APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS ☐ 119.071(2)(c): Active criminal intelligence/active criminal investigative information. ☐ 119.071(5)(g): Biometric Identification Information (fingerprints, palm prints, footprints, etc.). ☐ 119.071(2)(e): Confession. ☐ 985.04(1): Juvenile offender records. ☐ 119.071(5)(a)(5): Social Security numbers held by agency. ☐ 119.0712(2): Personal information contained within a motor vehicle record. ☐ 119.071(2)(d): Surveillance techniques, procedures, and personnel; inventory of law enforcement resources, policies, or plans pertaining to mobilization, deployment or tactical operations. ☐ 119.071(2)(h)(1): Identity of victim of sexual battery, lewd and lascivious offense upon a person less than 16 years old, child abuse, or other sexual offense. ☒ 119.071(4)(d)(1): Home address, telephone, SSN, DOB, or photos of active/former LE personnel, spouses and children. ☐ 316.066(5)(a): Crash reports are confidential for a period of sixty (60) days after filing. ☐ 365.171(12): Identity of 911 caller or person requesting emergency services. ☐ 119.071(2)(b): Criminal intelligence/investigative information from a non-Florida criminal justice agency. ☐ 119.071(5)(b): Bank account, debit, charge, and credit card numbers held by an agency. ☒ 394.4615(7): Mental health information. ☐ 395.3025(7)(a) and/or 456.057(7)(a): Medical information. ☒ 119.071(4)(c): Undercover personnel. ☐ 943.053 and/or 943.0525: NCIC/FCIC, FBI, and in-state FDLE/DOC. ☐ 119.071(2)(f): Confidential Informants (CIs). ☐ 119.07(4)(d): Extra fee if request is voluminous or requires extensive Personnel or technology. ☐ 119.071(2)(l): Assets of crime victim. ☐ Other: REVIEW COMPLETED BY Case Number: Records Tracking Number (if applicable): Reference: 13-133689 18-05-0378 Report Records Production Personnel Name: Records Production Personnel ID: Date: J Yates 8453 5/7/2018 Created 10/28/2016 Updated 10/28/2016 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 P A L M CASE NO. 13133689 B E A C H Page 1 of 25 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 1 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED DIVISION: DETECTIVE 911: HOMICIDE/MURDER * ASSAULT EMERGEN * * SIGNAL CODE: 9531 CRIME CODE: 1 NON CRIME CODE: CODE: 090A 10/20/13 SUNDAY ZONE: BR GRID: DEPUTY I.D.: 6756 NAME: ULTSH STEPHEN ASSIST: 32 TIME D 1827 A 1854 C 0245 OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 10/20/13 , 1805 HOURS AND DATE: 10/20/13 , 2000 HOURS EXCEPTION TYPE: DEATH OF OFFENDER INCIDENT LOCATION: 500 S BLK OCEAN BD APT. NO.: CITY: BOCA RATON STATE: FL ZIP: 33432 POLICE AGENCY ASSISTED: BOCA RATON NO. OFFENSES: 02 NO. OFFENDERS: 01 NO. VEHICLES STOLEN: 0 NO. PREMISES ENTERED: 0 LOCATION: HIGHWAY / ROADWAY NO. VICTIMS: 02 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0 WEAPON TYPE: HANDGUN OFFENSE NO. 1 FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: 782 04 CIS CODE 090A OFFENSE NO. 2 FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: 784 07 2C CIS CODE 130A .. NAME LIST: ROLE: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ROBERT M COHEN DOB: SEX: M RACE: W HT: 507 WT: 100 HR: BROWN EYE: BLUE BUSINESS PHONE: VICTIM NO. 001 ROBERT M COHEN DOB: SEX: M RACE: W HT: 507 WT: 100 HR: BROWN EYE: BLUE RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: SUSPECT IAN BURLAKOFF DOB: 10/18/1971 SEX: M RACE: W HT: 600 WT: 210 HR: BALD EYE: BROWN BUSINESS PHONE: 561 000-0000 DECEASED IAN BURLAKOFF DOB: 10/18/1971 SEX: M RACE: W HT: 600 WT: 210 HR: BALD EYE: BROWN RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: 17613 MIDDLE LAK DR BOCA RATON FL 33496 BUSINESS PHONE: 561 000-0000 .. ============================================================================ STATUS 1 = STOLEN 2 = S/R DIFFERENT DAY CODE 3 = S/R SAME DAY 4 = RECOVERED FOR OTHER JURISDICTION (STA) 5 = LOST ITEMS 8 = EVIDENCE SEIZED 9 = OTHER (ARSON/VANDALISM) ============================================================================ DATE S T P R O P E R T Y STLN/ T Y BRAND CALIBER SERIAL/NUMBER VALUE VALUE TELETYPE RECOV A P NAME (GUN) DESCRIPTION STOLEN RECOVERED NUMBER ============================================================================ printed by Employee Id #: 8453 HOME PHONE:561 000-0000 HOME PHONE:561 000-0000 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 P A L M CASE NO. 13133689 B E A C H Page 2 of 25 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 2 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED ============================================================================ STATUS 1 = STOLEN 2 = S/R DIFFERENT DAY CODE 3 = S/R SAME DAY 4 = RECOVERED FOR OTHER JURISDICTION (STA) 5 = LOST ITEMS 8 = EVIDENCE SEIZED 9 = OTHER (ARSON/VANDALISM) ============================================================================ DATE S T P R O P E R T Y STLN/ T Y BRAND CALIBER SERIAL/NUMBER VALUE VALUE TELETYPE RECOV A P NAME (GUN) DESCRIPTION STOLEN RECOVERED NUMBER ============================================================================ 102113 8 G SPRINGFIEL 9MM SN: XD224983 1 2013G-1116 M: XD-9 BLACK PISTOL USA .. .. OFFENSE INDICATOR: OFFENSE 2 VICTIM NUMBER: 1 VICTIM TYPE: LAW ENFORCEMENT RESIDENCE TYPE: CITY RESIDENCE STATUS: FULL YEAR EXTENT OF INJURY: NONE INJURY TYPE(1): NOT APPLICABLE INJURY TYPE(2): NOT APPLICABLE VICTIM RELATION: OTHER KNOWN .. OFFENSE INDICATOR: OFFENSE 1 VICTIM NUMBER: 2 VICTIM TYPE: ADULT RESIDENCE TYPE: COUNTY RESIDENCE STATUS: FULL YEAR EXTENT OF INJURY: FATAL INJURY TYPE(1): GUNSHOT INJURY TYPE(2): NOT APPLICABLE VICTIM RELATION: UNDETERMINED VICTIM NUMBER: 1 JUSTIFIABLE CIRCUMSTANCES: FELON KILLED BY POLICE OFFICER JUSTIFIABLE CODE: FELON ATTACKED POLICE OFFICER AGENCY: PBSO OFFICER NAME: DETECTIVE ULTSH SUPERVISOR ON SCENE: SGT MOORE WHERE BODY FOUND: 500 BLOCK S OCEAN BD, BOCA RATON, FL OFFICER VIEWED BODY AT: SCENE UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS: N FIRE RESCUE: RESCUE 28 REMOVAL SERVICES: ELITE PRONOUNCE BY: OFFICERS AT: SCENE CAUSE OF DEATH: GUNSHOT WOUNDS printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 P A L M CASE NO. 13133689 B E A C H Page 3 of 25 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 3 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED DEATH'S CERTIFICATE SIGNED BY: DR AXELSON BODY RELEASED TO: PBC MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE DATE: 102113 VICTIM NUMBER: 1 OFFENDER NUMBER: 1 INCIDENT TYPE: OFFICER ASSAULTED, NO INJURY OFFICER ACTIVITY CODE: DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE TYPE OF ASSIGNMENT: ONE PERSON VEHICLE, ALONE WAS OFFICER WEARING BODY ARMOR ?............... DID ARMOR PREVENT SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITY ?. WAS OFFICER AWARE THAT OFFENDER HAD WEAPON ?... DID OFFENDER USE OFFICER'S WEAPON ?............ WAS A FIREARM DISCHARGED BY THE OFFENDER ?..... WAS FIREARM DISCHARGED BY THE OFFICER ?........ WAS OFFENDER INJURED ?......................... EXTENT OF INJURIES TO OFFENDER ?............... OFFICER EXPERIENCE IN YEARS ................... YES NO YES NO NO YES YES FATAL 5 REPORT NUMBER: 1 REFERENCE CASE NO.: 13133690 ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013 THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE VIOLENT CRIMES DIVISION RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE BOCA RATON POLICE DEPARTMENT ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE. THE PRELIMINARY REPORTS WERE THE BOCA RATON POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS REQUESTING THE ASSISTANCE OF PALM BEACH SHERIFF'S OFFICE DETECTIVES TO INVESTIGATE AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS EVENING. I WAS NOTIFIED BY SERGEANT TRISTRAM MOORE STATED THAT I WAS BEING ASSIGNED AS LEAD IN A DUAL INVESTIGATION. SERGEANT MOORE ADVISED ME THAT WHILE BOCA RATON POLICE OFFICERS WERE IN ROUTE TO THE CALL OF A VIOLENT DOMESTIC DISPUTE INVOLVING SHOTS FIRED THE BOCA RATON POLICE OFFICERS ENCOUNTERED AN ARMED SUSPECT. THIS ARMED SUSPECT WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A BOCA RATON POLICE OFFICER. IMMEDIATELY, FOLLOWING THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING THE OFFICERS DISCOVERED THAT THIS DECEASED SUBJECT WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE SHOT AND KILLED HIS WIFE JUST A SHORT DISTANCE FROM WHERE THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. I WAS GIVEN THE ADDRESS OF 500 SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD