DISPOSITION: ZULU\
DIVISION: ROAD PATROL
SUICIDE CODE: 9532 DATE: 12/22/06 FRIDAY\
ZONE: B41 GRID: 4B15 DEPUTY ID.: 8380 ASSIST: TIME D 0825 A 0828 C 0832\
OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 12/22/06 , 0730 HOURS AND DATE: 12/22/06 , 0935 HOURS\
EXCEPTION TYPE:\
INCIDENT LOCATION: 2319 AVENIDA BARCELONA ESTADE APT. NO.:\
CITY: WEST PALM BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33415\
NO. OFFENSES: 00 NO. OFFENDERS: 00 NO. VEH. STOLEN: 0 NO. PREM. ENTERED: 0\
LOCATION: HIGHWAY / ROADWAY\
NO. VICTIMS: 01 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0
WITNESS SCOTT FOLSOM DOB: 04/12/1963\
SEX: M RACE: W HT: 510 WT: 145 HR: [REDACTED] EYE: BLUE\
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: 37000 3 ST CP FL 33438\
HOME PHONE: 561 000-0000\
BUSINESS PHONE: 561 449-3412
COMPLAINANT DOB: 09/03/1990\
SEX: F RACE: W HT: 502 WT: 90 HR: [REDACTED] EYE: [REDACTED]\
PROPERTY OWNER DOB: 09/03/1990\
SEX: F RACE: W HT: 502 WT: 90 HR: [REDACTED] EYE: [REDACTED]\
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: 2319 AVENIDA BA WEST PALM FL 33415\
HOME PHONE: 561 969-3601\
BUSINESS PHONE: 561 969-3601
DECEASED JAMES D [REDACTED] DOB: 06/09/1986\
SEX: M RACE: W HT: 602 WT: 165 HR: [REDACTED] EYE: [REDACTED]\
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: 311 FORESTA TR WEST PALM FL 33415\
HOME PHONE: 561 797-3776\
BUSINESS PHONE: 561 000-0000
WITNESS SONYA [REDACTED] DOB: 12/11/1971\
SEX: F RACE: W HT: 501 WT: 198 HR: [REDACTED] EYE: [REDACTED]\
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: 6033 CALLE DELM WEST PALM FL 33415\
HOME PHONE: 561 303-4309\
BUSINESS PHONE: 561 000-0000
OTHER MIRNA BARRIGA DOB: 09/14/1963\
SEX: F RACE: W HT: 0 WT: 0 HR: UNKNOWN EYE: UNKNOWN\
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: 311 FORESTIA TR WPB FL 33415\
HOME PHONE: 561 000-0000\
BUSINESS PHONE: 561 000-0000
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JUSTIFIABLE CIRCUMSTANCES: NOT APPLICABLE\
JUSTIFIABLE CODE: NOT APPLICABLE\
AGENCY: PBSO OFFICER NAME: GREER #8380/DET. ORTIZ #5427\
WHERE BODY FOUND: IN STREET BETWEEN 2323/2322 AVENIDA BARCELONA ESTADA\
OFFICER VIEWED BODY AT: MIDDLE OF STREET\
UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS: N\
BODY I.D. BY: GIRLFRIEND, [REDACTED]\
AMBULANCE: PB FIRE RESCUE #36 FIRE RESCUE: PB FIRE RESCUE #36\
PRONOUNCE BY: ER DOCTOR AT: [REDACTED] HOSPITAL\
CAUSE OF DEATH: GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD
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DEATH'S CERTIFICATE SIGNED BY: MICHAEL BELL, MD\
BODY RELEASED TO: MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE
ON FRIDAY, 12/22/06 AT 0829 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO [REDACTED]\
