Yeah, it's right. Okay. I can't hear it. So, it has colors on it to tell us what it's doing. So, right now I'm recording. Okay. And today is Wednesday, February 18th. It's 1:14 p.m. Okay. I'm Sergeant Arerodondo. This is Deputy Allen. He's just going to sit here and uh be my witness because the door's closed. Okay. Just for my protection. Okay. So, before I talk to you, first I need to know your name. Will you spell that for me? D E N E T R L U. You have a middle name and your date of birth. You said a birthday then, huh? How old are you? 23. Your social security number? 600. Before I talk to you, okay, I want to read you your rights, okay? You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to talk to a lawyer and to have them present with you during questioning. You cannot afford to hire a lawyer. One will be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you so wish. You can decide at any time to exercise these rights and not answer any of my questions or make any statements. Do you understand each of these rights that I explain to you? What I want to talk to you about is the incident that happened today with Tyrone. Are you willing to talk to me about it? Okay. from the very beginning. I need you to tell me what happened, where you were, and what inspired this. Okay? And then I want to probably stop you at some certain points and if I need to clarify something, I'll clarify that. Okay? Okay. today. This morning you got up and you weren't home, correct? I was at Well, I was um staying with Ty. You were staying with Ty. Where's Ty live? Out at that house at 367 Road. I was at that house right there. Uhhuh. Who's Tai? Tyro. Oh, okay. That's what you call him. Ty. Okay. So, you were you were with him? Yeah. Okay. And then you guys started fighting about something. What did you guys start fighting about? Well, um he actually we had um split up a few weeks ago over um some issues with the tax return. Um he got mad that I took half and you know we were going to pay bills with it but he didn't want me to help and so he kicked me out and so I was being with my parents. Okay. And I came back because they needed to bring his truck back to him. Okay. That was today. Yeah. Well, yesterday I brought the truck and then you stayed the night and you guys got up this morning. Uhhuh. And then um he went to work and so I went home at work and um the Tahoe, the red Tahoe at the house. Um he my car had broken down um about four or five months ago and he had bought the Tahoe and given that to me, you know, he didn't legally give it to me, but he said that I could drive that. And then when we split up anything and it was just so I went over there to talk to him to try, you know, and get some type of vehicle. So you went to the house to get a vehicle? Yeah, I went to work to talk to him about having a vehicle. Okay. And um he just so I was just getting frustrated, you know, and I kind of left and I tried calling him cuz the white truck, he had given that to me to like, well, can I please just take something so I can have something to drive around to get to work, you know, cuz I can't just have nothing to have two kids. Okay. But, you know, I kind of thought about that and he was just he didn't want to do it. He didn't want to give me anything. And so, finally, you know, he was mad enough and he came back to the house and he put tires on it and, you know, I just wanted I was trying to talk to him because, you know, he has two kids and I've raised them for trying to work it out, right? You know, kind of thing. I've raised them for the last two years. You know, their mom, she's in prison right now. And you know, I knew if I left on a bad note that he wouldn't let me see him. And so I was just trying to talk, you know, and he was just mad at me. And so we got I asked him if he'd give me a ride into town so I could wait cuz my dad said that he would come and get me, you know. And so I asked him if he had me right to tell him. He said, "Okay." And so I got in and you know I was thinking I was like I don't want to wait at a gas station with the baby. So And you're in the you're in the red Tahoe right now, right? Okay. And I with the baby. Yeah. And him. I asked if he would let me ask his sister to watch the baby for just a little bit until my dad got there and brought me back to the house, you know, cuz he put a spare on the truck, but there and I didn't want to go very far, you know, with it. And so he said fine. Well, he didn't want me. He kept saying, "No, I just let's just go." And so finally, you know, I was just like, "Please just let me take the baby inside so I don't have to put a gas station with the baby." You know, and he just got mad and he took the he turned off the Tahoe, took the keys and started walking off. And so I got in the white truck and tried calling and was like, "Ty, please stop. You know, it doesn't have to be like this." I was like, "I'm just trying to talk to you." And he was just like, "You want to fuck with me, you crazy bitch?" all kinds of things. And so, you know, I was trying to talk to him, trying to get him back. And I was like, I'll just leave you alone. Just please stop being like this. And that's when he took off. And so, okay. He took off walking, correct? Right. Well, he was already walking on the side of the road. He just took off walking the field. And so, I followed him and I was just like, "Ty, please talk, please." And he, you know, he just wouldn't say anything. Tell me, "Leave me alone." And then he told me that I asked him I was like, "Well, can I see the kids or could I take them?" And he told me no. And he just I didn't know what else to do and I just lost it. And so I shot him. I don't remember how many times. And then he tackled me to the ground and he took the gun and