AS THE INCIDENT LOCATION FOR BOTH OF THESE INCIDENTS. DETECTIVE S ULTSH ID 6756 TRANS 10-22-13 JOY printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 4 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 1 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 1 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED DIVISION: DETECTIVE CASE NO. 13133689 911: HOMICIDE/MURDER * ASSAULT EMERGEN * * SIGNAL CODE: 9531 CRIME CODE: 1 NON CRIME CODE: CODE: 090A 10/21/13 SUNDAY ZONE: BR GRID: DEPUTY I.D.: 3984 NAME: MARTIN ASSIST: 32 TIME D 1827 A 1854 C 0245 OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 10/20/13 , 1805 HOURS AND DATE: 10/20/13 , 2000 HOURS EXCEPTION TYPE: DEATH OF OFFENDER INCIDENT LOCATION: 500 S BLK OCEAN BD APT. NO.: CITY: BOCA RATON STATE: FL ZIP: 33432 POLICE AGENCY ASSISTED: BOCA RATON NO. OFFENSES: 02 NO. OFFENDERS: 01 NO. VEHICLES STOLEN: 0 NO. PREMISES ENTERED: 0 LOCATION: HIGHWAY / ROADWAY NO. VICTIMS: 02 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0 WEAPON TYPE: HANDGUN OFFENSE NO. 1 OFFENSE NO. 2 .. FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: 782 04 784 07 2C CIS CODE 090A CIS CODE 130A ON 10-21-13, CSI MARTIN CONTACTED PBSO TELETYPE OPERATOR ID #1548 AND QUERIED THE FIREARM FOR ENTRY INTO FCIC/NCIC AS DOCUMENTED IN THE PROPERTY SECTION UNDER CONTROL #2013G-1116. CSI J. MARTIN/ID #3984 10-22-13/SS printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 5 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 2 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 1 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED DIVISION: DETECTIVE CASE NO. 13133689 911: HOMICIDE/MURDER * ASSAULT EMERGEN * * SIGNAL CODE: 9531 CRIME CODE: 1 NON CRIME CODE: CODE: 090A 10/20/13 SUNDAY ZONE: BR GRID: DEPUTY I.D.: 9212 NAME: MCGEHEE ASSIST: 32 TIME D 1827 A 1854 C 0245 OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 10/20/13 , 1827 HOURS AND DATE: 10/21/13 , 0100 HOURS EXCEPTION TYPE: DEATH OF OFFENDER INCIDENT LOCATION: 500 S BLK OCEAN BD APT. NO.: CITY: BOCA RATON STATE: FL ZIP: 33432 POLICE AGENCY ASSISTED: BOCA RATON NO. OFFENSES: 02 NO. OFFENDERS: 01 NO. VEHICLES STOLEN: 0 NO. PREMISES ENTERED: 0 LOCATION: HIGHWAY / ROADWAY NO. VICTIMS: 02 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0 WEAPON TYPE: HANDGUN OFFENSE NO. 1 OFFENSE NO. 2 .. FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: 782 04 784 07 2C CIS CODE 090A CIS CODE 130A ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 20, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 HOURS I WAS DISPATCHED TO 500 S OCEAN BLVD BOCA RATON, FL 33432 IN THE CITY OF BOCA RATON AS A BACK UP UNIT IN REFERENCE TO ASSISTING BOCA RATON POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. UPON ARRIVAL I WAS GIVEN THE ASSIGNMENT TO STAND AT THE OUTSIDE PERIMETER ON THE NORTH EAST SIDE OF THE CRIME SCENE AND MAKE SURE CIVILIANS DID NOT ENTER THE CRIME SCENE. THIS ENDS MY INVOLVEMENT WITH THIS CASE. D/S J. MCGEHEE/ID 9212 DICT:102113 0400 HOURS TRANS:102313 LRE/8283 printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 6 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 3 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 1 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED DIVISION: ROAD PATROL CASE NO. 13133689 911: HOMICIDE/MURDER * ASSAULT EMERGEN * * SIGNAL CODE: 9531 CRIME CODE: 1 NON CRIME CODE: CODE: 090A 10/20/13 SUNDAY ZONE: BR GRID: DEPUTY I.D.: 9464 NAME: DUROS,PAUL ASSIST: 32 TIME D 1827 A 1854 C 0245 OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 10/20/13 , 1829 HOURS AND DATE: 10/20/13 , 1854 HOURS EXCEPTION TYPE: DEATH OF OFFENDER INCIDENT LOCATION: 500 S BLK OCEAN BD APT. NO.: CITY: BOCA RATON STATE: FL ZIP: 33432 POLICE AGENCY ASSISTED: BOCA RATON NO. OFFENSES: 02 NO. OFFENDERS: 01 NO. VEHICLES STOLEN: 0 NO. PREMISES ENTERED: 0 LOCATION: HIGHWAY / ROADWAY NO. VICTIMS: 02 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0 WEAPON TYPE: HANDGUN OFFENSE NO. 1 OFFENSE NO. 2 .. FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: 782 04 784 07 2C CIS CODE 090A CIS CODE 130A ON OCTOBER 20, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 1952 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO 500 S. OCEAN BLVD., PALM BEACH COUNTY, CITY OF BOCA RATON, FL. REFERENCE ASSISTING ANOTHER AGENCY. PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FROM BOCA RATON POLICE REFERENCE AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING, B.R.P.D. CASE NUMBER 13-14001. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I TOOK A POST JUST NORTH OF THE INCIDENT. I WAS ASSIGNED TO REMAIN WITH BOCA RATON POLICE SGT. FLYNN ID 571, WITNESS TO THE INCIDENT. I REMAINED WITH SGT. FLYNN UNTIL HE WAS RELEASED BY THE ON SCENE INVESTIGATORS AT APPROXIMATELY 2330 HOURS. THE REPORT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. CPL DUROS ID 9464 DATE/TIME: 10/20/13, 0030 HOURS IM/102313/COPIED & PASTED VERBATIM printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 7 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 4 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 1 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED DIVISION: DETECTIVE CASE NO. 13133689 911: HOMICIDE/MURDER * ASSAULT EMERGEN * * SIGNAL CODE: 9531 CRIME CODE: 1 NON CRIME CODE: CODE: 090A 10/23/13 SUNDAY ZONE: BR GRID: DEPUTY I.D.: 4976 NAME: LIPINSKI ASSIST: 32 TIME D 1827 A 1854 C 0245 OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 10/20/13 , 1829 HOURS AND DATE: 10/20/13 , 1854 HOURS EXCEPTION TYPE: DEATH OF OFFENDER INCIDENT LOCATION: 500 S BLK OCEAN BD APT. NO.: CITY: BOCA RATON STATE: FL ZIP: 33432 POLICE AGENCY ASSISTED: BOCA RATON NO. OFFENSES: 02 NO. OFFENDERS: 01 NO. VEHICLES STOLEN: 0 NO. PREMISES ENTERED: 0 LOCATION: HIGHWAY / ROADWAY NO. VICTIMS: 02 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0 WEAPON TYPE: HANDGUN OFFENSE NO. 1 OFFENSE NO. 2 .. FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: 782 04 784 07 2C CIS CODE 090A CIS CODE 130A ON MONDAY OCTOBER 21ST, 2013 AT 09:15 HOURS, I ATTENDED THE AUTOPSY OF IAN BURLAKOFF AT THE PALM BEACH COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S INVESTIGATION WAS COVERED UNDER PALM BEACH COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S CASE # 13-1107. THE AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED BY DR. AXELSON. THE DECEDENT SUSTAINED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE TOP OF THE RIGHT SHOULDER, A GUNSHOT TO THE TOP LEFT SHOULDER, A GUNSHOT TO THE LEFT SHOULDER BLADE, AND A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE RIGHT FOREARM. THERE WERE TWO EXIT WOUNDS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT CHEST AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TORSO. DR. AXELSON CONCLUDED THAT ANY ONE OF THE THREE GUNSHOTS TO THE TORSO WOULD HAVE CAUSED DEATH AND RULED BURLAKOFF'S DEATH AS A HOMICIDE. FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE AUTOPSY FINDINGS, PLEASE REFER TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S AUTOPSY REPORT. THIS ENDS MY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS CASE. DETECTIVE KURT LIPINSKI ID 4976 TRANS 10-25-13 JOY printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 8 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 5 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 1 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED DIVISION: ROAD PATROL CASE NO. 13133689 911: HOMICIDE/MURDER * ASSAULT EMERGEN * * SIGNAL CODE: 9531 CRIME CODE: 1 NON CRIME CODE: CODE: 090A 10/20/13 SUNDAY ZONE: BR GRID: DEPUTY I.D.: 7834 NAME: BLACKMAN ASSIST: 32 TIME D 1827 A 1854 C 0245 OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 10/20/13 , 1829 HOURS AND DATE: 10/20/13 , 1854 HOURS EXCEPTION TYPE: DEATH OF OFFENDER INCIDENT LOCATION: 500 S BLK OCEAN BD APT. NO.: CITY: BOCA RATON STATE: FL ZIP: 33432 POLICE AGENCY ASSISTED: BOCA RATON NO. OFFENSES: 02 NO. OFFENDERS: 01 NO. VEHICLES STOLEN: 0 NO. PREMISES ENTERED: 0 LOCATION: HIGHWAY / ROADWAY NO. VICTIMS: 02 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0 WEAPON TYPE: HANDGUN OFFENSE NO. 1 OFFENSE NO. 2 .. FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: 782 04 784 07 2C CIS CODE 090A CIS CODE 130A ON THE AFOREMENTIONED DATE, AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO THE 500 BLOCK OF SOUTH OCEAN BLVD, IN BOCA RATON, REFERENCE TO AN ASSIST TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. WHILE ON SCENE MY DUTIES CONSISTED OF ASSISTING WITH PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT AND PERIMETER SECURITY ON THE NORTH END OF THE INCIDENT SCENE. THIS CONCLUDED MY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS CASE. D/S S. BLACKMAN #7834 JH 102813 #8026 printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page PAGE 1 CASE NO. 13133689 SUPPLEMENT 6 0 CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED DIVISION: DETECTIVE 911: ASSAULT EMERGEN SIGNAL CODE: 9531 CRIME CODE: 1 NON CRIME CODE: CODE: 090A 10/30/13 SUNDAY ZONE: BR GRID: DEPUTY I.D.: - NAME: 32 TIME 1827 A 1854 0245 OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 10/20/13 1829 HOURS AND DATE: 10/20/13 1854 HOURS EXCEPTION TYPE: DEATH OF OFFENDER INCIDENT LOCATION: 500 BLK OCEAN BD APT. NO.: CITY: BOCA RATON STATE: FL ZIP: 33432 POLICE AGENCY ASSISTED: BOCA RATON No. OFFENSES: 02 NO. OFFENDERS: 01 NO. VEHICLES STOLEN: 0 No. PREMISES ENTERED: 0 LOCATION: HIGHWAY ROADWAY No. VICTIMS: 02 No. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0 WEAPON TYPE: HANDGUN OFFENSE NO. 1 FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: 782 04 C18 CODE 090A OFFENSE NO. 2 FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: 784 07 20 C18 CODE 130A ON 10/29/13 AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 HOURS, AT THE REQUEST OF SERGEANT T. MOORE, I RESPONDED TO THE PALM BEACH OFFICE EVIDENCE ROOM, ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TO PERFORM A FIELD TEST OF THE SEIZED UNKNOWN WHITE POWDER SUBMITTED INTO EVIDENCE, IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE. EVIDENCE TECHNICIAN MEGAN WEINBERG REMOVED THE BAGGIE FROM THE BROWN PAPER EVIDENCE BAG, AFTER CUTTING OPEN THE PAPER BAG WITH SCISSORS. AT 0850 HOURS, I SIGNED THE PROPERTY RECEIPT AND RECEIVED THE CLEAR BAGGIE OF WHITE POWDER FROM TECHNICIAN WEINBERG. AFTER PLACING 0N PROTECTIVE GLOVES, I OPENED THE BAGGIE, PLACED A STERILE COTTON SWAB INTO THE BAGGIE TO COLLECT A SMALL SAMPLE OF THE WHITE POWDER. I THEN PLACED THE SWAB INTO A SIRCHIE NARCOTICS ANALYSIS REAGENT FIELD TEST TUBETTE (LOT 5 201309075) AND WAS ABLE TO GET SOME WHITE POWDER FLAKES TO FALL INTO THE TUBE. I PLACED THE CAP ON THE TUBETTE AND BROKE THE INNER GLASS TUBE AND SHOOK THE TUBETTE VIGOROUSLY AND OBSERVED A VIBRANT COLOR BLUE INSIDE THE TUBETTE. THIS CONFIRMED THAT THE SUSPECTED WHITE POWDER WAS COCAINE. I PLACED THE BAGGIE OF COCAINE BACK INTO THE EVIDENCE BAG, WHICH WAS SEALED BY TECHNICIAN WEINBERG WITH EVIDENCE TAPE. I INITIALED AND DATED THE EVIDENCE BAG AND TURNED IT BACK OVER TO TECHNICIAN WEINBERG. THIS CONCLUDED MY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS CASE. AGENT ID - TRANS 11-05-13 JOY printed by Employee Id I: 8453 on May 02, 2018 1 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 10 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 7 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 1 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED DIVISION: DETECTIVE CASE NO. 13133689 911: HOMICIDE/MURDER * ASSAULT EMERGEN * * SIGNAL CODE: 9531 CRIME CODE: 1 NON CRIME CODE: CODE: 090A 11/16/13 SUNDAY ZONE: BR GRID: DEPUTY I.D.: 6756 NAME: ULTSH ASSIST: 32 TIME D 1827 A 1854 C 0245 OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 10/20/13 , 1829 HOURS AND DATE: 10/20/13 , 1854 HOURS EXCEPTION TYPE: DEATH OF OFFENDER INCIDENT LOCATION: 500 S BLK OCEAN BD APT. NO.: CITY: BOCA RATON STATE: FL ZIP: 33432 POLICE AGENCY ASSISTED: BOCA RATON NO. OFFENSES: 02 NO. OFFENDERS: 01 NO. VEHICLES STOLEN: 0 NO. PREMISES ENTERED: 0 LOCATION: HIGHWAY / ROADWAY NO. VICTIMS: 02 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0 WEAPON TYPE: HANDGUN OFFENSE NO. 1 OFFENSE NO. 2 .. FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: 782 04 784 07 2C CIS CODE 090A CIS CODE 130A ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 20TH, 2013 I WAS ASSIGNED AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING BY SERGEANT TRISTRAM MOORE. HE TOLD ME THAT THE PRELIMINARY DETAILS WERE THAT THE BOCA RATON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD DISPATCHED OFFICERS TO A CALL OF SHOTS FIRED. A RESPONDING OFFICER FOR THE BOCA RATON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD ENCOUNTERED A MALE WITH A GUN AND SHOT THE SUSPECT AFTER A BRIEF CONFRONTATION. IT WAS LEARNED ON SCENE THAT THIS MALE HAD JUST SHOT A FEMALE. THE FEMALE WAS DISCOVERED DECEASED SHORTLY AFTER THIS CONFRONTATION WITH THE BOCA RATON POLICE OFFICER. THE MALE SUSPECT FROM THE FEMALE'S HOMICIDE WAS ALSO PRONOUNCED DECEASED ON SCENE. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF I WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATE BOTH CASES AS THEY ARE INTERTWINED WITH EACH OTHER. I WAS GIVEN THE INCIDENT LOCATION AS 500 SOUTH OCEAN AVENUE, BOCA RATON, FLORIDA. I WAS DRIVING TO THE SCENE WHEN I HEARD THAT BOCA POLICE HAD REQUESTED ADDITIONAL PALM BEACH SHERIFF'S OFFICE UNITS RESPOND TO THE SCENE. I WAS ABLE TO JOIN THESE EXTRA UNITS AS I EXITED I-95. I ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIRENS AND DROVE CODE 3 WITH THE OTHER PALM BEACH SHERIFF'S OFFICE MARKED UNITS RESPONDING TO THE SCENE. UPON MY ARRIVAL I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY ON SCENE. THERE WERE MULTIPLE MARKED UNITS FROM BOTH BOCA RATON POLICE AND THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON SCENE. CRIME SCENE TAPE HAD BEEN SET UP ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ORIGINAL ADDRESS GIVEN. THERE WAS RED AND YELLOW TAPE JUST NORTH OF THE RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 499 SOUTH OCEAN AVENUE. I printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 11 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 7 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 2 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED CASE NO. 13133689 COULD SEE THE MALE DECEDENT UNDER A YELLOW SHEET FARTHER SOUTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH OCEAN AVENUE. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE BOCA RATON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE CAPTAIN FAGEN, LIEUTENANT MCGOVERN, AND DETECTIVE CRUZ. I ADVISED THE BOCA RATON OFFICIALS THAT SERGEANT MOORE WOULD BE RESPONDING TO THE SCENE SHORTLY. THERE WERE MANY CIVILIAN WITNESSES OBSERVED BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH LIMITS OF THE CRIME SCENE. POLICE UNITS WERE BLOCKING BOTH DIRECTIONS OF TRAFFIC FLOW. SERGEANT MOORE ARRIVED ON SCENE AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT I WOULD WORK BOTH INVESTIGATIONS DUE TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HOMICIDE AND THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING INCIDENT. DETECTIVE CRUZ WALKED ME THROUGH THE CRIME SCENE AND WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO ME IN THE EVENT I NEEDED ANYTHING FROM THE BOCA POLICE OR THEIR DETECTIVES. I WAS TOLD THAT THE BOCA OFFICERS WERE RESPONDING TO A SHOTS FIRED CALL. THE CALL WAS POSSIBLY DOMESTIC RELATED BY THE CALL DETAILS. UPDATES WERE RECEIVED BY THE BOCA OFFICERS INDICATING THAT THERE WAS A MALE WITH A GUN. OFFICER COHEN #721 WAS THE FIRST RESPONDING OFFICER TO ARRIVE. COHEN HAD A MALE SUBJECT ON THE GROUND AT GUNPOINT AND LATER SHOT THE SUBJECT AS BACKUP ARRIVED. