![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781415283_993_.jpeg\")
<\/p>\nAfter a Pasadena police officer shot a colleague in a parking garage, an internal investigation turned up what the city\u2019s police chief called \u201chorseplay.\u201d But new evidence from a witness to the incident has led to a fresh investigation and the placement of several police officers on leave, the police chief announced Monday.<\/p>\n
Last week, after an unusual delay, the department released police cruiser dashcam video of the September shooting, which showed one officer pulling and pointing a weapon before he was shot by another officer through the windshield of a vehicle. At that time, Police Chief Gene Harris called the officers\u2019 behavior \u201cunsafe and out-of-policy horseplay.\u201d <\/p>\n
The chief told The Times the officer who fired the shot was no longer on the force, and the district attorney\u2019s office was reviewing whether the behavior was criminal in nature.<\/p>\n
But on Monday, Harris announced that a witness had come forward after the release of the video.<\/p>\n
That individual supplied \u201cadditional information, and a new investigation has been opened based on documentation received Sunday,\u201d Harris said in a statement. The chief said other officers involved had been placed on leave pending the outcome of the new probe. Harris called that decision a result of \u201chow seriously we take matters like this.\u201d <\/p>\n
Until Wednesday, Harris had kept the shooting video under wraps for nearly nine months by invoking an exception to state law requiring police shootings to be released, citing an investigation.<\/p>\n
The Sept. 7, 2025, video captures the car pulling into the parking garage behind two uniformed officers standing at the rear of a police SUV with its back open around 6:18 p.m. It does not have any sound.<\/p>\n
As the cruiser approaches the officers, the video shows the officer on the right side of the back of the SUV draw his handgun and point it directly at the approaching police cruiser in an action the police chief said was \u201cinappropriate.\u201d After a few seconds, the officer then reholsters the weapon as he and his colleague smile.<\/p>\n
The video does not show what happens next inside the vehicle. Police Chief Harris said the officer seated in the patrol car driver\u2019s seat drew his department-issued handgun and \u201cpointed it toward the other officer, during this interaction, the driving officer\u2019s firearm discharged.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harris said the round smashed through the cruiser\u2019s windshield and hit one of the officers in the garage at 240 Ramona St. The video shows that, about four seconds after the officer reholstered his gun, the dashcam suddenly jolts, there\u2019s a cloud of dust coming from the direction of the car and the officer who was holding a gun grabs his left shoulder and winces.<\/p>\n
The officer then moves to the side of the SUV as other officers in the parking structure rush to him, help him to the ground and treat his wound.<\/p>\n
Harris said the officer sustained serious injuries but had since recovered.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Share via Close extra sharing options <\/p>\n
Under California law, police agencies are generally required to release to the public audio and video recordings of police shootings and other critical incidents involving great bodily injury within 45 days of the incident. <\/p>\n
However, in a video published on the city\u2019s website, Harris said he used his power to exercise a clause in the law that allows for the release of footage to be delayed. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe delay was necessary to protect the integrity of the investigation and allow investigators to complete essential investigative steps,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Harris identified the shooting officer as Roy Alatorre and said the officer had \u201cseparated from the city.\u201d He said his department had provided the Los Angeles County district attorney a criminal investigation and the state Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training had been informed. Alatorre has not returned requests for comment.<\/p>\n
Harris said the video was not initially released because of the need for extensive interviews and investigation.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo said of the shooting: \u201cThis type of unprofessional behavior is unacceptable and cannot be tolerated. The police chief assures me the incident has been thoroughly investigated and appropriate discipline taken and I support the chief\u2019s decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harris called the conduct \u201cregretful\u201d and not up to the department\u2019s expectations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a Pasadena police officer shot a colleague in a parking garage, an internal investigation turned up what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[4434,1409,6246,11471,145672,4456,348,48,52,51,47,50,49,2322,4953,147328,15635,24347,144236,135,5050],"class_list":["post-362596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-behavior","tag-city","tag-department","tag-harris","tag-horseplay","tag-incident","tag-investigation","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-officer","tag-parking-garage","tag-pasadena-police-officer","tag-police-chief","tag-police-cruiser","tag-police-suv","tag-shooting","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}