Los Angeles Police Department officials Wednesday released the names of the 11 officers who fired their weapons during a July 10 shootout that killed a toddler and her gun-wielding father and left one officer wounded.
According to a partial database of LAPD disciplinary records compiled by The Times, none of the officers had ever been found to have acted "out of policy" in prior shooting incidents.
Six had been involved in previous shootings at suspects. Two of those officers had been in multiple shooting incidents.
The other five officers who fired weapons during the standoff had never before shot at a suspect.
Nineteen-month-old Suzie Marie Pena was accidentally killed by a police rifle round as officers exchanged gunfire with her father, Jose Raul Pena.
The shootout began when Pena, an auto-dealership owner, barricaded himself inside his business in Watts and held his daughter hostage.
Police have said he repeatedly shot a 9-millimeter pistol at officers and fired randomly toward neighboring homes and businesses during the 2 1/2 -hour standoff.
Earlier this week, Chief William J. Bratton told the Police Commission that there would probably be no way to tell which officer fired the bullet that killed the toddler.
Investigators say they lack evidence to pinpoint the shooter because the bullet did not lodge in the girl's body, numerous rounds were fired and at least four officers shot identical weapons in the last moments of the standoff.
In a written statement Wednesday afternoon, the LAPD gave the following names, which appear in the order of their involvement in the incident:
* John Rusth, 33, of the Southeast Division, a two-year LAPD veteran.
* Matthew Valencia, 33, Southeast Division, seven-year veteran.
* Samuel Marullo, 33, Southeast Division, eight-year veteran.
* Jeffrey Ennis, 38, Newton Division, 16-year veteran.
* Gina Holmstrom, 40, Metro K9, 15-year veteran.
* Benjamin Santero, 33, Southwest Division, nine-year veteran.
* Dennis O'Sullivan, 36, Metro K9, 15-year veteran.
* Robert Gallegos Jr., 36, Metro SWAT, 11-year veteran.
* Eduardo Perez, 33, Metro SWAT, 11-year veteran.
* William Casey, 46, Metro SWAT, 17-year veteran.
* Daniel Sanchez, 39, 15-year veteran.
Sanchez, the officer shot in the shoulder, was briefly hospitalized.
Police also released some details of the officers' positions during the incident.