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE ARE MANY SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE DETAILS OF THIS INVESTIGATION AND THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IS BEING INVESTIGATED UNDER PALM BEACH SHERIFF'S OFFICE CASE NUMBER 13-133689. THE BOCA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOCUMENTING THE CALL UNDER CASE NUMBER 13-14001. SOME OF THE STATEMENTS IN THIS INVESTIGATION ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. I WALKED THE CRIME SCENE AND LEARNED THAT THERE WAS BOTH AN INNER AND OUTER PERIMETER SET TO THE NORTH OF THE PRIVACY WALL OF 499 SOUTH OCEAN AVENUE. THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. A GARBAGE CAN WAS SET INTO THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY AS A METHOD TO HOLD THE RED CRIME SCENE TAPE. I SAW A PAIR OF SANDALS AND WOMAN'S SUNGLASSES IN THE GRASSY AREA NEXT TO THIS WALKWAY. LOOKING TO THE WEST THERE WAS A GREY ELECTRICAL BOX WITH AN OPEN DOOR PANEL. THE CBS PRIVACY WALL HAD A SECTION THAT WAS CURVED AROUND A TELEPHONE POLE AND GREEN COVER FROM POSSIBLY A CABLE CONNECTION. THE FEMALE DECEDENT WAS LYING SUPINE ON A CONCRETE SLAB THAT WAS NEXT TO THE TELEPHONE POLE. THE DECEDENT HAD ON A BLACK TANK TOP PULLED UP EXPOSING HER STOMACH. A WHITE PATTERNED SKIRT WITH WHAT LOOKED TO BE A PURPLE TWO PIECE BATHING SUIT UNDERNEATH. MEDICAL LEADS FROM FIRE RESCUE WERE ON HER FOREARMS AND INNER THIGHS. JEWELRY CONSISTED OF A CLEAR STONED SILVER RING, SILVER COLOR WATCH, AND GOLD COLOR BRACELET ON HER LEFT WRIST. CLEAR STONE EARRINGS AND A CHAIN WITH CLEAR STONE PENDANT. A SILVER BRACELET WAS ON THE RIGHT WRIST. BLOOD WAS PRESENT THAT HAD EXITED FROM BOTH EARS AND SOMEWHERE AROUND HER HEAD. THIS CREATED A LARGE BLOOD STAIN AT THE SUPERIOR ASPECT OF HER HEAD. INSIDE THE STAIN A SPENT SHELL CASING WAS OBSERVED. TWO ADDITIONAL SPENT CASINGS printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 12 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 7 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 3 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED CASE NO. 13133689 WERE LOCATED NEAR THE PRIVACY WALL. I THEN WENT TO THE SOUTH EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE I SAW THAT THE DECEDENT WAS COVERED WITH A YELLOW BLANKET. THERE WERE IV BAGS AND A COLLAPSIBLE TRAFFIC CONE HOLDING DOWN THE TARP AS TO NOT BLOW AWAY. THE DECEDENT WAS SUPINE AND A BLOOD LIKE SUBSTANCE WAS OBSERVED ON THE ROADWAY. THERE WERE TRAFFIC CONES IN THE CENTER PORTION OF THE ROADWAY THAT WERE BEING USED TO IDENTIFY THE SPENT RIFLE ROUNDS. ABOUT 15-20 FEET SOUTH OF THE DECEDENT IN THE ROADWAY WAS A BLACK, SEMI-AUTOMATIC HANDGUN. THE SLIDE WAS OPEN WITH A LOADED MAGAZINE, ONE LOOSE LIVE ROUND, BROWN LEATHER AND TAN SWEDE HOLSTER, AND IPHONE. I SPOKE TO WITNESSES ALONG THE ROADWAY AND INFORMED THEM THAT I APPRECIATED THEIR STANDING BY TO PROVIDE STATEMENTS IN REFERENCE TO WHAT THEY OBSERVED. WATER WAS PROVIDED TO A MALE AND FEMALE LATER IDENTIFIED AS SARA GITLITZ AND WILSON MCLEAN. WHILE I WAS WAITING FOR THE BOCA RATON OFFICERS TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL I WANTED TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH WITNESSES ON SCENE. I ASKED FOR DETECTIVES WHO WERE PRESENT TO BEGIN OBTAINING STATEMENTS. DETECTIVE AARON SILVER FROM THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND I BEGAN WITH THE CRANE FAMILY FROM NEW YORK THAT WERE DRIVING BY AND WITNESSED THE EVENTS. I CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS WITH THE TWO MALE WITNESSES WHO ARE FATHER AND SON, THOMAS R. CRANE AND THOMAS A. CRANE, RESPECTIVELY. THE FIRST TO BE INTERVIEWED WAS THE SON, THOMAS R. CRANE, WHITE MALE, 03/15/1998. THIS SWORN, TAPED STATEMENT WAS ENTERED INTO EVIDENCE. THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE STATEMENT. CRANE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING SOUTHBOUND HE OBSERVED A "BIG WHITE GUY" HOLDING TWO WOMEN. HE DESCRIBED ONE WOMAN AS OLDER AND THE OTHER AS BEING APPROXIMATELY 6 YEARS OLD. CRANE DESCRIBED THE BALD, MUSCULAR MAN AS HAVING HIS ARMS AROUND BOTH FEMALES. THOMAS STATED THE MAN WAS TRYING TO TAKE THE WOMEN TO THE AREA BETWEEN THE TENNIS COURTS AND HOUSE. CRANE STATED THAT THEY WERE DRIVING SLOWLY. HIS MOTHER STATED SHE DIDN'T LIKE THE SITUATION WHEN SHE OBSERVED THIS EVENT AND HAD HER HUSBAND TURN THEIR VEHICLE AROUND. AT THIS TIME THE LITTLE GIRL WAS ABLE TO BREAK FREE AND RUN ACROSS THE STREET DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THEIR CAR. CRANE DESCRIBED THE WHITE MALE AS DRAGGING THE LADY OFF THE ROADWAY AND DOWN TO THE GROUND. CRANE WAS UNSURE WHETHER THE MAN WAS ON OR OVER THE WOMAN WHEN HE HEARD THREE SHOTS. CRANE RECALLED SEEING THE WOMAN AS WEARING WHITE BOTTOMS WITH A BLACK TOP, THE CHILD WAS DESCRIBED AS SHORT WITH LONG, DARK BROWN HAIR. CRANE STATED THAT AFTER THE SHOOTING THEY LEFT THE AREA. BOTH HIS MOTHER AND SISTER DIALED 911 ON THEIR CELL PHONES. CRANE WAS SPECIFIC TO HEARING THREE DISTINCT GUNSHOTS THAT HE DESCRIBED AS "POP, POP, POP". HE RECALLED THE COUPLE STANDING NEAR AN ELECTRICAL BOX WITH ITS DOOR FLAPPING OPEN. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT AN OFFICER WAS OBSERVED COMING OVER THE BRIDGE. printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 13 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 7 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 4 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED CASE NO. 13133689 HIS FATHER DROVE TOWARDS THE INCIDENT LOCATION FOLLOWING THE OFFICER. WHEN THEY ARRIVED CRANE DESCRIBED SEEING THE GUY LAYING ON THE ROAD WHEN THE COP CAR PULLED UP. CRANE DESCRIBED HEARING MAYBE SIX MORE SHOTS WHILE THE WHITE MALE WAS "SPRAWLED OUT". CRANE RECALLED THAT THERE WAS A JOGGER WHO WITNESSED THESE EVENTS AND WAS WAITING TO TALK TO POLICE ALSO. I ASKED CRANE WHEN HE FIRST OBSERVED THE GUN. HE RESPONDED THAT AFTER THE LITTLE GIRL RAN ACROSS THE STREET TO A MAN WITH DARK HAIR HIS ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED BACK ON THE COUPLE. IT WAS AT THIS TIME HE FIRST OBSERVED THE MALE WITH A GUN. THE FATHER, THOMAS A. CRANE WAS THE NEXT TO BE INTERVIEWED. HE WITNESSED THE ENTIRE CHAIN OF EVENTS. I OBTAINED A SWORN TAPED STATEMENT FROM THOMAS A. CRANE. THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF HIS SWORN TAPED STATEMENT. THE ORIGINAL RECORDING IS IN PALM BEACH SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE. AT 2034 HOURS I BEGAN THE INTERVIEW. THOMAS WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH DIRECTION BUT INDICATED HE WAS HEADED SOUTH ON SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD. HE WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH OR SLOWER TAKING IN THE SIGHTS. HE SAW A WHITE MALE IN THE DISTANCE WITH HIS ARM AROUND A WOMAN AND SMALL CHILD. THOMAS DESCRIBED THE WHITE MALE AS "DRAGGING" THE PEOPLE FROM THE SIDEWALK TO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THOMAS SAID HE MADE "EYE CONTACT" WITH THE MALE. HE TURNED HIS VEHICLE AROUND AT HIS WIFE'S REQUEST. AT ABOUT THIS TIME THE SMALL CHILD GOT AWAY AND RAN ACROSS THE ROAD. THOMAS SAID THE MALE THEN PUSHED THE FEMALE TO THE GROUND NEAR THE POWER BOX. ALL THE TIME THE FEMALE WAS KICKING AND PUNCHING. THOMAS DESCRIBED THE FEMALE AS "BEAUTIFUL" AND HE COULD "SEE THE FEAR IN HER EYES". THOMAS DESCRIBES THE MALE AS HAVING A GUN IN HIS HAND WHEN HE IS "EYEBALLED" BY THE WHITE MALE. THOMAS BEGINS TO DRIVE AWAY SLOWLY FEARING THAT HE MAY GET SHOT. THOMAS THEN HEARS 3 GUNSHOTS. THOMAS' WIFE DIALED 911 ON HER CELL PHONE. THOMAS RECALLED HIS SON SAYING THAT THEY HAD JUST WITNESSED THE MALE SHOOT THE FEMALE. THOMAS THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE HEARD 2 MORE GUNSHOTS AS THEY DROVE AWAY. THOMAS PULLED OVER AT THE PARK AND WAITED FOR THE POLICE TO ARRIVE. THOMAS SAW A MARKED BOCA RATON POLICE CAR ARRIVING AND FLASHED HIS CAR LIGHTS AT THE OFFICER. THOMAS THEN FOLLOWED THE POLICE CAR IN HIS CAR. THOMAS STATED THAT HE DROVE THROUGH A RED LIGHT AND ATTEMPTED TO GET THE OFFICER'S ATTENTION. THOMAS SAW THE WHITE MALE HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SEEN IN THE DISTURBANCE WITH THE FEMALE AND CHILD ON THE ROAD. THE MALE THEN ATTEMPTED TO STAND UP FROM A PRONE POSITION. THOMAS THOUGHT THE MALE ATTEMPTING TO STAND WAS REACHING FOR A GUN WHEN THOMAS HEARD QUICK GUNSHOTS FROM THE OFFICER. IT WAS OBVIOUS TO THOMAS THAT THE MALE WAS BEING STRUCK WITH THE ROUNDS BEING FIRED FROM THE OFFICER. ONE ROUND MAY HAVE STRUCK THE PAVEMENT ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT. THOMAS WAS ABLE TO TELL ME THE HANDGUN THE MALE WAS HOLDING WAS NOT A REVOLVER TYPE OF HANDGUN. IT WAS HIS ESTIMATION THAT THE OFFICER FIRED 5-6 ROUNDS THEN A QUICK GAP OF SILENCE AND THE ONE LAST ROUND WAS FIRED. printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 14 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 7 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 5 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED CASE NO. 13133689 THE NEXT INTERVIEW I CONDUCTED WAS WITH SARA C. GITLITZ, WHITE FEMALE, 05/11/1988. GITLITZ STATED THAT SHE WAS DRIVING SOUTHBOUND TO THE SUPERMARKET. SHE ENCOUNTERED A POLICE OFFICER SOUTHBOUND FROM PALMETTO ON SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD. SHE STATED THAT THE OFFICER WAS DRIVING AWKWARDLY STOPPING AND THEN GOING AGAIN. SHE STATED SHE WAS STOPPED BEHIND THE OFFICER WHEN SHE NOTICED A GUY ON THE ROAD. SHE STATED SHE OBSERVED THE MALE ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS WITH ONLY ONE BOCA OFFICER