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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