Guns

Judge Curry, March 18, 2009   Transcript Page 6275

•Paul Kovacich’s service weapon (which was sold by PCSO while being held as evidence, and was unavailable for testing) was a Smith & Wesson Model 686 revolver which fired both .357 or .38 special ammo. For service carry, it was typically loaded with jacketed, hollow point rounds.

•One of the crimes admitted by DeAngelo, but unable to be charged due to the expiration of the statue of limitations, was the attempted murder of Visalia PD Agent Bill McGowen. 

•DeAngelo hit McGowen’s flashlight and he had to have surgery to remove a piece of shattered glass from his eye. Luckily, he had been trained to hold his flashlight away from his body for just that reason. 

• The gun used by DeAngelo in that instance was a .38 or .357 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver with special .38 jacketed hollow point ammo. 

•On September 11, 1975, Claude Snelling was shot twice in the chest with a .38 caliber Miroku “Special Police” revolver (modeled on the Colt  “Detective Special ”). The ammo used was jacketed hollow point, with a 6 left-handed twist.

•On Feb. 2, 1978, Brian and Katie Maggiore were each shot once at close range by a man who had tried to tie them up, presumably to kidnap and assault Katie at a nearby empty house he had left open (gate & back door). Brian was shot in the chest on the ground after falling, and Katie in the top of the head as she cowered by a locked gate. 

• As with the Snelling homicide, the ammo was jacketed hollow point .38 caliber with a 6 left-handed twist, fired from a Miroku “Special Police” revolver.

•On Dec. 30, 1979, Drs. Offerman and Manning were each shot with a Smith & Wesson .38 caliber revolver. Dr. Manning was shot in the head, and Dr. Offerman was shot mutliple times in the torso. 

•The ammo was jacketed hollow point .38 or .357—matched to the later homicides of Sanchez and Domingo, also in Goleta. 

•DeAngelo displayed a handgun in almost all of the EAR attacks, and he was charged with, and admitted 13 kidnappings to “carry away” girls and women using various large caliber firearms including .357, .38. 9mm, and .45: