One of Sanchez’s attorneys, David Winslow, said the LAPD’s conclusions were “incompetent” because the report failed to fully explore whether or not Sanchez had truly suffered a head injury, and Winslow said in the chaos of the moment, Sanchez had acted in a reasonable manner given Sanchez’s perception of what had happened. The LAPD found in June 2020 that Sanchez’s actions that night were unreasonable and had violated the department’s rules for use of lethal force. One eyewitness told Corona Police that Sanchez collapsed to the floor so quickly she thought he had suffered a medical emergency another said Sanchez "got down" to the floor, took a "defensive position," and began shooting, according to detectives’ reports. Several witnesses said the strike, described as a punch or a slap, was unprovoked. Eric Leonard reported on NBC4 News on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The LAPD ruled the shooting was out of policy and fired the officer, but he was not ever charged with a crime. Corona and LAPD detectives determined French never had a gun and no shooting took place before Sanchez opened fire.
Sanchez did answer additional questions from other officers in the following minutes, generally repeating his statements about thinking he’d been shot, dropping his son and falling to the floor.Īccording to Corona Police interviews, multiple witnesses said Sanchez was struck in the head by French’s hand, as the two stood near a food sample table. “You know, I’m not gonna talk any further without my lawyers,” Sanchez said. “Ok, he was hunkered down over here-Did you see a weapon?” Slane asked. When pressed for more detail about who he’d aimed at, Sanchez told Slane he didn’t want to answer more questions. “Those people, probably like, got in the way, I don’t know,” Sanchez said, referring to French’s parents, who were each struck with one of Sanchez’s bullets and survived. “I believe he was still armed, so I shot,” Sanchez continued. “When I dropped my son, and the guy like, hunkers down,” Sanchez continues, and holds his hands together as if to show a person was holding a handgun. “I see a blast and I feel my head get knocked out, and I fall to the ground-I dropped my son,” Sanchez said in an initial interaction with Corona officer Slane. Eric Leonard reported on NBC4 News on Monday, March 1, 2021. The I-Team obtained video, photos and evidence related to the deadly shooting by an ex-LAPD officer at the Corona Costco.
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