Sanchez is named as a co-defendant in the suit, which states that the gun he used to shoot French was issued to him by the LAPD.
COP KILLS HANDICAPPED MAN IN COSTCO CORONA TRIAL
"If it was anyone but a police officer who went into a Costco and fired 10 shots (and killed somebody), they would've been arrested and charged with murder," Galipo said at the time. The jurors in the lawsuit trial concluded that Salvador Sanchez, a seven-year LAPD veteran, was acting within the scope of his employment even. Sanchez fired 10 shots, killing Kenneth French and injuring his parents. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges battery, negligence, civil rights violations and both intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. Bonta on Monday used his powers to file manslaughter charges against Salvador Sanchez, who was an off-duty Los Angeles police officer when he shot and killed a mentally disabled man inside a crowded Costco in the Riverside County city of Corona in 2019. The resulting shooting "was a complete overreaction on behalf of this police officer," Galipo told reporters.įrench's parents sued the city of Los Angeles and the officer in December. He also said French's father tried to explain to the officer that his son was intellectually disabled. (Courtesy Rick Shureih) By Laura Newberry Staff Writer J6:36 PM PT The 32-year-old man shot and killed by an off-duty police officer in a Costco store on.
Dale Galipo, an attorney for the French family, has told reporters in various interviews that French - having recently been taken off his medications due to health reasons - pushed or shoved the officer in the back in a food-sample line, but he denied that there was any deadly threat to the officer.
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