The death of Valentina Orellana-Peralta, who was shopping with her mother for a holiday dress, raises concerns about police use of deadly force
Summary
- The Los Angeles police department has released body-camera footage and surveillance video of an incident in which an officer shot and killed a 14-year-old girl inside a department store while firing at another person.
- Valentina Orellana-Peralta was killed when police fired on a suspect inside a department store.
- The man shot by police upon arrival was Daniel Elena Lopez, 24, who also died on the scene, officials said.
- The videos show Elena Lopez wandering around the store with his bike and hitting several customers, including people as they started to evacuate.
- Elena Lopez was at the other end of the store aisle from the officer and appeared to be turning away from him.