![]() The LAPD said in June it was conducting an administrative review of the deadly shooting. Police investigate the shooting at a California Costco in June. “If the officer is allowed to see the video, why can’t my family or I or the public see the video?” Kevin French asked. He says that he thinks the video should be released as many people have already seen it. “I just can’t understand how someone could walk into a Costco, kill my brother, shoot both my parents, shoot my mom in her back and then be able to go home that same night and sleep on their pillow while we’re here struggling,” said Kevin French, Kenneth’s younger brother. The family wants surveillance video released Galipo says officials have told him the investigation could take up to a year and they have been told that video taken by Costco will not be released until the investigation is complete.īut the family is calling for the release of that video. The Riverside District Attorney’s Office is investigating the case, according to a statement on the Corona Police Department’s website, which says the department finished its own investigation at the end of June and handed the case to the DA. Sanchez was placed on administrative leave in June following the shooting. “Especially when you’re told someone is sick or has a mental illness, especially when you’re in Costco and there’s innocent customers and children.” “A push or a shove or even a punch does not justify the use of deadly force, particularly for a trained LAPD officer who should know better and should de-escalate the situation,” Galipo said. Galipo said that if Sanchez says he was responding to the situation based on training he received from the department, the training being taught needs to change. Galipo said the family is targeting the city because Sanchez was trained by its police department, was using a weapon issued by that department, and was acting in his capacity as an officer when he announced himself as one. Once the city has responded to the claim, the family will decide whether to pursue a lawsuit, Galipo said.ĬNN has reached out to the city of Los Angeles for a response to the claim but has not yet heard back. The family filed a claim against the city of Los Angeles Monday, Galipo said. “Not only did we lose our first born son Kenneth, my husband and I have sustained injuries that will impact our lives forever.” “The physical injuries and trauma has been extremely painful to endure,” Paola French said. Paola French was shot in the back and has already undergone seven surgeries and has several more scheduled to deal with the complications from her injuries, Galipo explained. He said his pancreas was grazed and he was released from the hospital about a week ago after telling doctors he needed to go home to bury his son. He died of internal bleeding, according to Galipo. Kenneth French was shot at least twice in the back and another shot was fired that struck his shoulder, Galipo said. “I was pleading for our son and our lives. I even said please,” she recalled between sobs. “I told Officer Sanchez not to shoot twice. Paola French also says she pleaded with the officer. “I said, ‘We have no guns and my son is sick.’ He still shot.” “After hearing officer Sanchez identify himself as a police officer I begged and told him not to shoot,” Russell French said of the deadly encounter. ‘I was pleading for our son and our lives,’ mother says “My client acted in self-defense and this was a sad, tragic result, but he did not commit any crime, nor did he do anything to merit an award of civil damage.” “It’s just a terrible tragedy that we have two sets of well-meaning, good parents who were trying to help their children,” the LA Times quoted the attorney as saying. The attorney also said the officer was acting to protect his young son. “This wasn’t a little push – this was a severe assault,” said Ira Salzman, an attorney for Sanchez, according to the Los Angeles Times Monday. In fact, he said, multiple witnesses – including Russell and Paola French – said Sanchez handed the child to his wife, identified himself as a police officer, and pulled his service weapon.ĬNN has reached out to an attorney for Sanchez and has not yet heard back. Galipo says some witnesses indicated the officer fell to the ground, but he says no one reported that he lost consciousness. The strike has been described as a push or shove by some and a punch by others, Galipo said. Kenneth, Russell and Paola French French FamilyĪs they stood around a sample table, Kenneth French struck off-duty police officer Salvador Sanchez as he was holding his young child, the family’s attorney Dale Galipo, told reporters at a news conference Monday. ![]()
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