The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) confirmed that one of its Southwest Division patrol officers fired his gun and was also injured while at the Costco off-duty. One subject succumbed to their injuries at the scene and three other subjects, including an off duty officer from another agency, were transported to local hospitals in unknown conditions," Tobias Kouroubacalis, public information officer for the Corona Police, wrote in a statement to ABC News soon after the incident. "Upon entering Costco, officers located four injured people on the floor. local time Friday, Corona police officers arrived at the Costco Wholesale club in Corona, which is about 50 miles outside of Los Angeles. Police did not release further details about the ages or genders of those injured.Īt 7:46 p.m. Two of his family members are in critical condition, according to police. The man who was fatally shot was identified as Kenneth French, from Riverside, California. The off-duty officer pulled out a gun and opened fire, striking the individual - who the officer did not know - and two members of the suspect's family. The police officer was assaulted "without provocation" while he was holding his young child by a 32-year-old man at the store, according to police. The shooting took place after an argument and was not an active shooter situation, a Corona Police spokesperson told reporters at a press conference. "This arrest is a political stunt that does absolutely nothing to protect the public.One person was killed and two others critically injured after an off-duty police officer opened fire inside a southern California Costco Friday night, police said. 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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