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TABLE O

F CO

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I. PER

SON

S INVO

LVED .................................................................................................... 4

Involved Officer ......................................................................................................... 4

Victims....................................................................................................................... 4

Suspect ..................................................................................................................... 6 II.

PERSO

NS AT TH

E SCEN

E ............................................................................................ 7 III.

INC

IDEN

T DETAILS ........................................................................................................ 8

IV. BO

DY W

OR

N C

AMER

AS .............................................................................................. 10 O

fficer Robert Atw

ood ............................................................................................. 10 O

fficer Phong Nguyen ............................................................................................. 10

V. H

OSPITAL ..................................................................................................................... 10

VI. SC

ENE W

ALK-THR

OU

GH

S .......................................................................................... 12 VII.

PUBLIC

SAFETY STATEMEN

T .................................................................................... 12 VIII.

OFFIC

ER W

EAPON

CO

UN

TDO

WN

S ........................................................................... 15 IX.

DESC

RIPTIO

N O

F THE SC

ENE AN

D VISIBLE EVID

ENC

E ......................................... 16 X.

THIR

D PAR

TY VIDEO

AND

PHO

TOG

RAPH

IC EVID

ENC

E ......................................... 20 C

itizen Cell Phone Video......................................................................................... 20

LiveLeak.com .......................................................................................................... 20

7-Eleven – 2910 S. Maryland Parkw

ay ................................................................... 20 XI.

PERSO

NS C

ON

TACTED

.............................................................................................. 20 LVM

PD O

fficers/Personnel ..................................................................................... 20 C

ivilians ................................................................................................................... 21 XII.

INVESTIG

ATION

........................................................................................................... 23 Alice O

akes ............................................................................................................. 23 C

helsea Silcock ....................................................................................................... 24 Sam

uel Ditterline ..................................................................................................... 24

Brandy Kirby ............................................................................................................ 24 R

aymond Spencer .................................................................................................. 25

Lexia Brown ............................................................................................................ 25

Jordan Cam

acho ..................................................................................................... 26 Lindy G

lanz ............................................................................................................. 26 Ernesto C

astillo ....................................................................................................... 27 Brenda C

erbin ......................................................................................................... 27 D

aryl Oakes ............................................................................................................ 27

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Amabel N

ellish ........................................................................................................ 28 Peter Snovitch ......................................................................................................... 28 W

yatt Oakes ............................................................................................................ 29

Alonzo Acosta ......................................................................................................... 29 O

fficer Craig M

cIntosh ............................................................................................ 29 R

uben Henson ........................................................................................................ 30

Officer Jonathan H

oughton ..................................................................................... 30 C

orey Pelletier ......................................................................................................... 31 XIII.

TIMELIN

E ...................................................................................................................... 32 XIV.

FOR

ENSIC

S REQ

UESTS/R

ESULTS ............................................................................ 32

XV. W

ITNESS C

ANVASS .................................................................................................... 32

APPEND

IX A – CR

IME SC

ENE IN

VESTIGATIO

N R

EPOR

T ................................................... 33 APPEN

DIX B – EVID

ENC

E IMPO

UN

D R

EPOR

T .................................................................... 36 APPEN

DIX C

– CR

IME SC

ENE IN

VESTIGATIO

N R

EPOR

T ................................................... 38 APPEN

DIX D

– EVIDEN

CE IM

POU

ND

REPO

RT .................................................................... 42

APPEND

IX E – REPO

RT O

F EXAMIN

ATION

: FIREAR

MS ..................................................... 44

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of 45Force Investigation Team

I. PER

SON

S INVO

LVED

Involved Officer

Nam

e:

Phong Nguyen, P# 16182

Date of hire:

/16 Area of assignm

ent: South C

entral Area Com

mand (SC

AC)

Squad:

SC32

Call sign:

Vehicle:

15148

Shift hours:

1430-0030 hours D

ays off:

Monday/Tuesday/W

ednesday Statem

ent given to FIT: N

oW

eapon

Make:

Glock

M

odel: 17 G

en4

Caliber:

9mm

Serial num

ber:

Victims

Nam

e:

Jordan Cam

achoD

ate of birth (DO

B):

/85Social Security num

ber (SSN):

Address:

815 Park Paseo

Las Vegas, NV 89104

Phone:

Vehicle Year: 2014

M

ake & model:

Cadillac

Vehicle ID num

ber (VIN):

2G61M

5S31E9316682 R

egistered owner:

Robin C

amacho

Address: 212 N

. Fogg Street Las Vegas, N

V 89110Provided a w

ritten voluntary statement and audio recorded interview

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Nam

e:

Ernesto Castillo

Date of birth (D

OB):

/49

Social Security Num

ber (SSN):

Address:

1308 E. Webb Avenue

Las Vegas, N

V 89030 Phone:

Vehicle Year:

1999 M

ake & model:

Infiniti VIN

: JN

RAR

05Y8XW049592

Registered ow

ner: Ernesto G

arcia

Address:

1308 E. Webb Avenue

Las Vegas, NV 89030

Provided a written voluntary statem

ent and audio recorded interview

Nam

e:

Brenda C

erbinD

OB:

/95

SSN:

Address:

1173 Pincay D

rive

Henderson, N

V 89015 Phone:

Vehicle Year:

2016

Make & m

odel: H

yundai VIN

: 5N

PDH

4AE3GH

667959 R

egistered owner:

Matthew

Cerbin

Address: 1173 Pincay D

rive H

enderson, NV 89015



Nam

e:

Chelsea Silcock

DO

B:

/93 SSN

:

Address:

4316 E. Tropicana Avenue

Las Vegas, NV 89121

Phone:

Vehicle Year: 2015

M

ake & model:

Nissan

VIN:

3N1AB87AP4FY302203

Registered ow

ner: C

helsea Silcock

Address:

6275 Boulder Highw

ay Las Vegas, N

V 89122Provided a w

ritten voluntary statement

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Nam

e: Peter Snovitch

DO

B: /90

SSN:

Address:

8566 Hogan Falls C

ircle Las Vegas, N

V 89123 Phone num

ber: Em

ployer: Bes Auto D

etail O

ccupation: C

ar detailer Vehicle Year:

2016

Make & m

odel: C

hevrolet Z71 VIN

: 1G

C1KW

E87GF297128

Registered ow

ner: Peter Snovitch

Address: 8566 H

ogan Falls Circle

Las Vegas, NV 89123



Suspect

Nam

e: G

regory Ganci

Also know

n as (AKA): C

hristopher Ganci

DO

B: /66

SSN:

ID num

ber: R

ace: C

aucasian H

eight/Weight:

5’11”/298 pounds H

air/Eyes: Black/Brow

n Address:

1884 Farm R

oad Las Vegas, N

V

Crim

inal charges:

Battery with A D

eadly Weapon (three counts)

Escaped Prisoner

Felony Evading

G

rand Larceny Auto

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II.

