Attorney general won’t file criminal case against LA officer in 2021 shooting that killed teen

Published April 17, 2024 2:05 PM

By STEFANIE DAZIO
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Attorney General has declined to file criminal charges against a Los Angeles police officer who fired a rifle at a suspect inside a clothing store in 2021, killing a 14-year-old girl in a dressing room. Attorney General Rob Bonta released a report Wednesday into the shooting. Officer William Jones Jr. fired three times when police responded to a Burlington clothing store in the San Fernando Valley where suspect Daniel Elena Lopez had brutally attacked two women. Valentina Orellana Peralta was shot and killed as she prayed in a dressing room with her mother. Jones also killed Elena Lopez.

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