Police Fatality Public Fact-finding Review - Regular Meeting

20 3. My name is Ozzy Fumo. I will be presiding over today's the 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 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 Lazaro 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 relevant, 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.

Mister Giannetti, I forgot to introduce your co counsel, if you wanna introduce her, and then start with your first witness.

Morgan Thomas on behalf of the state as well, and we would call detective Carrie Skinner to the stand. Detective Skinner, how are you employed, ma'am?

The City of Henderson Police Department.

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

Ten 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 10/27/2023?

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 89014. This was a document under HPD report number 23Dash21323 with a date of incident of tentwenty seventwenty twenty three at twenty one seventeen hours, with the primary detective being detective 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 tentwenty seventwenty twenty three, at approximately twenty one seventeen hours, HPD units were dispatched to 2312 North Green Valley Parkway, Unit Number Ninetwenty 2, referenced a disturbance. Dispatch advised that the person reporting had 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 23Dash20144.

The first HPD officer arrived, contacted the PR, which is person reporting, then and approached the apartment. As the officer was approaching, she observed the suspect, identified as Lazaro Enriquez, with a date of birth of 09/08/1997, outside the apartment holding a blade in his right hand. The officer immediately began giving the suspect 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 he wanted 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 HPD 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 HFD, which is Henderson Fire Department, arrived on scene and took over life saving measures. The suspect was then transported to Sunrise Hospital by HFD Rescue eighty four.

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 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 the suspect Lazario is going to be just North of Building 9, 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 9.

So based upon this, it appears the call for service came out from an apartment. An officer contacted mister Enriquez near that apartment, and then based upon your prior slide, that officer retreated 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 gonna be officer James Schulke, badge number 13O3. His date of hire was 09/12/2005. At the time of incident, he was 42 years old. He was assigned as a patrol officer to the North Area Command. His call sign that day was 396. Officer Schulke did provide a walk through 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 semiautomatic 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 gonna be officer Nicole Ciatti, badge number 2041. Her date of hire was 04/18/2013. At the time of incident, she was 35 years old. She was assigned as a patrol officer to the North Area Command with a call signed that day of 03/1995. She provided a walk through, 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 semiautomatic handgun. 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 Ciatti is the officer who initially contacted the decedent. Is that correct?

No. Unfortunately, it was not officer Ciatti, it was officer Bellinger.

Okay. Officer Bellinger contacted the decedent. Officer Ciatti was one of the two shooting officers.

Correct.

Were there also various witness officers involved?

Yes, there was. So our first witness officer is gonna be officer Donald Tadey, 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 03/20/2006, and during this incident he deployed a taser. The second officer is gonna be officer Gerald Norton, badge number 2405. He is assigned as a patrol officer to the North Area Command. His date of hire is 06/26/2017. 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 01/19/2016. And then finally, officer Danielle Bellinger, badge number 2241. She is a patrol officer that was assigned to the North Erie command, and her date of hire was 01/19/2016.

And, as you mentioned, she's the officer who initially contacted the decedent?

That's correct.

Did you do a work up on the decedent?

Yes. So, our suspect decedent, his name was Lazario Enriquez. His date of birth was 09/08/1997. He was 26 years old at the time of incident. He was approximately five seven, two hundred and twenty 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 being on 10/12/2023. He was a suspect in evangelism report reported under incident 2320144, where he had broke out the window of Rodney Glenn's vehicle. At that time, he was contacted and was determined to be placed he had a suicide threat and was placed on a legal hold.

Excuse me. Let me stop you for a moment. Rodney Glenn is mentioned here. Is he also mentioned later as a witness to the incident?

Yes. He is.

And this incident involved some form of domestic dispute. Is that correct?

That's correct.

Go on.

And then previous to that on 09/23/2023, LBNPD placed Lazaro on a mental crisis hold under incident ending in 9293. A call was placed to the suicide crisis line that Lazaro was standing on a bridge threatening to jump. He also had made statements about committing suicide by cop. He was coaxed off the bridge. He then went to a nearby soccer field where he had a butcher knife. Thankfully in this event, LBNPD 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 weapon for our officer involved shooting on 10/27/2023, and it's gonna be a blade only.

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

Yes, I did.

You reviewed a CAD or 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 10/27/2023 at approximately twenty one seventeen hours, the PR called stating that a friend's ex keeps coming to the resident, which was gonna 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. At twenty one eighteen, officer Shulkin and officer Ciadi are dispatched to the call, and that's gonna be dispatched by CAD, which is computer aided dispatch, or a computer, a laptop in the police vehicles. At twenty one nineteen, PR advised that the subject is a Hispanic male and is inside the apartment now. Twenty one twenty, PR advised that the subject is Enrique Lazaro, which later is Lazaro 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 en 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 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. Twenty one twenty eight, officer McCarrick, Tadey, Ciatti, Norton, and Schulke arrive and run toward officer Bellinger's location.

