The family of a 14-year-old girl who was fatally shot by Los Angeles police while shopping for Christmas clothes last Thursday is calling for transparency in the investigation.
Valentina Orellana-Peralta was shopping with her mother when the pair heard screams and hid in a dressing room, where the girl was shot by Los Angeles police after an officer fired a rifle at a suspect and a bullet pierced a wall, the family said Tuesday.
The teen died in her mother’s arms last Thursday at a Burlington store in the San Fernando Valley’s North Hollywood neighbourhood. Her family said the teen loved skateboarding and had dreams of
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