PERSO

NS AT TH

E SCEN

E The m

ajority of LVMPD

personnel who arrived on this event w

ere documented on the LVM

PD

unit log. Refer to the unit log for a com

plete listing of those individual’s names, personnel

numbers, and call signs.

The below listed persons responded to the prim

ary and/or secondary incident scene(s) of this event but w

ere not on the LVMPD

unit log.

LAW EN

FOR

CEM

ENT AD

MIN

& D

ETENTIO

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RO

UP

DETEN

TION

SERVICES D

IVISION

1) D

ivision Com

mander Fred M

eyer P# 6381

LAW

ENFO

RC

EMEN

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ATION

S GR

OU

P 1)

Assistant Sheriff Brett Zimm

erman

P# 3966

CO

MM

UN

ITY POLIC

ING

DIVISIO

N

1) D

ivision Com

mander C

hristopher Jones P# 4531

OFFIC

E OF TH

E SHER

IFF/UN

DER

SHER

IFF

OFFIC

E OF PU

BLIC

INFO

RM

ATION

(PIO)

1) D

irector Carla Alston

P# 8004

2) Sergeant Jeffrey C

lark P# 8749

3)

Officer Law

rence Hadfield

P# 7171

4) O

fficer Laura Meltzer

P# 6428

PO

LICE EM

PLOYEE ASSISTAN

CE PR

OG

RAM

(PEAP) 1)

Director Annette M

ullin P# 5485

2)

Manager W

illiam G

ibbs P# 7553

3)

Peer Counselor D

onyale Bailey P# 5910

4)

Peer Counselor M

eghan Brunner P# 14791

5) Peer C

ounselor Mike Springer

P# 6278 C

LARK

CO

UN

TY DISTR

ICT ATTO

RN

EY'S OFFIC

E 1)

Assistant District Attorney R

obert Daskas

2) C

hief Deputy D

istrict Attorney John Giordani

3) D

eputy District Attorney Binu Palal

CO

LLECTIVE B

ARG

AININ

G ASSO

CIATIO

NS

LAS VEG

AS POLIC

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TECTIVE ASSO

CIATIO

N (LVPPA)

1) R

epresentative Brian Gram

mas

P# 5085 2)

Representative Steve G

ramm

as P# 6090

3) R

epresentative Myron H

amm

P# 6675

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4) R

epresentative Chad Lym

an P# 8262

5) Attorney D

avid Roger

6) R

epresentative Bryan Yant P# 6956

MED

ICAL PER

SON

NEL

LAS VEG

AS FIRE &

RESC

UE

1) Paul Burichalter

2) Sean Tetley

U

NIVER

SITY MED

ICAL C

ENTER

OF SO

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A (UM

C)

1) D

octor Berg III.

INC

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On M

arch 27, 2019, Officer Phong N

guyen was w

orking an overtime assignm

ent through the C

lark County D

etention Center (C

CD

C), and w

as tasked with transporting C

CD

C inm

ate G

regory Ganci to Steinberg D

iagnostic Medical Im

aging (SDM

I), located at 2950 S. Maryland

Parkway, for a m

edical appointment.

At the completion of the appointm

ent, Officer N

guyen escorted Ganci through the parking lot

back to his unmarked patrol car. There w

as a large, white C

hevrolet Silverado crew cab pickup

truck stopped in the parking lot. The truck was running w

ith the driver’s door open. The driver of the truck w

as standing at the rear of the truck looking for an item in the truck bed area.

Ganci, w

ho was w

earing belly chains and leg shackles, fled from O

fficer Nguyen, got in the

Silverado, and drove away north through the parking lot. As G

anci fled the area, Officer

Nguyen fired three rounds from

his handgun towards the stolen truck, striking the driver’s side

passenger door and window

. One of the rounds struck G

anci in the left triceps area. G

anci continued northbound on Maryland Parkw

ay. Northbound traffic w

as stopped at Vegas Valley D

rive due to a red traffic light. Stopped in traffic was a Las Vegas M

etropolitan Police D

epartment (LVM

PD) prisoner transport vehicle occupied by tw

o LVMPD

officers and a prisoner. G

anci passed the marked LVM

PD vehicle, and struck the left rear panel of a black

Nissan sedan w

hich was also stopped in traffic. The collision caused the N

issan to strike a red C

adillac sedan, which then struck a red H

yundai sedan. G

anci reversed his vehicle and ramm

ed the Nissan three m

ore times in an attem

pt to escape. G

anci then drove forward and ram

med the driver’s side door of the C

adillac. Ganci again

backed up and drove forward, striking the open driver’s side door of the H

yundai, which

caused the door to bend towards the driver’s side front quarter panel. After ram

ming the

Hyundai door, G

anci was able to get by all traffic and continue to flee northbound on M

aryland Parkw

ay. Follow

ing the shooting, Officer N

guyen got into his white, unm

arked Ford Crow

n Victoria, equipped w

ith lights and siren, and pursued Ganci. The pursuit lasted for approxim

ately 13 m

inutes. The path of the pursuit entailed numerous m

ain streets through the Las Vegas valley.

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D

ue to the time of day, the streets w

ere crowded w

ith motorists. At tim

es, the speeds of the pursuit w

ere in excess of 80 miles per hour. G

anci showed no regard for the safety of others

as he drove at high rates of speed and cut across numerous streets. Eventually, m

arked patrol units assisted in the pursuit. G

anci drove to the corner of Main Street and C

arson Avenue where the truck ran out of gas

and stopped. G

anci w

as taken

into custody

by several

officers w

ithout further

incident. Arresting officers

provided G

anci w

ith em

ergency m

edical aid

before he

was

transported to UM

C Traum

a Center for treatm

ent for his gunshot wound. G

anci was eventually

released from the hospital, and taken back to C

CD

C and rebooked for m

ultiple felony crimes.

