He told reporters at the conclusion of the grand jury proceedings that “we had to put our passions and emotions aside and marry the facts with the law.” He denied Sanchez had been favored with “special treatment” because he was a law enforcement officer.
The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office in September 2019 took the matter to the 19-member county grand jury, and the jury declined to indict Sanchez.Īfter the DOJ announced its case against Sanchez, District Attorney Mike Hestrin reiterated that “all known and available evidence” had been presented to jurors. A Los Angeles jury in November ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, awarding them $17 million in damages. The family filed a civil suit against the LAPD, the city of Los Angeles and Sanchez at the end of 2019, alleging negligence, civil rights violations and both intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. Kenneth French, 32, was killed, and his parents, Russell and Paola French - all of Corona - were critically wounded. The shooting occurred on the evening of June 14, 2019, inside the Costco at 480 N. Sanchez’s attorney, David Winslow, responded that the state’s case was “a political stunt (rooted in) a politically motivated program by the California attorney general to prosecute police officers.” In announcing the charges against Sanchez last summer, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said that the case was about “pursuing justice” and reaffirming the principle that “nobody is above the law.” (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Former LAPD Officer Salvador Sanchez was charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Kenneth French, left, and assault with a firearm in the wounding of his wounded parents, Paola and Russell in the Costco in Corona in 2019.
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