all right North Hollywood California December 23rd 2021 a police officer shot and killed two people one of them a 14 year old girl at a Burlington store the shooting occurred around 11 50 a.m local time when the police responded to a 9-1-1 call from a store employee who reported that a man was attacking customers with a bike lock and had a firearm the man was later identified as Daniel Elena Lopez 24 who had a history of mental illness homelessness and criminal charges including battery and fleeing police the police encountered Lopez near the entrance of the store he then runs up the escalator and finds and attacks a lone woman who was shopping after officers located Lopez on the second floor an officer who was armed with a rifle fired three shots at Lopez hitting him in the chest and killing him one of the bullets fired at Lopez reportedly bounced off the floor penetrated a wall and struck a 14 year old girl who was hiding in a dressing room with her mother the girl was later identified as Valentina or Alana Peralta who had moved to the U.S from Chile with her family six months prior to the incident she had dreams of becoming an American citizen and an engineer she was also looking forward to seeing LeBron James play basketball in person Valentina was remembered as a happy teen with many friends who loved Sports and excelled in school her father Juan Pablo orellana lorenas said he and her mother will never get over the devastation of losing Valentina so violently Valentina was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the chest directly after the shooting you can hear valentina's mother's devastated screams in the body cam footage the woman who was attacked by Lopez on the second floor suffered injuries and was treated at a hospital the shooting Officer William Dorsey Jones Jr was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation the LAPD released body camera footage which showed that other officers had urged the shooting officer to slow down before he opened fire the footage also showed that Lopez did not have a firearm and that the officers did not attempt to use less lethal force or de-escalate the situation the police commission ruled that Jones was justified in firing once but that is two subsequent shots were out of policy the shooting sparked outrage and grief among the families of the victims the community and civil rights activists who demanded Justice and accountability for the officer's actions the LAPD Chief mikhil Moore expressed his condolences and apologized for the loss of oralana Peralta's life calling it tragic and devastating for everyone involved according to reports records also document the police chief's attempts to use the legal system to block the release of body-worn camera footage of the shooting this is not the first time that the LAPD has been involved in controversial shootings that resulted in civilian deaths in 2015 an officer shot and killed an unarmed homeless man named Charlie cunang on Skid Row in 2018 an officer shot and killed an unarmed Trader Joe's employee named Melita Corrado during a hostage situation in both cases the officers were not charged with any crimes the Los Angeles Police Department has promised a thorough complete and transparent investigation into the incident now let's get into the video the following is all available body worn camera and Associated media involving this incident viewer discretion is advised you'll notice that when Lopez first enters the store he is wearing a black wife beater shorts and black shoes with white soles the next that we see of him he is being escorted by an employee and is wearing an entirely different outfit we will soon see and hear that same employee evacuating customers and on the phone with 9-1-1 I'm going to play the 9-1-1 calls on account of there being no audio in the Burlington security footage these calls are not synced with the actual time they were made in the video aside from the last 9-1-1 call from the employee mentioned previously for some context you will hear people referring to him having a firearm or hearing gunshots he in fact did not have a firearm only the bike lock that he was hitting various objects with which could have been misinterpreted as gunfire from a distance hiding behind the store because he's a man I'm not sure if he hasn't gone but I think he's making threads inside the store and I was just calling in case no one else has called yet and where was it at it's Burlington on Victory and I believe it's Laurel Canyon did she give you any type of description um no she just called me and said that her and my little sister are hiding because there's a man in the store I don't I don't know if he has a gun or I don't know what he has but they're hiding so imagine they're making threats um I don't know do you know have any descriptions no I I didn't talk to her she just called me and yeah okay what's your name my name is oh I think the police is on its way actually okay all right I'll let him know I see one right now okay all right I'll let him know okay uh yes Hollywood place there's a a guy with that gun you're aware Burlington and what Where You Are cold water North the Burlington and North Hollywood there's never made too many is there anybody there that knows the address where you are what is the number the address here oh my gosh we don't know where are you in North Hollywood I know that but North Hollywood is built where what street are you on resume okay are you inside of a residents or outside of a business where are you it's a business store it's a Burlington store yes okay the person that has a gun where are they right now inside and everybody's running away here evacuating their building okay the guy that has the gun is he black white hispanic Asian we don't know me it's just it's it's sad so he shot the gun yes okay hold on everybody bam don't hang up okay I'm gonna you're not gonna hear me but I can hear you I'm gonna be talking to the officers okay okay thank you Matthew 8 let's go everybody out with CHP with the transfer evacuate the building everybody what's the emergency I had a hospital customer in my store attacking attacking customers one two one two one Victory what was it a male or female ma'am he's breaking things hello I need you to listen to me so I can send some help is it a male or a female mail what's the name of your store Burlington where in the store is he has your customers evacuate ma'am I need you to answer my question so we can send them please okay on the second floor okay Sonic or Asian supersonic what color clothing is he wearing he's wearing a white white cap hold it all the door uh colorful jacket he's walking around the store looking for people okay ma'am I need you to only answer the question so that way we can hear things are out there what color pants is he wearing uh jeans okay does he have any weapons huh does he have any weapons get out he's using his bike he's using one of those bike locks to hit people 's receiving okay now he's using a bike lock to hit people yeah yeah okay no knives or guns correct [Music] okay I just need to make sure I have to ask okay is he under the influence of an alcohol narcotics as far as you know yeah most likely yes what's your name and your phone number okay and if anyone hurt does anyone in the ambulance to get out there so no one part right now that I know of all right well half an hour we're gonna have an officers okay if anything changes anyone needs an ambulance he grabs any other weapons or anything give us a call back okay are you outside of the store now huh are you outside of the store now no we're we're stuck in the office we knocked ourselves into the office in the rest of the room exited to the emergency doors okay all right I'm gonna stay on the line with you until the police get there okay one moment the crazy guy is going crazy and the actor that the emergency exits in the front or in the back there's like two three emergency exits okay one in the front two in the back okay one moment okay close the door yeah no yeah I don't know if he's still in the building Boulevard Burlington do not come in the building okay 24. now let's see those final moments from the Viewpoint of the officers stand back let's start moving up all right move push cigarette come on hey keep going in we got people inside yeah hey time information guys that information all right pushing make yourself move our activity [Applause] [Applause] all right [Applause] watch I gotta get you back I got you back here [Music] hey diamond formation guys come to us yeah I'm gonna push up so I can see you right here [Applause] hey Slow Down slow down let me take part with the rifles [Applause] [Music] thank you [Applause] [Applause] okay I'm tired hey get all right all right do you think the officers were justified in their actions comment your thoughts below if you like this video please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel 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