PRESENT. SHE DESCRIBED THIS OFFICER AS HAVING APPROACHED THE MAN FROM THE NORTH. SHE SAID AN OFFICER DRIVING A BOCA RATON POLICE SUV ARRIVED FROM THE SOUTH. WHEN THE OFFICER WAS ABOUT TO GET OUT OF HIS VEHICLE IT APPEARED THAT THE MALE HAD SHOT HIMSELF. SHE STATED SHE HEARD THREE OR FOUR GUNSHOTS. SHE SAID THAT THERE WERE NO OFFICERS OUTSIDE OF THEIR VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING. GITLITZ THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE THE MALE HAD A GUN. SHE STATED SHE SAW OFFICERS AFTER THE SHOOTING WITH ONE CARRYING A RIFLE AND THE OTHER A HANDGUN. SHE DENIED SEEING THE OFFICER SHOOT THIS INDIVIDUAL. SHE STATED IT LOOKED LIKE THE MAN'S HAND TOOK A GUN FROM UNDER HIMSELF AND USED IT TO SHOOT HIMSELF. SHE STATED SHORTLY THEREAFTER A LOT OF OFFICERS WERE ARRIVING. SHE RECALLED AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SHE DESCRIBED AS A GOOD SAMARITAN ACROSS THE STREET WAVING TRYING TO GET THE POLICE'S ATTENTION TO INFORM THEM OF THE SECOND BODY. GITLITZ TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS NOT 100% SURE WHAT HAPPENED BUT DESCRIBED THE DETAILS OF WHAT SHE HAD WITNESSED. DRIVING IN THE VEHICLE WITH GITLITZ WAS HER FRIEND, WILSON C. MCLEAN, WHITE MALE, 12/30/1983. THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF MCLEAN'S STATEMENT. THE ORIGINAL WAS ENTERED INTO PALM BEACH SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE. MCLEAN STATED THAT HE AND GITLITZ WERE DRIVING TO THE STORE FROM HIS RESIDENCE AT THE BOCA TOWERS. THEY HEARD AND SAW A POLICE CAR AT PALMETTO AND A1A. HE STATED THE POLICE OFFICER STOPPED TO SPEAK WITH A MALE WHO WAS STANDING IN THE STREET WAVING HIS HANDS. THE OFFICER SPED AWAY SOUTHBOUND. HE AND GITLITZ CONTINUED DRIVING SOUTHBOUND AND SAW THE POLICE CAR STOPPED FOR A GUY WHO WAS IN THE ROADWAY. MCLEAN STATED THERE WAS A JOGGER FLAGGING THE OFFICER DOWN. MCLEAN SAW AN INDIVIDUAL LAYING IN THE ROADWAY THAT HE INITIALLY THOUGHT MAY HAVE BEEN HIT BY A VEHICLE. HE STATED THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE OFFICER ON SCENE WHEN THE GUY ON THE ROAD MOVED HIS HAND AND REACHED FOR HIS WAISTBAND. MCLEAN STATED HE HEARD APPROXIMATELY 7 GUNSHOTS AND THOUGHT THAT THE GUY HAD JUST KILLED HIMSELF. SHORTLY THEREAFTER MCLEAN THOUGHT THE OFFICER MAY HAVE ACTUALLY SHOT HIM BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL WAS REACHING FOR A GUN. I ASKED MCLEAN IF HE HAD SEEN A MUZZLE FLASH AND DESCRIBED THIS DETAIL TO HIM. HE STATED HE DID NOT SEE THE MUZZLE FLASH. HE STATED IT LOOKED LIKE DUST OR SMOKE NEAR THE MALE BODY ON THE STREET. HE TOLD ME THAT HIS ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED ON THE MALE HE HAD THOUGHT WAS HIT BY A CAR. MCLEAN SAID HE OBSERVED THE MALE'S BODY "VIBRATE" AS HE printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 15 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 7 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 6 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED CASE NO. 13133689 HEARD GUNSHOTS. MCLEAN STATED HE DID NOT SEE THE OFFICER SHOOT BUT RECALLED THAT THIS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AS SOON AS THE SECOND POLICE CAR ARRIVED. MCLEAN REITERATED TO ME THAT HE THOUGHT THIS WAS A SUICIDE BUT LATER THOUGHT THE OFFICER HAD SHOT THE MALE AS THE MALE REACHED FOR A GUN. MCLEAN RECALLED HEARING THE OFFICER YELL TO THE MALE, "GET ON THE GROUND, DON'T MOVE" OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. MCLEAN STATED THAT HE KNEW THIS INDIVIDUAL WASN'T HIT BY A CAR WHEN THE OFFICER STOPPED ABOUT 20 YARDS AWAY. MCLEAN STATED HE THOUGHT, "OH SHIT" TO HIMSELF WHEN HE SAW THE MALE MAKE A MOTION LIKE HE WAS REACHING FOR A GUN. MCLEAN KNEW FROM WATCHING TV THAT THIS IS A MOVE YOU DON'T DO UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A POLICE OFFICER. I WAS WAITING TO INTERVIEW SERGEANT FLYNN, THE SECOND OFFICER TO RESPOND ON SCENE. DURING THIS TIME I WAS PROVIDED WITH THE IDENTITIES OF THE TWO DECEDENTS. THEY WERE IDENTIFIED AS GERMANA BURLAKOFF, WHITE FEMALE, 08/15/1976 AND IAN BURLAKOFF, WHITE MALE, 10/05/1971. I LEARNED THAT GERMANA'S MOTHER RESIDED AT THE 500 BUILDING. I CONDUCTED A VIDEO WALK THRU RE-ENACTMENT WITH SERGEANT FLYNN, FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE ATTORNEY ROBERT BUSCHEL, AND SERGEANT TRISTRAM MOORE FROM THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DETECTIVE CRUZ AND LIEUTENANT MCGOVERN FROM THE BOCA RATON POLICE DEPARTMENT. SERGEANT FLYNN SAID IN HIS SWORN STATEMENT THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 HOURS HE WAS CLEARING A BURGLARY CALL AT 855 SOUTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY. A CALL WAS DISPATCHED IN REFERENCE TO POSSIBLE SHOTS FIRED IN THIS AREA (500 BLOCK OF SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD). A SECOND CALL WAS DISPATCHED OF SHOTS FIRED AND ANOTHER SUPERVISOR AUTHORIZED UNITS TO RESPOND CODE 3. FLYNN STATED HE DROVE CODE 3 NORTHBOUND ON SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD FROM CAMINO REAL. HE STATED THAT TRAFFIC WAS STACKED IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE DUE TO OFFICER COHEN STANDING IN THE ROADWAY WITH HIS RIFLE. AS A RESULT COHEN DROVE UP THE CENTER LANE. FLYNN RECALLED COHEN ASKING FOR A SUSPECT DESCRIPTION AS HE WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND OVER THE BRIDGE. COHEN RADIOED THAT HE HAD THIS MALE AT GUNPOINT. INADVERTENTLY COHEN STATED HE WAS IN THE 600 BLOCK. SERGEANT FLYNN STATED THAT HE ANGLED HIS VEHICLE TOWARDS THE RIGHT WITH THE GRILL AIMING TOWARDS THE MALE ON THE GROUND IN A PRONE POSITION. FLYNN SAW COHEN IN THE LANE WITH HIS RIFLE POINTED AT THE MALE ON THE GROUND. FLYNN STATED THAT AS HE PULLED UP THE PERSON ON THE GROUND LIFTED HIS HEAD AND MADE EYE CONTACT WITH HIM. AS FLYNN WAS PUTTING HIS VEHICLE INTO PARK AND EXITING HIS VEHICLE THE MALE REACHED FOR HIS WAIST LINE WITH HIS HANDS. AT THAT MOMENT FLYNN STATED HE HEARD MORE THAN THREE BUT LESS THAN 10 GUNSHOTS. FLYNN ALSO OBSERVED THE GRASS MOVING IN THE AREA BEHIND THE MALE. FLYNN STATED HE DREW HIS GUN AND VERBALIZED WITH OFFICER COHEN. COHEN WAS TO PROVIDE COVER AND FLYNN CLOSED THE DISTANCE ON THE SUBJECT. HE OBSERVED THE MAN'S HAND AT HIS SIDE WITH A BLACK SEMI AUTO HANDGUN NEAR HIS WAISTLINE. SERGEANT FLYNN RETRIEVED A printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 16 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 7 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 7 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED CASE NO. 13133689 HANDGUN FROM THE MALE WHICH WAS ON THE MALE'S SIDE (LEFT). FLYNN GOT THE GUN AWAY FROM THE MALE AND DROPPED IT INTO THE GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE ROADWAY AND SIDEWALK. FLYNN DESCRIBED A MAN DRIVING A SILVER CADILLAC PULLING NEXT TO HIM AS HE WAS EXITING HIS VEHICLE. FLYNN INDICATED THE ENGINE NOISE FROM THE CADILLAC STARTLED HIM AS HE GOT OUT OF HIS VEHICLE. SERGEANT FLYNN WAS TRYING TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION AND WAS UNAWARE OF THE FEMALE DECEASED ACROSS THE STREET. SERGEANT FLYNN OBSERVED A MALE WEARING A WHITE SHIRT STANDING NEAR A GARBAGE CAN YELLING FOR HELP. HE CONFIRMED THAT COHEN HAD THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL. DUE TO THIS FLUID CHAIN OF EVENTS AND HAVING WITNESSES STANDING BY SERGEANT FLYNN PICKED UP THE HANDGUN AND CLEARED IT. HE PLACED THE GUN AND ASSOCIATED ITEM ON THE ROADWAY. SERGEANT FLYNN RECALLED THAT HE HAD CALLED OUT SHOTS FIRED OVER THE RADIO. SERGEANT FLYNN EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD MOVED HIS MARKED PATROL CAR IN ORDER FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE ROOM TO RESPOND. SERGEANT FLYNN DESCRIBED THAT HE EXPECT TO SEE OFFICER COHEN HOLDING A MAN AT GUNPOINT WHEN HE ARRIVED. HE STATED HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT COHEN HAD DEPLOYED HIS RIFLE. FLYNN REITERATED THAT HE RECALLED HEARING THE SHOTS IMMEDIATELY UPON HIS ARRIVAL AS THE DECEDENT LOOKED AT HIM AND MOVED HIS HANDS TOWARDS HIS WAISTLINE. SERGEANT FLYNN RECALLED SPEAKING WITH OFFICER COHEN IN WHICH COHEN TOLD FLYNN THAT THE MALE TOLD COHEN EITHER HE WANTED TO DIE OR BE SHOT. SERGEANT FLYNN INDICATED THAT HE RADIOED FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND KNEW BY THE ENTRY AND EXIT WOUNDS THAT THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO MEDICALLY TO ASSIST THIS INDIVIDUAL. A ROUND COUNT WAS CONDUCTED IN THE COMMAND