then he just kept banging my head into the ground and I was like, "Please, Ty, just get off of me." you know, I was like the baby cuz I'm pregnant. And so, yeah. And he got off of me. He started walking back and he told me he's like, "Call the cops." And so I was I didn't have my phone with me. And so I started walking back and I tried to get the gun and then he pushed me onto the ground again and he sat on top of me and then that's when he called his sister and she came over and from there and then you ran past Tyrone when you got the the cuz the baby was still in the vehicle, correct? And then she gets the baby because she's feeling she needs to protect him or something, right? And then you went and did you at any point do anything to try to get the baby back? Well, she when she was walking, I asked for the baby, you know, and that was it. Okay. Were you pulling on the baby at any point? Are you sure? All I did was touch him. I didn't pull on. Okay. Cuz the way I understood is you you're pulling the baby to try to get get her away from this get the baby away from the sister. Okay. He was reaching towards me, but I couldn't hold him. You said that you lost it when you started shooting at him. All right. Where did you get the gun from? First of all, um from my He didn't give it to me. You what? I took it. He didn't give it to me. What do you mean you took it? Um he had it in his closet. Where at? Um up on a shelf. No, but where does your dad live? Oh, in Eager. He lives in Eager. Your dad lives in Eager. What's your dad's name? Carl. And what kind of gun is it? A 22. I don't know anything other than that. Okay. Where did you have it when you left the vehicle? Um, in my pocket. You had it in your pocket for in a pant pocket. In your jacket pocket. Cuz I had the sweater. The sweater. You had a sweater on and then you had the gun in your pocket when you got the gun. When did you get the gun this morning? Where was it at? Where did you get it from? Before you when you put it in your sweater. Oh, it was in the truck. I just had it in there cuz the truck that white truck that was at inside the truck. I think I just had it sitting on something cuz I mean was it in the console? Was it on the seat in the glove box? I think it was just on the seat. I don't remember exactly where I had Okay. Well, when you left the vehicle, the gun was in there. Why did you grab the gun and leave the vehicle with the gun? What did he do to make you feel that he was going to hurt you? you know, kind of pushes me or I just want to talk, you know, when I really love a lot bigger than me, you know, I just afraid that if I try talking about the kids, the angels get mad at me. I just know. Okay. So, you took the gun, you put it in your in your sweater, and was it already loaded? It was already loaded. Okay. Then you guys were following him and you're trying to, you know, you guys are kind of arguing or whatever. You guys are walking away. When Why did you take the gun out and start shooting at him? Excuse me. the thought of not seeing my kids and not being around them and it's just, you know, like he could care less that, you know, those kids are everything to me and it's just because you actually started shooting cuz you thought he was going to take the kids. Well, he won't let me see the other two kids. Okay. And you said you lost it. What were you thinking? Cuz I just wasn't. I didn't know what to do. When you started shooting at somebody like you did with Tyrone, what was your intent? I mean, what did you want to do? I mean, he's walking away from you. I didn't want to hurt him. I don't want it to be like that. All I could think about was not seeing my kids. Okay. But you're shooting at him. But what I'm what I'm it it's it's a very serious thing when you start shooting at somebody and you shot at him. He's he's walking away from you. He's not he's not your kids aren't there. Do you know what I'm saying? Your your kids are at school that there's kids at school. There's there's a child in the truck. So, he's not actively trying to to take a a child from you. He's He's walking away from you when you're shooting at him. This is what I'm trying to comprehend is why are you shooting at him at this point? I mean, if he's broke into your house and he's trying to grab your kids and and you're shooting, that's that's a different story. But there's there's no kids around. Do you know what I'm saying? He's walking away from you. He's trying to get away from you and and you're following him with a gun. I mean, I'm trying to I'm trying to I'm I'm on your side to trying to figure out what you're thinking and what what you're I mean, at any point, are you trying to kill him to keep him from from getting your kids? I mean, what do you think was going to happen? He said you didn't want to hurt him. What do you think was going to happen when you're shooting at him and a bullet hits him? I mean, everybody turned out pretty lucky today, you know, and he's not dead. My kids has been so hard. At any point did you ever intend to kill him? At any point did you ever intend to hurt him? Do you feel that you mentally stable? Did you have you feel you had a deprived mind uh in any way that you know what's going through your head when you're firing? What it I mean you're you emptied the gun. I mean you fired all the rounds beside the He shot two rounds. Huh? He shot off two rounds after he took the gun. Okay. And how did he shoot two rounds? Why did he do that? Shooting anymore. He was trying to empty the gun to make sure there was no rounds. How many rounds did you fire? Do you know how many rounds were in the gun? I think there were a full six, but I think one was empty. One had already been shot. Yeah. And I think I shot twice and then one I think got shot off when we were hanging on the ground and then the other two shot. Okay. And And how were you holding the gun? With what hand? With my right hand. And then if Riley is if actually if I'm if I'm Tyrone, how were you holding the gun towards Tyrone? You don't remember? Do you remember holding it up to him? Do you remember? I mean, do you remember aiming? I don't really remember. It was happened so fast and I was just so upset, you know. And what were you thinking when you took the gun out of your hole? What did you think? All I could think about was my kids and never see them. I never wanted her to die and I just can't believe I did it. [Music] How old is your little boy that's in the truck? 