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A Los Angeles jury ruled that Officer William Jones was not liable in a civil suit over the 2021 fatal shooting at a North Hollywood Burlington Coat Factory, finding his split-second decision to rush into an active shooter scenario did not make him liable despite initial miscommunications about the suspect’s weapon; Valentina Orellana-Peralta, 14, was killed when a bullet Jones fired breached a changing room where she hid.
A Los Angeles jury found the LAPD not liable in a wrongful-death civil suit over 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta’s death inside a Burlington store in North Hollywood during a December 2021 incident involving an attacker; the family had sought about $100 million and argued inadequate training and supervision, while the DoJ did not file criminal charges and city officials declined to comment.
The California Justice Department has decided not to press charges against an LAPD officer who accidentally shot and killed 14-year-old Valentina Orellana Peralta while aiming at a suspect in a North Hollywood clothing store. The officer, William Jones, was aiming at a suspect who had assaulted multiple women with a metal bike lock in the store. The Justice Department concluded that the killing was unintended and unforeseeable, and that Officer Jones likely believed he was acting in self-defense or defense of others. The decision has sparked controversy and raised questions about police use of force.