The Ceres, Calif. Ambush Cop Killing, Shootout, Minute-By-Minute

[TheeBadOne]

Less than two years ago, Andres Raya graduated from Ceres High School, where one friend remembered him as "the class clown." Less than four months ago, he was in Iraq with the Marine Corps. Another friend said Raya had been having nightmares about Iraq. Saturday, he went AWOL from Camp Pendleton, and by Sunday he was back in Modesto — shooting at police, killing one officer, wounding another, and ending up shot dead in an alley.

September — Lance Cpl. Raya, 19, returns from Iraq. His base is Camp Pendleton, in Southern California.

Dec. 16 — Raya comes home to Modesto for holiday leave.

Jan. 2 — His family puts him on a plane back to Camp Pendleton.

Saturday — Raya tells his barracks mates that he is going to get something to eat. Instead he goes AWOL, or absent without leave, and makes his way back to Modesto.

Sunday, around 8 p.m. — Using an assault rifle, Raya fires a shot into the pavement in the parking lot outside George's Liquors, 2125 Caswell Ave. He goes inside and tells the clerk, "Somebody just fired at me, call the police." Police said they received the call at 8:05 p.m. and arrived at the liquor store at 8:07. A surveillance video shows police arriving about 8:16, which means the camera's timer may have been as much as nine minutes fast.

8:15:37 — Surveillance video shows Raya pacing outside the liquor store door, at a corner of the building.

8:15:47 — The first Ceres police unit pulls up, behind an opposite corner of the building. Two officers emerge: Sam Ryno and an unidentified trainee.

8:15:49 — The officers walk to the building.

8:16:14 — A second police car, with one officer inside, pulls up.

8:16:19 — Ryno and the trainee peer around the corner.

8:16:20-8:16:23 — Raya sees them and steps back, reaches under his poncho and levels his rifle.

8:16:24 — Raya fires, and Ryno goes down. Raya keeps shooting as he advances on the corner. A third officer, who arrived in the second car, returns fire as Ryno crawls back to his car.

8:16:33-8:16:41 — Raya runs back to the other corner.

8:17:20 — He keeps the rifle out and throws part of the poncho over his shoulder.

8:17:34 — He notices something to his left, apparently Sgt. Howard Stevenson driving up. Raya crouches behind a sedan in the parking lot.

8:17:37 — He fires through one of the car's side windows and hits Stevenson outside his car. Raya continues firing, and Stevenson returns fire.

8:17:42 — Raya runs toward the downed officer. Police say he shot him twice in the back of the head.

8:18 — Officers from around the region respond to the "officer down" call, and cordon off the neighborhood as they search for the gunman.

About 10 p.m. — Police evacuate residents from several homes around a house where officers believe Raya may be holed up. Police shoot out streetlights to obscure the suspect's vision.

11:08 — Four officers see Raya climb over a fence, entering an alley between Glenwood and Myrtlewood drives. He fires on them, and they return fire, striking him. He drops his rifle, but remains standing. He reaches under his poncho and officers fire again, killing him.


***WARNING*** this is a link to a video of a human being shooting another human being

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In real life, things happen in the blink of an eye. The damage is done in under 1 minute.