[REDACTED] IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF WEST PALM BEACH IN REFERENCE TO\
SHOTS FIRED/POSSIBLE SUICIDE. UPON MY ARRIVAL TO THE SCENE, IT WAS\
DISPATCHED THAT THE SUBJECT STILL HAD A FIREARM. I OBSERVED THE SUBJECT\
LAYING FACE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF STREET BETWEEN THE RESIDENCES AT [REDACTED] ON\
THE NORTH SIDE AND [REDACTED] ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF [REDACTED] ESTADES.\
THERE WAS A SILVER HANDGUN ON THE GROUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SUBJECT'S\
HEAD. THE SUBJECT'S HEAD WAS WRAPPED IN A [REDACTED] TOWEL AND A FEMALE\
SUBJECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS [REDACTED] WHO RESIDES AS [REDACTED]\
[REDACTED] WAS KNEELING OVER THE BODY. ABOUT 10-15 FEET TO THE\
WEST OF THE BODY THERE WERE TWO FEMALE SUBJECTS KNEELING IN THE ROAD,\
LATER IDENTIFIED AS [REDACTED] AND SONYA [REDACTED].\
I APPROACHED THE SUBJECT LYING IN THE ROAD, LATER IDENTIFIED AS\
JAMES [REDACTED]. I DISBURSED THE CROWDS AND REMOVED ALL THE PEOPLE FROM\
AROUND THE SCENE AND THE BODY. I THEN PUSHED THE FIREARM FROM [REDACTED]\
IMMEDIATE CONTROL. ADDITIONAL UNITS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE TO INCLUDE\
BRAVO 41, BRAVO 36, 384, AND BRAVO 35. CRIME SCENE PERIMETERS WERE\
SET UP. I THEN SPOKE WITH THE WITNESS SCOTT W. FULSOM, WHO ADVISED THAT\
HE WAS DOING SOME ELECTRICAL WORK IN THE BACK OF THE RESIDENCE LOCATED\
AT [REDACTED] AND HEARD A SINGLE GUNSHOT. FULSOM\
SAID THAT HE CAME FROM THE REAR OF THE RESIDENCE AT 2323 AND SAW [REDACTED]\
PUT A GUN TO HIS HEAD AND PULL THE TRIGGER. FULSOM SAW AND HEARD THE\
SECOND SHOT. FULSOM ADVISED THAT HE THEN TRIED TO KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM\
[REDACTED].
I THEN SPOKE WITH [REDACTED] GIRLFRIEND WHO\
RESIDES AS [REDACTED]. SAID THAT [REDACTED]\
CAME TO THE RESIDENCE AT 0700 HOURS ON 12/22/06. [REDACTED] SAID THAT SHE\
WAS MAD BECAUSE [REDACTED] WAS OUT ALL NIGHT AND SHE TOLD HIM THAT SHE\
NEEDS HER SPACE. [REDACTED] GOT MAD AND LEFT THE FRONT DOOR AREA ON THE\
WEST SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE AND HEADED TOWARDS THE STREET. [REDACTED] WAS\
STILL INSIDE THE RESIDENCE. [REDACTED] SAID SHE HEARD A GUNSHOT AND THEN\
A SECOND. [REDACTED] WENT OUTSIDE AND SAW [REDACTED] LYING IN THE STREET.
[REDACTED] RAN TO HIM AND TOUCHED THE BODY.\
I THEN SPOKE TO [REDACTED] MOTHER WHO WAS PRESENT IN THE RESIDENCE\
IDENTIFIED AS [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] SAID SHE KNEW [REDACTED] AND [REDACTED]\
WERE ARGUING, BUT SHE WAS IN THE SHOWER. [REDACTED] SAID THAT SHE ALSO HEARD\
TWO GUNSHOTS AND THEN WENT OUTSIDE AND TRIED TO RESTRAIN HER DAUGHTER.
I THEN SPOKE TO SONYA [REDACTED] WHO RESIDES AT [REDACTED]\
WHICH IS DIRECTLY BEHIND [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] SAID THAT SHE\
HEARD TWO GUNSHOTS, WENT TO THE SCENE AND SAW [REDACTED] AND HER MOTHER.\
[REDACTED] WAS FIGHTING WITH HER MOTHER, TRYING TO GET AWAY TO GET TO\
[REDACTED]. [REDACTED] WAS SAYING THAT SHE HAD TO GET THE GUN AND HIDE IT.\
[REDACTED] SAID THAT [REDACTED] GOT AWAY FROM HER MOTHER AND HAD TOUCHED THE\
FIREARM AND THAT [REDACTED]'S MOTHER HAD SLAPPED THE FIREARM OUT OF\
[REDACTED]'S HAND. [REDACTED] SAID THAT SHE HAD OBSERVED THE FIREARM IN\
[REDACTED] RIGHT HAND AND THAT THE RIGHT HAND WAS DRAPED OVER THE\
ABDOMINAL PART OF [REDACTED] BODY. [REDACTED] SAYS SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTRAIN\
[REDACTED] UNTIL POLICE SHOWED UP.
PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE UNIT #31, RUN NUMBER 2006108384 TRANSPORTED\
[REDACTED] TO [REDACTED] HOSPITAL. SGT. ORTEZ WAS NOTIFIED AND RESPONDED\
TO THE SCENE. DEPUTY GOMEZ SECURED THE FIREARM. BOTH SHELL CASINGS WERE\
LOCATED. ONE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10' EAST OF THE BODY, THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE ROAD. THE OTHER SHELL CASING WAS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE AT 2319 WHERE [REDACTED] HAD THE ARGUMENT WITH [REDACTED]. THE CASING WAS APPROXIMATELY 4' NORTH OF THE STEPS BESIDES THE RESIDENCE WALL. LET IT BE NOTED THAT [REDACTED], THE MOTHER OF [REDACTED], DID TOUCH THE SHELL BY THE RESIDENCE THINKING IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE, BUT NEVER MOVED IT FROM THE LOCATION OF WHICH SHE FOUND IT.
DETECTIVES ARRIVED ON SCENE AND WERE BRIEFED ON THE INCIDENT. THEN CRIME SCENE ALSO ARRIVED ON SCENE. SCENE WAS TOT'D TO DETECTIVES. THIS CASE WILL BE TURNED OVER TO DETECTIVE UNIT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
D/S GREER #8380 12/22/06 1300 HOURS
TRANSCRIBED LBL#3890 12/23/06 0700 HOURS
DISPOSITION: ZULU DIVISION: ROAD PATROL
SUICIDE CODE: 9532 DATE: 12/22/06 FRIDAY ZONE: B41 GRID: 4815 DEPUTY ID.: 8396 ASSIST: TIME D 0825 A 0828 C 0832 OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 12/22/06 , 0730 HOURS AND DATE: 12/22/06 , 0935 HOURS EXCEPTION TYPE: INCIDENT LOCATION: APT. NO.: CITY: WEST PALM BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33415 NO. OFFENSES: 00 NO. OFFENDERS: 00 NO. VEH. STOLEN: 0 NO. PREM. ENTERED: 0 LOCATION: HIGHWAY / ROADWAY NO. VICTIMS: 01 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0
GREENACRES, FL 33461 IN REGARDS TO A POSSIBLE III ,DE. ON FRIDAY 12/22/06, AT APPROXIMATELY 0615 HRS, I RESPONDED TO UPON ARRIVAL IT WAS FOUND THAT A IIIIIrMALE HAD IN FACT RECEIVED A GUN SHOT WOULD TO THE HEAD AND WAS NOTCLATING IN THE ROADWAY IN FRONT OF 2319AVENIDA BARCELONIA. FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. ACRIME SCENE WAS ESTABLISHED AT WHICH TIME I WAS ASSIGNED TO START A CRIME SCENE LOG DOCUMENTING ALL PERSONS ENTERING THE CRIME SCENE. I STARTED MY LOG AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 HRS AND DOCUMENTED THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE ENTERING THE CRIME SCENE BETWEEN 0845 HRS AND 0927 HRS WHEN THE CRIME SCENE WAS BROKEN DOWN. D/S H GOMEZ, SGT ORTIZ ID 5427, D/S 0 ID 4740, D/S F GREER ID 8380, D/S ID 3807, CSI HOOK ID 6452, DET ADA TYZ- Tb 3461, AND MR DOB ID 7739, D/S M ID 7g797—tits ID 7866, LT MAY 012263 WHO RESIDED AT THE RESIDENCE. AT THIS TIME, THIS IS MY ONLY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS CASE AND I HAVE NO FURTHER INFORMATION. D/S BLACKMAN (8396) 12/22/06 1140 HRS TRANS: 01/05/06 6224
DISPOSITION: ZULU DIVISION: ROAD PATROL
SUICIDE CODE: 9532 DATE: 01/08/07 ZONE: B41 GRID: 4815 DEPUTY ID.: 6452 ASSIST: TIME D 0825 A OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 12/22/06 , 0730 HOURS AND DATE: 12/22/06 , EXCEPTION TYPE: INCIDENT LOCATION: APT. CITY: aSST BEACH Sr ZIP: NO. OFFENSES: 00 NO. OFFENDERS: 00 NO. VEH. STOLEN: 0 NO. PREM. LOCATION: HIGHWAY / ROADWAY NO. VICTIMS: 01 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0 FRIDAY 0828 C 0832 0935 HOURS NO.: 33415 ENTERED: 0
ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 0833 HOURS, CSI HOOK WAS NOTIFIED BY COMMUNICATION TO RESPOND TO WHICH IN THE TRAVERSE COVE MOBILE HOME PARK THAT IS SOUTH OF LANE AND EAST OF JOG ROAD IN SUBURBAN WEST PALM BEACH. CSI HOOK ARRIVED ON SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 0901 HOURS AND MET WITH D/S GOMEZ, ID: 7442, WHO ADVISED CSI HOOK THAT THE DECEDENT, JAMES, W/M, DOB: 06-09-1986 SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD IN THE STREET AFTER GETTING INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH HIS GIRL-FRIEND. THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO tallaa SOW WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED. CSI HOOK RECEIVED FROM D/S GOMEZ A .45-CALIBER HANDGUN WITH A MAGAZINE THAT HE RECOVERED FROM THE STREET WHEN HE ARRIVED.
CSI HOOK PHOTOGRAPHED THE SCENE USING A DEPARTMENT ISSUED NIKON D100 DIGITAL CAMERA WITH A 28-200MM LENS AND USING LEXAR COMPACT FLASH CARD. CSI HOOK ALSO TOOK ADDITIONAL CLOSE-UP PHOTO-GRAPHS WITH STANCHIONS OF TWO CASINGS, ONE IN THE STREET AND ONE NEXT TO, WHERE THE DECEDENT LIVED. AFTER PHOTOGRAPHING CSI HOOK COLLECTED THE CASINGS AND PLACED THEM IN SEPARATE COIN ENVELOPES.
CSI HOOK CLEARED THE SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 0939 HOURS. CSI HOOK RECEIVED FROM DET. L'ETOILE THE DECEDENT'S CLOTHING, WHICH CONSISTED OF A SHIRT, PANTS, AND SHOES.
CSI HOOK PHOTOGRAPHED THE CLOTHING, CASINGS, FIREARM AND MAGAZINE IN THE CRIME SCENE PROCESSING ROOM USING THE ABOVE DESCRIBED CAMERA EQUIPMENT AND FLASH CARD. AFTER PHOTOGRAPHING, CSI HOOK SEALED THE CASINGS IN SEPARATE COIN ENVELOPES AND THEN SEALED THE ENVELOPES IN AN EVIDENCE BAG. THE GUN AND MAGAZINE WERE SEALED IN AN EVIDENCE BOX. THE CLOTHING WAS SEALED IN SEPARATE EVIDENCE BAGS. THE BOX AND BAGS WERE THEN SUBMITTED TO EVIDENCE. THE FLASH CARD USED WAS SEALED IN AN EVIDENCE BAG AND SUBMITTED TO THE PHOTO LAB.
