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Meanwhile, Officer Holmes had exited the driver’s side of 78-16R and had seen Twining fire at them. Holmes fired one shot at Twining with his revolver as he was getting into the driver’s side of the vehicle, then once more through the already shattered rear window of the escaping vehicle as it sped off northeast through the gas pump islands with Davis at the wheel and Twining in the rear seat. (Refer again to ssss1 and ssss1.)⁴⁴

Concurrent with the sound of Officer Holmes’ shots, Officer Robinson saw the Pontiac speeding away through the gas pump islands and noticed that the rear window was “disappearing,” either due to Officer Holmes’ gunfire, or because the movement of the vehicle dislodged the damaged glass that had been destroyed by Officer Alleyn’s shotgun blasts. He crossed the rail fence and went around the backside of the gas station to begin his search for the fleeing vehicle, whose escape he knew would be cut short by the fence and riverbed at the rear of the lot.

Officer Holmes moved forward and saw three of the fallen officers. He checked them out, turned off the motors on the two patrol cars and called Newhall dispatch on the radio, advising that there were three officers down; two were “11-44” (deceased, coroner required), and a third was seriously wounded. He went back to render aid to the dying Officer Alleyn and soon noticed the fourth slain officer. (Refer again to ssss1.)⁴⁵