A 14-year-old was holding her mother in an LA clothing store when a police bullet ripped through a wall and fatally wounded her. 9News
Valentina Orellana-Peralta and her mother were holding one another and praying in the dressing room of a Los Angeles clothing store when a police officer's bullet ripped through a wall and fatally wounded the 14-year-old, according to relatives.
Moments later, he returns to the escalators wearing a multicoloured jacket and long pants before swinging his bike lock at customers, according to police. He is seen attacking several female customers. Valentina was in a dressing room with her mother when a bullet aimed at the suspect passed through the wall, fatally striking the teenager. She was killed by a gunshot wound to the chest, coroner records show.
"Was the use of the patrol rifle justified?" he asked Monday night on CNN. "And ... if you're going to fire a round inside of a department store, those rounds can easily rip through a body and keep right on moving through dry wall. So the use of force must be looked at." While she is on the phone with the operator, she is also repeatedly heard yelling at people to evacuate the store. She explains to the operator that the suspect is using a bike lock to attack people.
An LAPD official familiar with the investigation told CNN's Paul Vercammen they were "aware of reports that a witness said the girl was trying on a quinceañera dress with her mother. We are looking into this as part of our investigation."
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