2128, officer Norton deploys a taser, which is ineffective. The suspect continues to aggress officers. 2128, officer Tadey 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, Hanneson officers start rendering aid by applying dressings to the wounds, direct pressure to the bullet holes, and applying a tourniquet. 2130 '3 HFD arrives, fire search work working on the suspect. 2135, rescue eighty four is en route to Sunrise Hospital. 2150, rescue eighty four arrives at Sunrise Trauma. 2157, suspect is pronounced four nineteen, which is code for deceased by Sunrise Hospital trauma staff.

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

Yes. We did.

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

Yes. They were.

Please describe that for the public.

The first witness officer is Donald Taddey, badge number 1710. In a synopsis of his interview, officer Taddey advised that he was working as a uniformed officer on the night of the incident. Officer Taddey was on a break when he heard a call for service at a nearby apartment complex involving causing a disturbance and who had a knife. It was also learned that there were two juveniles inside the apartment with the arms male. Officer Tadey 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 Tade worked his way to officer Bellinger's location as he drew his firearm and joined the other officers who had arrived. Officer Tadey could see the male subject with the knife in his hand coming toward officers. Officer Norton had deployed a taser, and you could see the taser wires, however, the male was still coming at them. Officer Tadey drew his 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 Teddy 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 Belanger, badge number 2241. Officer Belanger 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 9. 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 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 as they approached the corner of Building 9 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 the 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 his hands, and at this time, he brought his hand down, still holding the knife. He 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 was 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 its 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. Unsuccessful. The male took additional steps towards officers, and that is when she heard gunshots, and the male went to the ground and was no longer moving. Officers called over the 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 Glide?

Yes, that's correct.

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

So, would be Gabriela Martinez, date of birth 10/1998. At the time she was 22 years old. Her address was listed as 2312 North Green Valley Parkway, Apartment 922 in Henderson. She was a summary of her interview, she provided that she had two children with the 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 event ending nine two nine three by LVMPD. The decedent attempted to run into traffic approximately two weeks prior to this event, which was also unreported. On 10/12/2023, the decedent said that he wanted the police just to shoot him as it would be easier. Rodney Glenn picked up Gabriela on 10/27 and went for a drive.

She called she received a call from Jacqueline, which was her niece and also babysitter that evening, stating Lazaro was at the apartment scaring her and the children. Jacqueline told her she and the children were hiding in a closet and Lazaro had a knife and was vandalizing the apartment. Gabrielle entered the apartment after they had returned to check on her children and observed blood on Lazaro's left wrist and one of her kitchen knives in his hand. Lazaro was extremely intoxicated, and Gabriela was afraid of him. Himself.

Lozaro slammed the knife into the wall, breaking the handle off, and left the apartment on foot. She heard Lozaro 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 witness was Rodney Glenn. Date of birth 05/10/1985. 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 Gabriela. He stated that Jackie was the babysitter inside the apartment with Gabriela's children the night of the incident. Lozaro went to the apartment and wasn't welcome there. He grabbed a knife and sent photos to Gabriela of him cutting his arm and bleeding.

Rodney received a text message from Gabriela saying Lazaro was inside the apartment and advised him to call police. Rodney was outside and saw Lazaro, quote, come officer with the knife, end quote. Rodney stated Lozaro didn't 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, 10 officers stated started shooting him, end quote. He stated Lozaro was trespassed from the apartment on 10/12/2023. He believes Lozaro should have been kept longer for a psychological evaluation the last time he was hospitalized.

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

Yes. At that time, Jacqueline did not wanna provide a statement, and she gave and provided statements through Gabriela. She advised that she was babysitting the two children when Lazaro came to the house, initiating the call for service. Gabriela stated that Jacqueline is her niece.

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

Yes.

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

I'll need someone to press play.

911, what's the address of your emergency?

2312 North Green Valley Parkway, Apartment 92289014. Can you

just repeat that again for verification?

20232312. 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 had the situation before with my friend's ex was staying at my house. My friend who's staying at my house, her ex keeps coming, and I've already asked. I had a trespass before. He broke it and smashed my car. I had the cops come. They detained him, couldn't sway for him to kill himself. He's back there again while, there's children in the house, and he's throwing things fact, I guess, according to what's that's me. He's attacking the house. We stepped out for a minute. Okay. What's his name? Losado Losado Enrique.

