No Charges Against LAPD Officer Whose Bullet Fatally Struck Teen: CA Attorney General’s Office

LOS ANGELES—The state Attorney General’s Office announced April 17 it will not pursue any criminal charges against a Los Angeles Police Department officer involved in a December 2021 shooting inside a North Hollywood Burlington store that killed an assault suspect and a 14-year-old girl who was struck by a stray bullet inside a dressing room. The teen, Valentina Orellana-Peralta, was killed Dec. 23, 2021, while shopping with her mother—trying on Christmas dresses—at the store at 12121 Victory Blvd. The girl was in a second-floor dressing room when a bullet fired by Officer William Jones passed through a wall and struck her. “This case was a particularly challenging one to process as this involved the loss of two lives,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. “Any loss of life is a tragedy, and my heart goes out especially to the family of Valentina Orellana Peralta, who tragically lost her life and whose only involvement in this incident was by being at the wrong place at the wrong time. The California Department of Justice remains steadfast in our commitment to working together with all law enforcement partners to ensure an unbiased, transparent, and accountable legal system for every resident of California.”...