Page 30 [32] of the report on the gunshot wounds all show that he was shot with his right side to the shooter [#1, #3, #4, #5, #7]]
Wound #6 shows that his left arm was pointing away from the shooter when shot as the bullet enters the right side of the left forearm and exits the left palm.
Wound #2 shows that he was shot in the back while he was lying face down on the ground. It enters his right hip and passes through his left lung into his upper back.
All shots were right to left, in the right side, or in the back right side, none in the front or on the left side.
At no point could the kid have been facing the shooter.
Not one wound or piece of forensic evidence backs up the DA’s decision.
From page 12 of the report:
When Gelhaus got out of the car into the V crime scene techs determined that Lopez was a distance of 67.5 feet from Lopez.
It can be assumed that when Gelhaus spotted him he was about 120 feet away.
He made a snap decision that the kid had a real AK47 from that distance — 120 feet — even though as they closed the distance to less than 60 feet he should have gotten a better look at the carrier and the toygun.