Los Angeles: Police shot at a man possibly armed with a firearm Friday evening.
On July 6, 2007, at about 5:50 PM, officers were westbound on 87th Place approaching Crocker Street when they observed the suspect, Corey Bowman, riding a bicycle in the middle of the street impeding traffic.
The officers observed the suspect with a bulky object in his right front pants pocket, while looking over his shoulder at the officers. As the suspect reached mid-block, he rode the bicycle up onto the sidewalk, which placed a parked semi truck between him and the officers' vehicle. The suspect suddenly stopped, and jumped off his bicycle.
Officer Goosby, the driving officer, stopped the vehicle and Officer Espinoza exited. As he did so, he looked under the semi trailer and observed the suspect removing a silver metal object from his right front pants pocket. Believing the suspect was arming himself; Officer Espinoza fired three rounds at the suspect from his service weapon. The suspect immediately fell to the ground and was taken into custody.
During a search of the suspect, officers recovered a four-inch silver folding knife and five silver colored watches from his right front pocket. A search was conducted of the surrounding area and no firearm was recovered. The suspect was not injured and after a thorough investigation, he was ultimately released from custody without being charged.
No officers were injured. Involved officers are Metropolitan Division Police Officers Anthony Espinoza, 29, 8 years with the Department, and Officer Joseph Goosby, 29, 8 years with the Department
Force Investigation Division personnel responded to the scene and are handling the investigation.
wow, first may 1st, now this shooting. metro div does not sound so elite. guess letting in a bunch of young cops with clean packages is now starting to backfire on the dept.
Posted by: sam | July 11, 2025 at 04:45 PM
why, dude had a knife and was gonna probably ambush the ofcrs. Maybe Sam should put on a uniform. There giving them out at the academy and any old moron can get one. Instead of talkin, stupid come on board and make a difference.
Posted by: Big Chad | July 12, 2025 at 04:42 AM
Wow. I heard of beat and release but shoot and release? What's the deal.. Sams right. Too many 1 page package officers in Metro.
Posted by: inkslinger | July 12, 2025 at 08:35 AM
Goosby was involved in a legit OIS this yr. Now he's tangled in Espi's B/O OIS.
Why wasn't the suspect at least booked and/or cited for the bicycle violations?
Like Sam the Scam said, this is what you get when you let inexperienced operators into Metro.
Old School Metro-RIP.
Posted by: LAPDfan | July 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It is a sad state when the best of the best--METRO--is no longer the best. Once upon a time, METRO might consider you if you were an agressive street police officer with numerous arrests. But with being an agressive street police officer comes personnel complaints. This is a major red flag today.
Now the powers to be want metro to have a different mind set. Officers with clean packages (that translates to very little time on the street) are considered to be best suited for metro. (Please note that I am showing metro in small letters because it has changed.)
Twenty years ago, those two officers would have not had enough time on to be considered for METRO. Today, I rest my case.
Posted by: Jim Reed | July 13, 2025 at 09:46 AM
Does the LAPD pay for this man's (victim's) hospital bill?
Posted by: mike | July 13, 2025 at 04:28 PM
hey big chad, before you jump on the "why don't you put on a uniform" thing. let me tell you alittle about myself. 12 years on, been in the field for all twelve. have been an fto for 7 years. have worked gangs, bikes, and vice. i have also been involved in two OIS's. oh, by the way, they were both in policy.
i have heard about officer goosby's previous shooting. and let me tell you. my hat's off to that man. he steped up to the plate when someone needed to be put down.
my post was directed more at the new lapd rather then the individual officer's. it was told to me, that since i have a complaint and a suspension, in my package,i could not get into metro.
oh, i wonder what would happen if a patrol cop would have shot at that guy
Posted by: sam | July 13, 2025 at 04:55 PM
whatever happened to the officer's perceptions at the time of the shooting?
I always read how everyone is tired of monday quarterbacking and you sit on the blog and do it to my/your fellow officers. I am just glad ofcrs espinoza and goosby did whatever they needed to do to go home that night. Protect yourself and your partner first! Then worry about what comes next.
Posted by: ? | July 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
What happened to the days of keeping "dirty laundry" in house instead of on the web for everyone to see. Seeing these types of responses is what keeps good, solid police officers from even applying to our so called "elite" units. This is exactly what they want us to do - turn on each other and screw everything up from the inside.........
Posted by: JT | July 25, 2024 at 08:23 PM
HEY Sam, What was the complaint and how long was your suspension??? How do you think you were treated???
Posted by: ron | July 27, 2024 at 12:24 PM
There is a bright side to this story..
At least the cops didn't place a
weapon on him.
Last month my buddy was shot by sheriffs and they placed a weapon at the scene and said it was his.
Carry your camera and camcorders..
These cops are out to kill
Posted by: John Doe | July 27, 2024 at 11:54 PM