More details about the events leading to the pursuit and shooting death of a 19-year-old Douglas man have come to light after the Douglas Police Department released a report on the incident Tuesday.
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Officer Marcus Gonzalez came into contact with the Avalanche after witnessing it cross 13th Street on B Avenue. Following the vehicle, the officer saw only one occupant, the driver, later identified as Carlos La Madrid.
Gonzalez continued to follow the vehicle and was eventually joined by other officers as the Avalanche turned south onto Avenue D from 14th Street, where it began to accelerate, the report states.
The officer then activated his emergency lights and sirens, after which the Avalanche “began completely disregarding stop signs and speeding away in an attempt to elude police.”
During the pursuit, the vehicle ran a number of stop signs and drove through the Clawson Elementary School zone at an estimated 45 m.p.h., according to the report.
Gonzalez slowed his speed at these points but never lost sight of the vehicle.
The Avalanche eventually continued onto Cochise Avenue southbound into the desert area until it reached the International Border Road.
Here, Gonzalez saw a marked U.S. Border Patrol Chevrolet Tahoe approaching Cochise Avenue eastbound from the border road, and “saw the Avalanche turn slightly west on Border Road and collide with the Border Patrol Tahoe,” the report states.
At this point, the report goes on to say that the officer saw two men standing on top of the border fence near a ladder leading up the fence from the U.S. side, while a third man on the ground on the Mexican side of the fence passed rocks up to them.
La Madrid then exited the Avalanche and ran toward the ladder and began to climb it.
Gonzalez parked his vehicle before reaching the border road and, before getting out of the vehicle, “saw one of the male subjects atop the fence throw three rocks/bricks at the Border Patrol agent as he was exiting his vehicle. Two of the rocks struck the Border Patrol Tahoe’s windshield (narrowly missing the Border Patrol Agent) and the third missing everything altogether,” the statement reads.
While this happened, the second man on top of the fence reached down and grabbed La Madrid’s wrist “as if to try to help him get up the ladder faster.”
Gonzalez then saw the Border Patrol agent draw his sidearm and fire three shots, followed by La Madrid and the man who had grabbed him falling from the fence and to the ground.
The second man on top of the fence returned to the Mexican side and fled the area in a two-door silver hatchback vehicle, while the third person on the ground on the Mexican side left in an unknown direction.
Paramedics were called to the scene as Douglas Police and a Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission (GIITEM) detective carried the wounded La Madrid behind Gonzalez’s vehicle.
The second suspect, who is not identified in the report, was secured and also placed behind the vehicle.
First aid was provided to La Madrid by a GIITEM detective and Border Patrol agent until Douglas Fire Department paramedics arrived and transported him to the Southeast Arizona Medical Center.
On Monday, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office, the lead agency investigating the incident, reported that a second person, Jesus Manuel Chino Lino, 17, was also in the Avalanche at the time of the pursuit.
Chino Lino has been taken into custody and is charged as an adult with possession of marijuana for sale, transportation of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the sheriff’s office.
When reached for comment Tuesday night, Carol Capas, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office, said she could not immediately verify if the second suspect mentioned in the Douglas Police report was Chino Lino. She did, however, say that she was not aware of any additional suspects that may have been apprehended.
The Douglas Police report indicates that an officer saw a “large burlap sack with shoulder straps in the rear bed area of the avalanche” after the vehicle was moved away from the border fence.
The sheriff’s office reported that 48.2 pounds of marijuana was found inside the vehicle.
While en route to a Tucson hospital, La Madrid’s condition worsened and he was rerouted to the Sierra Vista Regional Health Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
Chino Lino remains booked in the Cochise County Jail.
Comments
Anyways wrote on Apr 13, 2011 5:34 PM:
just me wrote on Apr 13, 2011 1:16 PM:
eduardo corrales wrote on Apr 13, 2011 1:15 PM:
USC wrote on Apr 12, 2011 9:19 PM:
GO BP, GO CBP, GO DPD!!! "
exresident wrote on Apr 12, 2011 3:07 PM:
ihatethehaters wrote on Apr 12, 2011 2:23 PM:
John Doe wrote on Apr 12, 2011 1:43 PM:
Saddened wrote on Apr 12, 2011 11:05 AM:
I absolutely support our law enforcement, regardless of agency, in their attempts to enforce the law and keep society safe.