Okay. Hold on one second for me. Okay. And is he in the house right now or is he outside? He

broke in the house. He's inside the house. You can see more camera? He's in he's in at my house. He's in at home. He's not allowed. 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 them right now?

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

And the guy, is

he white, black Hispanic, Cajun? Hispanic.

What color of clothing is he wearing? Do we know?

I don't know. I'm not there yet. I just got the text and I'm heading I'm heading back there now. I'm busy to see the cops come right away. There are.

They're already on the way, so these questions won't delay him at all. And 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 it's probably me just right now. I'm in the house.

Yeah. I don't want you to put yourself in any picture or anything like that. Are you armed at all? Are you armed at all?

No. My friend is running to the house now. Came before and I told him he's not allowed in the house and he's back in the house. At my house. What is his name again? Lozaro, Enrique.

What is your name,

Rodney Glenn.

Alright. Are you in your vehicle or are you on foot out there?

I'm in my vehicle. I'm being she's asking me not to show up because she thinks that you're gonna attack me or something like that.

Okay. What kind of car are you in?

I'm in a white Toyota Camry f 06/2023. I'm trying to keep my distance, but at the same time, I need to see what's going on. Okay. I understand. I really, really need to like to be able to show up like that.

I know. They're they're driving there right now. They can only drive there so fast, sir.

They're coming, though. Okay? Yeah. Because you just held me a picture before he got the car. He's cutting himself on the on the floor in front of the kids.

He's cutting himself right now?

Yes. He's injuring himself and he's throwing things. He's breaking things in my house. I don't want to go in there and it turns to altercation and I to throw them 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 put yourself in any danger. How many kids are in the house?

Two. About how old are they? Five and six. It's the second time I've had to do this call. Okay.

Last time he smashed my window in my car because he didn't admit to it, he got away with it scot free. Mhmm. That was 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 20 just like a twenty four hour trespass and don't come back to the house. I went to go to do it again, and they said I have to go to the police. I went there. You got it closed. I said, come back in the red chair. Go back. I I I can't I can't keep doing this. I do not want him on the property, let alone coming to the premises. Okay. And, honestly, he is not he he was taken away because he said he was suicidal before, and they let him go. Okay. Second one.

Because they said the doctors 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 home to find out what's going on.

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 they can.

There was no reason for him to come back. Her and I were having a disagreement. Drove. Her niece stayed with the kids, and we drove away to go have a conversation, and we were fine. Mhmm. He should've never showed up. He showed up completely unannounced. We didn't even know he was there. Okay.

Do you know he been drinking or doing any drugs, or does he normally

Sometimes yeah. He does. Kind of drugs he drink? I don't know. Oh, okay.

I just know that that's what was told. He does he he definitely drinks, but came over to my house drunk before. And I told him don't do that. You want me 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, speak to you. Okay?

I I I but I don't I don't even know about how close I should approach my own house.

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

I'm not in any apartment. I'm in my car.

No. Know. But what building number or apartment number are you parked in front of?

9 Building 9920 no park in front of?

Yeah. Where are you parked yeah. Because they're gonna come talk to you as well. So I just know where where you're at.

I need to get we just have them go into the house to get them out right away, please. He's breathing all over the floor. I should send him pictures of him breathing on the Floor.

Okay. Alright. Yeah. It looks like I do have officers coming from Warm Springs almost to Green Valley, so they

should be arriving shortly. Okay? Yeah. The Garcia, please. I sort of just passed by me.

Okay.

I

Alright. Are you able to flag the officer down?

Yeah. Okay. Perfect. Go ahead and flag the officer. What's that?

Alright, sir.

I'll go

ahead and let you go. Just go ahead and talk to the officer. Okay? Rodney, do 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 a neck and a hand. No. No. No. You gotta you gotta neck and a hand. Stop. Stop. Bro.

It's my house. Why are you trying to do this?

Hey, Rodney. I'm just gonna stay

on the phone with you. Okay? Don't do that.

Man, come on, man. You do you come at me with that knife. I swear to god, it's gonna be over for you. Alright. That's it.

And that should be the end of the audio. Correct.

Alright, detective. There was continued audio but that cuts off at that portion, correct?

It does.

In addition, did you review body worn camera footage?

Yes. I did.

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

Yes. I did.

The entirety of that footage has been provided to my office. Correct? Yes. And in turn provided to the ombudsman 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.

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 itself has been clipped out. There is some viewer discretion.

