14 year old girl shot dead Change The stray bullet of a police officer trying on a gown for Quincera with his mother in the dressing room during Thursday’s confrontation with an attack suspect at the Burlington Coat Factory, it has been revealed.
The teen, identified by the coroner as Valentina Orellana Peralta on Friday, was shopping at the Burlington Coat Factory in North Hollywood before noon when an officer confronted a man who had previously assaulted a woman.
Police opened fire on the suspect, but one bullet penetrated the dressing room wall, killing 14-year-old Peralta, who was inside with her mother.
The police also killed the accused youth. The woman who assaulted was taken to the hospital with moderate to severe injuries. She was filmed lying on a gurney with blood on her face.
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A 14-year-old girl, who was shot by a Los Angeles police officer during a confrontation with an assault suspect at the Burlington Coat Factory on Thursday, in a dressing room with her mother wearing a gown for a Quinceara Image : Shopkeepers were seen outside the shop after shooting
Valentina Orellana Peralta, 14, was shopping for a Quincera gown with her mother at this Burlington store in North Hollywood on Thursday when she was shot by a stray cop.
On receiving information about misbehavior with a person, the police were called to the spot.
Police say they came to the man on suspicion of assaulting a woman and opened fire on her, killing the man. Image: A broken glass door is visible at the Burlington Coat Factory
People are seen crying after the deadly shooting that took the life of a 14-year-old innocent.
LAPD chief Michelle Moore said, “This is absolutely heartbreaking, and I can’t find words to console a mother and a family, but I will make sure they and the public and our people know.” Will do a full and thorough investigation.”
The firing took place at around 11.45 am on Thursday. Los Angeles Police Capt. Stacy Spell said at a news conference that police initially responded to reports of a man being attacked with a deadly weapon as well as shooting.
Spell said officers opened fire when they saw the suspect attacking another person.
Spell said the suspect was shot and killed by officers’ bullets.
One of the bullets went through the wall of the dressing room and struck Peralta as she tried on a Quinceanera gown, as Los Angeles Times First reported citing law enforcement sources.
LAPD assistant chief Dominic Choi said officers later found the teen’s body inside the changing room.
“You can’t look into the dressing room and it just looks like a straight wall of drywall,” Choi said at a second press conference.
He said investigators are yet to ascertain whether the teenager was in the dressing room before the violence started or had gone there to hide.
Attorney General Rob Bonta said the California Justice Department is investigating the shooting.
Police say the officer who fired the fatal shots didn’t know Valentine was inside the dressing room behind a wall
A woman wipes her eye as police officers investigate the scene where two people were killed in a shooting at a Burlington store)
After the firing by the officer, shopkeepers are seen on the spot, which is being investigated.
No gun found with suspected male attacker after murder at Burlington store
Moore said it did not appear that the officer who fired the fatal shots ‘would have known if someone was behind or was looking at the suspect and anyone other than the wall.’
The officer, who has not been named, has been placed on paid administrative leave until the results of the investigation, which could take several weeks.
“There is no police officer in America who would ever want to create a situation like this,” Moore said.
Choi said authorities were yet to determine the suspect’s motive or the identity of the woman he initially attacked at the shop.
Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Pranz said the woman was taken to hospital. It was not immediately known whether he was shot, but Choi said he suffered injuries to his head, arms and face.
Police found a very heavy metal cable lock near the suspect, which they say may have been used in the attack.
Spell said the woman injured in the first report of the assault was the victim. It was not immediately clear what weapon was involved in that attack, but no gun was found.
He said the police had received a call about the suspect’s wrongdoing before the incident.
Imelda Garcia said her sister works in the shop and she was on vacation when she heard gunshots and everyone started running. Garcia said she spoke to her sister on the phone and she was fine but seemed ‘really nervous’.
After about two hours of firing, the police pulled the people out of the shop.
The shooting is reminiscent of the July 21, 2018 confrontation in which LAPD officers accidentally shot and killed a woman at a Trader Joe’s market. Officers had an encounter with a man whom officials say shot his grandmother and girlfriend before police chased him down, which ended when his car crashed outside the market.
Assistant store manager Melida Corrado, 27, was killed in police firing as she rushed to the store’s entrance after hearing news of a car accident.
The suspect, Jean Evin Atkins, took employees and shoppers hostage for three hours before surrendering, officials said.
Atkins has pleaded not guilty to murder.
Prosecutors found that two police officers acted legally when they returned Atkins’ bullets.
Thursday’s shooting comes as the murder rate has increased 52 percent over the past two years, and Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon has become critical of his soft-crime policies.
Gascon continues to call for a zero-bail policy, which some critics say is exacerbating the region’s crime problems to keep criminals safe in the knowledge that they will be back on the streets.
At this time in 2019, the Los Angeles Police Department recorded 251 homicides. According to the LAPD, as of December 18, there have been 382 homicides in the city, representing an increase of 52 percent. statistics,
The murder rate in LA has skyrocketed over the past two years. At this time in 2019, the Los Angeles Police Department recorded 251 homicides. Incidents of theft have decreased in recent years
Map showing the locations of some of the most recent major robberies in Southern California
Incidents of theft have decreased over the years.
According to the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), property crimes are on the rise throughout California as well.
PPIC data shows that year-over-year through October, violent crimes increased by five percent, with Oakland increasing by 17 percent and Los Angeles by nearly one percent.
Murders rose 17 percent during the same period, from 523 last year to 613 in October. The institute said that in LA, there was a 17 percent increase in homicides.
Gascon, one of several progressive DAs controlled by billionaire Democrat donor George Soros, has survived a recall attempt and is facing another, which was launched on December 6, when he was accused of being soft on the offense. was alleged. He was in the midst of an epidemic of shameless looting. Organized groups of thieves.
During the first week of December, LA police arrested 14 suspects who were involved in 11 robberies last month where the Lululemon studio was at Nordstrom, LA, worth about $340,000. Items were stolen. City, Fairfax District store and a CVS pharmacy in South LA.
However, due to the city’s zero-bail policies, all the suspects were released within hours of being handcuffed and are currently walking the streets while they wait for their cases to go to court. ,