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~ “how the fire within the house originally started. The best Pie i) tt or seed _ Honorable Alan Cranston . : slo postive statement ean be rade atthe tse as to : - -. “educated guess" of all parties concerned, including the Fire #8 .§--—s_ | Marshal in Los Angeles, fe that the fire was started as 2 ee 2 result of a tear gas projectile fired intothe house. Mhas = =: been alleged that the suspects fn the house had tn their a ; possession “Molotov cocktails." Ris conceivable a bullet | hitting a Molotov cocktail could have caused the fire. The ot vs rete tn thle Ceaneee ee neeiae te coatinnng Bis ee : foquiry inthis regard, vs So For approximately ten to twelve minutes prior to any action being taken by either the law enforcement officers on en _ the scene or the suspects within the house, a law enforce- ts _ nent officer utilising a bullhorn repeated for this periodcf = = 8§ 8 .- -: time the command for the suspects to surrender and come out of the house since the house was surrounded. One male {ndtvidual, who was a friend of the landlady of the house visiting with her at the time, did come out of the house. He o eaid he observed four people in the house, a Negro male ah and a white male and two white females all wearing black - a: - Berets and gun belts, He claimed he was watching television a and heard two commands ordering the occupants to come ae tee LB out. One of the four said they were act coming out. After = the second command, he left the house. Whenrmofurther . | pF response was received, a tear gas canister was fired through a one af the windows of the house by the Los Angeles Police _ o Department. The suspects in the house immediately oe ie retaliated by firing at the police officers on the scene finan | CO extremely rapid fashion. The fire was returned by the law . ia enforcement officers. | ~3- .