Family of 14-year-old girl shot by LA police files lawsuit

LOS ANGELES — The parents of a 14-year-old girl killed by Los Angeles police in a clothing store last year have filed a lawsuit against the department and the officer whose rifle round pierced a dressing room wall. Her father, Juan Pablo Orellana Larenas, and Peralta allege that LAPD failed to adequately train and supervise the responding officers and “fostered an environment that allowed and permitted this shooting to occur,” the lawsuit states. “Filing this lawsuit is the first step for Soledad and Juan Pablo in seeking the transparency and justice promised to them by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti following the fatal shooting of their daughter, Valentina,” the family’s attorney, Rahul Ravipudi, said in a statement Tuesday. “It re`mains a point of grief for us as well.” The lawsuit alleges that Burlington Stores Inc. staff failed to use the store’s intercom and “made no effort to address his increasingly violent and erratic behavior or warn any of the customers inside the store that they may be in danger.” The company declined to comment on the litigation Tuesday but said in a statement that “our customers’ safety and well-being is of paramount importance to us.” It was not immediately clear whether Jones had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.