Line of fire: Girlfriend disputes Redwood City police accounts of deadly standoff

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>>> TONIGHT, DIFFERENT TAKE OF BODY CAMERA VIDEO IN REDWOOD CITY. A MAN SAT INSIDE HIS CAR. >> THE VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW POLICE JUMPING INTO ACTION. THE GIRLFRIEND HAS A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE STORY. >> SHE WAS SEEN AS THE VICTIM OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT. BUT ROSIE WANTS TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT FROM HER VANTAGE POINT AS THE BULLETS STARTING FLYING. BODY CAM VIDEO SHOWS A REDWOOD CITY POLICE OFFICER ANSWERING A DISTURBANCE. >> AM I UNDER ARREST? >> DON'T WALK BACK OVER THERE. >> WHAT HAPPENED? >> HE IS SEEN SHOWING A GUN BEFORE RUNNING BACK INTO A CAR, WHERE HIS PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND AND TWO DAUGHTERS WERE SITTING. >> I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON. POLICE REPORTS STATED THAT HE THREATENED TO SHOOT HIS GIRLFRIEND. >> I SEEN ALL OF THE OFFICERS WITH THEIR GUNS. I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS GOING ON? SHE WAS IN THE BACKSEAT. THE 1-YEAR-OLD AND THE 4-YEAR-OLD TO THE RIGHT. >> SHE SAT DOWN AND HE LOOKED DOWN, LIKE CONFUSED. >> WE DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU. LET THE PEOPLE GO. >> Reporter: ONE OFFICER TRIES TO ENGAGE. AND OTHERS PREPARE FOR A SHOT. >> IF I GET THE SHOT, I'M GOING TO TAKE IT. YOU WANT ME TO TAKE IT? LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES BEFORE HE GOT IN THE CAR, OFFICERS OPENED FIRE. >> IT HIT HIM, I GUESS. AND IT HIT ME. A FRAGMENT JUMPED OFF. YEAH. I JUST WENT BACK. A COUPLE SECONDS LATER, I FELT SOMETHING HIT MY CHEST. I PUT MY HAND OVER IT. >> BULLETS CONTINUED TO BREAK THROUGH THE WINDOWS AND WINDSHIELD AND EXIT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR. >> I TOLD THEM TO STOP. LIKE, I'M GOING TO TALK TO HIM. >> TWO MORE OFFICERS FIRED HANDGUNS WITHIN SECONDS. >> I'M THINKING, I'M GOING TO GET SHOT IN THE HEAD. THERE COULD BE SO MANY THINGS FLYING AROUND IN THE CAR. I'M JUST COVERING THEM. I PUT THEIR HEADS DOWN AND COVERING THEM. >> SHE WITNESSED THE PARTNER, THE FATHER OF ONE OF HER THREE DAUGHTERS, DIE BEFORE HER EYES. >> HE LOOKED BACK ON THE WINDOW. AND I COULD SEE BLOOD ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE. AND ON HIS MOUTH. >> Reporter: A FEW MONTHS PRIOR, HE LOST ONE OF TWO JOBS. HE STARTED TO STAY HOME. BUT HE STARTED TO HEAR VOICES. >> THE TIMES WE WOULD CALL THE POLICE ON HIM, WE WANTED THEM TO TAKE HIM TO GET TREATMENT. >> WHAT KIND OF FATHER WAS HE TO YOUR DAUGHTER? >> VERY PRODUCTIVE. >> Reporter: SHE DISPUTES THE REPORT THAT HE USED THE CHILDREN AT SHIELDS. PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, HE HAD NEVER BEEN AGGRESSIVE. HE NEVER HELD ANY OF THEM IN THE CAR. I WAS NEVER SCARED OF HIM OR I DIDN'T FEEL THREATENED BY HIM. >> Reporter: ROSIE WAS HIT SEVERAL TIMES BY BULLET FRAGMENTS, INCLUDING HER STOMACH. THE MEDICAL RECORD INDICATES SHE WAS TREATED FOR GUNSHOT WOUNDS. SHE SAYS THE 4-YEAR-OLD HAS CUTS ON HER ELBOW. >> THEY TAKE THE GIRLS. I LOOK AT THE OFFICER AND TELL THEM I'M PREGNANT. THAT'S WHEN THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER. >> Reporter: THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT THE OFFICERS WERE JUSTIFIED IN THEIR USE OF LETHAL FORCE. AND PROTECTED THE LIVES OF THE VICTIMS AND THEIR OWN LIVES. ROSIE REVISITS THAT FACEFUL FATEFUL DAY. >> WISH THEY HAD DE-ESCALATED THE SITUATION IN A DIFFERENT WAY? >> YEAH. >> Reporter: WAS THERE TIME FOR THAT? >> I DIDN'T THINK THEY WOULD SHOOT AT THE CAR WHEN WE WERE INSIDE THE CAR. >> Reporter: SHE BELIEVES OFFICERS ARRIVED READY TO SHOOT BECAUSE OF THE HOSTAGE SITUATION DESCRIBED OVER THE RADIO. THE REPORT OUTLINED A CRIMINAL RECORD. THE MAJORITY WERE PRIOR TO 2014. I NEVER SAW HIM DO ANYTHING. BUT THE WAY HE WOULD START ACTING, WHERE HE WAS LIKE, OKAY, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE WOULD START TALKING TO HIMSELF. >> Reporter: SHE TRIED TO GET HIM HELP. AS FOR THE OFFICERS WHO OPENED FIRE -- IF YOU COULD SAY ANYTHING TO THOSE OFFICERS, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM? >> I SAW A LOT OF COMMENTS THINKING THANK. BUT WE DON'T FEEL THAT WAY. WE, MY KIDS ARE SAD. I SEE THE COMMENTS, LIKE, THANK GOD. OKAY. HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY ARE OKAY? THEY ASK FOR HIM EVERY DAY. MY 4-YEAR-OLD CRIES AT NIGHT. >> Reporter: REDWOOD CITY POLICE HAVE DECLINED TO COMMENT, PENDING AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION. ROSIE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. SINCE OUR INTERVIEW, SHE ALSO DELIVERED HER BABY BOY AND NAMED HIM ABRAHAM, AFTER HIS FATHER. SHE AND HER TWO YOUNGER DAUGHTERS ARE RECEIVING THERAPY. >> THANK YOU. >>> IF YOU HAVE A STORY FOR OUR INVESTIGATO
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Channel: NBC Bay Area
Views: 7,175
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Keywords: Redwood City, Investigative Unit, Police shooting, Bay Area news
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Length: 7min 20sec (440 seconds)
Published: Thu Aug 10 2023
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