BUS OF SERGEANT FLYNN'S WEAPON SYSTEM. FLYNN CARRIED A SMITH AND WESSON M&P 40, SERIAL NUMBER MRJ8617. A ROUND COUNT REVEALED 15 IN EACH OF THE THREE MAGAZINES PLUS ONE ROUND THAT WAS CHAMBERED. THIS IS THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY FOR HIS WEAPON SYSTEM. FOLLOWING THE WALK THROUGH WITH SERGEANT FLYNN, THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE WAS CONTACTED. AT THIS TIME I WENT TO TALK WITH ALESSANDRA LEE LAWSON, THE SISTER OF GERMANA. LAWSON WAS WITH THE BURLAKOFF CHILDREN AT THE FIRE STATION ON SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD. I INFORMED LAWSON OF HER SISTER'S DEATH AND EXPLAINED THAT I WOULD BE IN CONTACT WITH HER TO SET UP INTERVIEWS WITH THE CHILDREN IN REFERENCE TO WHAT THEY SAW. I RETURNED BACK TO THE SCENE OF THE HOMICIDE AT ABOUT 2345 HOURS WHERE I MET WITH THE PALM BEACH COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S INVESTIGATOR, JULIO RUIZ. THE SCENE WAS DOCUMENTED BY RUIZ WITH NOTES AND PHOTOGRAPHS. I LEARNED THAT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE CASE NUMBERS WERE ASSIGNED AS 13-1107 AND 13-1108. IAN WAS THE FIRST TO BE EXAMINED BY RUIZ. THE YELLOW SHEET WAS REMOVED FROM IAN. I SAW IAN WAS A WHITE MALE DRESSED IN A BLUISH GREEN TEE SHIRT, printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 17 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 7 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 8 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED CASE NO. 13133689 GREEN CARGO SHORTS, LEATHER TYPE BELT, AND WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BROWN BATHING SUIT UNDERNEATH HIS SHORTS. HE WAS NOT WEARING ANYTHING ON HIS FEET. HIS HEAD, FACE, AND BODY APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN RECENTLY SHAVEN. THERE WAS MINIMAL HAIR GROWTH ON HIS BODY. HIS HANDS WERE BAGGED BY RUIZ. LEADS WERE STILL PRESENT ON HIS BICEPS AND CALVES FROM FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL. WHAT APPEARED TO BE A PATH CUT INTO HIS RIGHT FOREARM FROM A PROJECTILE WAS VISIBLE. A LARGE HOLE WAS SEEN ON HIS RIGHT ABDOMINAL AREA EXPOSING HIS RIBS AND TEARING THE FLESH. LIVIDITY WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE BODY POSITION. A SCRAPE TO THE RIGHT KNEE WAS ALSO VISIBLE. A SILVER METAL RING WAS ON THE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND. THERE WERE WOUNDS TO HIS LEFT SIDE ABOVE THE BELT LINE AND TWO SMALL AREAS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK. THE RIGHT TRICEP AND RIGHT LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE HAD WOUNDS THAT APPEARED TO BE CAUSED BY PROJECTILES FIRED FROM OFFICER COHEN'S RIFLE. REMOVED FROM HIS PANTS POCKETS WERE HIS WALLET, CLAIM CHECK, CASH, IDENTIFICATION FOR THE PREMIER CLUB, AND A SMALL ZIPLOC BAGGIE CONTAINING A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE BELIEVED TO BE COCAINE. THIS EVIDENCE WAS COLLECTED BY CRIME SCENE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. IAN WAS PLACED INTO A BODY BAG AND REMOVED FROM THE ROADWAY BY ELITE REMOVAL SERVICE. THE HANDGUN RECOVERED WAS A BLACK SPRINGFIELD ARMORY, XD9. SERIAL NUMBER XD224983, THERE WAS ALSO A STAINLESS STEEL MAGAZINE WITH THE GUN. CRIME SCENE FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND MEDICAL EXAMINER INVESTIGATOR RUIZ WERE DOCUMENTING BOTH THE AREA SURROUNDING GERMANA AS WELL AS GERMANA'S BODY. THIS WAS DONE WITH VIDEO, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND NOTES. ONCE GERMANA'S HANDS WERE BAGGED FOR PROTECTION OF CONTAMINATION SHE WAS PLACED ON A BODY BAG. IT WAS NOW EVIDENT THAT THERE WAS A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE RIGHT CLAVICLE AREA CLOSE TO THE BODY'S MIDLINE. AN ADDITIONAL GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE LEFT CLAVICLE AREA NEAR THE MIDLINE WAS ALSO DISCOVERED. THERE WAS AN INJURY TO THE RIGHT THIGH AREA. IT LOOKED LIKE A SCRAPE OF SOME TYPE TO MY OBSERVATIONS. WHEN GERMANA WAS ROLLED SHE HAD BI-LATERAL EXIT WOUNDS TO HER BACK. A PROJECTILE WAS DISCOVERED ON THE CEMENT SLAB THAT APPEARED TO BE FROM ONE OF THE CHEST SHOTS. A WOUND THAT APPEARED TO BE A GUNSHOT WAS ALSO FOUND ON HER SCALP. ELITE REMOVAL SERVICE TRANSPORTED THE DECEDENTS TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE FOR AUTOPSY. THE AUTOPSIES WERE SCHEDULED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY. I DISCOVERED THAT THE EVENTS NEAR THE END OF THIS INCIDENT MAY HAVE BEEN WITNESSED BY IAN'S FATHER, LEONARD BURLAKOFF. LEONARD HAD ARRIVED IN A SILVER CADILLAC CTS. THE CAR WAS STILL ON SCENE BEARING FLORIDA TAG P72 7VK. DETECTIVE SILVER WENT TO LEONARD'S RESIDENCE TO INTERVIEW HIM AS HE WAS NO LONGER ON SCENE. I WAS BRIEFED ON WHAT SILVER DISCOVERED LATER THAT EVENING. THE ALLEGED COCAINE IN THE ZIPLOCK BAGGIE WAS GIVEN TO DEPUTY MCDONOUGH printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page CASE NO. 13133689 SUPPLEMENT 7 CASE NO. PAGE 9 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED TO TURN INTO PALM BEACH OFFICE EVIDENCE. I LEARNED FROM SILVER THAT FATHER SAID IAN WAS AND USING STEROIDS. IT WAS BELIEVED GERMANA MEY HAVE BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH STEVEN STEINMEN. THE COUPLE REPORTEDLY HAD FINANCIAL ISSUES AND IAN WAS AN EXCESSIVE GAMBLER. LEONARD WAS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE SCENE AND REMOVE HIS CAR FROM THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY WHERE IT HAD BEEN PARKED. FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF ALL EVIDENCE ON SCENE I WENT TO SPEAK WITH VILLAREALE. SHE HAD QUESTIONS AND I ESCORTED HER TO THE AREA OF WHERE THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE EARLIER THAT EVENING. THIS WAS MORE FOR HER BENEFIT OF CLOSURE AND REFLECTION ON THE EVENTS. I WAS MORE OF A PERSON FOR COMFORT THAN THAT OF ANSWERING QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT OF THE INVESTIGATION. I WALKED VILLAREALE BACK TO HER BUILDING AND LEFT THE SCENE. THE FOLLOWING DAY DETECTIVE LIPINSKI OF THE VIOLENT CRIMES DIVISION ATTENDED THE AUTOPSY. THE CAUSE AND MENNER OF DEATH WERE DETERMINED TO BE MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND HOMICIDE. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE WAS COLLECTED IN REFERENCE TO THIS AND THE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION (PALM BEACH OFFICE 13-133690). RADIO TRAFFIC AT 1805 HOURS REVEALED A PASSERBY HEARING FOUR POSSIBLE GUNSHOTS NEAR 500 SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD. A SECOND CALL WAS DISPATCHED ABOUT SHOTS FIRED AND A CODE 3 RESPONSE WAS AUTHORIZED. IT WAS DISPATCHED THAT A MALE WAS HOLDING A GUN AND HAD A FEMALE ON THE GROUND. A DESCRIPTION WAS BEING SOUGHT AT THIS TIME. A BETTER LOCATION WAS BEING REQUESTED BY A RESPONDING UNIT. DISPATCH ADVISED IT WAS CLOSER TO THE BOCA BEACH CLUB. ADDITIONAL UNITS WERE RESPONDING FOR BACK-UP. A DESCRIPTION OF THE MALE WAS DISPATCHED AS HIM WEARING: TOP, GREEN SHORTS. THE FEMELE WAS DESCRIBED AS YOUNGER AND TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE MALE. OFFICER COHEN IS HEARD THAT HE HAS A MELE ON THE GROUND AT GUNPOINT. 10-33 RADIO TRAFFIC WAS ISSUED. A UNIT RADIOS IN THAT HE IS ARRIVING. THEN A REPORT OF SHOTS FIRED AND TO START FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE DISPATCHER CONFIRMS SHE IS STARTING FIRE DEPARTMENT. AN OFFICER STATES MULTIPLE SHOTS FIRED, THE GUN IS AWAY FROM THE SUSPECT AND TO START FIRE DEPARTMENT. DISPATCH ASKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS, THE RESPONSE IS THAT THERE IS ONE PERSON DOWN AT 500 SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD. THEN RADIO TRAFFIC OF OFFICERS ASKS FOR A PATH TO BE CLEARED FOR.THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE NEXT RADIO TRANSMISSION IS OF A FEMALE DOWN. THE LOCATION IS ALSO GIVEN AS 500 SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD. THE RADIO TRAFFIC INDICATING THAT THE MALE IS SIGNAL SEVEN MEANING HE IS DEAD. ADDITIONAL RADIO TRAFFIC INDICATES THAT THERE ARE TWO CHILDREN ARE AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION WITH A FAMILY FRIEND. 