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Police: Off-duty officer shot man who hit him in Calif. Costco

By: The Associated Press, policeone.com

CORONA, Calif. — An off-duty police officer opened fire inside a Costco Wholesale warehouse store, killing a man who had attacked him and wounding two others, the Corona Police Department said.

Kenneth French, 32, of Riverside assaulted the Los Angeles Police Department officer Friday night while he was holding his young child, the department said in a statement Saturday. The officer fired his gun, hitting French and two of French’s relatives, the department said.

Heavily armed police officers exit the Costco following a shooting inside the wholesale warehouse in Corona, Calif. (Will Lester/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG via AP)

French was killed, the department said. The relatives are in critical conditions at hospitals

Full story: https://www.policeone.com/officer-shootings/articles/484155006-Police-Off-duty-officer-shot-man-who-hit-him-in-Calif-Costco/