Several media outlets also reported witnesses had observed an argument before the incident escalated. LAPD investigates officer’s actions in Costco shootingĬorona Police Department officials said that was when French was shot dead and his parents, Russell and Paola French, were critically wounded. Police have not released the names of the other people injured from the incident but French’s cousin, Rick Shureih, identified his family members in a now-deleted Facebook post.Īccording to reports after the incident, police said two men were engaged in an argument prior to the shooting. “He believed he was under attack,” Winslow said. After the officer regained consciousness, Winslow said, “he believed his life and his son’s life was in immediate danger.” The man who allegedly knocked the officer to the ground was later named as 32-year-old Kenneth French from Riverside. “His son was in his arms and he was feeding his son some samples when within seconds he was on the ground and woke up from being unconscious and he was fighting for his life,” Winslow told The Los Angeles Times.Īt Costco food sample line, gunfire, death and unanswered questions: The force briefly knocked out the officer, causing both him and his son to fall to the ground. An off-duty police officer who fatally shot one man and injured two others at a Southern California Costco last week said he was attacked while holding his young son, which caused him to act in self-defense, according to his attorney on June 17.Īttorney David Winslow said his client-a Los Angeles Police Department officer whom he wouldn’t name-was struck from behind as he fed his 1-and-a-half-year-old son samples of teriyaki chicken in the warehouse store in Corona, which is located southeast of Los Angeles, on June 14.
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