The parents, Sanchez says, “may have gotten in the way.” Sanchez then acknowledges that fact and says he saw “a blast,” saw French “hunkered down” and possibly “still armed,” so he fired. “That guy,” Sanchez replies, pointing toward Kenneth French, who lay dead in a pool of blood - an image that caused a relative in the courtroom to break down.Īn off-duty sheriff’s deputy then tells Corona police that it was Sanchez who fired. “Where is the shooter?” Slane says in the video. In Slane’s body-worn camera video, Sanchez says he thought he had been shot and that his head hurt. A shooting at a Costco Wholesale store in Corona has left one person dead and three others, including an off-duty officer, wounded on Friday. He entered to find Sanchez flat on his back in the deli. Robert Slane, the first officer to arrive after 911 calls.
The testimony concluded with Corona police Cpl. “I hope this is the last question,” she said wearily at one point. He fell straight down, she said.īoladian acknowledged being nervous about testifying. Eric Leonard reported on NBC4 News on Monday, March 1, 2021. Then she changed that testimony to five to 10 seconds.Īnother witness, Regina Boladian, 72, said she handed out samples first to the Frenches and then to the Sanchezes before Kenneth French slipped in behind his parents, walked over to Sanchez and punched him in the right temple. The I-Team obtained video, photos and evidence related to the deadly shooting by an ex-LAPD officer at the Corona Costco. But then she told Deputy Attorney General Mike Murphy that she had informed police that Sanchez was on the floor only one second. One witness, Diane Bawic, 24, told Schwartz that Sanchez was on the floor for 10 seconds and possibly unconscious before awakening and firing. That witness told Detective Lisa Larios that Kenneth French walked over to Sanchez in the span of four to five seconds and punched him, walked away and stood facing Sanchez, his fists clinched, before Sanchez shot him dead. But another witness, according to a police detective who testified, told her that Sanchez was able to put down his infant son before falling. Schwartz declined to comment on the focus on how Sanchez fell after he was blindsided.īut if Sanchez “crumbled,” as one witness said, it could show that Sanchez was badly injured and could have acted reflexively when he fired. After the hearing was continued to Thursday, defense attorney Michael D. 10, Sanchez’s attorney and a state prosecutor focused on Sanchez’s fall while wading through testimony from two forgetful witnesses who often contradicted their 2019 testimony before the Grand Jury. All rights reserved.On the first day of the hearing on Wednesday, Aug. ™ & © 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. "Everybody's running around," Flores said. CNN could not immediately reach Costco officials. She described chaos and confusion as shoppers tried to flee through the front entrance. "It's not very fun when you're scared and you're running for your life and you're trying to open a door that says 'emergency' and they don't open," Flores told the station. Authorities initially thought they were dealing with an active. They heard four shots and tried to escape through emergency doors, but they wouldn't open, the pair told the station. The person who was shot and killed in the deadly confrontation was later identified as 32-year-old Kenneth French from Riverside. Naveed Navi and Rochelle Flores were shopping for items for a barbecue when gunshots rang out, they told CNN affiliate KTLA. Some people were also injured trying to flee the store, Edwards said. 'Emergency' doors wouldn't open, shoppers said The alleged gunman and the victims were taken to hospitals, Edwards said. Los Angeles police on Wednesday released the name of the off-duty LAPD officer who opened fire inside a Corona Costco Wholesale. The slain person was not immediately named.Īmong the injured was an off-duty officer from another department, Corona police said in a news release. Officers found four people "down" inside the Costco store: the suspect, the decedent and two injured victims, Edwards said. Police weren't looking for anyone else in connection with the crime, they tweeted. The incident is not believed to be a domestic dispute, he said. The shooting stemmed from an argument inside the store, but the relationship among the victims and the alleged gunman is unclear, Edwards said. (CNN) - A shooting inside a Costco store Friday evening left one person dead and two others injured in Southern California, police saidĪ man is in custody after firing inside the store, Lt.
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