Upon arrival of investigators, D

etective Curtis Law

rance, P# 6075, conducted a briefing. The follow

ing persons were present:

1) Assistant Sheriff C

harles Hank III, P# 3803

2) Assistant Sheriff Brett Zim

merm

an, P# 3966 3)

Division C

omm

ander Christopher Jones, P# 4531

4) D

ivision Com

mander Fred M

eyer, P# 6381 5)

Captain Larry C

lark, P# 3901 6)

Captain Kelly M

cMahill, P# 5307

7) C

aptain Nichole Splinter, P# 6990

8) Lieutenant Adrian Beas, P# 6032

9) Lieutenant Patricia C

ervantes, P# 7456 10)

Lieutenant Michael G

ennaro, P# 5611 11)

Lieutenant Charles Jenkins III, P# 3959

12) Lieutenant Erik Lloyd, P# 3955

13) Lieutenant R

ichard Meyers, P# 8090

14) Lieutenant G

rant Rogers, P# 6466

15) Lieutenant M

ichelle Tavarez, P# 8518 16)

Lieutenant Laura Weir, P# 8826

17) Sergeant W

illiam G

iblin, P# 6408 18)

Sergeant Sean Miller, P# 9142

19) Sergeant D

aryl Rhoads, P# 6601

20) Sergeant D

avid Rose, P# 13527

21) Sergeant Kenneth Viano, P# 8583

22) D

etective Marc C

olon, P# 7585 23)

Detective Jason Jennings, P# 6178

24) D

etective Michael Kaiser, P# 6895

25) D

etective Ryan Kraft, P# 4554

26) D

etective Jason Leavitt, P# 5814 27)

Detective Kevin Lem

ire, P# 6949 28)

Detective D

enise MacD

onald, P# 8076 29)

Detective Scott M

endoza, P# 6878 30)

Detective M

onica Metzger, P# 4653

31) D

etective Joseph Patton, P# 8289 32)

Detective Blake Penny, P# 6042

33) D

etective Jeremy R

obertson, P# 7626

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34)

Detective C

esar Sedano, P# 5393 35)

Detective Andrew

Ubbens, P# 13119

36) D

etective Gregory W

atkins, P# 5471 37)

Detective R

onald Wright, P# 7560

38) O

fficer Stepan Dajko, P# 17370

39) O

fficer Zachary Falldorf, P# 17414 40)

Officer Lee G

uillen, P# 13531 41)

Officer Larry H

adfield, P# 7171 42)

Officer R

yan Murphy, P# 15341

43) PIO

Director Alston

44) C

rime Scene Investigations (C

SI) Director R

andal McLaughlin, P# 4170

45) C

rime Scene Analyst (C

SA) Supervisor Kristin Gram

mas, P# 7808

46) Senior C

SA (SCSA) Tabatha Paine, P# 14793

47) SC

SA Jeffrey Smith, P# 8177

48) SC

SA Heather U

bbens, P# 14792 Follow

ing the briefing Detective C

olon was assigned as the lead case agent and tasked w

ith the responsibility of docum

enting the crime scene w

ith crime scene analysts. D

etectives Leavitt, M

endoza, Patton, Penny, and Ubbens w

ere assigned to interview available w

itnesses and conduct w

eapon countdowns. D

etective Patton was also assigned responsibilities at the

hospital, which included interview

ing any possible witnesses.

IV. B

OD

Y WO

RN

CAM

ERAS

Officer R

obert Atwood

Officer R

obert Atwood, P# 15224, w

as wearing a body w

orn camera (BW

C) at the tim

e he assisted in the vehicle pursuit of G

anci, and the camera w

as activated. Officer A

twood’s BW

C

captured Ganci travelling southbound on Las Vegas Boulevard in the stolen w

hite pickup truck w

ith Officer N

guyen travelling behind him.

The footage captured the vehicle pursuit from Las Vegas Boulevard through the term

ination point on M

ain Street where G

anci was seen exiting the vehicle still w

earing belly chains. O

fficer Phong Nguyen

Officer N

guyen was not w

earing a BWC

at the time of the incident.

V. H

OSPITAL

On M

arch 27, 2019, at approximately 1015 hours, SC

SA Noelle H

erring, P# 9725, responded to U

MC

Trauma C

enter to photograph and document G

anci’s injuries, and photograph and collect evidence. The follow

ing are some of the photographs taken of G

anci’s injuries and item

s impounded as evidence. For additional details, refer to Appendix A to view

SCSA

Herring’s corresponding C

rime Scene Investigation R

eport in its entirety, and Appendix B to view

SC

SA

Herring’s corresponding E

vidence Impound R

eport in its entirety.

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Above: G

unshot wound to G

anci’s left triceps

Above: Item

s of clothing worn by G

anci at the time of his escape/O

IS

Above right: Belly chains and leg shackles worn by G

anci at the time of his escape/O

IS

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VI.

SCEN

E WALK

-THR

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GH

S The purpose of the scene w

alk-through was to help investigators develop an understanding of

the scene, including identifying officer location at the time deadly force w

as used, identifying potential physical evidence, and re-creating a tim

eline of the incident. O

n March 27, 2019, at approxim

ately 1305 hours, Officer N

guyen provided a walk-through of

the scene in the presence of the following persons:

1)

Lieutenant Lloyd 2)

Sergeant Ericsson 3)

Detective C

olon 4)

CSI D

irector McLaughlin

5) C

SA Supervisor Gram

mas

6) LVPPA attorney D

avid Roger

7) LVPPA representative Bryan Yant

During the w

alk-through, which w

as not video or audio recorded, Officer N

guyen relayed the follow

ing information:

Officer N

guyen indicated where his departm

ent vehicle was parked during the incident. O

fficer N

guyen also indicated his location when he discharged his firearm

, as well as the location of

the Chevrolet Silverado at the tim

e Ganci entered the vehicle and proceeded to flee the scene.

The locations were m

arked with orange traffic cones by C

SA Supervisor Gram

mas.

VII. PU

BLIC

SAFETY STATEMEN

T O


ately 0914 hours, Sergeant Juliana McC

auslin, P# 6590, obtained a m

odified Public Safety Statement (PSS) from

Officer N

guyen. The PSS was

recorded by Sergeant M

cCauslin’s BW

C. Below

is the transcript of the interview.

Note: Sergeant M

cCauslin is designated by (JM

) and Officer N

guyen is designated by (PN).

JM:

I need one to follow and one to go, one to be inside. S

o, let’s get…

Unknow

n officer: I’ll go inside.

JM:

Is this Harvey here, or a single-m

an unit? I need a single-man unit to go in the vehicle

and you guys follow.

Unknow

n officer: O

kay.

JM:

Okay. I gotta, I gotta go do your S

afety Statement real quick before everybody starts

showing up. I got m

y lieutenant coming and stuff, so. O

kay.

U

m, do you…

did you discharge your firearm?

PN

: Y

es.

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JM

: If so, in w

hat direction?

PN

. Tow

ards the suspect.

JM:

Towards the suspect. W

here were you at? O

ver at Steinberg?

PN

: Y

es.

JM:

Okay. A

nd he was in the car? O

r…can you…

I don’t want to lead you in the questions

just asked.

PN

: S

o we…

JM:

How

far were you w

hen you, uh…w

here were you located w

hen you fired?

PN

: M

y car door.

JM:

You w

ere in your car?

PN

: N

o, we w

ere outside.

JM:

You w

ere outside? Okay. H

ow m

any shots do you ff…do you think you fired?

PN

: Three.

JM:

Three? Okay. Is anyone injured?

(Inaudible talk from an unknow

n officer in the background).

JM:

If so, where are they located? I just have to ask the questions.

PN

: Y

es.

JM:

And w

here are they located?

PN

: (N

o audible response. Pointed in front of him

).

