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Trial to begin in lawsuit over fatal Los Angeles police shooting of 14-year-old girl in 2021
The girl’s parents allege wrongful death and negligence, and a civilian review later found 2 of the officer’s 3 shots were out of policy.
- On Wednesday, a wrongful-death trial begins against the Los Angeles Police Department for the 2021 fatal shooting of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta in a North Hollywood clothing store.
- The fatal incident occurred Dec. 23, 2021, at a Burlington store when Officer William Dorsey Jones fired three times at a suspect wielding a bike lock, killing both the man and Orellana-Peralta through a dressing room wall.
- Then-Police Chief Michel Moore found all three shots unjustified, while the Los Angeles Police Commission ruled only the first shot was justified after Jones told the Force Review Board he mistook the bike lock for a gun.
- Attorney Nick Rowley recently secured a $30 million settlement from San Diego for the killing of 16-year-old Konoa Wilson, surpassing the $27 million Minneapolis paid in the George Floyd case.
- Representing the family, Rowley stated "Valentina had her entire life in front of her," while the Los Angeles city attorney's office representing the LAPD did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Trial to begin in lawsuit over fatal Los Angeles police shooting of 14-year-old girl in 2021
A wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the Los Angeles Police Department for an officer’s fatal shooting of a 14-year-old in a clothing store is set to begin trial.
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