In a statement Wednesday, Moore said he felt “profound regret for what occurred to the French family.” Attorney Ira Salzman, who had represented him most recently, did not immediately return a phone call.Īn LAPD spokesman said Wednesday he did not know Sanchez’s current status.ĭiscipline for Sanchez, which could include getting fired, will now be determined by the chief. It was unclear Wednesday how the conclusions will affect Sanchez, who last year was placed on administrative leave. (Sanchez) did not take time to correctly assess the incident and to analyze the threat.”Ĭhief Moore said Sanchez was also out of policy for even drawing and exhibiting his weapon in the incident. “Additionally, Kenneth was being pushed away (from Sanchez) and was not armed. Sanchez “made no attempts to communicate with Kenneth in an effort to de-escalate the incident,” the report says. Investigators asked him how he was able to take out his pistol when the officer was numb and paralyzed. Sanchez, who had no verifiable injury, according to the report, said he lost consciousness and fell to the ground, paralyzed after the hit by Kenneth French. Sanchez “had an obligation to take the time to assess the situation prior to making the decision to draw and exhibit a firearm inside of a crowded store,” the report says. The only gun found at the scene was Sanchez’s LAPD-issued pistol. But it also says there was no evidence that Kenneth French had a gun, or anything that resembled a gun. The report says Kenneth French’s hitting of the officer was indeed unprovoked. The report describes one of French’s parents screaming after the shooting: “My son’s sick! My son’s sick!” Kenneth French’s parents, Paola French and Russell French, were wounded by his gunfire. The officer, holding his small son and feeding him a sample inside the warehouse store when struck by French, said he believed he had been shot in the back of his head, and that French was armed with a small pistol. Kenneth, who didn’t talk, lived with his parents in the Lake Hills area near Corona.ĭuring the encounter, the parents have said, they tried to intervene and explain their son’s condition to Sanchez. Corona police at the time said Kenneth French attacked Sanchez “without provocation.” that Friday near the deli in the back of the store on McKinley Street. The commission unanimously joined in the conclusion laid out in a report to the civilian oversight panel by Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore about a Jincident in which Kenneth French, 32, was fatally wounded by Officer Salvador Sanchez. Sanchez believed there was an active shooter situation and reached behind his head to check for blood multiple times, witnesses testified.An off-duty Los Angeles police officer was “out of policy” when he shot and killed an intellectually disabled Riverside County man and severely wounded his parents after the man struck the officer on his head inside a Corona Costco last year, the Los Angeles Police Commission agreed on Wednesday, June 10. "And it all happened very fast, about less than four seconds from the moment that struck to the moment that fired." and he went down as he was holding his infant child," Hestrin told a news conference. "One of the pieces of information that I think was uncontroverted was that the off-duty officer was struck by Kenneth French. Sanchez's injury to his head as a result of the confrontation with French was likely a key component in the decision not to indict, according to Hestrin. The DA said the case was taken to the grand jury after witnesses refused to cooperate with investigators and issued subpoenas to force them to testify before jurors. 9 and determined that no charges should be filed, Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin said at a press conference on Wednesday. The case was submitted to the grand jury on Sept. (MORE: Off-duty LAPD officer who allegedly shot man at Costco placed on administrative leave)
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