The California attorney general’s office on Monday said it has filed manslaughter and assault charges against a former Los Angeles police officer who is accused of fatally shooting a mentally disabled man during an off-duty altercation at a Costco store in 2019. Salvador Sanchez, 32, a seven-year veteran of the LAPD at the time of the June 2019 shooting, was arrested Monday morning in Riverside County. COSTCO SHOOTING: OFF-DUTY LA OFFICER WON'T FACE CHARGESSanchez was shopping at the store with his family and holding his 1 1/2-year-old son when he was struck from behind by French. Sanchez shot French four times in the back and shoulder, his mother once in the stomach, and his father once in the back, Corona Police Chief George Johnstone said. The charges filed by Bonta came after the Riverside County district attorney declined to charge Sanchez criminally.

Source: Fox News August 10, 2021 04:30 UTC