JM:

Right here in front of us, so. A

re there any outstanding suspects?

PN

: N

o.

JM:

Okay. Is…

so, uh, what is their description? N

o, none.

S

o, what direction and m

ode of travel? We already got that.

U

m, how

long, um…

____ (inaudible). How

long have, uh…dang it, can’t read…

how

long ago did it happen?

PN

: Thirty m

inutes ago.

JM:

Thirty minutes ago? U

m, w

hat crimes dd…

did they comm

it?

PN

: U

h, fleeing felon.

JM:

Fleeing felon? Okay.

PN

: 411.

JM:

All right. W

here did he flee from?

PN

: S

teinberg.

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JM

: O

kay. So he was in S

teinberg. Were you w

ith other officers?

PN

: N

ot at that mom

ent.

JM:

Not at th…

PN

: N

ot at that mom

ent when he got in that car.

JM:

When he got in that car? O

kay. Um

, what type of w

eapon do they have, do you know?

PN

: The vehicle.

JM:

Vv…

veh…

PN

: The vehicle w

as…

JM:

Yeah.

PN

: …

their only weapon.

JM:

Dd…

no…did he fire at you?

PN

: N

o.

JM:

Okay. A

ll right. I guess that’s all I have to ask at this point, so just, um…

I’m sure they’re

gonna have…

PN

: U

m, m

y phone wasn’t in the car, so I probably dropped it at S

teinberg.

JM:

Okay. You know

what, you can probably turn your cam

era off now.

PN

: I don’t have m

y camera.

JM:

Oh. You don’t have it cause you’re under…

PN

: I w

as at CC

DC

and…

JM:

CC

DC

?

PN

: Y

eah.

JM:

Okay.

Just tell her you’re okay ____. G

o ahead and tell her and she don’t…

PN

: U

m…

PN

: …

have to worry, that you’ll let ‘em

know.

PN

: Is there a w

ay that you can contact the other unit that was there to grab m

y phone from

the parking lot?

JM:

Oh, is it in the parking lot?

PN

: It’s probably in the parking lot w

hen I dropped it. It’s gonna be Sam

-Easy971.

JM:

Sam

-Easy974?

PN

: 971.

Unknow

n officer: I’m gonna take them

. We’ll probably…

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FFICER

WEAPO

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OU

NTD

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NS

On M

arch 27, 2019, at approximately 1345 hours, O

fficer Nguyen had his duty w

eapon counted dow

n inside of the Tactical Operations C

enter (TOC

) located at Vegas Valley Drive

and Maryland Parkw

ay. Officer N

guyen was photographed by C

SI personnel for appearance purposes and his w

eapon was photographed for identification purposes.

The following persons w

ere present during the countdown:

1) D

etective Patton 2)

Officer N

guyen 3)

CSA Supervisor G

ramm

as 4)

SCSA Jeffrey Sm

ith, P# 8177 5)

LVPPA representative Bryan Yant

Officer N

guyen was dressed in a standard LVM

PD long sleeve

uniform. H

ew

ore LVMPD

patches on each shoulder and an LVM

PD badge over his

left breast. Officer N

guyen wore a

black duty belt with attached tools and equipm

ent as part of hisposition as a patrol officer

working a C

CD

C overtim

e assignment. O

fficer Nguyen’s handgun w

as carried on the right side of his

body and secured in a holster.

Prior to countdown O

fficer Nguyen stated he

carried 20cartridges in the m

agazine loaded in his firearm

and one cartridge in the chamber (20+1, 21 total).

Make

Glock

Model

17 GEN

4Serial N

umber

Caliber

9mm

W

eapon Mounted Light

Streamlight TLR

-1Am

munition

Speer 9mm

Luger +PC

artridge in Cham

ber1 / 1

Magazine from

Weapon

Capacity: 20 cartridges

Countdow

n: 17 cartridgesSpare M

agazine #1C

apacity: 17 cartridgesC

ountdown: 17 cartridges

Spare Magazine #2

Capacity: 17 cartridges

Countdow

n: 17 cartridgesSpare M

agazine #3C

apacity: 17 cartridgesC

ountdown: 17 cartridges

At the completion of the countdow

n, it was determ

ined Officer N

guyen discharged his firearm

three times during this incident. W

hen compared to evidence at the scene, detectives

concluded Officer N

guyen discharged his firearm three tim

es. Officer N

guyen’s firearm, the

magazine from

his weapon, and cartridges w

ere photographed and impounded by SC

SA Sm

ith.

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DESC

RIPTIO

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F THE SCEN

E AND

VISIBLE EVIDEN

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On M

arch 27, 2019 at approximately 0941 hours, C

SA Supervisor Gram

mas and SC

SAs Paine and U

bbens responded to 2950 S. Maryland Parkw

ay to photograph and document the

scene, and photograph and collect evidence. The following are som

e of the photographs taken of the overall scene and item

s impounded as evidence. For additional details, refer to

Appendix C to view

SCSA Paine’s corresponding C

rime Scene Investigation R

eport in its entirety, and Appendix D

to view S

CS

A U

bbens’ corresponding Evidence Im

pound Report in

its entirety.

Above: Aerial overview

of OIS scene

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Above: SDM

I parking lot from the sound end looking north

Circled in red are O

fficer Nguyen’s recovered cartridge cases

Above: SD

MI parking lot from

the north end looking south

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Above: The distance between O

fficer Nguyen to G

anci when shots w

ere fired

Above: Bullet impacts from

Officer N

guyen’s rounds

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Above: Aerial overview of ram

ming scene

Above: Ram

ming scene w

ith vehicle identifiers

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X. TH

IRD

PARTY VID

EO AN

D PH

OTO

GR

APHIC

EVIDEN

CE

Citizen C

ell Phone Video

Citizen Kevin G

uillory provided FIT detectives with video footage of the incident he captured

using his cell phone. The footage began after shots had been fired, and captured Officer

Nguyen running north and then w

est toward M

aryland Parkway. G

uillory moved tow

ardsM

aryland Parkway and captured footage of a w

hite pickup truck hitting cars stopped at a red traffic light. The video then abruptly ended.

LiveLeak.com

LiveLeak.com is a video sharing w

ebsite that lets users post and share videos. One user

posted dashboard camera video of the incident obtained from

a vehicle that was travelling

south on Maryland Parkw

ay before stopping at a red traffic light at Vegas Valley Drive. Three

distinct gunshots were heard. As the light turned green, a w

hite pickup truck travelling north on M

aryland Parkway w

as seen rear-ending cars stopped in the northbound lanes.

The vehicle with the dashboard cam

era made an eastbound turn and pulled into a 7-Eleven

parking lot and faced west to capture the incident. The driver of the w

hite pickup truck ramm

ed the stopped vehicles, backed up and then drove forw

ard, again hitting vehicles as it continued north on M

aryland Parkway.

