Soledad Peralta and Juan Pablo Orellana Larenas, parents of 14-year old Valentina Orellana-Peralta, who was killed by a stray police bullet while shopping at a clothing store, attend a press conference outside LAPD headquarters in Los Angeles on Dec. 28, 2021. (Robyn Beck AFP via Getty Images)Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Thursday he promised “transparency and justice” to the mother of Valentina Orellana-Peralta, the 14-year-old who was fatally shot by a Los Angeles police officer inside a North Hollywood store two days before Christmas. Jones fired three rounds at a suspect holding a bicycle lock inside a Burlington clothing store, and one of the bullets penetrated the wall and struck the girl. “We will look comprehensively at everything from training to tactics, policies and the incident itself,” Garcetti said. I have learned to not prejudge those but to make sure those are transparent.”Read the full story at LATimes.com.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 07, 2022 00:04 UTC