US EditionTrial 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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Wrongful death lawsuit trial underway over 2021 L.A. police shooting of 14-year-old girl
A trial in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the Los Angeles Police Department for an officer’s fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in a clothing store began Wednesday. The shooting happened in Dec. 2021 at the Burlington store in North Hollywood after police were called to the scene about a man who was attacking women. [...]
Opening statements to begin in the trial of shooting death of a teen inside North Hollywood store
Opening statements were expected to begin Wednesday in the trial of a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles after a 14-year-old girl was struck by a LAPD officer’s bullet and died in 2021. Valentina Orellana Peralta was in a dressing room, trying on clothes for Christmas, at the time of the shooting. She was struck by a police bullet...
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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.
On Wednesday, the civil trial began against the city of Los Angeles for the death of Valentina Orellana Peralta, 14, which occurred in 2021 when a stray police bullet struck her while attending an assault incident inside a Burlington store in North Hollywood. During the opening day, both parties presented their initial statements to the jury. The family's lawsuit alleges negligence on the part of the police and seeks compensation of at least $10…
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