At least 20 people were in the vicinity of the shooting, Neville said. The shooting occurred just outside the front entrance of the store. Neville said three officers fired at the suspect, striking him numerous times. He reaches for the weapon, pulls the weapon out, at which time, the weapon was out of the waistband.” “They ordered him to the ground,” Neville said of officers. Neville said an officer then tapped the individual on the shoulder and announced himself as an officer, and the suspect spun around and reached for a gun. One person pointed police to the man in question. Neville said police arrived as customers were exiting the store because Costco management ordered an evacuation. Pavilion Center Drive, near Red Rock Resort. The Costco is located at the Canyon Pointe shopping center at 801 S. Neville described the man’s behavior inside the store as “kind of going berserk.” Neville said police were later told the man had a gun. of a man inside the store destroying merchandise. Patrick Neville said police received a call from Costco at 12:47 p.m. When contacted for additional comment on this story, the Corona Police Department told CNN there was no information other than what is on the department's news release.Las Vegas police said officers shot and killed a man who pulled out a handgun at the Costco in Summerlin on Saturday afternoon.Ĭapt.
His child was not injured, according to Officer Tobias Kouroubacalis of the Corona Police Department.ĬNN has reached out to Shureih but has not heard back. The officer suffered minor injuries and has been released from the hospital. Police have not named the officer involved and say that the officer's gun was the only weapon in the case.
"I'm sure this was a misunderstanding that got escalated for no reason!"
"This is a family that was unarmed and was just grocery shopping," Shureih said on Facebook. Corona police are also asking any witnesses who have not yet given a statement to step forward. Shureih asked anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact him. "Do they look intimidating to you? Did he really have to shoot them all? I'm posting this picture because the stories on social media have made them out to be the suspects, and the off duty cop the victim." In a Facebook post Sunday, Shureih shared a photo of the victim and his parents. He said he wasn't sure of French's exact disability. Shureih said it's possible his cousin may have bumped into someone but he wouldn't have been able to communicate that he was sorry, the Los Angeles Times reported.įrench was able to drive and cook but was unable to live on his own and hadn't spoken in recent years, Shureih told the newspaper. He's always been very cooperative and kept to himself." Speaking about his cousin, Shureih told the paper, "He was a gentle giant. Shureih was not at the Costco at the time of the shooting and did not witness what happened. The Corona Police Department said in a statement the other shooting victims are in critical condition. Shureih also told the newspaper that the family members who were shot were the victim's parents, Russell and Paola French. "Some type of argument and ensued into a gun shot."īut on Sunday, French's cousin Rick Shureih told the Los Angeles Times that French was nonverbal and had an intellectual disability that would have prevented him from starting an argument. "From my understanding, from some people we talked to, there was apparently an argument inside," Edwards said. Jeff Edwards told reporters just after the incident that police believe the shooting resulted from an argument. The officer, who was reportedly holding a young child while shopping with his family when French allegedly attacked him, shot and killed French and also shot two members of French's family, police said.Ĭorona police Lt. Police said the victim, identified by the Corona Police Department as 32-year-old Kenneth French of Riverside, assaulted an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer in an unprovoked attack before the shooting. The cousin of a man shot and killed by an off-duty police officer in a California Costco says his relative was nonverbal and couldn't have started the argument that allegedly led to the shooting, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
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