911 CALLS ARE RECEIVED THE FIRST ONE FROM A CALLER STATING SHE printed by Employee Id I: 8453 on May 02, 2018 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 19 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 7 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 10 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED CASE NO. 13133689 UNFAMILIAR WITH THE ROAD SHE IS ON BUT IS HEADING TO DEERFIELD BEACH FROM BOCA. THE WOMAN IS OBVIOUSLY PANICKED AND SAID JUST SAW A GUY SHOOT A GIRL. THEIR LOCATION IS GIVEN AS 310 BOCA MAR, MARBELLA, THEN ON SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD. CALLER INDICATES SEEING A MAN HOLDING A GUN AND HEARING GUNSHOTS. SHE DESCRIBED SEEING THE MAN WITH AN OLDER AND YOUNGER GIRL WITH HIM. THE YOUNGER GIRL GOT AWAY AND RAN ACROSS THE STREET. HE STILL HAD THE OLDER GIRL AND THEN THEY HEARD THE GUNSHOTS. CALLER STATED THAT SHE SEES THE POLICE RESPONDING TO THE SCENE. THE MALE IS DESCRIBED AS A MUSCULAR, TAN, BALD, WHITE MAN. THE MAN IS ON THE GROUND WHEN THE CALLER IS TALKING TO DISPATCH AND SCREAMING IS HEARD IN THE CAR. THERE IS NO RESPONSE FROM THE CALLER ON THE OPEN LINE AND THE CALL IS TERMINATED. THE SECOND CALLER DESCRIBES GUNSHOTS ON A1A NEAR THE BOCA BEACH CLUB. HE DESCRIBED THE LOCATION AS BEING BETWEEN PALMETTO PARK ROAD AND THE BEACH CLUB. THE THIRD CALLER IS A FEMALE. THE CALLER STATES THAT SHE IS AT THE CHALFONT CONDOMINIUMS, 500 SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD AND HEARING GUNSHOT ACROSS THE STREET. SHE SAW A GUY AND TWO KIDS ARGUING. THE CALLER BELIEVED THAT THE MALE WAS SAYING THAT SHE SET HIM UP OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THE CALLER DESCRIBED HEARING ABOUT FOUR GUNSHOTS. THE AREA IS BETWEEN THE MARINA AND THE TENNIS COURTS. THE MALE WAS SEEN BRINGING THE FEMALE BEHIND SOME BUSHES. THE CALLER STATED IT COULD HAVE BEEN FIRECRACKERS BUT THOUGHT IT WAS GUNSHOTS. THE CALLER HANDS THE PHONE TO A MALE WHO WAS ON SCENE. THE MALE STATES HE SAW A MAN WITH A GUN STANDING OVER A LADY. THE MALE WITH THE GUN TOLD HIM TO LEAVE AND HE WAS WAITING FOR THE POLICE TO ARRIVE. THERE WAS BELIEVED TO BE A FEMALE ON THE GROUND. THE MALE SUBJECT IS DESCRIBED AS WEARING A BLUE GREEN TOP, SHORTS, MUSCULAR, AND BALD. THE MALE IS SEEN ON THE PHONE AND LOOKING FOR POLICE. THE MALE IS DESCRIBED AS PACING IN THE STREET WITH HIS HAND ON HIS WAIST. CALLER INDICATES HE BELIEVES THAT IS WHERE THE MALE HAS HIS GUN. CALLER DESCRIBES HEARING POLICE AND DESCRIBING THE POLICE OFFICER EXITING HIS VEHICLE WITH A GUN. HE HEARS THE OFFICER ORDERING THE MALE ON GROUND. THE CALLER STATES THAT THE MALE IS ON THE GROUND AND THE CALL IS TERMINATED. THE LAST CALLER INDICATES THAT HE IS WALKING ON PALMETTO PARK ROAD AND BELIEVED HE HEARD APPROXIMATELY 3 GUNSHOTS SOUTH NEAR THE INTRACOASTAL. OCTOBER 22, 2013 ATTORNEY ROBERT BUSCHEL EMAILED ME IN REFERENCE TO HAVING OFFICER COHEN PROVIDE A STATEMENT AT 10 AM, FRIDAY THE 25TH. WE TALKED LATER AND RE-SET THE STATEMENT TO 3 PM DUE TO A SCHEDULE CONFLICT WITH ATTORNEY BUSCHEL. I OBTAINED A SWORN TAPED STATEMENT ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25TH FROM OFFICER COHEN. THIS STATEMENT TOOK PLACE AT THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. ATTORNEY BUSCHEL ACCOMPANIED OFFICER COHEN DURING THIS INTERVIEW. THE STATEMENT WAS VIDEO RECORDED AND ENTERED INTO EVIDENCE. THE FOLLOWING IS A SYNOPSIS OF THE STATEMENT. FOR THE VERBATIM ACCOUNT REFER TO THE RECORDED printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 20 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 7 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 11 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED CASE NO. 13133689 STATEMENT. OFFICER COHEN STATED ON THE 20TH AT APPROXIMATELY 6 PM HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO AN ACCIDENT CALL AND WAS IN THE 200 BLOCK OF EAST PALMETTO PARK ROAD. HE STATED THAT A UNIT WAS DISPATCHED TO THIS CALL. THIS CALL WAS IN ZONE 31 THAT OFFICER COHEN WAS ASSIGNED THIS EVENING. COHEN REASSIGNED HIMSELF TO THIS CALL AS THIS WAS HIS ZONE OF RESPONSIBILITY. MULTIPLE CALLS WERE BEING DISPATCHED IN REFERENCE TO THE SHOTS FIRED AND A SERGEANT AUTHORIZED A CODE 3 RESPONSE FOR UNITS. COHEN WAS FLAGGED DOWN AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BY A MALE WHO STATED THAT HE HAD THE KIDS. THE MALE THEN INDICATED THAT "THE GUY" WAS DOWN THERE AND POINTED SOUTH ON SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD. HE STATED THAT THE DESCRIPTION FOR THE MALE WAS A GREEN SHIRT. COHEN STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING SOUTH HE WAS ONCE AGAIN FLAGGED DOWN BY A DIFFERENT MALE. THIS PERSON THEN POINTED OUT A MALE. THIS MALE WAS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD NEAR THE BIKE LANE AND WEARING A GREEN SHIRT. COHEN SAID HE APPEARED TO BE TALKING ON A PHONE. COHEN GOT ON THE RADIO AND INDICATED THAT HE WAS OUT WITH THE SUSPECT. COHEN STATED HE HAD GRABBED HIS RIFLE FROM THE ROOF RACK AND EXITED HIS VEHICLE. ARMED WITH HIS RIFLE, COHEN ORDERED THE MALE ON THE GROUND. COHEN STATED THE MALE WAS COMPLYING WITH HIS INSTRUCTIONS. HE ASKED THE MALE IF HE HAD A GUN. HE STATED HE DID HAVE A GUN AND TOLD COHEN IT WAS AT HIS WAIST. COHEN TOLD THE MALE THAT HE REACHED FOR HIS GUN COHEN WOULD KILL HIM. COHEN EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD BACKUP COMING. COHEN CONTINUED TO TELL HIM THAT OFFICERS WOULD HANDCUFF HIM AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. THE MALE KEPT ASKING COHEN WHERE HIS BACKUP WAS. COHEN TOLD HIM NOT TO MOVE. THE MALE MADE COMMENTS TO KILL HIM NOW. COHEN TOLD HIM TO RELAX AND STAY WHERE HE WAS AT. COHEN OBSERVED AN OFFICER DRIVING NORTHBOUND FROM THE BRIDGE. THIS BACK-UP OFFICER WAS IDENTIFIED AS SERGEANT FLYNN. AS SERGEANT FLYNN PULLED UP THE MALE ROLLED OVER AND REACHED FOR WHERE HE TOLD COHEN HIS GUN WAS LOCATED. COHEN FELT THAT THE MALE WAS REACHING FOR HIS GUN TO SHOOT AT SERGEANT FLYNN. COHEN ENGAGED THE SUBJECT UNTIL THE THREAT STOPPED. SERGEANT FLYNN WAS COVERED BY COHEN AS THE HANDGUN REMOVED FROM THE SUSPECT. THE HANDGUN WAS OUT OF ITS HOLSTER AND ONLY A FEW INCHES AWAY FROM THE SUSPECT'S HAND. COHEN RECALLED AN OLDER MALE PULLING UP IN A VEHICLE AND STATING THAT THE SUSPECT WAS HIS SON. SERGEANT FLYNN WENT OVER AND ADDRESSED THIS SITUATION. COHEN HAS BEEN WORKING AS A ROAD POLICE OFFICER WORKING UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF SERGEANT FLYNN. COHEN DID NOT RECALL HOW MANY TIMES HE HAD FIRED HIS RIFLE BUT DID RECALL HE DID NOT CHANGE OUT MAGAZINES TO RELOAD. COHEN STATED HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO THE SUBJECT NOT TO MAKE ANY MOTIONS FOR THE WEAPON. COHEN STATED HE THOUGHT HE WOULD HOLD THE MALE AT GUNPOINT UNTIL BACKUP ARRIVED AND AT THAT TIME THE SUSPECT WOULD BE PUT INTO HANDCUFFS. COHEN STATED AS SOON AS FLYNN PULLED UP THE MALE ROLLED AND REACHED FOR HIS WAIST AREA. IT APPEARED TO COHEN THAT THE MALE WAS MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO DRAW HIS GUN OUT ON SERGEANT FLYNN. COHEN printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 21 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 7 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 12 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED CASE NO. 13133689 STATED THAT THE MALE HAD ALREADY FIRED SHOTS, THE SUBJECT MADE STATEMENTS THAT HE WANTED TO DIE, AND HIS MOTIONS INDICATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SHOOT AT AN OFFICER. COHEN RECALLS GETTING ON THE RADIO AFTER FIRING HIS WEAPON AND ASKING TO START MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. COHEN SAID THAT THE SUSPECT'S FATHER WAS TOLD BY OFFICERS TO MOVE HIS CAR AWAY FROM THE AREA. THE FATHER MOVED HIS CAR OFF THE ROAD. COHEN WAS UNAWARE THAT THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL VICTIM AT THIS TIME. HE RECALLED SEEING OTHER PEOPLE RUNNING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE THEN HEARD A SERGEANT SAY THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER VICTIM. HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT THE SERGEANT HAD CALLED THIS INFORMATION OUT OVER THE RADIO. HE DID KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE DISCOVERED DEAD. FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING COHEN SECURED HIS RIFLE IN THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR. COHEN RECALLED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE CENTER LANE. IT WAS MOVED FOR FIRE RESCUE BUT HE WAS NOT SURE WHO MOVED IT LATER DURING THE CALL. COHEN'S BEEN AN OFFICER WITH BOCA RATON FOR FIVE YEARS AND HAD SEVEN YEARS PRIOR MILITARY SERVICE. OFFICER COHEN SHOT A ROCK RIVER ARMS, LAR-15, 5.56MM CALIBER, SERIAL NUMBER KT1070190. 