The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer who killed a suspect Hispanic Valentina Orellana-Peralta will not face criminal charges in a shooting inside a North Hollywood store in December 2021The California Department of Justice reported this Wednesday.
Authorities found no evidence that Officer William Dorsey Jones Jr. “acted without intent to defend himself or others.” of what you reasonably believed to be imminent death or serious bodily injury” at the time he fired a service rifle at Daniel Elena López, 24, who was at the other end of a store aisle.
“There is insufficient evidence to support criminal proceedings against the officer, so no further action will be taken in this case“, is mentioned in the report from the California Department of Justice.
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On the day of the incident, Hispanic Valentina Orellana-Peralta, 14, was in the Burlington store in the company of her mother to buy clothes that she would wear at Christmas parties, and they sought refuge in a fitting room at the moment when the conflict provoked by Elena broke out.
Before the shooting, López had just hit a woman with a bicycle chainwho suffered a head injury and struggled to get away from him as the LAPD officer turned into the hallway.
Jones fired three shots in the direction of the suspect, who was hit by bullets on one occasion. In a video of the incident, it is seen that Jones did not order López to surrender before opening fire.
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In the Department of Justice report, it is mentioned that one of the shots, according to an analysis of the trajectory of the bullet, hit the ground behind López and jumped upward, piercing the exterior wall of a fitting room where Valentina was sheltered with her mother.
The bullet hit the young Hispanic woman in the chest, who died in his mother’s arms.
Valentina died on December 23, 2021 when he was trying on clothes in the store located at 12121 Victory Boulevard, in North Hollywood, a death that shocked the Hispanic community of Los Angeles.
On December 28, 2021, Soledad Peralta and Juan Pablo Orellana Larenas, Valentina’s parentsheld a press conference in front of the LAPD offices to demand justice for the death of their daughter in the shooting of a police officer.
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The Hispanic teenager He had arrived in Los Angeles from Chile just six months ago. with the dream of becoming an American citizen and studying engineering to build robots.
Valentina was happy to live in the United States, country that the young Chilean girl had described as the safest in the world.
“This case was particularly difficult to prosecute.as it involved the loss of two lives,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta in a statement.
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Bonta said any loss of life represents a tragedy and his prayers were especially with Valentina’s family, whose only involvement in this incident It was being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
“The California Department of Justice remains steadfast in our commitment to working together with all law enforcement partners. to ensure an impartial legal systemtransparent and responsible for all California residents,” added the prosecutor.
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The Department of Justice criticized the tactics and poor communication of LAPD officers responded to the incident at the Burlington store in North Hollywood, but the agency found there was no evidence that Jones’ actions were criminal.
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