Henderson, M1 was the address of your emergency.

Alright, and whose body worn camera are we looking at here?

So this first view is going to be Officer Bellinger's, and as the video progresses, there'll be a side by side with Officer Bellinger's 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. They're in my house.

Okay. What pictures are you getting right now?

She showed pictures for

the right of house. The friend can exit with the juvenile.

Okay. And it's it's number 922?

It's on the backside. Our PR was outside outside in a car, and then a PD unit is out with that PR. So Is that him? Yep. Copy. GrayNorth71PM2174. Give me a check with the PR. See if we can contact a friend. I think it was a juvenile or

Show me your hands, bro. What? Show me your hands, dude. Hey. Give me a red.

Are you gonna shoot me? Shoot

me. Hey. Relax, bro. Shoot me. Please. Hey. Don't do that, dude. Why? Back up. Expedite units. He's got a knife

in his hand. Bro. Hey,

dude. Stop. Please.

We have a knife in hand. Stop,

dude. Please. I'm telling you. You don't wanna do this, dude. Hey. Look, bro. You don't wanna do this. I know. You don't wanna do this. Shoot me. Yes. I do. Hey, bro. I'm telling you. You don't wanna do this right now. Really fucking good. Hey, dude. Stop. Hey, bro. Run that way now. Run that way. Hey, dude. Stop. Units back here. Units back here. Hey, bro. Stop. Please don't do this, dude. I'm telling you. Please don't fucking do this right now. Really? Put the knife down, babe. Put the knife down.

Observe officer Bellinger issuing commands for the decedent to stop

Yes, I did.

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.

Did it appear to you that the decedent continued to advance and that the tasers were, unsuccessful?

Yes. Do

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

We need the privacy act. So,

going to be body worn camera for Officer Ciadi.

Is there a thirty second delay in audio?

There's actually a full minute.

Okay. And that is an ordinary course and normal with this type of technology, correct?

Yes.

Did you overlay that text, you and your department?

I did.

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. The today?

Yes.

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

Yes. So, the analysis of officer Bellinger's body worn camera. During her contact with Enriquez, officer Bellinger issued at least 16 separate commands or statements to him. During this dialogue, officer Bellinger attempted to deescalate 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 deescalate the situation were undertaken.

Enriquez said, quote, shoot me at least six separate occasions, and there were likely more. However, the audio was difficult at times to decipher. In addition to the statement to shoot him, Enriquez can 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 you don't want to do this, end quote. And these are just some of the still photos from the body worn camera.

And the red circle is 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 Officer McCarrick. It shows Enrique is advancing on HPD officers just prior to the shooting. Two separate and distinct taser deployments can be heard just prior to the sound of gunfire on Officer McCarrick's body worn footage. One can also clearly see the taser laser lights on Arikas 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 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. So, this first one is gonna be an aerial overview of the crime scene. The cones designate each officer's position.

So the cones in the foreground, did those depict where officer Bellinger ended up? Yes. And then the cones that I say are to the right near the white vehicle, are those are shooting officers?

That's correct.

And so 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 mister 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 just showing the distance where the debris is in the middle of between all of the cones is where mister Enriquez 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 gonna 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 consistent at the time it was documented with what you saw on the body worn hemorrhage footage?

Yes. Go ahead. This is just a close view of the officers in their position by Cone. It's labeled, starting with McCarrick on the far left, Officer Norton, Officer Tadey, and then Bellinger.

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 distances from the center where Enriquez ultimately was shot, and the officer's position during that time of the shooting, with the shortest distance being 10 feet two inches for officer Schulke.

And officer 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 crime scene photos. Just showing the apartment door. Once our detectives were inside with 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, same color scheme matching the weapon that mister Enriquez had on him.

Was an autopsy conducted on mister Enriquez?

Yes. It was.

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

Yes.

What were the findings of the autopsy?

The autopsy was conducted by senior medical examiner Lisa Gavin at the Clark County Coroner Medical Examiner's Office on tentwenty eight, which is the following day. The following injuries were noted during that autopsy and were subsequently reported in an autopsy report. The decedent had eleven penetrating wounds, with nine of those being entrance wounds and two exit wounds. The decedent was holding seven projectiles. Two of the wounds were through and through.

All projectiles entered 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 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 indicate here there's nine entrance wounds, and previously, during the course of your 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 a diagram of his injuries just showing the placement of the entrance and exit wounds on his person.

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

Yes.

Go

ahead. And those would be on the left inside forearm of mister Enriquez. And there is a here is a photo of those injuries.

Thank you, detective. I have no further questions.