It is absolutely ludicrous to insinuate that the conclusion of this incident was the fault of law enforcement. Why are the actions of Mr. La Madrid himself exempt from critisism? Why do people feel that Mr. La Madrid's death was the fault of anyone else but himself? He made the decision to engage in illegal drug smuggling activity, then attempted to evade the police (while endangering the life of school children), then personally engaged in assaulting law enforcement officers, and then proceeded to engage himself in action with others who were also endangering the life of law enforcement. We all must face the consequences of our actions, and it appears to me that this unfortunate consequence was the fault of no one other than Mr. La Madrid and his cohorts. "
HISPANIC wrote on Apr 12, 2011 11:00 AM:
andale wrote on Apr 11, 2011 4:41 PM:
Mr Pie wrote on Apr 11, 2011 11:52 AM:
Mari wrote on Apr 11, 2011 2:59 AM:
Have the wars of the world stopped all of the sudden? Do we live in a Utopia? Obviously not. I also think that it's foolish to believe that the perfect families of Douglas also known as the Cleaver's or Brady Bunch really exist. I dare all these people to buy a drug kit and test all your kids. Then test your own spouse while your at it too. If you are truly righteous and so proud of your family and your values then why don't you back up your own words and create a foundation so you can help these struggling (bad parents/bad families) with your expertise on how to raise children in today's society or how to cope with financial issues. DO SOMETHING!! Stop critcizing and judging and become the SOLUTION not part of the PROBLEM!! If you really believe killing people is the solution then I suggest that you all put your nose in that Bible that has accumulated dust and start reading. Please come up with some real solutions and don't sweep these problems under the rug because eventually it will catch up with everyone. I don't condone drug users/dealers, but I also don't condone corruption in politics.
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven
~Luke 6:37
"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
~Matthew 7:3 "
wow wrote on Apr 8, 2011 10:02 PM:
andale wrote on Apr 8, 2011 5:00 PM:
Drug Free wrote on Apr 7, 2011 3:05 PM:
The_truth_hurts wrote on Apr 7, 2011 10:23 AM:
Mari wrote on Apr 6, 2011 11:00 PM:
Excessive Force...Is the border patrol over stepping their boundaries? He was shot in the back three times...This should seriously be investigated.
This is a war that will continue to happen on the border (which is Douglas'backyard), but everyone needs a job and everyone needs money. The Drug Czars supply the drugs...the mules run them...the Dealers sell them and the Perfect people of the world buy them and smoke them...Then the cops/feds/border patrol smells/finds the drugs and receive their accolades or in other words their bonuses. Our Politicians cry to the Federal Government for more money to secure the borders and..........................
The wheels on the bus go
Round and round, round and round,
Round and round.The wheels on the bus go
Round and round, All through the town.
Wake up Douglas....Wake up Arizona.....Wake up U.S.A!!!!!!!!!!!
As long as there are
Drugs there are Buyers
As long as there are
Buyers there are Dealers
As long as there are
Dealers there are Mules
As long as there are
Mules there are Drug Czars
As long as there are Drug Czars...the Feds/Border Patrols/Cops/and Politicians all have JOB SECURITY!!
So do you really think they want to solve the problems on our Border or maybe they just like to put on a good show here and there....I don't know...it's just one of those things that make you say....HHHMMMMM!!
I know we all have to make choices on a daily basis and some of those choices have consequences, but we need to stop being the judges of all these people and step back and just come up with some real solutions to these big problems and stop adding to them!! Shooting people in the back is not going to solve anything. If anything, these are the types of battles that start Wars!!
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
~Napoleon Hill "
NOCREO wrote on Apr 6, 2011 10:16 PM:
Shocked wrote on Apr 6, 2011 9:05 PM:
Frustrated wrote on Apr 6, 2011 2:21 PM:
Yes, He was carrying drugs
Yes, Brick size rocks were being thrown at the agent.
You hold a gun and I'll throw bricks at you, and your telling me that you would rather go for a taser - Puh-leeeeeeese!
Thank you BP and Douglas police - For doing your jobs and protecting us. Dont listen to all those shadey people who are praising this drug dealer and the terrible choices he made that brought on his own consequences! "
just me wrote on Apr 6, 2011 1:53 PM:
I wonder how all the people who are posting all over this website and facebook feel now?
Your "little boy" was the bad guy and did VERY BAD THINGS and he paid the price for his actions.
Do the crime and pay the price. "
John wrote on Apr 6, 2011 1:26 PM:
Monica wrote on Apr 6, 2011 11:46 AM: