The off-duty officer - assigned to the Los Angeles Police Department's Southwest Station - suffered minor injuries, Officer Greg Kraft of the LAPD's Media Relations Section said. Shureih said the family is working on hiring a lawyer and is seeking the name of the off-duty officer, as well as surveillance video and witness accounts to try to understand what happened. Truth will come out! I'm sure this was a misunderstanding that got escalated for no reason! If anyone was a witness please get in contact with us." This is a family that was unarmed and was just grocery shopping. "Do they look intimidating to you? Did he really have to shoot them all? I'm posting this picture because the stories on social media have made them out to be the suspects, and the off-duty cop the victim. Related: 'Is this another mass shooting?' Panic at Corona, Calif., Costco as off-duty cop kills manĪ GoFundMe page has been established for the French family, at at By midafternoon on Monday nearly $4,000 had been raised. Related: Phoenix mayor apologizes after video shows police pointing gun on parents of 4-year-old who took doll Previously Off-duty LAPD officer shoots, kills man in Corona Costco My cousin Kenneth was killed and his parents, my aunt & uncle were also both shot and are in ICU. "I'm not keeping quiet about this! People need to know! This is my family! These are the victims of the Costco shooting the other night. On Sunday, Shureih posted on Facebook a picture of French and his parents standing outside Universal Studios Hollywood, and wrote: "He's not the kind to trade words, so I don't believe that a verbal confrontation happened." "He (had) to be pretty much monitored," Shureih told the Riverside Press-Enterprise. Shureih described French as a mentally disabled "gentle giant" who rarely spoke. "The off-duty officer was transported to a local hospital, where he was treated and released." The family members are being treated at local hospitals and are in critical condition," he said. "This attack resulted in the officer firing his weapon, striking the male and two of the male's family members. View Gallery: Gallery: At California Costco, off-duty cop kills man with disabilityĬorona Police Officer Tobias Kouroubacalis issued a statement over the weekend saying the off-duty LAPD officer was shopping at Costco with his family, holding his young child in his arms, when, "without provocation, a male unknown to the officer's family assaulted the officer." Related: Gunman dead, 2 injured in second California Costco shooting in three days Update: Cop's lawyer says client was attacked before fatally shooting disabled man Two other people, identified by Shureih as French's parents, Russell and Paola French, were critically injured in the shooting. We need justice to prevail! Please review the surveillance tape!"įrench was killed in the shooting 7:46 p.m. "Our family has witness accounts that do not match up to the original story. "City of Corona Police Department my family has faith that you will do the right thing and arrest the gunman!" Rick Shureih, cousin of Kenneth French, 32, wrote on Facebook Monday morning. The cousin of a man who was fatally shot by an off-duty Los Angeles police officer inside a Corona Costco store stepped up pressure on investigators Monday, saying the lawman who pulled the trigger should be behind bars. Following the law enforcement response, Corona police confirmed the shooting incident was stabilized, and there was no threat to the public.Watch Video: Panic at Corona, Calif., Costco as off-duty cop kills man "I heard pop, pop, pop, and then look, she almost broke her hand trying to open the emergency doors," said one witness, who added that he was right by the shooting when it occurred inside the store.Īnother shopper captured the mayhem that was heard in the aftermath of the shooting.įootage from AIR7 HD showed the large police presence at the warehouse store after it was evacuated. People ran to escape, but the doors were locked, which added to the panic. They said there was chaos after shots were fired. Multiple witnesses said they heard gunshots just before 8 p.m. The alleged gunman is in custody, police say. Suspect in custody after Costco shooting leaves 1 dead, 2 injuredĬORONA, California - A shooting at a Costco Wholesale store has left one person dead and two others wounded on Friday.
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