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.

  • Flying Squid
    30•7 months ago

    Do you think maybe the cop was lying about mistaking the bicycle lock for a gun considering bicycle locks do not look remotely like guns and lying about it would give him cover?

      • Flying Squid
        12•7 months ago

        Just astounding what people will accept as truth from cops. If I said “I saw someone swinging a bicycle lock around and I thought they had a gun instead so I shot them,” no one would buy that excuse. But if a cop says it?