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At 23:56, Officer Pence grabbed the radio microphone and broadcast an urgent message to Newhall Dispatch in an excited voice. Using the CHP brevity code for “Officer Needs Help,” Officer Pence broadcast: “11-99! Standard Station at J’s! Shots fired!”¹⁴

As Officer Pence was sending the desperate call for help, Davis and Twining reentered the Pontiac from the passenger side and armed themselves with new weapons from the back seat. Davis selected a 12-gauge pump shotgun with a sawed-off barrel and stock (loaded with six rounds of Remington-Peters 00 Buckshot), and Twining selected a Remington-Rand 1911A1 .45 ACP semi-automatic pistol loaded with a full magazine of seven, 230-grain FMJ cartridges and an eighth round in the chamber. (ssss1)¹⁵

As Officers Pence and Alleyn prepared to exit their patrol car, Davis moved to the front of the Pontiac and fired a shot from the shotgun, which raked pellets across the hood of the vehicle from a point near the center of the right fender and extending across the hood to the center of the windshield.¹⁶ Simultaneously, Twining attempted to fire, from a position near the driver’s side door of the Pontiac, a single shot from his pistol at the officers. The pistol failed to fire, and Twining ejected a live round from the pistol to clear it. In doing so, another live round jammed in the pistol and prevented the slide from going into battery. The malfunction prevented Twining from firing the gun, and he ditched it in the rear of the Pontiac on the floorboard behind the driver’s seat. (ssss1)¹⁷