Arturo Padilla Jr.

Deadly force

About 3:15 p.m., officers were looking for a gray-green Volkswagen Passat that was connected to an earlier homicide. Arturo Padilla was the murder suspect. They found Padilla at the Santa Ana Express Car Wash with another man. Padilla spotted the officers and jumped into the driver's seat of the Passat. One of the officers removed the other man from the back seat and pointed a gun at Padilla, asking him to show his hands or he would shoot. Padilla allegedly reached for his waist and the officer shot him three times at point blank range killing him. Padilla was unarmed, but the Passat's key fob was in his pocket.