Miss McNeil?

Thank you. Detective, I just wanna start sort of at the beginning. You mentioned that you had reviewed all of the materials in preparation for today. Correct?

That's

correct. And we just watched and listened to some of those. So I kinda wanna start with the 911 call. 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. Part of that is so the officers know what they're walking into. Right? Yes. 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 recording, 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 Lazaro had a knife. Right? Yes. That he'd been hurting himself inside the apartment. Yes.

Right? 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, Lazaro had been at his apartment before. Yes. He had 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. And in fact, there was some talk about the fact that there had been, I think, a four zero five a prior, meaning a prior suicide attempt. Yes. Okay. So officer Bellinger going in is aware that this person is suicidal? That's correct. Okay.

When officer Bellinger arrive, in fact, we hear Rodney say, 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 Lazar. 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. Doesn't tell him to stay at the car?

She does not.

It's fairly obvious at that point that, mister Enriquez is in a mental health crisis. Correct? Yes. Okay. When 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. The 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 LVMPD? Yes.

Okay. 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, 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? Yes. We heard the first interaction with officer Bellinger was where she kind of screams Hey!

At him, right? Yes. The Henderson Police Department policies, are you aware as to their guidelines for contact with people in a mental health crisis? Yes. And those guidelines 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.

Right. 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. In a situation with a 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 a 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 lease 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, they 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 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 mister Enriquez was saying was that he wanted the officer to shoot him. Correct? That's correct. And as he was advancing officer, the knife was in fact at his side?

At some points, yes. In 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 Lazaro 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 options other than tasers or firearms. Right?

Yes. You can have bean bags? Yes. If available.

Pepper spray? Yes. Officers can have shields when they're encountering subjects with knives. Correct? If available. Okay. 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 each officer had

what's called OC spray. As far as less lethal with a bean bag round or what we use as 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. It's also best if you just have one officer communicating with the person who is in mental health crisis. That's correct. But here we heard multiple officers yelling commands.

We wanna 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.

But specifically we heard multiple officers yelling drop it, drop it, right, at the same That's correct. Okay. In fact, 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

But of

here we repetitive commands, right? Yes. 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 wanna do this. Yes. You really don't wanna fucking do this. Yes. Okay. We didn't hear questions conveyed to him. Right? Correct. Okay. How long between the taser deployment and the shots fired?

It was less than a minute and half. 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, so neuromuscular incapacitation. So that just means that you have the spread necessary to lock up the muscles in the body.

Was there something to do with how the taser prongs hit him, or was there something in the deployment, or was it just

It he didn't can respond to also be attributed to physicality, and it can also be attributed to people in a mental health crisis, don't feel the pain, and can fight through that incapacitation.

Okay. So sometimes taser may not be the best response for somebody in a mental health crisis that they may not respond

to it. Not always effective on anyone, whether they're in mental health crisis or just general person 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. 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 they'd actually shot? Correct. Does that sort of suggest a controlled use of force, or just sort of a reactive response?

That is a common occurrence. Officers are focused on their target, and their job at that point is to stop the threat. A lot of times during a stressful event, they're unaware of how many times we're actually fired. Usually it's pretty close, maybe Give or take one or two.

Okay. And to be fair, it is a very dynamic situation, right? Officers are having to respond very quickly. Yes. That is one of the points of the crisis intervention training, to teach you how to slow that down. That's correct. Okay. The officers were shot were fairly close to mister Eriques. Correct? Yes. Would you agree with me that it's easier to be an accurate shot the closer you are?

Movement of the suspect, their intentions, and if they quickly change direction.

Okay. I have one last question which the family who is present wanted me to ask. 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, this person has been given multiple commands to stop, to they've been given up ground by the officers. They're continuing to advance. This person is moving. This person is advancing on them with a sharp edged weapon, which is lethal to us. So if if the person isn't stopped immediately, they're a threat not only to the officers, they're also a threat to the surrounding area which was densely populated. 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.

So also, you mentioned, a very stressful dynamic situation. Precision shots 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. Have no further questions.

No further questions. Any questions from the public? Okay, seeing none, we'll close the hearing. This public fact finding review was held because the Clark County district attorney's office made a preliminary determination that no criminal prosecution of the officers involved in the death of Lazaro Enriquez is appropriate. Clark County ordinance chapter 2.12 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 ombudsman 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. I was appointed by the Clark County manager as the presiding officer to preside over this public review. I too was given the 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 mister 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.clarkcountynv.gov. This concludes the police fatality public fact finding review into the death of Lazar Enriquez. Thank you.