few feet from the final position of the firearm that was shown in the DA's report. His testimony would be vital to the investigation.
There was also a woman that is shown getting out of her car as Mr. McLain was running by in frame marked 19:53:52 that would have had the best view of Mr. McClain's actions and would be a key witness regarding whether Mr. McClain threw a gun across the street.
The circumstances surrounding recovery and investigation of the firearm have not been fully explored The DA's report says that "At 8:05 p.m., PPD Officer Connor Duncan located a firearm near the west curb of Raymond Avenue..." At 03:09:32 (8:09:32 p.m.) in the Officer #3 video2 ‐ 4‐1/2 minutes after the firearm was reported to have been found ‐ the area where the firearm was reported to be found can be seen:
2 Officer #3 BWC posted at https://www.cityofpasadena.net/police/archive‐critical‐incident‐briefings/critical‐ incident‐ois‐20008867‐august‐15‐2020/
It appears that there are people in the area but there are no signs of an ongoing investigation of a found firearm on the west side of Raymond Avenue and investigations appear to be focused on the east side of Raymond Avenue.
The La Pintoresca Park surveillance video ends at 20:05:20 (about 8:05 p.m.) and, in the last 10 frames (27 seconds), Officer Duncan can be seen searching the area where the firearm was reported to be found (see Attachment 2). In the second‐to‐last frame he shines his light at the location of the dark spot in the street but he doesn’t bend over to look more closely at the ground. The last frame shows him shining his light away from the dark spot area. An examination of later portions of the video can help explain the circumstances surrounding the collection of that crucial evidence and the extended video should be shared on the PPD incident web site.
Critical video recordings from body cameras have not been made public The body camera videos of Officers Duncan, Montiglio and McFarland that are central to the DA's investigation should be made available on PPD's incident web site.
Attachment 1: Witness that was near the dark spots
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Attachment 1 (cont.): Witness that was near the dark spots 19:53:58 19:54:01
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Attachment 1 (cont.): Witness that was near the dark spots 19:54:10
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Attachment 2: Magnified Portions of La Pintoresca Park Surveillance Camera Video Frames Dark
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