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FACTS

Background On December 18, 2009, at about 9:30 p.m., Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Officers Mario Fernandez and Robert Resurreccion were in a marked patrol car in the general vicinity of Sheridan Elementary School in Los Angeles when they received a broadcast of a nearby attempted robbery by three Hispanic men wearing dark clothing. As the officers drove out of an alley, they saw two men matching the description of the suspects. The men looked in the direction of the patrol car and started running away. Officer Fernandez activated the car‘s overhead lights and Officer Resurreccion yelled for the men to stop. The men continued to run. There were no other people in the area. The officers exited the patrol car and gave chase on foot. Officer Resurreccion focused on appellant, while Officer Fernandez focused on appellant‘s heavyset companion. Appellant had his hands in his sweatshirt‘s center pocket and briefly stopped running. Officer Resurreccion saw two small, dark-colored objects fall from the pocket and land on the street near a red car. As Officer Resurreccion continued the chase, he saw appellant remove one hand from his pocket and throw a ―dark metallic shiny…