APD IS RELEASING MORE INFORMATION ON LAST FRIDAY’S FATAL OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING. THE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CORNEL HEITZMAN AND CARLOS HERNANDEZ. HEITZMAN HAD RETIRED THEN REJOINED APD IN 2009. HERNANDEZ HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT SINCE 2007.
THE INCIDENT BEGAN FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH A CALL TO 9-1-1 FROM A WITNESS WHO SAID IT APPEARED SOMEONE WAS BEING ABDUCTED AT ROBINSON PARK. THE WOMAN EVENTUALLY ESCAPED.
OFFICERS OPENED FIRE WHEN 33 YEAR OLD RAFAEL MOLINA JR POINTED A GUN AT THEM. APD SAYS IT APPEARS MOLINA WAS NOT ABLE TO FIRE HIS GUN.
