Sanchez told authorities that he thought he had been shot and lost consciousness before shooting. Sanchez then opened fire and struck Kenneth and Paola French in the back, and Russell French in the abdomen.

Sanchez drew his firearm and both parents pleaded with him not to shoot, clarifying that their son had a mental illness, according to the wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit filed in December 2019. It was in the deli at 7:46 pm where, without provocation, Kenneth French struck Sanchez, who was holding his 18-month-old child. The Frenches and Sanchez were shopping at the Costco on McKinley Street on June 14, 2019. Officer Sanchez fired upon Kenneth French, 32, and his parents, Paola and Russell French. Their verdict found Officer Salvador Sanchez was acting in his role as a police officer, making the city of Los Angeles liable for paying the majority of the damages. The verdict comes after that officer shot an intellectually disabled man to death in a Costco in 2019.Ī jury of six women and two men deliberated for about four hours before coming to their decision, notifying the U.S. 27, a federal jury in Riverside awarded $17 million in a Corona death involving an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer.

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