May 8, 2026
Jury clears LAPD officer in shooting death of 14-year-old inside Burlington store
Plaintiffs argued Officer William Jones recklessly fired his AR-15 inside a crowded North Hollywood store despite uncertainty about whether the suspect was armed.
A Los Angeles County jury on Thursday found LAPD Officer William Jones not liable for the December 2021 shooting death of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana-Peralta, who was killed when a round from his department-issued AR-15 ricocheted inside a North Hollywood Burlington store and pierced the changing room wall where she hid with her mother.
The defense verdict rejected wrongful death and negligent infliction of emotional distress claims brought by the teenager's parents against...
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