A Los Angeles Police Department officer who accidentally shot and killed a teenager in a store will not face charges from the California Justice Department.

The California Justice Department announced today that it has found no cause to file chargesagainst a Los Angeles police officer who, while aiming at a suspect, shot and killed a 14-year-old girl hiding in a department store fitting room.

Fourteen-year-old Valentina Orellana Peralta was picking out a quinceanera dress with her mother just before Christmas in 2021. She was shot and killed by a bullet that ricocheted off the floor.

  • FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    almost freak accident

    The purpose of firing a gun is to take a life. It’s not a freak accident that this cop pulled the trigger and someone died. That’s what the weapon is explicitly designed to do. It’s also the reason cops should not be drawing guns as their first response.