A former Los Angeles police officer suspected of fatally shooting a developmentally disabled man and critically wounding the victim’s parents at the Corona Costco won’t be retried, officials said Tuesday.
Following a hearing Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio, all charges were dismissed and allegations stricken against Salvador Alejandro Sanchez, 33, of Corona, according to court records.
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“The Department of Justice stands by the decision to charge and prosecute this case, however, after considering a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the input of the surviving victims and feedback from the trial jury, the department has decided not to retry the case,” the attorney general’s press office said.
Sanchez was charged with one felony count of voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. He additionally faced sentence-enhancing allegations of using a firearm and causing great bodily injury.