![]() ![]() The police acknowledged that no one else fired. The Riverside County Coroners Office has identified the deceased male as 32 year-old Kenneth French from Riverside.” The off duty officer’s child was not injured during this incident. 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. This attack resulted in the officer firing his weapon, striking the male and two of the male’s family members. Without provocation, a male unknown to the officer’s family assaulted the officer while the officer was holding his young child. “Investigation has confirmed an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department Officer was shopping at Costco with his family. As the investigation is still on-going, the names of involved persons are not being released at this time.” “The investigation has revealed this was an isolated occurrence within the store and was not an uncontained active shooter incident as the preliminary information had been communicated to initial officers. Witnesses say it started over an arguement near the meat freezers. Police say the man who fired multiple gunshots inside a Corona Costco, killing one man and injuring 2 other people is now in custody at a hospital. ![]() Corona Police Say the Officer’s Family Was Assaulted ‘Without Provocation’ Some people complained that they couldn’t get the exit doors to open during the shooting.ġ. It was originally painted as an “active shooter” style situation. When police entered the store in populous Riverside County, California, they encountered a horrific scene: Four people down, with one man, Kenneth French, deceased. “The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has identified the deceased male as 32 year-old Kenneth French from Riverside,” Corona PD revealed in a press release on June 15, 2019. His son was was in his arms and he was feeding his son some samples when within seconds he was on the ground and woke up from being unconscious and he was fighting for his life,” the attorney, David Winslow, told the newspaper. “He was shopping with his wife and 1½-year-old at Costco. Meanwhile, the officer’s attorney has spoken out to The Los Angeles Times, claiming the unidentified officer “was getting a food sample for his son when he was attacked and briefly knocked out.” Russell and Paola French, Kenneth French’s parents. Shureih told the Los Angeles Times on June 16 that Paola remains in a coma. On social media, Kenneth French and his parents Russell and Paola appeared very family-centered, mostly posting pictures of family and travels. Truth will come out! I’m sure this was a misunderstanding that got escalated for no reason!” 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. “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,” wrote Rick Shureih on Facebook. The off-duty officer will not face charges, prosecutors announced on September 25, 2019. The Los Angeles Times has named the officer Salvador Sanchez. The official police statement claims that the officer opened fire because he was “assaulted.” Earlier accounts had indicated that an argument erupted in the store, although it’s not clear between whom. ![]() Family members of the Frenches have spoken out on social media, raising questions about the shooting. That was a surprising turn of events in the shooting that left French dead and two of his relatives wounded and sent panicked shoppers running for the exits. It now turns out that the only person who fired a weapon in Costco that night was the off-duty Los Angeles police officer. An upset family member is questioning why the officer needed to open fire in a busy store, shooting French and two of his family members. Kenneth French, a 32-year-old Riverside man who was described as gentle and non-verbal, was the person who was killed when an off-duty police officer opened fire inside the Costco Warehouse store in Corona, California. Kenneth French (l) with his parents Russell and Paola French.
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