“The shooting of Kenneth, Russell, and Paola French was unjustified, unreasonable and completely excessive, particularly because neither Kenneth, Russell, nor Paola French posed an immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury to any person, including Officer Sanchez, at the time of the shooting,” the claim says. He said an administrative investigation into Sanchez was ongoing Josh Rubenstein, an LAPD spokesman, said the department does not comment on legal matters. Rob Wilcox, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, said the city is reviewing the claim but had no other comment. Among the claim’s contentions are negligence, battery and wrongful death. If Los Angeles rejects it, then the Frenches can sue in court. The claim is a first step in filing a lawsuit against a local government. The shooting sent panicked shoppers fleeing to the exits and into a walk-in cooler to hide. He said the officer took action after French hit him as Sanchez was holding his 18-month-old son inside the Costco, and that Sanchez suffered a concussion from the blow. Ira Salzman, an attorney for Sanchez, said Monday his client was assaulted by Kenneth French and said the shooting was a “justifiable homicide under California penal code.” “It means he was acting as an officer at the time, and it implicates the city of Los Angeles in the shooting,” Galipo said. “Officer Sanchez was acting under color of law as a LAPD police officer at the time of the shooting and was acting in his capacity as a LAPD police officer at the time of the shooting,” the claim says. It said that Sanchez identified himself before he started shooting. There is no dollar amount sought in the claim filed by the family, attorney Dale Galipo said just before the press conference.The claim is against Sanchez, the Los Angeles Police Department and the City of Los Angeles. I told him we had no guns, and my son was sick.” Russell French, who needed help to stand from his wheelchair to address reporters, said: “I begged and told him not to shoot. “I even said ‘please.’ I was pleading for my son and our lives, but he was still shot in the back. … “I told Officer Sanchez not to shoot twice,” Paola French said. “My husband and I have sustained injuries that have impacted our lives forever,” she said.
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