent.

That's correct.

And then Officer Ciadi is positioned to the left and behind the decedent as he advanced on the other officers.

That's correct.

Go ahead.

These are additional uh crime scene photos, just showing the apartment door.

Uh once our um detectives were inside with uh our CSAs, they did locate the broken knife that was previously described by Gabriela.

And then this is a knife that was located inside the kitchen of apartment 922, which has a similar pattern of same color scheme uh matching the weapon that Mr.

Enriquez had on him.

Uh was an autopsy conducted on Mr.

Enriquez?

Yes, it was.

Was that done by the Clark County coroner's office?

Yes.

What were the findings of the autopsy?

Uh the autopsy was conducted by senior medical examiner Lisa Gavin at the Clark County Coroner Medical Examiner's office on 1028, which is the following day.

The following injuries were noted during that autopsy uh and were subsequently reported in an autopsy report.

The decedent had 11 penetrating wounds, uh, with nine of those being entrance wounds and two exit wounds.

The deceitant was holding seven projectiles.

Uh two of the wounds were through and through.

Uh all projectiles enter the decedent in the back or to the side of his person.

One projectile passed through the aorta, severing it completely.

One projectile was through and through the cranium.

Multiple super superficial wounds and lacerations were observed on the decedent's forearm, which is consistent with the statements that decedent was cutting himself prior to the shooting.

No wounds or lacerations were observed on the decedent's neck.

The cause of death was ascribed to the gunshot wounds to the head and chest, and the manner in death was ruled as a homicide.

And you you indicate here there's nine entrance wounds, and previously during the course of your uh countdown, you determined that one officer fired five rounds and another fired four rounds.

Is that correct?

That's correct.

So were the findings of the autopsy consistent with the rest of your investigation?

Yes, they were.

Go ahead.

This is a um a diagram of his injuries just showing the placement of the entrance and exit wounds on his person.

Did uh the doctor also discover some what appeared to be self-inflicted wounds?

Yes.

Go ahead.

And those would be on the left uh inside uh forearm of Mr.

Enriquez.

And there is a disc here is a photo uh of those injuries.

Thank you, Detective.

I have no further questions.

Ms.

McNeil.

Thank you.

Um Detective, I just want to start sort of at the beginning.

Uh you mentioned that you had reviewed all of the materials in preparation for today, correct?

Correct.

And we just watched and listened to some of those.

So I kind of want to start with the 911 call.

Um the purpose of the 911 call, the dispatcher is collecting information from the person reporting, right?

Yes.

And they need to get that information to convey that to the officers who are going to be responding, right?

Correct.

Um part of that is so the officers know what they're walking into, right?

Yes.

Um, it's better for the officers to have some idea of what's going on before they just walk in, correct?

Yes.

Okay.

And so the dispatcher gets that information from the person reporting, conveys that to the police officers.

That was done in this case.

Yes, it was.

We hear on that 911 call that Rodney says that he uh Lazaro had a knife, right?

Yes.

Uh that he had been hurting himself inside the apartment.

Yes.

Right.

Um there was no indication that he'd been trying to harm anyone else in the apartment.

It seemed to be directed towards himself, correct?

That's correct.

And we heard that Rodney told the dispatcher that about less than two weeks before this, uh Lazaro had been at his apartment before.

Yes.

He had um damaged Rodney's car.

Yes.

And he had threatened to kill himself at that time.

Correct.

And the dispatcher, in fact, conveyed the information to the responding officers that the subject was potentially suicidal.

That's correct.

Okay.

Um, and in fact, there was some talk about the fact that there had been, I think, a 405A prior, meaning a prior suicide attempt.

Yes.

Okay.

So Officer Bellinger going in is aware that this person is suicidal.

That's correct.

Okay.

Um officer Bellinger arrived, in fact, we hear Rodney say, Are you the officer that responded last time, right?

Yes.

So she now knows that there's been some previous interactions.

Correct.

And Rodney indicates that he's trying to keep his distance because there's tension between him and Lazaro, right?

Yes.

Okay.

So he's out at his car, not near the apartment.

Correct.

When officer Bellinger starts walking towards the apartment, Rodney goes with her, doesn't he?

He does.

Okay.

She doesn't tell him to stay at the car.

She does not.

It's fairly obvious at that point that uh Mr.