7-Eleven – 2910 S. Maryland Parkw

ay

A surveillance camera m

ounted on the north side of the 7-Eleven and facing northwest

captured footage of a white pickup truck hitting vehicles from

behind that were stopped in the

northbound lanes of Maryland Parkw

ay due to a red traffic light at Vegas Valley Drive. The

driver of the pickup truck backed up and hit the vehicles two additional tim

es before continuing north on M

aryland Parkway.

XI. PER

SON

S CO

NTAC

TED

In addition to the people previously identified in Section I of this report, the following persons

were contacted in reference to their know

ledge of the facts and circumstances related to the

incident:

LVMPD

Officers/Personnel

Nam

e:

Jonathan H

oughton, P# 9789D

ate of Hire:

/07

Area of Assignment:

SCAC

C

all Sign:

Squad:

SC23

Shift Hours:

0630-1630 hours D

ays Off:

Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday

Witness officer; provided an audio recorded interview

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Nam

e:

C

raig McIntosh, P# 15714

Date of H

ire:

/16Area of Assignm

ent: SC

AC

Call Sign:

Squad:

SC

32 Shift H

ours:

1430-0030 hours

Days O

ff:

M

onday/Tuesday/Wednesday

Witness officer; provided an audio recorded interview

Civilians

Nam

e:

Alonzo Acosta

DO

B:

/92

SSN:

Address:

4316 Sunrise Avenue

Las Vegas, NV 89110

Phone:

W

itness; provided an audio recorded interview

Nam

e:

Lexia B

rown

DO

B:

/98

SSN:

Address:

401 D

arlene Drive

Broken Bow, O

K 74728 Phone:

Witness; provided a w


Nam

e:

Sam

uel Ditterline

DO

B:

/71

Address:

6553 Broad O

aks Avenue

Las Vegas, N

V 89148 Phone:


ritten voluntary statement

Nam

e:

Lindy G

lanzD

OB:

/61SSN

:

Address:

3122 Asoledo Circle

Las Vegas, NV 89121

Phone:

W

itness; provided an audio recorded interview

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Nam

e:R

uben Henson

DO

B: /81

SSN

: Address:

5155 S. Torrey Pines Drive, Apartm

ent 1125 Las Vegas, N

V 89118 Phone num

ber: W

itness; provided a written voluntary statem


Nam

e:B

randy Kirby

DO

B: /76

SSN

: Address:

8212 Wildw

ood Glen D

rive Las Vegas, N

V 89131 Phone num

ber: W



Nam

e:

Am

abel Nellish

DO

B:

/74

Address:

6722 Sum

atra Street

Las Vegas, N

V 89116 Phone:

Witness; provided an audio recorded interview

Nam

e:

Alice O

akesD

OB:

/69Address:

401 Darlene D

rive

Broken Bow

, OK 74728

Phone:

W


ent

Nam

e:

D

aryl Oakes

DO

B:

/67

SSN:

Address:

401 D

arlene Drive

Broken Bow, O

k 74728 Phone:



Nam

e:

W

yatt Oakes

DO

B:

/95

SSN:

Address:

401 D

arlene Drive

Broken Bow, O

K 74728 Phone:



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Nam

e:

C

orey James Pelletier

DO

B:

/74

SSN:

Address:

761 E. Tw

ain Avenue, Apartment #2

Las Vegas, NV 89169

Phone:

W


ent and audio record interview

Nam

e:

R

aymond Spencer

DO

B:

/57

Address:

5887 R

io Mariel D

rive

Las Vegas, N

V 89156 Phone:

W



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Involved Officer

Officer Phong N

guyen Per LVM

PD Policy 6/002.04, Post U

se of Force Procedures, an involved officer may provide a

recorded statement to FIT investigators. If given, involved officer statem

ents are taken at least 48 hours after the incident unless w

aived by the involved officer.

On M

arch 27, 2019, at approximately 1309 hours, Lieutenant Lloyd contacted O

fficer Nguyen

to see if he would provide a voluntary statem

ent to FIT investigators; Officer N

guyen declined.

Witnesses

Alice Oakes

On M

arch 27, 2019, at approximately 0945 hours, Alice O

akes completed a w

ritten voluntary statem

ent witnessed by O

fficer Indiana Coxey, P# 17615, at 2950 S. M

aryland Parkway.

Below is a sum

mary of the statem

ent; for complete details refer to O

akes’ written statem

ent.

Oakes w

as travelling northbound on Maryland Parkw

ay and observed a white truck travelling

in front of her vehicle. Oakes saw

the driver of the white truck (G

regory Ganci) ram

cars stopped at the red traffic light at Vegas Valley D

rive. Ganci ram

med the cars several tim


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C

helsea Silcock O


ately 1000 hours, Chelsea Silcock com

pleted a written

voluntary statement w

itnessed by Officer Falldorf at 2950 S. M

aryland Parkway. Silcock w

as unable to w

ait for detectives’ arrival. Below is a sum

mary of the statem

ent; for complete details

refer to Silcock’s w

ritten voluntary statement.

Silcock was driving a N

issan Sentra sedan and was stopped at a red traffic light on northbound

Maryland Parkw

ay at Vegas Valley Drive. W

hile stopped at the light Silcock heard several gunshots. Silcock looked in her rearview

mirror and observed a w

hite truck driving toward her.

The white truck repeatedly hit S

ilcock’s vehicle and then continued north on Maryland

Parkway.

Samuel D

itterline O


ately 1000 hours, Samuel D

itterline completed a w

ritten voluntary statem

ent witnessed by O

fficer Randy Boschetti, P# 17383, at 2950 S. M

aryland P

arkway. S

amuel D

itterline left the area before detectives’ arrival. Below

is a summ

ary of the statem

ent; for complete details refer to D

itterline’s written statem

ent. D

itterline was driving north on M

aryland Parkway w

hen he witnessed a large w

hite truck hit a vehicle from

the rear. The driver of the truck (Gregory G

anci) backed up and hit the vehicle several m

ore times in an effort to get around it.

Two officers exited a w

hite van and drew their w

eapons. Ditterline believed G

anci attempted to

hit them as he reversed. G

anci continued travelling north on Maryland Parkw

ay. B

randy Kirby

On M

arch 27, 2019, at approximately 1203 hours, D

etectives Mendoza and Valenzuela

conducted an audio recorded interview w

ith Brandy Kirby at Vegas Valley Drive and M

aryland Parkw

ay. Below is a sum

mary of the interview

; for complete details refer to the interview

transcript. Kirby w

as in her vehicle, facing eastbound on Vegas Valley Drive, and stopped at a red traffic

light at Maryland Parkw

ay. As she waited in the left turn lane, Kirby heard a possible gunshot

to the right of her. As she looked to the right, she noticed a vehicle accident which occurred at

the intersection. Kirby observed a subject (Gregory G

anci) driving a white, 4-door pickup truck

collide into the rear of a dark colored vehicle. Kirby said Ganci reversed then accelerated

forward, intentionally striking the sam

e vehicle several times. Kirby also observed G

anci holding a handgun in his left hand and fire the handgun three tim

es. Ganci’s truck struck

several other vehicles at the intersection and fled northbound on Maryland parkw

ay. Kirby follow

ed Ganci in an attem

pt to get the license plate number of the vehicle. As the truck

made its w

ay to Karen Avenue, Ganci headed eastbound on Karen Avenue near a school.

