In addition, the officer’s training in the use of deadly force was “totally inadequate and inappropriate,” the suit alleges. 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. “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 Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges battery, negligence, civil rights violations and both intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

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. Several people who called into Wednesday’s Police Commission meeting said Sanchez should be fired.ĭale 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. Moore said Sanchez did not take the time to assess the situation.Ĭonflicting stories emerged over the circumstances that led to the fatal shooting, with the dead man’s relatives calling for the officer’s arrest. When the officer looked back at French, the officer said it appeared French may have been holding a firearm, although one was not recovered in French’s possession. Moore’s report on the incident stated the officer felt as if he’d been “shot” after being struck by French. Sanchez was placed on leave pending adjudication of the incident. Moore’s disciplinary recommendations, if any, were not immediately available. Police officers have the option of having their discipline cases heard by an all-civilian review board of three members or they can choose two command-level officers and a civilian to hear their case. The case will now be subject to Moore’s discretion, Police Commission officials told City News Service. The commission voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt Police Chief Michel Moore’s recommendation to find that Sanchez, who was named in a lawsuit from the French family, improperly drew his weapon and used lethal force against French in the incident. Winslow said the officer “had no choice but to use deadly force.” Witnesses said they heard an argument in the freezer section of the store, followed by gunfireĬorona police said the off-duty officer - later identified as Salvador Sanchez - was shopping at Costco with his family, holding his child in his arms, when, “without provocation, a male unknown to the officer’s family assaulted the officer.”Īccording to the officer’s attorney, David Winslow, Sanchez briefly lost consciousness, and when he awoke, he was on the ground and his 18- month- old son was next to him screaming. The shooting occurred inside the store at 480 N. The victim, Kenneth French, was described by his family as non-verbal and intellectually disabled. And they wonder why people don't like them.CORONA (CNS) – The Los Angeles Police Commission Wednesday found that an off-duty police officer acted outside of department policy when he shot a 32-year-old man to death and injured his parents at a Costco in Corona last year. Cops caught lying, changing the story, then caught lying again. Galipo said the security video showed that interaction.'. What supposedly happened according to the family's lawyer: ''Before the officer fired his gun, there was a gap in time when he declared he was a police officer and French’s father stepped between the two men. What supposedly happened (via the Police Chief): 'A Corona police spokesman said during a news conference shortly after the shooting that witnesses had reported hearing an argument.' That quickly changed when it came out the victim 'didn't speak because of a mental condition': 'A statement from the department the following day, however, did not mention a verbal altercation and said the attack was 'without provocation.''

That's when he had no choice but to use deadly force.'' When he opened his eyes moments later, he was on the ground, on the concrete.

'He was suddenly struck, knocked unconscious. What supposedly happened (via the cop's lawyer): ''There was no discussion, there was no argument, there was no warning at all,' Winslow said. 'The department identified Salvador Sanchez as the officer involved in the June 14 incident.'

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