Enriquez is in a mental health crisis, correct?

Yes.

Um they are approaching the apartment.

You hear at one point Officer Bellinger say he has a knife, correct?

Yes.

But officers were aware prior to that point that the person had a knife.

Yes.

Okay.

Um Henderson Police Department trains officers on how to handle subjects who are having a mental health crisis, correct?

Yes.

In fact, Officer Bellinger had received additional training on that.

She did.

She was what we call CIT certified?

Yes.

And that's crisis intervention training?

Yes.

And she attended those classes through, I believe it was um L VMPD.

Yes.

Okay.

Um are you aware that the legislature has also decided that officers need 12 continuing education hours on handling things like people in mental health crisis?

Yes.

And in fact, um, post the peace officer standards training also provides training on recognizing people in mental health crisis.

Yes.

Responding to people who may be suicidal?

Yes.

And learning to identify and respond to people who might be trying to commit suicide by cop, correct?

Yes.

Okay.

We heard um the first interaction with Officer Bellinger was where she kind of screams hey at him, right?

Yes.

Okay.

The Henderson uh police department policies, are you aware of as to their guidelines for contact with people in a mental health crisis?

Yes.

And those guidelines are speak simply in a calm, reassuring voice?

Yes.

Explain that you are here to help?

Yes.

Actively listen to the person?

Yes.

Be aware of your actions?

Yes.

Your own actions, such as moving suddenly, may have an adverse effect on the situation.

Yes.

Announce your actions before initiating them?

Yes.

Okay.

What we see is she her first interaction with Lazaro is to scream hey at him, right?

Yes.

Okay.

The crisis intervention training, it's important that officers don't bark orders at a subject.

That's correct.

That they should instead ask requests like, hey, can you do me a favor and show me your hands?

Yes.

Okay.

In a situation with the suicidal person, officers prior to arriving should have some sort of plan going in.

I'm sorry, can you officers should have some sort of plan going into a situation with the suicidal subject?

As best as you can.

Okay.

And officer Bellinger was aware that other officers were on the way?

Yes.

Had there been any communication between those officers as to was someone going to take a left leash left lethal option or was someone going to be the lethal person?

It appears as they arrived on scene, it was a quickly evolving call, and officers were saying taser-taser, so we knew that there was less lethal.

I don't know if there was an actual plan prior to that.

Okay.

We would have put potentially heard that on radio traffic.

Best case, yes.

Okay.

And we didn't hear any sort of communications prior.

No.

Okay.

Officers shouldn't give ultimatums to a suicidal subject.

Correct.

You should probably keep your gun at a low ready position instead of pulling it on the person.

When feasible, unless it's an aggressive movement towards the officer, then they need to hold lethal coverage.

Okay.

And it was it was clear that what Mr.

Enriquez was saying was that he wanted the officer to shoot him, correct?

That's correct.

And as he was advancing at the officer, the knife was in fact at his side.

Some points, yes, and other points it was out in front of him.

Okay.

And one of those points where it was out, he was actually pointing it towards Rodney who was there, right?

Yes.

And in fact, Rodney was sort of right in the middle of this scene, right?

He was.

And that is the person that Lazara was most angry with.

I would say he was angry with him.

I'm not sure if that was who where why this all started.

Okay.

Officers can have uh options other than tasers or firearms, right?

Yes.

You can have bean mags.

Uh yes, if available.

Pepper spray?

Yes.

Okay.

Um officers can have shields when they're encountering subjects with knives, correct?

If available.

Correct.

Do you know if any of those officers had any of those things?

We know they had tasers, but any of those other things available to them?

I know that uh each officer had uh what's called OC spray.

Uh as far as less lethal with a bean bag round or what we use is the sponge rounds.

I don't know if they had in that in their vehicle, and I do not know if they had a shield.

Okay.

Um it's also best if you just have one officer communicating with the person who is in the mental health crisis.

That's correct.

But here we heard multiple officers yelling commands.

Um we want to have one person communicating with them.

However, when we have somebody less lethal, they are going to give out commands and let the person know that they're going to deploy their taser, and also for other officers, they'll say taser, taser, taser.

Okay.

Um but specifically we heard multiple officers yelling, drop it, drop it, right?

At the same time.

Okay.

Um and in fact, we uh officer Bellinger said that she used all of the tools that she had learned in her CIT training, correct?

