(Sanchez) was protecting his son, he thought he had been shot and felt like he had no other option.” “Today is quite a victory for Sal,” Ira Salzman said. Salvador’s attorney said it appears the family will file a civil suit but they were happy there would be no criminal charges. “I am not condoning this shooting,” Hestrin said, but indicated that he would abide by the grand jury’s decision. Hestrin notes that French’s parents were uncooperative during the investigation and were heard from for the first time during the grand jury hearing. At least two people can be seen in a scuffle and both drop to the ground.
Hestrin showed surveillance video of the deadly encounter, which is somewhat difficult to discern, as the perspective is from across the warehouse store. Four seconds passed between the assault and the beginning of the shooting, DelGiudice added. Sanchez was shopping with his family on June 14 and holding his young child when the brief incident began.įrench, who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, was unarmed.įrench was hit three times in the back, and once in the shoulder, said Joe DelGiudice, chief of investigations for the district attorney’s office.įrench’s parents, Russell and Paola French, were also wounded. Kenneth French, described by a cousin as non-verbal, is believed to have struck Sanchez, who then fired 10 shots. California prosecutors won’t file charges against an off-duty officer who fatally shot a man inside a Costco store in Corona three months ago.įollowing a grand jury decision that charges are not warranted, Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin said he will not file criminal charges against Salvador Sanchez, an off-duty Los Angeles police officer. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ĬORONA, Calif. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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