Without indicating why the attorney general determined that a crime occurred, a spokesperson for that office said the review of the shooting was requested by the Frenches.ĭale Galipo, who is representing French’s parents in a lawsuit against Sanchez and the city of Los Angeles, said the Frenches had no comment Monday.

“The arrest of Sal Sanchez is a product of the politically motivated program by the California attorney general to prosecute police officers,” the lawyer said.

“The Riverside grand jury heard all the evidence in this matter and concluded there was no basis for any criminal issues. “At the time of the incident he believed he was protecting himself and his baby from being killed,” Winslow said. “He was also knocked unconscious momentarily. “Sal Sanchez was holding his baby when he was violently attacked and knocked to the ground along with his baby,” Winslow said in a statement. Sanchez later told investigators that he believed he was knocked unconscious before firing, though Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin would later say he could not find evidence of that assertion.ĭavid Winslow, an attorney who represented Sanchez in the LAPD’s administrative investigation that culminated in his dismissal in July 2020, said Monday that Sanchez was not guilty of any crime. Sanchez immediately afterward told police that he believed he had been shot and that French was still a threat. Sanchez also shot and wounded French’s parents, Russell, 58, and Paola, 59. On June 14, 2019, then-Officer Sanchez, while off-duty, shot and killed 32-year-old Kenneth French after French, who was nonverbal and unarmed, struck him in the head as Sanchez held his 18-month-old child. He was booked into Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside and was released the same day after posting $155,000 bail, jail records show.

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