I believe she said she used the tools.

I'm not sure she said all of them.

Um but here we hear competitive we hear repetitive commands, right?

Uh yes.

Okay.

She started out by saying, hey, show me your hands.

Yes.

She said, hey, don't do that, dude.

Correct.

She swore at him.

Yes.

She told him, you don't want to do this.

Yes.

You really don't want to fucking do this.

Yes.

Okay.

Um, we didn't hear questions conveyed to him, right?

Correct.

Okay.

Um between the taser deployment and the shots fired.

It was less than a minute and a half.

Okay.

Do you know?

I remember, and I don't know the terminology, so I just know it was a term used about the taser.

Was there something wrong with one of the taser deployments?

It was like NMI didn't initiate or something.

Yes, a neuromuscular um incapacitation.

So that just means that you have the spread necessary to lock up the muscles in the body.

Okay.

Was there something to do with how the taser prongs hit him, or was there something in the deployment, or was it just maybe he didn't respond to it?

And it can also be attributed to physicality and can also be attributed to uh people in a mental health crisis don't feel the pain and can fight through that uh incapacitation.

Okay.

So sometimes taser not may not be the best response for somebody in a mental health crisis if they may not respond to it.

Not always effective on anyone, whether they're in mental health uh crisis or just general person uh being aggressive.

Sometimes people who are under the influence of certain drugs might not respond as well to a taser.

That's correct.

Correct.

Okay.

Um we heard on body cam and we didn't see that footage, but after the shooting, do you remember that officers were uncertain how many times it actually shot?

Correct.

Okay.

Um does that sort of suggest a controlled use of force or just sort of a reactive response?

That is a common um occurrence.

Officers uh are focused on their target, and their their job at that point is to stop the threat.

Uh a lot of times during a stressful event, they're unaware of how many times we're actually fired.

Usually it's pretty pretty close, uh, maybe give or take one or two.

Okay.

Um and it is it to be fair, it is a very dynamic situation, right?

Officers are having to respond very quickly.

Yes.

Right.

Um, but that is one of the points of the crisis intervention training is to teach you how to sort of slow that down, right?

That's correct.

Okay.

Um the officers were shot were fairly close to Mr.

Enriquez, correct?

Yes.

Uh, would you agree with me that it's easier to be an accurate shot the closer you are?

It depends uh on the movement of the suspect, um, their intentions, and if they quickly change direction.

Okay.

Um, I have uh one last question, which the um family who is present wanted wanted me to ask.

Yes.

Why did the officers not shoot him somewhere that wouldn't have been lethal?

Maybe for example, in the leg or somewhere that would have stopped the action but not killed him.

Sure.

So in a situation such as this where we're now at lethal force, uh, this person has been given multiple commands to stop to uh they've been given up ground by the officers, they're continuing to advance.

This person is moving, this person is uh advancing on them with a sharp edge weapon, which is lethal to us.

So if if the person isn't stopped immediately, they're a threat not only to the officers, uh, they're also a threat to the surrounding area, which was densely populated.

Uh we also have Rodney Glenn in the area.

He has already had two taser deployments, which did not stop him.

Who's to say that if we shot him in the leg, that that would also stop him?

Um, so also it's as you mentioned, a very stressful dynamic situation.

A precision shot such as that, an arm that is moving, a leg that is moving, is going to be near impossible in a very stressful situation like that one.

Okay, thank you.

I have no further questions.

No further questions.

Any questions from the public?

Okay, seeing that we'll close the hearing.

Clark County ordinance chapter two point one two requires a public review following such a determination.

The purpose of today's hearing was to present the public with the essential facts surrounding the death of Lazaro Enriquez.

Monique McNeil was appointed by the Clark County manager as the embudsman to represent the public and the Enriquez family.

Miss McNeil was given an opportunity to ask questions to provide the public with relevant information regarding the use of force in this case.

Prior to today's public review, the Clark County District Attorney's Office provided to Miss McNeil and myself copies of the law enforcement investigation regarding the death of Mr.

Enriquez.

The documents provided by the prosecution are considered public record.

If you missed any portion of this review or would like to obtain a recorded transcript, a video of the entire proceeding is available on the Clark County website at WWW.gov.

This concludes the police fatality public fact finding review into the death of Lazaro Enriquez.

Thank you.