Galipo, the couple's attorney, who often represents victims of police shootings and their families. The damages award was unusually high for a police shooting case, said Dale K. The suit was filed against Sanchez and the city by Kenneth French's parents, Russell and Paola French. That finding effectively made the city of Los Angeles liable for damages. Police Commission found that he violated department policy in the shooting of French and his parents, who were seriously wounded.Īfter four hours of deliberations Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Riverside, the jury of six women and two men found that Sanchez acted within the scope of his LAPD employment when he fired 10 shots at the French family. Sanchez, who was fired last year, is awaiting trial on manslaughter and assault charges filed by the California attorney general’s office after a Riverside County grand jury declined to indict him a few months after the killing. The shooting followed a brief confrontation between the two men in line to sample sausages. Bernal found that Officer Salvador Sanchez used excessive and unreasonable force in June 2019 when he shot and killed 32-year-old Kenneth French. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)Ī 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 photo at left shows Kenneth French in 2014 with his parents, who were also shot by Sanchez. 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.
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