8 SPENT CARTRIDGES WERE RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE. THE MAGAZINE HAD AN ADDITIONAL 20 ROUNDS RECOVERED. THE IN CAR VIDEO IS CONSISTENT WITH OFFICER COHEN'S STATEMENT. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE AUDIO PORTION OF THE EVENT WAS NOT CAPTURED. THIS WAS DUE TO COHEN FORGETTING TO INITIATE THE RECORDING DEVISE DUE TO THE STRESS OF THE CALL. ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2013 AN E-TRACE OF THE SPRINGFIELD HANDGUN WAS RECEIVED. THE HANDGUN WAS PURCHASED BY IAN BURLAKOFF. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS MARCH 19, 2012. AN E-TRACE OF THE ROCK RIVER ARMS RIFLE CAME BACK TO THE BOCA POLICE DEPARTMENT. DURING THIS INVESTIGATION EVIDENCE WAS COLLECTED AND REVIEWED. THIS EVIDENCE WILL BE SENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE STATE ATTORNEY. BASED UPON MY REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE I FIND THAT OFFICER COHEN ACTED WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE LAW. I AM WAITING FOR THE REVIEW OF THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT BEFORE CLOSING OUT THE CASE. ITEMS OF POLICE ISSUE HAVE BEEN RELEASED BACK TO THE BOCA RATON POLICE DEPARTMENT. DETECTIVE STEVE ULTSH ID 6756 TRANS 11-21-13 JOY printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 22 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 8 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 1 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED DIVISION: DETECTIVE CASE NO. 13133689 911: HOMICIDE/MURDER * ASSAULT EMERGEN * * SIGNAL CODE: 9531 CRIME CODE: 1 NON CRIME CODE: CODE: 090A 12/17/13 SUNDAY ZONE: BR GRID: DEPUTY I.D.: 6655 NAME: SMITH ASSIST: 32 TIME D 1827 A 1854 C 0245 OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 10/20/13 , 1829 HOURS AND DATE: 10/20/13 , 1854 HOURS EXCEPTION TYPE: DEATH OF OFFENDER INCIDENT LOCATION: 500 S BLK OCEAN BD APT. NO.: CITY: BOCA RATON STATE: FL ZIP: 33432 POLICE AGENCY ASSISTED: BOCA RATON NO. OFFENSES: 02 NO. OFFENDERS: 01 NO. VEHICLES STOLEN: 0 NO. PREMISES ENTERED: 0 LOCATION: HIGHWAY / ROADWAY NO. VICTIMS: 02 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0 WEAPON TYPE: HANDGUN OFFENSE NO. 1 OFFENSE NO. 2 .. FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: 782 04 784 07 2C CIS CODE 090A CIS CODE 130A ON OCTOBER 21, 2013 I WAS ASKED BY DETECTIVE ULTSH TO DOWNLOAD THREE CELLULAR TELEPHONES REFERENCE THIS INVESTIGATION. I WAS GIVEN THREE PHONES. ONE BLACK IPHONE 4 (IAN'S) IS SUPPOSEDLY POSSESSED BY THE SUSPECT. I WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE A FILE SYSTEM AND LOGICAL DOWNLOAD OF THIS PHONE. I ALSO COMPLETED REPORTS FOR BOTH DOWNLOADS. THE SECOND AND THIRD PHONES ARE AN (IPHONE 5, WHITE, BLAKE'S) AND A WHITE IPHONE WITH A CASE (VICTIM'S). I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCESS OR DOWNLOAD ANY DATA FROM EITHER OF THESE CELLULAR TELEPHONES. ALL DATA OBTAINED WAS PLACED ONTO A DISK AND SUBMITTED INTO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PROPERTY ROOM AS EVIDENCE. COPIES WERE ALSO RETAINED BY ME AND GIVEN TO DETECTIVE ULTSH FOR OUR RESPECTIVE CASE FILES. THIS WILL COMPLETE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT. DETECTIVE KENNY SMITH ID 6655 TRANS 12-17-13 JOY printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 Page 23 of 25 P A L M B E A C H SUPPLEMENT 9 C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 1 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED DIVISION: DETECTIVE CASE NO. 13133689 911: HOMICIDE/MURDER * ASSAULT EMERGEN * * SIGNAL CODE: 9531 CRIME CODE: 1 NON CRIME CODE: CODE: 090A 02/26/14 SUNDAY ZONE: BR GRID: DEPUTY I.D.: 6756 NAME: ULTSH ASSIST: 32 TIME D 1827 A 1854 C 0245 OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 10/20/13 , 1829 HOURS AND DATE: 10/20/13 , 1854 HOURS EXCEPTION TYPE: DEATH OF OFFENDER INCIDENT LOCATION: 500 S BLK OCEAN BD APT. NO.: CITY: BOCA RATON STATE: FL ZIP: 33432 POLICE AGENCY ASSISTED: BOCA RATON NO. OFFENSES: 02 NO. OFFENDERS: 01 NO. VEHICLES STOLEN: 0 NO. PREMISES ENTERED: 0 LOCATION: HIGHWAY / ROADWAY NO. VICTIMS: 02 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0 WEAPON TYPE: HANDGUN OFFENSE NO. 1 OFFENSE NO. 2 .. FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: 782 04 784 07 2C CIS CODE 090A CIS CODE 130A ON JANUARY 21, 2014 THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT WAS RECEIVED. A COPY OF THIS WAS FORWARDED TO MARK ANDERSON OF THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. DR. AXELSON'S AUTOPSY FINDINGS INDICATED THE FOLLOWING: 1. PERFORATING GUNSHOT WOUND OF THE BACK. 2. PERFORATING GUNSHOT WOUND OF THE RIGHT ARM AND CHEST. 3. PERFORATING GUNSHOT WOUND OF THE LEFT ARM AND BACK. 4. GRAZE GUNSHOT WOUND OF THE RIGHT ARM. 5. MULTIPLE ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS. CAUSE OF DEATH: MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. MANNER OF DEATH: HOMICIDE. DETECTIVE S ULTSH ID 6756 TRANS 02-27-14 JOY printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 CASE NO. 13133689 Page 24 of 25 P A L M B E A C H C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 1 SUPPLEMENT 10 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED DIVISION: DETECTIVE 911: HOMICIDE/MURDER * ASSAULT EMERGEN * * SIGNAL CODE: 9531 CRIME CODE: 1 NON CRIME CODE: CODE: 090A 07/16/15 SUNDAY ZONE: BR GRID: DEPUTY I.D.: 6756 NAME: ULTSH ASSIST: 32 TIME D 1827 A 1854 C 0245 OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 10/20/13 , 1829 HOURS AND DATE: 10/20/13 , 1854 HOURS EXCEPTION TYPE: DEATH OF OFFENDER INCIDENT LOCATION: 500 S BLK OCEAN BD APT. NO.: CITY: BOCA RATON STATE: FL ZIP: 33432 POLICE AGENCY ASSISTED: BOCA RATON NO. OFFENSES: 02 NO. OFFENDERS: 01 NO. VEHICLES STOLEN: 0 NO. PREMISES ENTERED: 0 LOCATION: HIGHWAY / ROADWAY NO. VICTIMS: 02 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0 WEAPON TYPE: HANDGUN OFFENSE NO. 1 OFFENSE NO. 2 .. FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: 782 04 784 07 2C CIS CODE 090A CIS CODE 130A JULY 15, 2015, I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL IN REFERENCE TO THIS INVESTIGATION FROM LIEUTENANT EBEL TO SEE IF THIS INVESTIGATION HAD BEEN CLOSED OUT. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A RECORDS REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED IN THIS CASE AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CASE WAS NOT CLOSED. THIS CASE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSED OUT AT THE CONCLUSION OF RECEIVING THE LETTER FROM THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AT THIS TIME I AM SUBMITTING A BRIEF SUPPLEMENT THAT WAS USED IN THE BURLAKOFF HOMICIDE BUT WAS NOT USED IN THIS REPORT. THE FOLLOWING IS TAKEN FROM A CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE STATE ATTORNEY. THE CORRESPONDENCES DATED APRIL 7, 2014. THE CONCLUSION STATED THE FOLLOWING: "MR. BURLAKOFF'S DEATH WAS REVIEWED BY SAO INVESTIGATIONS AND PRESENTED TO THE GRAND JURY OF THE FIRST TERM 2014 FIRE BY OUR CHIEF OF HOMICIDE AND THE UNDERSIGNED. THE GRAND JURY FOUND THAT THE DEATH OF MR. BURLAKOFF WAS THE RESULT OF THE JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE. I HAVE ATTACHED THE GRAND JURY INTERIM REPORT ALONG WITH THIS CORRESPONDENCE. ACCORDINGLY, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE CLOSED WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION BY THIS OFFICE." THIS LETTER WAS SIGNED BY BRIAN L. FERNANDES, CHIEF ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY. THE INTERIM REPORT WAS DATED APRIL 3, 2014. IN THAT INTERIM REPORT IT STATES THAT THE GRAND JURY ISSUES A FINDING THAT THE DEATH OF IAN BURLAKOFF ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 20, 2013, WAS A RESULT OF THE JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE. AT THIS TIME THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER IN THIS REPORT AND IT IS BEING printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018 OQS - Viewing Case Number 13133689 CASE NO. 13133689 Page 25 of 25 P A L M B E A C H C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 2 SUPPLEMENT 10 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 13133689 DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED EXCEPTIONALLY CLOSED DUE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES STATED ABOVE. DETECTIVE S ULTSH ID 6756 TRANS 07-17-15 JOY printed by Employee Id #: 8453 on May 02, 2018 04:05:10PM http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=45d6dd70be6ccf8c-2211939... 5/2/2018