Without indicating why the attorney general determined that a crime occurred, a spokesperson for that office said the review of the shooting was requested by the Frenches.ĭale Galipo, who is representing French’s parents in a lawsuit against Sanchez and the city of Los Angeles, said the Frenches had no comment Monday. “The arrest of Sal Sanchez is a product of the politically motivated program by the California attorney general to prosecute police officers,” the lawyer said. “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,” Winslow said. “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,” Winslow said in a statement. Sanchez immediately afterward told police that he believed he had been shot and that French was still a threat. Sanchez also shot and wounded French’s parents, Russell, 58, and Paola, 59. On June 14, 2019, then-Officer Sanchez, while off-duty, shot and killed 32-year-old Kenneth French after French, who was nonverbal and unarmed, struck him in the head as Sanchez held his 18-month-old child. He was booked into Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside and was released the same day after posting $155,000 bail, jail records show. “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,” the attorney general said. LAPD officer in fatal Corona Costco shooting will not be charged.Protesters gather outside Riverside County District Attorney’s office to demand charges in Corona Costco shooting.Lawsuit filed against officer, city of L.A.LAPD officer was ‘out of policy’ in deadly Corona Costco shooting, LA authorities say.‘I believe he was still armed, so I shot,’ video shows off-duty officer describe fatal Corona Costco shooting.“That’s exactly what these charges are about: pursuing justice after an independent and thorough review of the evidence and the law. “Where there’s reason to believe a crime has been committed, we will seek justice,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. The charges came after the Riverside County grand jury declined to indict Sanchez in 2019. 9, charged fired Los Angeles policeman Salvador Alejandro Sanchez with voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm in the shooting death of an intellectually disabled man and the wounding of his parents inside the Costco in Corona in 2019. No matter who you are, nobody is above the law,” Bonta said in a statement.The state Attorney General’s Office on Monday, Aug. “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. The action comes nearly two years after a Riverside County grand jury declined to bring charges against the former Los Angeles Police Department officer, who - according to court documents - was off duty when he fatally shot 32-year-old Kenneth French following a confrontation at the warehouse store on the night of June 14, 2019.įrench was with his parents at the time, and they were also shot and seriously injured. Sanchez was taken into custody in Riverside County Monday morning. Salvador Sanchez has been arrested on charges of voluntary manslaughter and assault with a semiautomatic firearm, according to a news release from the state attorney general’s office. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Ĭalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday announced that his office has filed charges against a former LAPD officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man at a Costco in Corona two years ago. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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