A Chilean girl was accidentally shot during a raid on a department store. The shooting agent suspended. the eighteenth victim in 2021
Dying at 14 while you are in the dressing room of a department store with your mother to try on the dress to put on quinceanera
, the celebration for 15 years which marks the transition to adulthood in the Latin American community. Dying because you were accidentally hit by a bullet fired by the police who intervened to stop an attack. happened at the Burlington Coat Factory in North Hollywood in Los Angeles on December 23, the victim’s name is Valentina Orellana-Peralta, born and raised in Santiago, Chile, who arrived in the Californian city six months ago to spend some time with her older sister. great. The incident reopens the controversy on the methods used by law enforcement in the United States and in particular by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). This year alone, 18 people were killed by mistake, more than double that of a year ago. Enough with the LAPD murders, justice for Valentina can be read among the flowers and candles that have been placed to remember her.
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The video of the intervention, released by the authorities last Monday, leaves little room for doubt. Images from surveillance cameras show a clearly agitated man wandering around the store with a bicycle lock in hand. First he lashes out at several people, then repeatedly hits a woman on the head and body. The arrival of the police on the scene, documented by the cameras worn by the agents, with the guns drawn. A few seconds later the suspect is identified who left the woman on the ground bleeding. At this point an officer opens fire, even though his colleagues tell him to go slow. The suspect falls to the ground and is handcuffed but, from behind the wall, a woman’s desperate screams are heard. Valentina’s mother who sees her daughter gasping on the ground. At the outset – says Captain Stacy Spell in the video, underlining that the investigation could last a year – it is believed that one of the fired bullets bounced off the floor and slipped into the dressing room, exactly behind the attacker, where the victim. Meanwhile, the agent who fired has been suspended.
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The man responsible for the attack, Daniel Elena-Lopez, 24, some criminal record, died on the spot, A firearm was not found next to his body, despite some of the 911 calls someone mentioned a gunman. Lopez allegedly assaulted his victims with a bicycle lock.
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We at the LAPD would like to express our deepest condolences and deep regret for the loss of this innocent victim, Valentina Orellana-Peralta. No.There are no words that can describe the depth of pain we feel over this tragic outcomeSpell says again.
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A similar incident dates back to July 21, 2018 when LAPD accidentally killed a woman. Officers were chasing a suspect when his car crashed outside a supermarket. A firefight ensued in which she was killed Melyda Corado, 27, a store manager who was rushing to the scene of the accident. The investigation established that the agents had acted according to the rules.
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December 28, 2021 (change December 28, 2021 | 22:58)
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