Robert Newman at 95 or via email at officers originally responded to the shots-fired call at the store, they anticipated an active-shooter situation, according to Lt. Such administrative investigations, which can often take months, ultimately land in front of the Police Commission to determine if the officer acted within department policy.Īnyone who witnessed the shooting or has information about it was asked to contact Corona Police Lt. The LAPD is conducting its own administrative investigation, in conjunction with Corona Police, according to the department. As is standard procedure in such investigations, the Corona Police Department is working closely with the Riverside County District Attorney's Office, who will be evaluating the facts and circumstances of this incident." The LAPD declined to identify the officer, but said he had been placed on administrative duty.Ĭorona Police said the officer's gun "was the only weapon involved in the incident, contrary to earlier reports. The off-duty officer - assigned to the Los Angeles Police Department's Southwest Station - suffered minor injuries, Officer Greg Kraft of the LAPD's Media Relations Section said. Shureih said the family is working on hiring a lawyer and is seeking the name of the off-duty officer, as well as surveillance video and witness accounts to try to understand what happened. Truth will come out! I'm sure this was a misunderstanding that got escalated for no reason! If anyone was a witness please get in contact with us." This is a family that was unarmed and was just grocery shopping. "Do they look intimidating to you? Did he really have to shoot them all? I'm posting this picture because the stories on social media have made them out to be the suspects, and the off-duty cop the victim. Related: 'Is this another mass shooting?' Panic at Corona, Calif., Costco as off-duty cop kills manĪ GoFundMe page has been established for the French family, at at By midafternoon on Monday nearly $4,000 had been raised. Related: Phoenix mayor apologizes after video shows police pointing gun on parents of 4-year-old who took doll Previously Off-duty LAPD officer shoots, kills man in Corona Costco My cousin Kenneth was killed and his parents, my aunt & uncle were also both shot and are in ICU. "I'm not keeping quiet about this! People need to know! This is my family! These are the victims of the Costco shooting the other night. On Sunday, Shureih posted on Facebook a picture of French and his parents standing outside Universal Studios Hollywood, and wrote: "He's not the kind to trade words, so I don't believe that a verbal confrontation happened." "He (had) to be pretty much monitored," Shureih told the Riverside Press-Enterprise. Shureih described French as a mentally disabled "gentle giant" who rarely spoke. "The off-duty officer was transported to a local hospital, where he was treated and released." The family members are being treated at local hospitals and are in critical condition," he said. "This attack resulted in the officer firing his weapon, striking the male and two of the male's family members. View Gallery: Gallery: At California Costco, off-duty cop kills man with disabilityĬorona Police Officer Tobias Kouroubacalis issued a statement over the weekend saying the off-duty LAPD officer was shopping at Costco with his family, holding his young child in his arms, when, "without provocation, a male unknown to the officer's family assaulted the officer." Related: Gunman dead, 2 injured in second California Costco shooting in three days Update: Cop's lawyer says client was attacked before fatally shooting disabled man Two other people, identified by Shureih as French's parents, Russell and Paola French, were critically injured in the shooting. We need justice to prevail! Please review the surveillance tape!"įrench was killed in the shooting 7:46 p.m. "Our family has witness accounts that do not match up to the original story. "City of Corona Police Department my family has faith that you will do the right thing and arrest the gunman!" Rick Shureih, cousin of Kenneth French, 32, wrote on Facebook Monday morning. The cousin of a man who was fatally shot by an off-duty Los Angeles police officer inside a Corona Costco store stepped up pressure on investigators Monday, saying the lawman who pulled the trigger should be behind bars. Watch Video: Panic at Corona, Calif., Costco as off-duty cop kills man
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