“If the guy pulled out a pocketknife and approaches him, game over,” Giacalone said Sunday. Joseph Giacalone, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a retired New York City Police Department sergeant, said it’s justifiable to use deadly force even in a crowded store if the attacker has a weapon. The department’s policies allow off-duty officers to carry concealed weapons as long as they are authorized for on-duty use, according to the LAPD manual. 32-year-old Kenneth French was killed by the officer, according to the police. He was treated and released at a nearby hospital and his child was not injured. A man shot dead by an off-duty police officer in a Costco store on Friday was mentally disabled, his cousin has said. June 17, 2019: This story was updated with comments to reporters. The officer’s identity has not been released. June 17, 2019: This article was updated with information about a fatal shooting Friday at a Costco in Corona. The family of a developmentally disabled man shot to death by a former LAPD officer inside a Costco store in Corona has been awarded 17 million in damages by a jury in Riverside. Los Angeles Police Commission President Steve Soboroff said Sunday it is Chief Michel Moore’s decision whether to put the officer on leave, but it remained unclear if that happened. A man shot and killed by an off-duty police officer in a Costco store in Corona, CA, on Friday night was nonverbal and had an intellectual disability, a family member tells the Los Angeles Times. Corona police and the district attorney’s office did not respond to requests for comment Sunday. The LAPD said Sunday it had no further information. The LAPD will continue its internal probe as Corona police and the Riverside County district attorney’s office conduct a separate investigation into the shooting.
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