April 28, 2004

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He is reporting that the information he had prior to arriving at the scene was that it was a traffic stop during which deadly forced was used, during which the person stopped was killed. Upon arriving, he met with other detectives who also responded to assist at the scene, and received more information about the officers involved. He says that Officer Macomber was the officer who initiated the traffic stop.

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The witness is being asked about protocols in place for such incidents. He says one of them is the officers involved or witness officers are removed from the scene but continue to be immediately available to the investigators.

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This witness also described the role of the crime scene specialists and how they go about collecting and documenting evidence at the scene, and how they create sketches or diagrams later on based upon this evidence and measurements of the scene at the time. This detective' name is "Rose," but that's still all we know at the moment because of KBOO's dumbass interference with the airing of the proceedings.

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Detective Rose is now working with an exhibit involving an aerial photograph of the scene off of a computer database (meaning not one taken around the time of the incident). For what it's worth, it translates only slightly well over the KGW webcast. HIs second exhibit is a panoramic photograph taken by an investigator for the DA's office, showing the commercial structure from the scene of the incident. Exhibit three is a diagram from one of the detectives responsible for processing the crime scene, including vehicles that were present at the time Rose and other detectives arrived at the scene, including Perez' vehicle and the two patrol cars already on scene.

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Much of this is the setting of the scene where the incident occurred. Rose is now discussing exhibit four, which they are not doing on the video screen because he said "it didn't show well" during a test run. This exhibit continues providing the basis of the scene, this time a computer-generated map upon which they have indicated where various parts of the incident occurred, such as where Perez's vehicle was at the time the officers first saw it, and the direction of travel to the parking lot where the traffic stop took place.

(Meanwhile, be sure to check Ethan's item on jury selection.)

Exhibit five is a timeline of the events, beginning with the officers logging on to their computer system when they first came on shift. And at that point, the KGW feed came to a screeching halt.

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KGW's feed has vanished altogether. We are now back to listening via KBOO, and failing completely to see what Rose is showing the courtroom.

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Continuing to show photographs of the scene (which we cannot see because the KGW feed continues to be inaccessible to us), Rose said: "We're trying to be as accurate as we can, out of deference to the family members and friends." We are at the moment missing photographs of Perez's car, including "item in the console area" which Rose says were "pertinent" in the investigation and interviews later on.

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Schrunk has asked the jurors if there are any questions for Detective Rose. There apparently were not. He is now being asked about how the investigation progressed, since he has set the scene of the incident. In general, he is outlining who was responsible for what elements of the investigation at the scene, in terms of coordination and specific responsibilities. He explained that Sery and Macomber were at a different location nearby, but kept separately and accompanied by their attorneys, and did not have communications with each other until detectives arrived. (This is one of the new procedures for officer-involved shootings instituted after the PARC report last year.)

Interviews were set up with the officers, and firearms were examined for thigns such as number of bullets fired.

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Rose indicates that Sery was photographed to record his appearance at the evening of the incident, and then his gunbelt and uniform were taken into evidence. Macomber was interviewed the same evening, while Sery was interviewed the next day. Macomber returned with detectives to the scene to give an overview of the incident. He was escorted back to the precinct where items such as his Taser were taken into evidence. A weapons check was also performed on his equipment and he was interviewed at the Justice Center that night.

The next morning, the autopsy was conducted. Evidence was taken during the autopsy and sent to forensics. "Substances" were taken from Perez' body and sent for analysis as well. The medical examiner was responsible for getitng a sense of bullet trajectory so it can be compared to evidence collected at the scene. The vehicle was towed by a private tow company, with officer escort, into police custody, and it was examined as well.

Later that next day, Sery was interviewed. Officers who arrived immediately upon the scene were also interviewed.

Schrunk is asking Rose about photographs taken at the autospy, which are going to be shown in court. The first is of the removal of one of the palstic bags removed from Perez' mouth. The second is of bags found in Perez' pocket, which were found to contain cocaine and marijuana. The third is of items that were removed from Perez' pockets. The fourth is of the bag which tested positive for marijuana. The reborn KGW feed has not been showing momst of the photographs. Another photograph shows what turned out to be cocaine. Still another shows what was recovered from Perez' mouth. Another shows "controlled substances" found on Perez. Another shows one of the other bags removed from Perez' mouth, further down his throat.

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Rose is now describing photopgrahs of Perez' vehicle, being sure repeatedly to point out the "tinted windows."

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Rose is continuing to describe the investigation process, what authorities were involved, and how they went about trying to determine and locate witnesses to the incident.

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Rose described one witness who appeared on television, and how it took them "quite a while" to track them down. He says this particular witness was the individual who was in the car with Perez prior to the traffic stop. When asked by Schrunk, Rose stated that he believes detectives were able to contact everyone who had some sort of witness account to relate to the investigators.

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These witness statements apparently were recorded on tape, and Rose says that by and large the community was helpful to the investigation. Schrunk made sure that Rose would be available again to the inquest if it becomes necessary. Rose says that there are about 1,500 pages of evidence, which will be public record after the inquest is concluded.

Rose is being asked (by the jury, presumably) how much time passed between the traffic stop and the shooting. He says they obtained a CD of the radio calls. The time between the call came in that officers were outside the car to the shooting was about 23-24 seconds. Sery in interview said that the time from the traffic stop to the shooting was actually a couple of seconds longer. The next question for Rose was if photos were taken of Sery's gun and Macomber's Taser. Rose says that they were not taken right then and there because they took the weapons themselves and examined them and bagged them as evidence to deliver to the forensics lab.

It is being established that the gun and Taser are available and photos can be presented. The next question: Was any weaponn foud on Perez? Rose says there was none. Was a "thorough" search of Perez and the vehicle made in order to seek such a weapon? Rose confirms.

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Detective Rose's testimony has conlcuded. Schrunk is giving scheduling hints. Next witness is Steve Swan (?), to discuss the crime scene some more, after which there will be a ten-minute recess, to be followed by the final witness of the afternoon, that being Officer Macomber, who was driving the police car.