One Dead, Two Wounded in Shooting Inside California Costco

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Police Department is gathering evidence and video footage in an administrative investigation into an off-duty officer who shot and killed a man authorities say attacked him inside a Southern California Costco Wholesale warehouse store. Authorities remained tight-lipped Sunday, not responding to requests for comment about what provoked the Friday night confrontation and whether anyone but the officer was armed. Two others were critically injured in the shooting in Corona, which is about 40 miles (64 kilometers) east of Los Angeles. The officer opened fire after Kenneth French, 32, of Riverside, assaulted him without provocation as the officer held his young child, Corona police said Saturday. Bullets struck French and two of his family members, according to police. The officer was the only person who fired shots in the store, police said. Rick Shureih, French's cousin, told The Press-Enterprise that he was a "gentle giant" who was mentally disabled. Shureih also identified the other two victims as French's parents, Russell and Paola French, and said they remained in an intensive care unit Sunday. Authorities have not released their names. French's family is seeking an attorney, Shureih said, and declined to give specifics about his mental condition. French was "non-violent, non-aggressive, non-verbal," his cousin said, and "he has to be pretty much monitored." "He's not the kind to trade words, so I don't ...
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