People v. Mancilla CA2/8

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

At around 12:15 p.m. on June 25, 2012, paramedics were called to a Goodwill facility in San Fernando after Goodwill workers noticed Osbaldo Mancilla moaning in pain and rubbing his stomach. After Mancilla was placed on a gurney he became combative, flailed his arms around, and then ran off. One hour later Mancilla drove his car through a pedestrian breezeway outside the Goodwill building and crashed through the front door. Lyn Mayer had just stepped out the front door as Mancilla approached and moved out of the way to avoid being hit. Seconds before, as Mancilla approached the breezeway, he sped perilously close to a bench occupied by Valencia Walton and Maria Rodriguez, nearly clipping the women before they jumped out of the way. Los Angeles Police Officers Fernandez, Tuck, Ruano, and Ramirez came to the scene and quickly found Mancilla in the nearby flood control channel. Fernandez and Tuck arrived first. They approached Mancilla, identified themselves as police officers, and ordered Mancilla to stop and get on the ground. When Mancilla kept walking away quickly, Fernandez repeated his orders and grabbed Mancilla’s wrist. Mancilla tried to pull away…