THIS CONCLUDES CSI HOOK'S INVOLVEMENT IN THIS CASE. CSI H. HOOK/ID #6452/1-5-07 COPY/PASTE/1-8-07/SS
# DISPOSITION: ZULU DIVISION: DETECTIVE
SUICIDE CODE: 9532 DATE: 01/05/07 FRIDAY ZONE: B41 GRID: 4815 DEPUTY ID.: 3461 ASSIST: TIME D 0825 A 0828 C 0832 OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 12/22/06 , 0730 HOURS AND DATE: 12/22/06 , 0935 HOURS EXCEPTION TYPE: INCIDENT LOCATION: PINNIMMIIIIIIIIela APT. NO.: CITY: WEST PALM BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33415 NO. OFFENSES: 00 NO. OFFENDERS: 00 NO. VER. STOLEN: 0 NO. PREM. ENTERED: 0 LOCATION: HIGHWAY / ROADWAY NO. VICTIMS: 01 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0
ON DECEMBER 22, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 0854 HOURS, I WAS INSTRUCTED BY DET. SGT. CYNTHIA frip iTO RESPOND TOSSIGN UNINCORPORATED WEST P IN REFERENCE TO AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. THE VICTIM HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED TOMOS IS HOSPITAL WITH AN APPARENT GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED YELLOW CRIME SCENE TAPE COMPLETELY SECURING THE CRIME SCENE AREA. PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ROAD UNITS WERE SECURING THE OUTER PERIMETER OF THE CRIME SCENE.
IMET WITH D/S GREER (ID 8380). D/S GREER TOLD ME THAT THE VICTIM, IDENTIFIED AS JAMES D. HAD BEEN LIVING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, I FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. ALSO LIVING IN THAT HOUSE ARE IMMIMMUPS PARENTS. THE VICTIM HAD ARRIVED AT THE RESIDENCE AT APPROXIMATELY 0700 HOURS THIS MORNING AFTER BEING OUT ALL NIGHT. HE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, ins GOT INTO A VERBAL ARGUMENT, AND THE GIRLFRIEND TOLD HIM THAT SHE WANTED SOME SPACE. HE BECAME ANGRY AND WALKED OUTSIDE THE RESIDENCE AND THE GIRLFRIEND HEARD ONE SHOT, THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT SHE HEARD ANOTHER SHOT. WHEN SHE AND HER FAMILY EXITED THE TRAILER, SHE SAW HIM LYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. D/S GREER SPOKE TO SCOTT W. FULSON, WHO WAS DOING SOME ELECTRICAL WORK FOR FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT IN THE BACK OF HER RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 232 AVENIDA BARCELONA ESTE. FULSON HEARD A GUNSHOT AND HE CAME FROM THE REAR OF THE RESIDENCE AND SAW THE VICTIM, PUT THE GUN TO HIS HEAD AND PULL THE TRIGGER (FOR FURTHER DETAILSMIRRO D/S GREER'S REPORT).
WHILE ON THE SCENE, I MET WITHWRNA BARRIGA, THE MOTHER OF THE VICTIM. MS. BARRIGA ARRIVED AFTER THE FACT AND HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT EXACTLY HAD TRANSPIRED. SHORTLY AFTER, MRS. BARRIGA'S HUSBAND ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND DROVE HER TOSS HOSPITAL, SO SHE COULD BE WITH HER SON. ISPOKE TO THE GIRLFRIEND OF THE VICTIM. eila TOLD ME THAT HER BOYFRIEND, HAD A FIREARM AND THAT THE FIREARM WAS HIS AND THAT SHE BELIEVES IT 45 CALIBER. MY INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS NO FOUL PLAY IN THIS INCIDENT.
ON 12/22/2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 1222 HOURS, I WAS NOTIFIED BY OS gmessor HOSPITAL NURSING STAFF THAT THE VICTIM, JAMES HAD EXPIRED. I, IN TURN, NOTIFIED THE PALM BEACH COUNTY MED INER'S OFFICE INVESTIGATOR RUIZ AND GAVE HIM THE FACTS OF THE CASE. A POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION WAS CONDUCTED BY DR. MICHAEL BELL, WHO DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD AND THE MANNER OF DEATH A SUICIDE. THIS REPORT IS FOR DOCUMENTATION PURPOSES ONLY.
DET. ADA TYZ ID 3461/CJ TRANS. 01/25/2007