Attorney: Man killed at Costco was mentally ill, off meds
June 20, 2019
A man fatally shot in a Southern California Costco store was mentally ill and off his medication when he pushed or slapped an off-duty police officer who opened fire and killed the man and critically wounded the man’s parents, the lawyer for the man’s family said Tuesday. Attorney Dale Galipo said he didn’t know if there was any exchange between the officer and Kenneth French before the violence at the store in Corona, east of Los Angeles. Corona police have said French “attacked” the officer “without provocation” but Galipo said that overstated what French did. “I would hardly characterize