Russell French, right, announces in August 2019 that he and his wife, Paola, who is seated, were suing the city of Los Angeles and former LAPD Officer Salvador Sanchez over Sanchez’s fatal shooting of their son, Kenneth French, inside a Costco in Corona. The photo at left shows Kenneth French in 2014 with his parents, who were also shot by Sanchez. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)A federal jury awarded $17 million in damages on Wednesday to the family of a mentally disabled man who was fatally shot by an off-duty Los Angeles police officer inside a Costco in Corona. The jury’s verdict came a day after U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal found that Officer Salvador Sanchez used excessive and unreasonable force in June 2019 when he shot and killed 32-year-old Kenneth French. The L.A. Police Commission found that he violated department policy in the shooting of French and his parents, who were seriously wounded.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 28, 2021 02:59 UTC