LAPD shooting that killed rampaging man and teenage shopper is detailed in report
A shooting by a Los Angeles police officer in a department store killed a man who was on a violent rampage — and a 14-year-old girl who was Christmas shopping with her mother, says a newly released report on the 2021 incident. California Department of Justice investigators gave a detailed description of the officers’ encounter with the man, who had used a bike lock to beat a shopper, and concluded that “there is insufficient evidence to support a criminal prosecution of the officer” who fired the fatal shots. The report, however, did criticize the “breakdown of communication” that derailed the police’s plan to use a less-lethal projectile. The investigation was required by a state law that covers any shooting by a law enforcement officer that kills a person who does not have a lethal weapon. The shootings took place on Dec. 23, 2021, in a Burlington store in Los Angeles’ North Hollywood neighborhood. Officer William Jones Jr. fired three rifle shots at Daniel Elena Lopez, 24. One of the shots fatally struck Elena Lopez; another went through a wall into a dressing room, where it