This is the same case, right?
No, this one definitely was DEA and Park Rangers.
http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/scott_20010731.html
I phrased this the way I did and will let it stand as written because the DEA was responsible for the whole fiasco. It was, in fact, conducted by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. The ranch is in Ventura County, but the only road into it is in Los Angeles County. There were 30 people involved. 13 from LA Sheriff – 5 from LA police– 3 from Nat’l Guard– 3 from Nat’l Park Service – 2 from U.S. Forest Service– 2 from CA Narcotics and 2 from DEA. Ventura County District Attorney conducted a postmortem investigation and concluded that the whole thing happened because the DEA was either grossly mistaken or outright lying about the “facts” that became the probable cause for the warrant and that the LA police were “probably” motivated by anticipating seizure of the ranch, valued in millions of dollars. Another gross discrepancy is in the shooting itself. Scott had a gun in his hand, but was holding it around the cylinder rather than by the butt. He was told to drop it. The shooting officer, who was crouching with one knee on the floor, stated Scott moved his hand on the gun into a shooting position and aimed it at him. However, the coroner reported that the fatal bullet traveled downward at a 35 degree angle, consistent with a man bending over to put a gun on the floor. The report from the Ventura District Attorney came just one step short of accusing the shooter of murder, failing to do so only because there were no witnesses who could contradict the shooter’s testimony and added an obviously tongue in cheek observation that perhaps the coroner was mistaken.