However, French was not armed and was moving away from Sanchez when he opened fire. Sanchez told investigators he believed French had a gun, that he had been shot and that his life and his son's life were in immediate danger.

Sanchez pulled a handgun and opened fire, killing French and seriously wounding his parents, Russell and Paola French. Sanchez was holding his 1 1/2-year-old son in his arms when he was knocked to the ground. Sanchez was shopping at a sausage sample table in the Corona store, southeast of Los Angeles, when French struck or shoved him from behind without warning, authorities said. French was not armed and was moving away from Sanchez The city will review its options, including an appeal, said Rob Wilcox, a spokesman for the city attorney's office. That means the city may be liable for much of the award. The jurors in the lawsuit trial concluded that Salvador Sanchez, a seven-year LAPD veteran, was acting within the scope of his employment even though he was off duty. 'I am pleased with the verdict and hoping it brings some justice to the family,' Dale Galipo, an attorney for the family, told KNBC-TV. The panel in Riverside ruled in a lawsuit filed against the city of LA and the former officer in the June 14, 2019, killing of 32-year-old Kenneth French. A federal jury on Wednesday awarded $17 million to the parents of a mentally ill man who was shot in a Costco store by an off-duty Los Angeles police officer. French's son, Kevin, who is Kenneth's brother, reacts behind him.

Russell French speaks about the fatal shooting of his son, Kenneth, during a news conference in Corona, Calif., on Aug.

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