Kirby stated Ganci alm

ost struck a crossing guard and some children that w

ere walking in the

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alk. Kirby could not keep up with the truck and lost sight of it on Karen Avenue. Kirby

called 9-1-1 to report the accident and provide a description of the truck. Kirby did not w

itness the OIS; she only w

itnessed the traffic collision at the intersection. R

aymond Spencer

On M


etective Ubbens and Sedano conducted

an audio recorded interview w

ith Raym

ond Spencer at 2950 S. Maryland Parkw

ay. Below is a

summ

ary of the interview; for com

plete details refer to the interview transcript.

Spencer was sitting in his w

heelchair at the end of the walkw

ay, in between tw

o handicap parking spaces, in the parking lot of 2950 S. M

aryland Parkway. H

e noticed a large white truck

about fifteen feet away from

him. H

e did not notice if someone w

as inside the truck, but the truck w

as running. Tw

o officers escorted a prisoner to a transport van. Spencer asked the officers if they were

U.S. M

arshals or police. The officers told him they w

ere LVMPD

officers, secured the prisoner in the van, and then left. Spencer noticed another officer (O

fficer Nguyen) escorting a prisoner (G

regory Ganci). H

e described G

anci as “a big ugly looking guy, a white guy” w

ith his hands and feet in chains. O

fficer Nguyen w

as behind Ganci. They w

alked by Spencer’s right side, crossed over to his

left side, and walked by the w

hite pickup truck. Spencer noticed the door of the truck open. Spencer saw

Ganci get into the truck and thought it w

as “weird looking paddy w

agon.” He

heard Officer N

guyen yell, “Stop or I’ll fucking kill you!”

Ganci quickly drove aw

ay in the pickup truck. Spencer was concerned O

fficer Nguyen w

as caught in the side of the truck. O

fficer Nguyen ran after the truck and stopped in front of

Spencer. Officer N

guyen drew his gun a fired three shots at the pickup truck. Spencer did not

see the truck hit any other vehicle, but heard the vehicle collision. W

hen asked to confirm w

ho he saw enter the truck, Spencer said he w

as looking at the truck from

the right side at an angle forward of the right headlight so he could not exactly see, but

knew it w

as not the officer because he could see Officer N

guyen. Spencer heard Officer

Nguyen give G

anci verbal comm

ands. Spencer believed Ganci’s intention w

as to escape based on how

fast he drove away in the truck.

Lexia Brow

n O


ately 1220 hours, Detective W

right conducted an audio recorded interview

with Lexia Brow

n at 2950 S. Maryland Parkw

ay. Below is a sum

mary of the

interview; for com


Brown

was

in a

vehicle w

ith her

husband, father-in-law

, and

mother-in-law

travelling

northbound on Maryland Parkw

ay approaching Vegas Valley Drive w

hen Brown observed a

white C

hevrolet truck hit a black vehicle that was stopped in the northbound lanes at Vegas

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Valley for a red traffic light. The driver of the truck (G

regory Ganci) backed up and hit vehicles

stopped at the red light two additional tim

es. Brown believed G

anci hit the vehicles on purpose. After hitting the stopped vehicles several tim

es, the white C

hevy truck drove north on Maryland

Parkway. Brow

n observed a police officer get out of a white van and check the occupants of

the vehicles that had been hit. Jordan C

amacho

On M


etective Robert Steinbach, P# 13989,


ith Jordan Cam

acho at 2950 S. Maryland Parkw

ay. Below

is a summ



Cam

acho was driving a red C

adillac sedan north on Maryland Parkw

ay approaching Vegas Valley D

rive, and as he passed SDM

I he heard what he believed to be three gunshots.

Cam

acho stopped at the red traffic light at the intersection of Maryland Parkw

ay and Vegas Valley D

rive. W

hile stopped at the light, Cam

acho’s vehicle was hit from

behind causing him to hit a red

Hyundai Elantra stopped in front of him

. Cam

acho initially believed someone accidentally hit

him until he w

as struck two additional tim

es. Cam

acho felt dazed, and was hit one m

ore time

on the driver’s side door, which caused his airbag to deploy.

Cam

acho exited his vehicle and saw a w

hite truck travelling north on Maryland Parkw

ay. C

amacho then observed a uniform

ed officer (Officer N

guyen) in an unmarked Ford C

rown

Victoria. Officer N

guyen asked him w

hich way the w

hite truck had gone, and Cam

acho, who

was still dazed, pointed north. O

fficer Nguyen then drove in that direction.

Cam

acho walked to the 7-Eleven on the corner and w

aited for police. Lindy G

lanz O


ately 1227 hours, Detective U

bbens and Sedano conducted an audio recorded interview

with Lindy G

lanz at 2950 S. Maryland Parkw

ay. Below is a

summ



Glanz arrived at 2950 S. M

aryland Parkway at approxim

ately 0850 hours. She walked in

between a yellow

vehicle and white vehicle tow

ards the building. As she prepared to cross the parking lot drivew

ay, a large white truck quickly drove by her. The extrem

e speed of the truck as it passed her caused her to step back. W

hile she stepped back she heard someone yell,

“I’m gonna kill you! I’ll fucking kill you!” G

lanz assumed it w

as a domestic situation until she

saw a police officer (O

fficer Nguyen) shoot his gun three or four tim

es into the back of the truck. The truck continued through the parking lot and exited northbound onto M

aryland Parkw

ay. The driver of the truck (Gregory G

anci) drove up and over something, then G

lanz heard crashing sounds. O

fficer Nguyen ran back to a w

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astillo O


ately 1228 hours, Detective Thom

as Frosch, P# 8552, conducted an audio recorded interview

with Ernesto C

astillo at 2950 S. Maryland Parkw

ay. Below

is a summ



Castillo w

as driving a white Infiniti sport utility vehicle (SU

V) and was stopped at a red traffic

light on northbound Maryland Parkw

ay at Vegas Valley Drive. C

astillo believed he may have

heard three gunshots, but was not positive.

Castillo observed a w

hite truck hit a black Nissan sedan that w

as stopped to his left. The driver of the w

hite truck (Gregory G

anci) reversed his vehicle, drove forward, and proceeded to hit

the Nissan as w

ell as Castillo’s car several m

ore times.

Ganci continued north on M

aryland Parkway.

