In re Sammy A. CA4/1

STATEMENT OF FACTS

On August 24, 2015, San Diego Police Detective Amalia Sidhu, along with other

officers, was conducting a surveillance of the funeral for a Lincoln Park street gang member

who had been killed by law enforcement officers from a different jurisdiction. The

All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified. 2 surveillance by Sidhu was conducted with binoculars from about one and one half blocks

away.

Police had received information from a Fresno County police agency that there was an

active felony murder warrant outstanding for a person named Shawn Lamont Brown. Police

believed Brown would be in attendance at the Lincoln Park gang funeral. San Diego Police

had obtained Brown's picture from DMV. Brown was described as wearing dreadlocks, but

that he might have cut them prior to that date to disguise himself. Brown was 5'7" and

weighed about 109 pounds.

During the funeral police observed a person dressed with a white "hoodie" and white

pants. The person's face was mostly obscured by the hood, which the person continued to

wear notwithstanding the funeral was in the middle of summer. The suspect…