People v. Gonzalez CA2/5

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Offense Conduct, as Established by the Evidence at Trial Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers Francisco Lozano and Lester Castillo were on patrol in Los Angeles County on the evening of September 22, 2023. Shortly before 8:00 p.m., they were traveling westbound on 108th Street, approaching Stanford Avenue. This stretch of 108th Street is primarily residential, with one lane of traffic in each direction, a left turn lane down the middle of the street, and curb parking on either side. The officers saw a Lexus, which was traveling in the opposite direction on 108th Street, stop in the roadway next to a

2 parked Mercedes. While the officers were driving toward the Lexus from the opposite direction, the Lexus’s passenger rapidly fired multiple gunshots (estimated to be between seven and nine) at the Mercedes. There were no cars behind the Lexus, and the appellate record (including video footage from the officers’ dash camera) does not reveal for how many seconds the Lexus was stopped. After the gunshots, the Lexus sped off eastbound on 108th Street and the officers gave chase. Less than one minute later, the Lexus collided with a vehicle at 107th and…