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LOS ANGELES - The state Attorney General's Office announced Wednesday it will not pursue any criminal charges against a Los Angeles Police Department officer involved in a December 2021 shooting inside a North Hollywood Burlington store that killed an assault suspect and a 14-year-old girl who was struck by a stray bullet inside a dressing room.
Police had gone into the store in search of a suspect who assaulted multiple people with a metal bicycle lock. That suspect, 24-year-old Daniel Elena Lopez, was also killed. Police said at the time that a bullet fired at the suspect ricocheted off the floor then passed through a far wall, entering the dressing room where it struck Valentina.
Police at the time released body-camera footage of the encounter, which began when officers responded to reports of a man assaulting people and possibly firing shots inside the Burlington store. While the video showed the suspect with the cable lock in his right hand, there was no indication he was armed with a gun. Police said no gun was found at the scene.
According to the Attorney General's Office, investigators"concluded that the evidence does not show, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the officer involved acted without the intent defend himself and others from what he reasonably believed to be imminent death or serious bodily injury. Therefore, there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution of the officer. As such, no further action will be taken in this case.
"She wanted to be here in the United States because this was the land of opportunity, and she was excited about that," attorney Erica Contreras said, translating for Valentina's father, Juan Pablo Orellana Larenas.
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