“Unarmed Kenneth French, 32, was killed by the off-duty LAPD officer at Costco in Corona on Friday night...
His parents, Russell and Paola French, were also severely injured in the shooting and they remained in intensive care on Monday....
...Police said the officer opened fire after French ‘assaulted’ him ‘without provocation’ as the officer held his young child.
Bullets struck both French and his parents. French’s mother remains in a coma while his father’s condition improved slightly over the weekend...
...Police said the off-duty officer was the only one who fired shots in the store.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7149943/Man-killed-Costco-duty-cop-non-verbal.html
Sounding pretty bad for the off-duty cop right now. Unarmed mentally handicapped man killed while shopping with his parents, and both parents in ICU. Gonna be tough to argue the cop was in fear of his life.
“...opened fire after French ‘assaulted’ him ‘without provocation’ as the officer held his young child.”
I have no idea what they mean by “assaulted” - but he may have been in fear of his child being hurt.