People v. Turner CA2/8

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Around 10:00 p.m. on February 2, 2012, uniformed Los Angeles Police Officers Salvador Torres and Kyle Korinek were leaving the Southeast Division police station near 108th and Spring Streets in Los Angeles in their patrol car when they heard two or three gunshots nearby. The shots were close enough that both officers jumped out of the car and took cover. Officer Torres looked in the direction of the shots and saw a car about 100 feet away stopped in the middle of 108th Street. He saw the driver, whom he identified at trial as appellant, fire six or seven more shots at two or three people standing outside a residence known as the “Big House.” Among them were West, who was shot through the foot, and Myers, who was grazed in the buttocks. Immediately after the shooting, appellant sped off through a residential area. Officers Torres and Korinek pursued and observed appellant speeding, running stop signs, driving on a sidewalk, and forcing another vehicle to slam on its brakes to avoid crashing into appellant’s vehicle. Officer Torres counted at least seven moving violations. Two other police cars joined the pursuit. At one point, appellant drove in reverse toward…