16 months. 16 months. How come you had the little boy with you? So when you got out of the Tahoe, you took the little boy and got in a white truck and then that's when you went over there and then you and then you grab the the the gun from the seat. He's walking away. You're following him. You guys are kind of arguing and you guys get to where defense is at. You take the gun out of out of your sweater. You fire two rounds. Then he comes and gets you and you guys wrestle for the gun. He takes the gun, fires two additional rounds into the ground. And then he walks away with the gun. You try to get the gun. He tackles you, sits on you, and starts making phone calls. All right. Why did you try to get the gun back from him? He was hurt, you know. Did you know you shot him? I thought I just like gotten him a little bit, you know. I didn't think I'd actually hit him because it didn't look like it, you know. And I know like with a 22, you can't really can hurt somebody, but I didn't think that I'd hit him. But then he was saying, you know, you kind of that he was hurt. And how did you feel when he told you? How do you feel now? Bad. Do you have anything else that you want to tell me on your behalf? I just think all the pregnancy hormones, you know, after I had the baby, I had a lot of issues with depression and I just think a lot of that has to do with it. I just don't do well when I'm pregnant. Have you guys been constantly fighting? No. I mean, after he kicked me out, we did off. I was trying to fix things. You what? I was trying to fix things. Uhhuh. I could see the kids. Are you under any type of medication right now? Have you taken any medication today? Yesterday. Have you had a healthy pregnancy so far? And how many months are you right now? I can tell you weeks. A weeks. Four weeks. I have to pass this on to the jail. Okay. I'm not sure. I'm going to talk to the district attorney to see what we're going to charge you with. Okay. This is domestic. You did use a firearm, a deadly weapon, and he fired at Tyrone and it one of those bullets that came out of the gun, hit Tyrone in the arm. They're going to take him to Los Cruus. Um, he and the sister are going to have so they don't go into uh foster care, nothing else like that. We're going to we're are going to make a referral to CFD. Okay. And then they're going to just take make sure that all the kids are safe. So, as far as just so, so your knowledge is all the kids are okay. They're going to be okay. They're going to stay home. Okay. Did at any time he hit you prior to this incident, today or yesterday or recently at all that would cause you that you were in fear of your life or not recently, but when he gets mad, he has a really bad temper. And I don't think he'd hit me because I'm pregnant, but he gets pretty scary sometimes. Be so mad. He's kind of like step toward me, you know, hit me. Okay. So, you're going to be hanging out here for a little while. You are going to go to jail. Okay. And then I'm not sure in order to keep you away from him and the kids if you do get out of jail, you know, you bond out or do anything like that, you have a right to bond. So you'll be able to get bond out. Um depending what I what the the district attorney says, what we're going to go with is we're going to um depend on what your bond is going to be. Okay. Is there any medication at your house that you need to take with you to the jail that we can have somebody go pick up? You're not on any medication at all whatsoever. Like just vitamins and just regular like supplemental vit vitamins, you know, oh, okay. For for you being pregnant, stuff. It's been a long time since my wife was pregnant, so I forgot about all the vitamins and and all that kind of stuff about kids and stuff like that. Is there any way like my mom could get the baby? That that's all that's all going to depend on. If CFD says we have to get them out of the house or something like that, then we'll try to find an alternate area for to get your kids out. My mom's coming down right now. Excuse me. My mom's coming down right now. Okay. I really doubt it because she's not the parent because Tyrone's the parent, right? Is that correct? Yeah. So, unless he wants to voluntarily surrender the the child to your mother, then he can do that. But if he doesn't want to, he doesn't have to. Okay? And we can't force him to give the any children away to anybody else right now. Okay? Does that make sense? Okay. But they're going to be okay because your sister, his sister's there, too, and stuff like that. And I I understand your concern as to what's going to happen with the children and so forth, stuff like that. Okay. But we don't have a court order saying that he has to surrender the kid to anybody to anybody. And everything that we saw is that they're they're safe. They're going to stay in the custody of of him. And uh that's what's going to happen with them. Okay, that make sense? Yeah. Okay. Do you have anything else to say? Okay, I'm going to go ahead and terminate this interview. It's 1:38 on fe Wednesday, February 18th. Okay. All right.