“I didn’t know if this was another mass shooting. “I crawled around to where she was and it was hysteria,” she said. The family filed a civil suit against the LAPD, the city of Los Angeles. Shoppers described scenes of panicked chaos as they fled the store.Ĭustomer Nikki Tate described to NBC how she hid her young daughter when shooting erupted. Kenneth French, 32, was killed, and his parents, Russell and Paola French all of Corona were critically wounded. Most of the injuries occurred when shoppers scrambled to leave the store and became stuck when the emergency doors were blocked, according to local news reports. “Some type of argument and ensued into a gun shot.” Jeff Edwards of the Corona police department told reporters. “From my understanding, from some people we talked to, there was apparently an argument inside,” Lt. “The Department has initiated an Administrative Investigation and is working with the Corona Police Department to learn more about the incident,” Los Angeles police said in a statement published by CNN. The LAPD allows off-duty officers to carry concealed weapons as long as they are authorized for on-duty use, according to the police manual, the Associated Press reported. It is unclear if the off-duty LAPD officer fired his own weapon or his department-issued gun, and why. Initial reports suggested that French had opened fire inside the store, but police have now clarified that the gun involved in the incident belonged to the police officer, Corona police said. Several people, including the LAPD off-duty officer, were hospitalized with injuries. "This arrest is a political stunt that does absolutely nothing to protect the public.According to a preliminary investigation, the officer fired his weapon six times after French allegedly “assaulted” him “without provocation” as the officer held his child, Corona police said Saturday.įrench was the lone person killed in the incident and the officer’s gun is the only weapon involved in the shooting, according to Tobias Kouroubacalis with the Corona Police Dept. He was off duty acting as a father in self-defense and protecting his child. Sal was not acting as a police officer when he was attacked. "The arrest of Sal Sanchez is a product of the politically motivated program by the California Attorney General to prosecute Police Officers. The Riverside Grand Jury heard all the evidence in this matter and concluded there was no basis for any criminal issues. At the time of the incident he believed he was protecting himself and his baby from being killed. "He was also knocked unconscious momentarily. "Sal Sanchez was holding his baby when he was violently attacked and knocked to the ground along with his baby," said attorney David Winslow. In a statement, Sanche'z attorney called the charges a political stunt. Hestrin declined to discuss in public what information was presented to the grand jurors. The grand jury did not indict Sanchez, and without a charge, transcripts of its hearing were kept sealed. That’s largely because Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin opted in August and September 2019 to present the investigative findings to a grand jury, rather than to directly decide if Sanchez’s actions were lawful. Eric Leonard reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. The I-Team spoke with family member(s) of Kenneth French, the man who was shot by an off-duty LAPD officer inside a Costco in Corona. The LAPD found in June, 2020 that Sanchez’s actions that night were unreasonable and had violated the department’s rules for use of lethal force, but many of the details of what happened before and after the shooting were withheld from public view. on Jbecause, Sanchez said, he thought he had also seen a gun in the French’s hand, something later determined by police to be untrue. Sanchez, who was seen publicly for the first time during the I-Team’s report on March 2, 2021, said he began firing at French around 7:45 p.m. “No matter who you are, nobody is above the law.” “Ultimately, any loss of life is a tragedy and being licensed to carry a gun doesn’t mean you're not accountable for how you use it,” Bonta said in the statement. Read: Criminal Complaint Filed Against Ex-LAPD Officer Sanchez was arrested early Monday in Riverside County, California Attorney General Rob Bonta's office said in a statement, approximately six months after NBC4 was first to show body worn video and other police evidence captured on the night of the shooting.īonta’s office said the charges followed its review of the case as allowed under the California Constitution. Police video obtained by NBC4's I-Team captured the chaotic moments after the June 2019 shooting. Get Southern California news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.
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