LAPD releases video of shooting that killed 14-year-old bystander
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The Los Angeles Police Department on Monday released video of the Thursday shooting that killed a 14-year-old bystander. The LAPD has said it believes Valentina Orellana-Peralta was killed by a stray bullet, fired by police, that passed through a dressing room wall.
The shooting occurred at a store in a shopping center located in North Hollywood, and police said they were firing at a suspect who had assaulted another woman. The suspect, 24-year-old Daniel Elena-Lopez, was also killed.
The video released Monday includes bodycam video and CCTV video of the incident, along with several 911 calls and a description from LAPD Captain Stacy Spell of both the events leading up to the shooting and the shooting itself.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.