He is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. It was unclear whether he would be freed Monday. No matter who you are, nobody is above the law.”īail for Sanchez was set at $155,000, according to Riverside County jail records. Ultimately, any loss of life is a tragedy and being licensed to carry a gun doesn’t mean you're not accountable for how you use it. “That’s exactly what these charges are about: pursuing justice after an independent and thorough review of the evidence and the law. “Where there’s reason to believe a crime has been committed, we will seek justice,” California Atty. French, who lived with his parents, had the mental capabilities of a teenager, according to relatives. Sanchez killed 32-year-old Kenneth French and wounded his elderly parents during a brief confrontation inside a Costco in Corona in June 2019. Salvador Sanchez, 32, was arrested in Riverside County on suspicion of voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a firearm, according to a criminal complaint made public Monday. The California attorney general's office announced Monday it had filed manslaughter and assault charges against a former Los Angeles police officer who fatally shot a mentally disabled man during an off-duty confrontation at a Costco store. On Monday Sanchez was also charged with manslaughter in the shooting.
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Family members of Kenneth French and their attorney Dale Galipo, right, at a 2019 news conference to announce a civil lawsuit against LAPD officer Salvador Sanchez and the city of Los Angeles after Sanchez fatally shot French inside a Corona Costco.