Summary

A 19-MONTH OLD GIRL NAMED SUZIE WAS THE INNOCENT VICTIM OF A SHOOT OUT WITH POLICE. SHE DIED FROM A BULLET TO HER HEAD AS HER FATHER, JOSE PENA, USED HER AS A HUMAN SHIELD IN A SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM THE USED CAR LOT HER FATHER WORKED AT SHOWS PENA HAD THE GIRL IN HIS ARMS AT ALL TIME DURING THE STANDOFF WITH POLICE. PENA WAS FOR SOME REASON FIRING BULLETS AT PASSERSBY AT HIS AUTO BUSINESS AND THAT'S WHEN POLICE WERE CALLED IN. SEVERAL EXCHANGES WITH POLICE TOOK PLACE BEFORE BOTH PENA AND THE GIRL ENDED UP BEING KILLED.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 285244
Story Slug TODDLER USED AS HUMAN SHIELD DIES IN SHOOTOUT - 2005
Location LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Format FRAME BY FRAME SURVEILLANCE
Date 7-15-2005
Archive Time 4:07
TRT 1:40
Supers LOS ANGELES, CA
Video Description VARIOUS STILLS OF EVIDENCE IN THE CASE, BULLETS, SMASHED UP OFFICE, STILL OF GUNMAN CARRYING BABY, MOVING SURVEILLANCE FRAME BY FRAME STYLE, SILENT COLOR FOOTAGE, MAN ENTERS OFFICE WITH GUN IN HAND AND HOLDING BABY, MAN HIDING OUT IN DOORWAY, SHOOTING AT COPS, WE SEE GUNMAN SHOOTING AND THEN DUCKING BACK INTO OFFICE, WE DO NOT SEE TODDLER OR MAN ACTUALLY GETTING SHOT - WE MERELY SEE THAT HE WAS HOLDING HER WHILE IN SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE,
Description A 19-MONTH OLD GIRL NAMED SUZIE WAS THE INNOCENT VICTIM OF A SHOOT OUT WITH POLICE. SHE DIED FROM A BULLET TO HER HEAD AS HER FATHER, JOSE PENA, USED HER AS A HUMAN SHIELD IN A SHOOTOUT WITH POLICE. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM THE USED CAR LOT HER FATHER WORKED AT SHOWS PENA HAD THE GIRL IN HIS ARMS AT ALL TIME DURING THE STANDOFF WITH POLICE. PENA WAS FOR SOME REASON FIRING BULLETS AT PASSERSBY AT HIS AUTO BUSINESS AND THAT'S WHEN POLICE WERE CALLED IN. SEVERAL EXCHANGES WITH POLICE TOOK PLACE BEFORE BOTH PENA AND THE GIRL ENDED UP BEING KILLED.
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Keywords

SHOOTOUT
CAUGHT ON TAPE
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
CAUGHT ON VIDEO
BABY
TRAGIC
TRAGEDY
GUNFIGHT
SURVEILLANCE
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