Brenda C

erbin O


ately 1238 hours, Detective Frosch conducted an audio

recorded interview w

ith Brenda Cerbin at 2950 S. M

aryland Parkway. Below

is a summ

ary of the interview


transcript. C

erbin was driving a red H

yundai Elantra sedan and was stopped at a red traffic light on

northbound Maryland Parkw

ay at Vegas Valley Drive. C

erbin believed she may have heard

three gunshots, but thought that it may also have been construction noise.

Cerbin looked back to see w

here the sound came from

and was rear ended by a red C

adillac behind her. C

erbin then observed a white truck (driven by G

regory Ganci) continuously

backing up and ramm

ing vehicles. Cerbin exited her car and w

as almost hit by the truck as

Ganci fled north on M

aryland Parkway.

Cerbin then observed a w

hite male running tow

ard the area who appeared to be yelling at

Ganci.

Daryl O

akes O


ately 1238 hours, Detective W

right conducted an audio recorded interview

with D

aryl Oakes at 2950 S. M


is a summ



transcript. O

akes was driving north on M

aryland Parkway approaching Vegas Valley D

rive when the

driver of a white truck (G

regory Ganci) pulled out of the SD

MI parking lot and in front of him

on M

aryland Parkway.

Oakes observed G

anci hit cars stopped for the red light. Ganci backed up the truck and

ramm

ed the stopped vehicles several times before continuing north on M

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akes checked on the welfare of the occupants of the dam

aged vehicles, and waited for police

to arrive. Am

abel Nellish

On M


etectives Marcus Schoeffel, P# 6622, and

Lemire conducted an audio recorded interview

with Am

abel Nellish at 2950 S. M

aryland Parkw

ay. Below is a sum



transcript. N

ellish had an appointment at SD

MI and had parked her vehicle in the east end of the parking

lot which w

as close to the building. While sitting in her vehicle, N

ellish observed an officer (O

fficer Nguyen) w

alking with an inm

ate (Gregory G

anci) who appeared to be handcuffed and

shackled. N

ellish waited for them

to pass the imm

ediate area and exited her vehicle. Nellish heard

someone yell, “G

et in! Get dow

n!” Nellish looked tow

ard the west and observed O

fficer Nguyen

pointing his gun at someone or som

ething, though she was not able to see w

ho or what, and

fired it three or four times. N

ellish got back into her vehicle. Nellish stated the next tim

e she observed O

fficer Nguyen he w

as on his phone. N

ellish did not observe anything beyond that point because she took cover in her vehicle. Peter Snovitch O


ately 1240 hours, Detectives M

endoza and Valenzuela conducted an audio recorded interview

with Peter Snovitch at 2950 S. M

aryland Parkway.

Below is a sum



transcript. Peter Snovitch arrived at SD

MI at 2950 S. M

aryland Parkway to w

ash and detail a vehicle that belonged to an em

ployee who w

orked at the business. Snovitch parked his white pickup truck

in the front of the business and exited his vehicle. Snovitch walked to the back of his truck to

get a towel, and a m

ale (Gregory G

anci) imm

ediately entered his truck and closed the driver’s side door. G

anci fled the parking lot in the truck, and Snovitch chased after him on foot.

Snovitch stated he saw an officer (O

fficer Nguyen) fire three shots at G

anci as Ganci fled the

parking lot. Snovitch stated he had two firearm

s in his vehicle, one handgun in the center console and the other w

as located under the driver’s seat. Snovitch said Ganci drove to the

intersection of Vegas Valley Drive and M

aryland Parkway w

here he collided with a dark

colored vehicle. Snovitch ran to the intersection and caught up to G

anci. Snovitch stated he observed Ganci

strike several more vehicles at the intersection. Snovitch saw

a police van at the intersection and yelled for help. Snovitch stated the officers did not get out and help him

. Ganci ram

med

the vehicles, and was able to drive around the crashed vehicles and flee northbound on

Maryland Parkw

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yatt Oakes

On M


etective Steinbach conducted an audio recorded interview

with W

yatt Oakes at 2950 S. M


is a summ



transcript. O

akes stated he was driving north on M

aryland Parkway w

hen the driver of a white C

hevrolet truck (G

regory Ganci) pulled out of the SD

MI parking lot and in front of him

on Maryland

Parkway. G

anci hit cars stopped at a red traffic light at Vegas Valley Drive.

Ganci backed up his truck and ram

med the stopped vehicles several tim


aryland Parkway.

Alonzo Acosta O


ately 1250 hours, Detective Angelo Bevilacqua, P# 6258,


ith Alonzo Acosta at 2950 S. Maryland Parkw

ay. Below

is a summ



Acosta was m

aking a delivery at SDM

I when he observed tw

o males w

ashing a blue Tesla w

hich he knew to belong to one of the doctors w

ho worked at the facility. Acosta finished his

delivery and was exiting the south side of the building w

hen he observed the two m

ales running north. Acosta heard som

eone yell, “Stop!” M

oments later Acosta heard w

hat he believed to be three gunshots. Acosta w

alked toward the front of the facility and observed a police officer (O

fficer N

guyen) running north through the parking lot. Acosta did not see who O

fficer Nguyen w

as chasing. O

fficer Craig M

cIntosh O


ately 1305 hours, Detectives U

bbens and Sedano conducted an audio recorded interview

with O

fficer McIntosh at Vegas Valley D

rive and Maryland

Parkway. Also present for the interview

was LVPPA representative M

yron Ham

m. Below

is a sum



transcript. O

fficers McIntosh and H

oughton were w


ent through CC

DC

. The officers w

ere assigned to transport a prisoner who needed a m

edical test completed at SD

MI

to the medical facility and back to C

CD

C. The officers and prisoner w

ere en route back to C

CD

C and w

ere stopped in the #2 northbound lane of Maryland Parkw

ay for a red traffic light at Vegas Valley D

rive when O

fficer McIntosh heard three gunshots. O

fficer McIntosh, w

ho was

sitting in the front right passenger seat of the transport van, looked to his right and saw a m

ale dive to the ground. O

fficer McIntosh exited the van to assess the situation and heard a vehicle collision on the

other side of the transport vehicle. Officer M

cIntosh saw a w

hite pickup truck hit a car, the driver of the truck (G

regory Ganci) reverse his vehicle, then continue northbound.

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O

fficer McIntosh heard som

e of Officer N

guyen’s radio traffic. Officer M

cIntosh assumed the

vehicle that stuck the other vehicles was involved in a shooting, and O

fficer Nguyen took it

upon himself to pursue.

Shortly after O

fficer McIntosh’s interview

ended, he voluntarily returned to provide additional inform

ation. While O

fficers McIntosh and H

oughton were stopped at the traffic light, O

fficer M

cIntosh called Officer N

guyen to check on him and m

ake sure he was okay. O

fficer Nguyen

told Officer M

cIntosh everything was good and O

fficer McIntosh disconnected the line.

Ruben H

enson O


ately 1310 hours, Detectives Valenzuela and M

endoza conducted an audio recorded interview

with R

uben Henson at 2950 S. M

aryland Parkway.

Below is a sum



transcript. H

enson arrived at SDM

I with his cow

orker, Peter Snovitch, to wash and detail a vehicle that

was parked in the parking lot. As they finished w

ith the vehicle, Henson entered the business

to give the vehicle key to the owner. H

enson heard a comm

otion outside of the business, and w

hen he looked out of the glass sliding door saw a police officer (O

fficer Nguyen) shooting at

Snovitch’s truck. H

enson saw S

novitch run towards the driver’s side door of the truck and try to

pull out a male (G

regory Ganci) w

ho was inside the vehicle. G

anci fled the parking lot in the vehicle and turned northbound onto M

aryland Parkway.

Henson ran outside and saw

Ganci use the truck to strike other vehicles. As H

enson ran tow

ard the intersection, he observed Snovitch attempting to enter his truck as G

anci was

striking other vehicles. Henson stated he heard three gunshots fired w

hile he was inside SD

MI,

but did not hear any other shots fired at the intersection. Henson saw

an unmarked (LVM

PD)

vehicle following G

anci as he fled the area. O

fficer Jonathan Houghton

On M


etectives Ubbens and Sedano conducted


ith Officer H

oughton at Vegas Valley Drive and M

aryland Parkw

ay. Also present for the interview w

as LVPPA representative Brian Gram

mas. Below

is a sum



transcript. O

fficers Houghton and M

cIntosh were w


ent through CC

DC

. The officers w

ere assigned to transport a prisoner who needed a m

edical test completed at SD

MI

to the medical facility and back to C

CD

C. U

pon completion of the m

edical procedure, they departed the m

edical facility en route to CC

DC

. Officer H

oughton was driving the transport van

while O

fficer McIntosh w

as in the front passenger seat. The prisoner was secured accordingly

in the rear compartm

ent of the transport van. They exited the SDM

I parking lot and drove northbound

on M

aryland Parkw

ay utilizing

the #2

lane. They

were

stopped near

the intersection of Vegas Valley D

rive and Maryland Parkw

ay in heavy traffic.

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fficer McIntosh heard three gunshots and m

entioned it to Officer H

oughton. Officer H

oughton used the van’s side m

irrors to scan the area, and noticed a large white pickup truck

approaching. Officer H

oughton observed the white pickup truck collide w

ith a vehicle, and was

then parallel to his driver’s side door. Officer H

oughton stated he was unable to see w

ho was

driving the white pickup truck because the w

indows w

ere heavily tinted. Officer H

oughton stated he w

as unbuckling his seatbelt and attempting to draw

his firearm because his w

indows

were aligned w

ith the truck window

s and he did not know if som

eone was going to start

shooting through the window

s. Officer H

oughton exited the transport vehicle and moved to the

passenger side. Officer H

oughton observed the white pickup break free from

the vehicles and continue northbound. O

fficer Houghton heard a portion of O

fficer Nguyen’s radio traffic. O

fficer Houghton concluded

that the vehicle that stuck the other vehicles was involved in the shooting w

ith Officer N

guyen. O

fficer Houghton w

as approached by a white m

ale adult (Peter Snovitch) who stated the w

hite pickup truck w

as his, it had been stolen, and there were firearm

s inside the vehicle. Officer

Houghton then directed his attention to his prisoner and the victim

involved with the collision.

Corey Pelletier

On M

arch 27, 2019 at approximately 1426 hours, D

etectives Sedano and Ubbens conducted


ith Corey Pelletier at 2950 S. M


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transcript. O


ately 0850 hours, Pelletier had arrived the Mission Treatm

ent C

enter of Las Vegas at 2887 S. Maryland Parkw

ay where he w

as receiving treatment.

Imm

ediately upon pulling into a parking stall and exiting his vehicle, he thought he heard what

sounded like three gunshots. Pelletier was standing on the northw

est corner of the intersection of M

aryland Parkway and Vegas Valley D

rive. The gunshots sounded as if they had ricochet in his direction, so he got dow

n to the ground. Pelletier then turned his attention tow

ards the 7-Eleven convenience store where he believed

the gunshots had originated. Pelletier then observed approximately five to six vehicles at the

intersection he believed were involved in som

e type of incident. Pelletier then noticed a large, w

hite Ford F-250 pickup truck that appeared to be ramm

ing other vehicles. Pelletier referred to the pickup truck as “B

igfoot” ramm

ing other vehicles in an attempt to break free. The truck then

travelled northbound on Maryland Parkw

ay at a high rate of speed. Pelletier described the driver of the w

hite Ford F-250 (Gregory G

anci) as a Caucasian m

ale in his 50s, heavyset, with

a large white and gray beard. Pelletier observed an LVM

PD prisoner transport vehicle stopped

at the incident. Shortly after, Pelletier observed an unmarked (LVM

PD) vehicle stop at the

scene, then the driver (Officer N

guyen) continued northbound on Maryland Parkw

ay in pursuit of G

anci.

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XIII.

TIMELIN

E The below

timeline is a reconstruction of events w

hich transpired on Wednesday, M

arch 27, 2019, in relation to the non-fatal O

IS that occurred at 2950 S. Maryland Parkw

ay.

Time

(hours) D

escription of Event/Action Source

0630 O

fficer Phong

Nguyen

started an

overtime

shift through C

CD

C.

CC

DC

records

0745 Inm

ate Gregory G

anci had a scheduled medical

appointment at SD

MI located at 2950 S. M

aryland Parkw

ay.

CC

DC

records

0800 G

anci had

a scheduled

court appearance

for sentencing in his crim

inal case. C

CD

C records

0852 Shots w

ere fired by Officer N

guyen. ShotSpotter

0853 Event

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as created

by D

ispatch. O

fficer Nguyen w

as in vehicle pursuit of Ganci.

Com

puter Aided Dispatch

(CAD

) 0855

Officer N

guyen requested a Code R

ed (emergency

exists, emergency radio traffic only).

CAD

0906 G

anci was taken into custody at C

arson Avenue and M

ain Street. C

AD

XIV. FO

REN

SICS R

EQU

ESTS/RESU

LTS Firearm

Examinations

On April 1, 2019, an LVM

PD Forensic Laboratory R

equest was subm

itted by Detective C

olon on O

fficer Nguyen’s firearm

for a function test and ballistic comparison evidence.

On

May

6, 2019,

Forensic Scientist

Kathy G

eil, P#

15650, subm

itted the

Report

of Exam

ination: Firearms. R

efer to Appendix E for results. XV.

WITN

ESS CAN

VASS O

n March 27, 2019, FIT detectives canvassed the neighborhood surrounding the prisoner

escape/OIS location in an effort to identify any additional w

itnesses; no additional witnesses

were identified.

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