My son is sick,’ and things happened at lightning speed,” French testified. The next thing French heard was someone shouting “police officer” and his wife pleading, “Don’t shoot.” He then saw someone sitting on the floor pointing a gun at him. Russell French told Murphy that he had just handed his wife, Paola, 62, a sausage sample from a booth in the deli area and walked away. But no gun was recovered from French, who is intellectually disabled, and authorities have said that Sanchez was the only shooter. In a civil case, a federal jury in October awarded $17 million to Kenneth French’s estate and his parents.įor the second day in a row Thursday, there was testimony from a witness who said Sanchez believed that Kenneth French had shot him. The LAPD fired Sanchez after an investigation into his actions. The Riverside County Grand Jury had previously declined to indict Sanchez and District Attorney Mike Hestrin decided not to file charges. The state Attorney General’s Office is prosecuting the case after concluding that Sanchez’s actions as a police officer - shooting Kenneth French after the 32-year-old struck Sanchez with a blindside, unprovoked punch - were not reasonable. will decide whether there is sufficient evidence to hold Sanchez for trial on charges of voluntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon. The hearing is scheduled to resume at 1:30 p.m. The day’s testimony concluded with French being cross-examined by defense attorney Michael D. French testified about the moments leading up to the gunfire and the couple’s recovery during the second day of Sanchez’s preliminary hearing in Superior Court in Riverside.
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