By City News Service
Dec 18, 2020
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The family of a woman who was killed as a result of a police gunfight with a suspect outside the Trader Joe s store in Silver Lake where she worked said today they want to meet with new Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon and ask him to re-evaluate whether the officers acted lawfully.
Melyda “Mely Corado s father, Albert Corado, urged the county s top prosecutor to “please step up to the plate to take a new look at the prosecution s assessment dated Nov. 30 while former District Attorney Jackie Lacey was still in office that Officers Sinlen Tse and Sarah Winans were “justified in using deadly force in an attempt to stop the suspect, Gene Evin Atkins, who was shot in the left elbow as he ran from the car into the market on July 21, 2018.
Albert Corado (right), the father of Melyda Corado, seen in a portrait with her brother Albert Corado Jr. His daughter, assistant manager of a Trader Joe s in Los Angeles, was killed by a police bullet when an armed suspect fled into the store in July 2018. Damian Dovarganes / AP
Originally published on December 16, 2020 2:34 pm
Two Los Angeles police officers will not face criminal charges in the 2018 shootout at a Trader Joe s store that injured the armed suspect the officers were pursuing, and resulted in the death of the store s assistant manager.
In a newly released memorandum from the Los Angeles County District Attorney s Office, prosecutors determined the officers were justified in using deadly force because they were trying to protect themselves and the public.
DA: 2 LAPD officers won t face charges in shooting that killed Trader Joe s manager
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LOS ANGELES - Two Los Angeles police officers who engaged in a 2018 gunfight with a suspect outside a Silver Lake Trader Joe s market, with a police bullet striking and killing an assistant store manager, acted lawfully and will not be charged with a crime, according to a report released Tuesday by the Los Angles County District Attorney s Office.
No charges for 2 LAPD officers in 2018 Silver Lake shooting
It was not immediately clear if Gascon who has vowed to take a harder stance on law enforcement shootings plans to review the case.
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The Los Angeles police officers involved in the accidental killing of a Trader Joe’s manager when they opened fire on a man who was fleeing into the store after a car chase will not face criminal charges in the manager’s death, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said Tuesday.
Melyda Corado, 27, died from a single bullet wound as two police officers exchanged gunfire with Gene Atkins outside the Silver Lake store in July 2018. Police had been pursuing Atkins across the city, and the 29-year-old had fired on them numerous times during the pursuit, which police said began after he had shot his grandmother.
STEFANIE DAZIO, Associated Press
Two Los Angeles police officers acted lawfully in 2018 when they opened fire outside a Trader Joe’s supermarket during a gunfight with a suspect and fatally shot the assistant store manager, prosecutors said Tuesday.
LAPD Officers Sinlen Tse and Sarah Winans will not face criminal charges in the death of Melyda “Mely” Corado, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a Nov. 30 report released on Tuesday.
The suspect, Gene Evin Atkins, took employees and shoppers hostage for three hours before surrendering, authorities said. He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, court records show