A former Los Angeles police officer was arrested in the off-duty shooting death of a disabled man at a Southern California Costco 2 years ago, authorities say.
at a Southern California Costco two years ago, authorities said.
Lawyers for the French family and Sanchez have offered differing accounts of what prompted the shooting at the Costco in Corona, about 47 miles east of Los Angeles., may have pushed Sanchez. David Winslow, an attorney for Sanchez, said that the off-duty officer was “violently attacked” and knocked to the ground while shopping with his wife and holding his baby.
Russell French, who was shot in the chest and lost a kidney, has said that he “begged” Sanchez not to fire.Paola Sanchez was shot in the back and fell into a coma for an"extended period of time," Galipo said. Although she emerged from the coma, she still needs several surgeries after the incident, he said.