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.

  • @Madison420
    6•7 months ago

    Technically it was two.

    The one heat was based on in California and the college tower sniper a few years later.