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@ | @ LA 7=1627 PAGE THREE TWO LAPD SWAT TEAMS DEPLOYED AROUND RESIDENCE, MEMBERS OF soll she TEAMS ORALLY WARNED RESIDENTS TO VACATE AREA. APPROXIMATELY 5:3@P.M., ONE LAPD SWAT TEAM LEADER, WITH BULLHORN, COMMENCED NUMEROUS ORAL WARNINGS FOR PERSONS WITHIN THE RESIDENCE TO SURRENDER . TWO INDIVIDUALS DID EXIT THE RESIDENCE AND STATED THERE WERE OTHER ARMED PERSONS WITHIN THE HOUSE. AT APPROXIMATELY 6:80 P.M. MAY 17, 1974 LAPD SWAT TEAM EMPLOYED TEAR GAS INTO ABOVE RESIDENCE. THERE WAS IMMEDIATE RESPONSE OF VICIOUS AND HEAVY AUTOMATIC AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE FROM THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE DWELLING. A GUN BATTLE ENSUED BETWEEN MEMBERS OF LAPD SWAT TEAMS AND PERSONS WITHIN THE DWELLING. AT APPROXIMATELY 6215 P.M. MAY 17, 1974 A FIVE-MAN FBI SWAT TEAM WAS DIRECTED BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN CHARGE TO FURNISH FIREARMS AND TEAR GAS SUPPORT TO THE LAPD SWAT TEAMS. THE FBI SWAT TEAM ENTERED REAR ABANDONED HOUSE 1445 EAST SATH STREET. WHEN PIECE OF PLYWOOD COVERING WINDOW WAS REMOVED ’ AUTOMATIC AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE WAS DIRECTED AT THIS END PAGE THREE |