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Officer Alleyn raised himself up above the trunk of Unit 78-8 to locate and target Davis during this phase of the battle and was shot in the face and chest by Davis, who had reached the front of the vehicle by this point. In mortal agony, Officer Alleyn attempted to prop himself up on the trunk lid of the vehicle, whereupon he was shot again in the chest by Davis at the length of the car. This caused Officer Alleyn to reflexively trigger a round from his revolver into the rear window of 78-8, turning the glass into a frosty haze.²⁸ Near death, Officer Alleyn fell forward onto the trunk then slid off to his right. He landed with his feet towards the centerline of the car and his upper body extending past the right side of the car, a total of 10 .33-caliber 00 Buckshot pellets in his face and chest. (ssss1)

With his shotgun finally empty, Davis retreated to the position of the fallen Officer Frago and stripped him of his weapons. He placed the unfired CHP Remington 870 shotgun inside the Pontiac, along with his empty sawed-off shotgun, and armed himself with the fallen officer’s six-inch Colt Officer’s Model Match .38 Special revolver, which he’d taken from Officer Frago’s crossdraw holster. (ssss1 and ssss1)²⁹