911 recordings played at review: caller warned 'he's going to get into a shootout with the police'

During the review Detective Vega played two 911 calls from the morning of Feb. 19. In the first call Alvarado provided the address and said her ex‑boyfriend Fabian Leon was in the residence; in a later call she told dispatch that Leon said he would "get into a shootout with the police."

The recorded calls were used to show what information responding officers had early in the incident. Ombudsman Monique McNeil reviewed those calls during questioning and said the calls and a period of silence on the line raised the possibility of a barricade or hostage-like situation. McNeil asked whether crisis-intervention or negotiators had been able to establish rapport; Detective Vega said crisis negotiation was notified but he could not confirm whether a CIT officer had been on scene before the shooting.